The importance of a rival

[TheDustyOne]

The same crowd that uses cringe terms like "mountain buster" or "planet buster" or "nation destroyer" are the ones that want this game to become their shonen anime wet dream. Instead of a well written balanced story. The WoL is not Goku. He can be beaten. Plot armor - narrative progression doesnt mean = superman

Ironically, even Goku had low moments where he lost; most of it was during the tournament arcs of the original Dragon Ball, but even later on during Z he still had moments where he was out of commission while others had to fight whatever villain was around while he recovered. I can't comment on Super, but at the very least Goku was "beatable" during the original and Z, even if he was comically overpowered through large chunks of it.

As for the topic at hand; a rival isn't a necessity for XIV in particular. HW and ShB didn't really have one for us, I didn't care for Zenos, and hated that they resurrected him almost immediately after SB. Not every story needs a rival to be successful, if anything 14s best expansions are the ones without a prominent rival character for the WoL.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Ironically, even Goku had low moments where he lost; most of it was during the tournament arcs of the original Dragon Ball, but even later on during Z he still had moments where he was out of commission while others had to fight whatever villain was around while he recovered. I can't comment on Super, but at the very least Goku was "beatable" during the original and Z, even if he was comically overpowered through large chunks of it.

Fun fact, Goku has never actually beaten Vegeta in a one-on-one fight.