
Budokai Tenkaichi 3 had to tone it down a little by having this happen only once certain conditions are met. Tenkaichi 2 went a bit overboard as any energy blast ultimate would do it, as long as it hit the character while they were on the ground, or just hit the ground directly. The Budokai series did this too but ultimate attacks were a bit harder to pull off, and only a handful of them did it. Mind you, this is pretty much exactly how it happens in the series. In Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2, a particularly strong attack will show an animation of half of the Earth exploding, and change the stage you're playing on to a "ruined" version - but will do 1 1/2 health bars of damage.An attack may indeed be programmed to be powerful but due to a problem with calculating the formula or some other factor, it's severely weakened. Sometimes it's mostly because of programming issues. Also, expect any stellicidal attacks or planet-busting techniques to be polite enough to rebuild the destroyed real estate after the CGI is done.Ī particularly noticeable form of Gameplay and Story Segregation.Įxplanatory rule of thumb: If dropping an asteroid the size of Russia on the Boss does less damage than slashing him once with the Infinity +1 Sword, which has the same animation as using the starting stick, you've fallen headlong into this trope. Using a Summon Magic Monster that destroys the moon to rain fiery Death from Above on enemies, or a Wave-Motion Gun fueled by consuming galaxies, and the nine-hundred-megaton Colony Drop that won't scorch your lawn but will disintegrate that Money Spider. When You Nuke 'Em, you may find this diminishing your triumph, if only a little. it's just much, much less powerful than it ought to be, considering what it actually entails. You see, a Slap-on-the-Wrist Nuke is still a solid attack you'd gladly use on an enemy. Partner in crime to the Overly Long Fighting Animation, and with the help of cousins Made of Iron and Friendly Fireproof, this trope broke into Awesome, but Impractical's house and stole the Awesome, but left the Impractical. * The Early Bird Catches the Worm.- Description of the Big Bang skill, Disgaea 5: Alliance of VengeanceĪ Slap-on-the-Wrist Nuke is an attack that's undeniably powerful, but far less damaging than it should be. * The Sticky Situations of Zwicky Fingers (2014) * The Abnormalities of Stringent Strange (2013) * A New Universal History of Infamy (2004) Click on each book title for more information. I'll update it each time a new book is published. As there seems to be some confusion about the number of books I've written and the dates in which they were published, I've decided to create this official list.
