What makes you think Unicorn Gundam is not canon /m/? Is it

>>14939258
Mostly shitposting dating back to /m/'s ZETA MASTER RACE era, because Unicorn has purus and if it's canon they can't pretend ZZ isn't

>>14939258

It being canon just raises more questions than it solves.

The problem with the Gundam style of inserting stories into the middle of established timelines and then giving those inserted stories supertechnology unlike anything else ever seen in the franchise should be obvious. The existence of the Unicorn Gundam alone should have wide reaching impact on the development and use of mobilesuit technologies in the future. And its not like the Unicorn was unique in this respect, super-duper psychoframe units were basically being shit out by the end of the OVA.

So that leaves us with a choice: either Unicorn isn't canon, or everyone in UC (even evil and insane people) unanimously agreed to never use the most powerful mobile suit technology ever seen again.

You have to bend over backwards to try and force the events of Unicorn in the timeline in a way that makes any kind of sense. Its better just to just treat it as televised fanfiction and move on. Its not like the plot or the writing was any good anyway, its only selling points were spectacle. So let it just be a spectacle and leave it be.

Do Sunrise/Bandai/Nips actually care about canon?

The answer may shock you! Of course not. They only care about Gunpla sales

>>14939268
Well downsizing mobile suits from F91 onwards was more a cost reason and it's possible that they couldn't replicate it properly.

>>14939268

Those questions already exist anyway, because Char's Counterattack exists. And two units, one on each side had that technology even then.

Or are you gonna argue it's fine for it to do it, because they "only" caused a miracle where an entire asteroid 10km or more across was redirected by one suit while putting on a light show?

>>14939276

Not a lot of people knew about psychoframe in CCA, and it was clear that the Axis shock was an accident. Not being about to reproduce that on command is understandable, even if they should figure out more on how psychoframe works eventually.

Unicorn is a whole different level. For the Unicorn to function, they have to know MUCH more about how psychoframe works and have manipulated it to create half a dozen different miracle on command, in addition to the most advanced AI any Gundam show has ever had. And the existence of multiple unicorn-tier suits means that this tech has been cracked. They can copy it at will now.

CCA dips a toe into the strange waters of psychoframe. Unicorn cannonballs in and starts a pool party. They are related problems but the latter is greater by several orders of magnitude.

>>14939271

Yes, but the meme they don't is too strong here to refute more than likely. How shocking!

If you want proof, then you look to Zelda, where Nintendo had to put out a guide including 3 separate timelines because fans got on to them so much. Or Macross fans, who got on at Kawamori when they realised DYRL and SDF were both implied to be canon by Plus, and that II wasn't and what was going on? Or Dragon Ball fans, who hounded Toriyama, who genuinely didn't care, because there were inconsistencies in his work.

Or just look at Gundam, where producers were asked about the status of units in Gihren's Greed games the Japanese fans wanted them to be canon so badly.

>>14939285

Actually, Anaheim, Neo Zeons leaders and Londo Bell knew about it's existence. Which isn't much different from what Unicorn implies. And even in Unicorn only one thing was produced on demand, which is the Neo Zeong's use of it's psychofield. None of the rest is on demand.

That doesn't actually seem much worse than CCA to me, just a continuation of what it introduced. More units (by one), and a better understanding of it to do more. That's it.

I've no idea what AI you're on about.

>>14939285
OP here

Good points

I believe they should have taken the time to explain just a bit more the nature of Psychoframe, since it's imperative since the CCA timeline

>>14939288
Ok, i take it back. Nips care. But does Sunrise/Bandai care?
I mean, If they cared, the ending of A New Translation would have been kept consistent with ZZ.
If they cared, CCA would have had Kamille in the conflict.
If they cared, Char would not have tried to drop Axis on Earth.

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>>14939298
Most of the issues with Psychoframes/Newtype shenanigans are perfectly explained in pic related but pic related is not canon, so, well.

>>14939308

You're implying Tomino is Sunrise or Bandai. Which is silly. Heworks for them, but clearly has different priorities. Just like Toriyama or Kawamori. Not to mention that caring about continuity isn't a reason to include Kamille in and of itself. Or not to produce something that's clearly an alternative telling like the Zeta movies. Tomino himself has said he just wanted to tell a different ending when he made it since his attitudes and such changed in the intervening years.

>>14939258
It's an unnecessary excuse to bring Zeon back for another round of corporate masturbation.

>>14939297
> I've no idea what AI you're on about

The Unicorn's AI. The one that runs the La+ system, and controls the NTD system.

Banagher didn't know the Unicorn's capabilities, so every time the NTD did something he was surprised by it. But shit like funnel-hacking is something that the creators of the Unicorn specifically gave it That miracle weapon is a tool they understood, even if the pilot didn't know about it until it came up.

>>14939367

He didn't know about the system, but the NT-D just worked by reading his mind and thoughts, even if he didn't know exactly how it worked. That doesn't require an AI. All the La+ system did is register hits to designated locations that it had been programmed with and such from what I recall.

>>14939258
What makes you think that creating a new Unicorn Gundam thread when we already have an Gundam Unicorn thread is awesome?
>>14914078

Is it because it confirms the fact that you have severe mental problems?

Why are you blind?

Or is it just a retarded tantrum because there was nothing to do?

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>>14939385
shit nigger u mad

>>14939313
Who cares ill check it out, thanks mate

>>14939258
Because the OVA undermine the sacrifice made by Amuro and other humankind when they all desperately trying to save Earth by pushing Axis away.

What make it even worse is that in the span of mere 3 years a new Zeon rise up when we can finally let Zeon rest along with Axis but no we have to introduce a super special snowflake gundam that can bend time and space.

The only good thing came out from this OVA is that despite what Banana do, F91 exist which lead to V and eventually all you can eat Kuntala

They better off do Mafty or better yet create a new event/series to tied in with late UC

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>>14939530
>F91 exist which lead to V and eventually all you can eat Kuntala
Nah bro. Unicorn causes a split in the UC timeline.

No Unicorn ---> F91, Crossbone, etc. Late UC
Yes Unicorn ----> G Gundam

Dat's right, Unicorn perfectly sets up the backstory for G Gundam. Just think about it.