Since the end of Super Saiyan Saga, Dragon Ball has been nothing but power-ups for Saiyans. It’s like other characters just disappear and are there to box people. And if that wasn’t enough, the series then focuses entirely on Vegeta and Goku. Admittedly, we like to cheer on one or the other or both, but some (perhaps many) want other characters to shine as well. Gohan has also been pretty much useless since the end of the Cell saga. His fans had competed for screentime for him, which resulted in his being sidelined. And among the fans there was also Piccolo who is also forgotten. Once the main villain of the story, he has now been reduced to a nanny for Gohan’s daughter. But if that were true, we wouldn’t be talking about the new form of Piccolo here.
Piccolo’s new form had been rumored for a while, long before the movie was even released. And now that the movie is out, we’ve finally seen the Namek reach a new level that rivals Goku and Vegeta. But what can he do in form? We’ll discuss it in the section below.
How strong is the new shape of Piccolo?
Below is the spoiler for Dragon Ball Super: Hero Movie, which you can read at your discretion.
Piccolo’s new form gave him not only strength, but also some physical changes. He grows in size and gains power that rivals Goku’s and Vegeta’s Ultra Instinct and Ultra Ego. That’s pretty big! But how did he come into possession of this new form? Has he gone through a super Saiyan transformation? Not at all, he took an easier route to achieve that. When the newly emerged Super Cell went bad, Piccolo made a wish to Shenron, asking him to unleash his full potential.
How did Piccolo’s new shape come about?
What followed was a transformation like no other. Since Piccolo has no hair, he cannot undergo a hair change, instead he grew in size close to Super Cell (he was big and strong) and got a symbol behind his back. The symbol is a circle that represents the trees on the planet Namek. The new form of Piccolo is called True potential, and Piccolo is not only getting bigger, he also has slender arms and a greenish-yellow complexion. This begs the question of whether it only applied to Piccolo or if it could be applied to other Nameks as well. But we only have one Namek fighter, so we may never know. Maybe a new Namek in the future would explain that?
What is Dragon Ball Super Hero movie about?
Dragon Ball Super is the twenty-first film in the Dragon Ball series. This is the second movie to participate in the Dragon Ball Super period, the first being Dragon Ball Super: Brolly. Akira Toriyama returns to the franchise and wrote the script for the film, making it the fourth Dragon Ball film he has worked on. Dragon Ball movies have always been animated through 2D drawings, Dragon Ball Super: Hero is the first movie to use 3D graphics. The film saw the return of an old antagonist, Commander Red. The film saw the return of many old faces and new faces with connections to old ones. The film focuses on the growth of Gohan and Piccolo who were left in a rut compared to Goku and Vegeta. Gohan and Piccolo rise to a new level that puts them on the same level as the duo.
