![]() ![]() ![]() In its fully-upgraded form, it dropped the beam sabers and only arried a third of the Dynames's missiles (four twin-tubed launchers on the skirt armour), but compensated in all other areas. Its successor, the Cherudim, stepped things up quite a bit.The first production model, the Dynames, kept the beam sabers, swapped out the bazooka for a powerful sniper rifle with an optional Wave-Motion Gun upgrade/attachment, and added a pair of beam pistols and a set of six four-tube missile launchers built into the waist and knee armour.The prototype, the Sadalsuud, was positively spartan - it just had the mandatory two beam sabers and the Revolve Bazooka, a primitive revolver/rocket launcher.The Dynames series of Gundams slowly evolved (or devolved) from relatively pared-down sniper/reconnaissance designs to what can only be described as loosely-connected clouds of guns spewing beams and missiles all over the place.For ranged combat, the Exia had no less than three Arm Cannons - its enormous Blade Below the Shoulder, the GN Sword could transform into a beam rifle, and it also had two GN Vulcans (rapid-fire, low-power beam guns) mounted in its forearms. It had two beam sabers and two beam daggers weighted for throwing for space combat and three solid GN Blades of various shapes and sizes for ground combat, the smallest of which was also weighted for throwing. The most famous example is the aptly-named Gundam Exia "Seven Swords." CB had observed that beam sabers, while phenomenal cutting tools, didn't work so well in an atmospheric environment, and since they hadn't yet figured out the best way to implement the Swiss Army Weapons that would become an iconic part of their suit design, this meant that they ended up sticking a weapon for every conceivable job on the Exia.Mobile Suit Gundam 00's Celestial Being are fans of this in their suit design:.Gundam Crazy Beast (Deathscythe) and Gundam Sky-High Arms (Heavyarms) are pretty decked out, but Gundam Super-Armed Tank (another Heavyarms variant) is what happens when you put Heavyarms and Guntank in a blender and set it to " OVERKILL." And if you think that's ridiculous, a guidebook for the series called New Mobile Report Gundam Wing Perfect Album features what-if designs based off of the original five Gundams.Couple this with Trowa's acrobatic prowess as a circus performer transferring over to his Gundam and most of Trowa's defeats can be attributed to the plot alone. Its original configuration and its Mid-Season Upgrade (the Heavyarms Kai) weren't too egregious, with only a gatling gun- shield combo on its left arm and an army knife on its right (the rest of the missiles, vulcans, and cannons were stored inside Heavyarms during Heero's duel with Zechs, Trowa also outfitted the left arm with a beam saber), Endless Waltz's redesign gives the Gundam two Double Barrel Beam Gatlings and adds several more missile packs on its legs. And before that, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing's Heavyarms.In Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny, the Destiny and the Legend are equally heavily armed, and the Freedom and Justice upgrade into the even better equipped Strike Freedom and Infinite Justice. The Freedom, Justice, and Providence Gundams are no better.A mecha example comes from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED in the form of the GAT-X131 Calamity Gundam.In addition to her giant Hiraikotsu boomerang, Sango from Inuyasha also carries a wakizashi sword, a spring-loaded blade hidden in an arm guard, and a vast assortment of poisons.Hiruma from Eyeshield 21 brings a massive arsenal of firearms wherever he goes, though where he keeps them all isn't so clear. ![]()
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