#beywarriors

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i've been thinking abt this for a couple weeks but what are your thoughts on the character designs in the hasbro spinoffs + zero g. i feel like something about the designs in zero g is definitely off in the same way as the spinoffs but it's hard to pinpoint exactly Why (both why it feels off and why it shares those vibes with the spinoffs).

given that nagamori did the character designs for the spinoffs i can only assume he had some involvement but also like. this is an issue kind of exclusive to this specific era of beyblade, as far as i know

The Hasbro spinoffs are a little strange to look at as a whole. Beywheelz designed characters in a way that kinda comes off as "we have mfb at home," which had to be intentional considering how many characters were also written as off-brand mfb (Leon and Covey being the most obvious cases)

As a slight tangent, Beywheelz as a whole (both anime and toys) was clearly coasting off mfb's popularity, but didn't seem to have much thought put into it (The Daft Brothers on YouTube have a video about Beywheelz. The game design is hilariously bad). Everything about Beywheelz just screams "make it clear it's mfb-adjacent" while also trying to cut as many corners as possible

Beyraiderz for the most part ditched the metal fake aesthetic, which is why the new characters don't have that issue, but since half of the main cast carried over from Wheelz it was bound to still be present in some capacity. Beyraiderz feels like a less extreme version of Cyborg in some ways. I can only speculate about what Beyradierz' development was like, but after Beywheelz flopped I can only assume they decided "don't do Beywheelz again," while still wanting to tie it to Beywheelz enough to bring in all 3 Beywheelz fans

Zero-g designs feel different from the rest of mfb, but I don't think they resemble Beywheelz. The zero-g designs that really stand out are Kira, Captain Arrow, and Yoshio, who all look nothing like what Beywheelz did. As for what is different about zero-g, the season as a whole went for a less mystical aesthetic than previous seasons. A lot of the designs feel like asking someone in 2012 "what will fashion look like in 2020?" except the person you're asking is using mfb as a baseline

There's also Cyborg but the designs there are different for a different reason. Cyborg's designs are a lot less detailed, probably because of the season's low budget. Plus Cyborg's aesthetic as a whole feels so unrelated from any Beyblade gen that it might as well be a different franchise

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chat what do we think

beyraiderz is a continuation of beywheelz. the other characters r out somewhere.

beyraiderz isnt canon to beywheelz. anything in bw may not have happened in br.

the end of bw isnt even canon to bw, its a nonliteral and open ending.

bw and br are different stories with recycled characters. deltarune situation.

Voting ended onOct 29, 2025

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I think I'm getting a better idea of what these characters look like

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PLEASE Odin let me draw you.............................

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I didn't know beywarriors existed until ten minutes ago but uh if the information I've been able to find is true, the first episode of the show is about space colonizing national leaders creating a convention to distribute ownership of a planet's oil deposits????

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Hasbro: we're like three shitty spinoffs into the beyblade franchise no one is gonna watch this slop you don't have to go too hard

The guy making the beywarriors theme song for some reason:

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ok. you've convinced me to go watch beywarriors cyborg o7

So I've convinced at least 1 person to watch the political beyblade spinoff. I consider this a massive W

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Rewatching Beywarriors Cyborg (link here and everyone should watch it) I noticed parallels between Gai and Flame’s battlers. The obvious parallels for both are with August (Gai and August serving Bran, and Sunburst vs Flame being the main conflict for almost half of the series). However, Stone and Flame both had rulers who the battlers didn’t like. With Lightning, the battlers liked their leader, and Sunburst’s king was also their main battler. But with Stone and Flame, the battlers went against their leaders’ wishes

Both Vargas nor Elder Stone (we don’t get his name in the series, but that’s what he’s called in casting) lose the loyalty of their battlers. In the case of Gai, this is a mistake on Gai’s part. Elder Stone didn’t do him any favors, but he made it clear from the start that Stone didn’t have the resources to help Gai, so he gave Gai the equivalent of thoughts and prayers and only confronted him when Gai invaded Hydro (which could’ve provoked a war)

With Vargas, the battlers were right to turn on him. General Vargas actively worsened things for Flame when he challenged Sunburst to a “final” battle, knowing he was risking Flame’s tokens. Then he scheduled the battle too soon, even though his battlers had just fought and needed time to recover. When Flame started to lose, he ran away instead of keeping his end of the deal (a terrible deal, but one he insisted on himself), and left the battlers to their own devices. And then when they lost (due to Vargas being shit at planning), he blamed the battlers. And then he decided to flood half of Flame with lava because it’d also weaken Sunburst. He’s up there with Bran in terms of villainy, but without any of Bran’s intelligence (or manipulation skills)

Why did Bran lure Gai first? Because of all the battlers he was at the lowest point. Why was that? Because Gai was alone. When Gai lost, he had no one to help him back up. When any other battler lost, they had a teammate that could fight the next battle while they recovered. Even without the other battlers, everyone had support other than Gai. Flame’s battlers lose? Homura stands up for them. Lightning loses? Sora and Dr. Prost are right there to help. Sunburst loses? August is their king. There’s an entire nation there for him. Gai loses? Nobody’s there for him, and when he goes back to Stone, they tell him to give up. In addition, Gai knows he’s at a disadvantage. Flame has military training and a crew right there to provide support. Lightning has Dr. Prost, who, outside of Hydro, has the most knowledge on how the warriors work. Sunburst’s battlers have the entire country at their disposal. Gai has himself

Gai saw no reason to listen to Elder Stone. He never did anything for him, and Elder Stone wasn’t there for Gai’s battles, so if Gai loses his support, there’s no difference. With Flame, it’s similar. They don’t need Vargas to support them, but in their case, it’s not that their leader isn’t there for them. Their leader is Homura. Vargas is the only leader who actively hinders the efforts of his own battlers. The true leader of Flame’s battlers, from their very first battle, was Homura