In the Gundam Build shows, how does the machine recognize something is a gunpla and not another type of figure?
What about the gunplas not related to Gundam like Kyoukai Senki or Evangelion? are they accepted too?
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In the Gundam Build shows, how does the machine recognize something is a gunpla and not another type of figure?
In the first couple of shows it was because gunpla were made of a special kind of plastic that reacts to the plavsky particles. That's all that's stated.
And while it may be reasonable to assume that the GPB has a database of all the individual gunpla parts that your model might be kitbashed from, it does also do wacky shit with non-gunpla materials like the Gundam X-Maoh having solar panels or the weird attacks that the Bearguy could do because it was stuffed with cotton. Not to mention the completely original systems that Sei built into the Build Strike that the computer somehow knew what they were meant to do.
Basically, it's a cartoon and you shouldn't expect it to make sense.
EDIT:
right after i clicked "Post" i remembered that the whole thing literally runs because of a magic wishing stone so it doesn't even need to make sense anyway.
The effect of the "plavsky crystal" only works on the plavsky embedded plastic unique to gunpla. We never get any explanation beyond "special plastic moves in the field"
Remember that Nils knew about the potential applications of such technology in other fields and felt it was limiting to restrict it to model battling, which was why he joined the world tournament in the first place; he wanted the secret of the plavsky particles and plavsky crystals. It took Sei for him to admit he just plain liked Gundam too.
I gathered that the GP Base and Diver Gear contained programmed instructions on how the system is to interact with the gunpla and how things work. Thus, a build fighter must be proficient in not just building and fighting, but also programming. There's probably a structured programming block system to make it easy for newcomers, while more experienced ones can work with code themselves.
Bandai plastic only. Sorry.
Also interdimensional particles brought by not-Mquve who finally got to fug Lady Hamon.
The real question is even if only special plastic works why don't we see people who have melted down gunpla to make chinese knock offs?
the average chinese manufacturer doesn't melt down kits into bootleg ones because it's not profitable
the average non-chinese hobbyist doesn't melt down kits into bootleg ones because casting plastic with just the right amount and distribution of infused plavsky particles is beyond the average joe's budget
>What about the gunplas not related to Gundam like Kyoukai Senki or Evangelion?
They don't exist. Gundam is the only media in those universes.
It never came up because the rules were about gundam. It's like asking why you don't see a Magic deck at a yugioh match. It's just not relevant. Though would it matter? I feel like Bandai probably has their hands in a lot of these pots.
Here's another weird question. Let's say a model gets hit by a frickhuge satellite cannon beam or whatever that should atomize it... but it's practice mode and actual model damage is disabled. What happens? How does the game visualize it? Is the model rendered invisible and quickly sucked outside of the game area? Would it be possible for other objects in the game to collide with such a ghost object?
Was selectable model damage a retcon? I don't remember it being mentioned in the first series, but I might be a moron with bad memory.
It was an addition to Gunpla Battle in the years between the end of Build Fighters and the beginning of Try once Yajima Trading reproduced Plavsky Particle tech.
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I think at a certain point the integrity of the model breaks and it no longer is able to be considered gunpla, so the full damage of the cannon doesn't transfer, only whatever it was subjected to before it actually broke.
Selectable damage levels was a retcon in Try, but we saw as early as the first 5 minutes of episode 1 of the first season that damage in game is not a 1-1 transfer to damage on the gunpla. Wing gundam got parts sliced off and its torso stabbed by the Gyans beam saber, yet when the holographic field fades away we see the model just had some cracked plastic and seperated parts afterwards instead of being melted and cut apart.
I interpreted this as the particles and game system layer a hologram over the gunpla that visually reflects the damage, the game system notes the damage and changes the kits performance to match, but all the particles actually do in terms of damage is physical impacts. Such impacts are hard enough to pull parts off or even crack the plastic, but are going to actually burn or melt or cut the plastic.
So in your example, if a gunpla got essentially vaporized by a satellite cannon it would visually show that, and the gunpla itself would probably be pulled into pieces with cracked and damaged plastic all over. The game system would then probably render those parts invisible and move them out of the way to the side and disengage player control over them as it is now "dead".
It's not a retcon, it's a development. After Nils took over PPSE Works and began studying the Plavsky Particle, he was able to start development on a system that wouldn't put as much strain on the model as previous systems would. Thus by Try's time there are different damage selection levels you can use to practice before taking your model to tournaments.
In the Gundam Build shows Gundam has removed all other mecha shows from existence. No other show gets model kits. Only Gundam.
in one of the shows (original build?) one of the characters is shown to have a rather significant collection of real life tank model kits