Check out the Strike Dagger Development History here: ua-cam.com/video/GBuXbY7RjeA/v-deo.html Kakarot’s notes: I’m calling BS on the Blu Duel’s official height. It should be no different from the regular Duel because it’s just a direct copy of the original, that then had its exterior overhauled, with minor changes on the inside. But official specs are official specs, so that’s the number on screen.
It was only 0.61 meters shorter. It makes small amount of sense that they try to make it a bit shorter given its higher emphasis on close quarter combat. Smaller target even if its not by much. And, given how fast tech progressed in SEED, can we really say that it only had minor changes done on the inside?
"What the G stood for was never officially confirmed, but the two main theories are that it either stands for Genesis... or Genocide." That, and the note about the Earth Alliance firing first and using nukes to do it, are your daily reminders that Earth were very much not the "good guys" in this war.
@@caesarhiro3630 in his defense, he thought that a bunch of enemy officers were escaping from thr battlefield. And once he found out the truth, he willingly went to a military tribunal, where he was pardoned by Durandal, and demoted.
He also saved Murrue's Millennium with Dearka in the later phase in Gundam SEED Freedom. He smelled something wrong after Lacus was abducted by Foundation, and he took the PLANT council to the Eternal to escape the coup launched by the ZAFT radicals. Yzak really is a smart guy.
The irony in the Duel is that the original survived the entirety of SEED with only a grazed left shoulder whereas the Blu-Duel was destroyed right as soon as it was first deployed; it just goes to show that any machine is only as good as its operator.
It's also the Gundam with the most Gundam kilz under its belt. Because it took out both the raider and the forbidden, none of the other five prototypes or the successor units have that same statement, the strike took down the blitz on accident, the aegis blew up the strike with it's own self destruction system and the buster well it's gun took down the raider but controlled by the duel.
Kakarot : - Detailed explanation on the advancement of the Duel into the Blu Duel with it's state of the art equipment and armaments - Kerberos BuCUE Hound : *YUMMY*
It's amazing how fast ZAFT was able to develop the assault shroud. The Le Cruset team was still in hot pursuit of the Archangel, but the military-industrial complex was all like "Yo, Yzak, we heard yous a raging psychopath, so we went ahead and pimped out the Duel"
I mean basically they just took the measurements while it was on the vasalias was like here go cut this material out of giant plates of titanium welded together and give it a bears color scheme and slap it on
Plus a Duel Blitz Gundam. It was modified into a nuclear-powered MS, and changed ZAKU Warrior's cockpit. The main weapon is Blitz Gundam's beam rifle w/ harpoon launcher.
The Duel may not have been as unique or flashy as its sister Gundams, but its pilot more than made up for it with skill and tact (and the Assault-Shroud upgrade probably didn't hurt, either). Of the five original Gundams, it alongside the Buster were the only ones to survive the end of SEED, and it was also the only one to make it through the final battle in one piece. Now do the development history for the Age System, ASAP.
Not only make it through, I think Yzak and the Duel had the most 'ACES / Gundam' kills didn't he? He took out the Forbidden and Raider Gundams in Seed after everyone else struggled with them for multiple battles. Maybe he's just behind Kira in Aces kills. Super cool
@@gzsprout Yeah the Duel is actually the one with the best track record of the original 4 Gundams. Strike you can make an argument for especially with all the combined variants, but the Duel kicked the most ass of the original Gundam Units. I kinda wonder if they had given the Blu Duel to Yzak how much ass would he have kicked at the end of Destiny?
@@Zeromaru42 the destiny would've been the one getting wrecked by yzak. I was so amazed when yzak took out forbidden. That suit is such a potent threat on the battlefield--firepower close to calamity, capable of deflecting beams and bending it's plasmas for more accurate shots, and a good melee weapon to boot.
The real reason why the duel Gundam got the assault shroud armor was because it was damaged by the battle with the strike right before re-entry into Earth and because they didn't have a proper way to repair the unit because they didn't know enough yet about phase shift armor they decided to give it extra armor plating and repair the part that they could with basic non-power conductive materials
The duel killing the Raidor and the forbidden are my favorite kills in all of Gundam. "Oh your in the newest models and bio engineered to kill me. Lol dont care." Yazak probably
@@shauqiharris2772 Sorta wish ZAFT had upgraded it in, the second series....... Not that the Blaze Zaku Phantom? was any less awesome with him at the controls
@@MaddJakd they actually had to return the stolen buster and duel after the war to EA, after the peace talks in the final episode. Which is where the verde buster and blu duel came from. They were the original duel and buster if im not mistaken
One of my favorite mobile suits from the Cosmic Era. It may have been the most basic of all the other GAT-X series but it sure was damn effective taking out multiple Earth forces ships, fighters, mobile suits, and 2 Gundams piloted by enhanced humans. Also it has a sick color scheme.
Duel gundam is what I call old reliable. Doesn't have a lot of gimmicks but it doesn't need all those gimmicks to get the job done. Simple and straightforward like the halo 1 pistol and later on the battle rifle.
Yzak shot down a civilian transport just to taunt Kira. If it were not for that, I'd be supporting the duel all the way. But no. I remembered the flower Kira saw that day.
@@blackcomet2nd950 Maybe because those Daggers were the first line of production that the Alliance didn't dare to put any backpacks yet. They needed more research & trials.
@@androyus well its because the war was turning against the alliance the 105 dagger had a slow production with only 23 units produced so they switched to the strike dagger instead
I wanna see more of those marvelous and the coolest inspirational G weapons! The GAT-X Gundams. Strike Gundam, Buster Gundam, Blitz Gundam, Aegis Gundam, Calamity Gundam, Forbidden Gundam and Raider Gundam.
Headcanon: the wreckage of the Blu Duel was obtained by Librarian Works to be restored and converted into the Regen Duel. Since the Strike Noir was left more or less intact in Venus' orbit I feel it could have also been retrieved and converted into the Gale Strike.
You know, one thing I liked about Seed as a whole is how much more there was influence in the lore of real mechanics. The strengthened ankle joints for example is a really good touch.
I gotta say I still love your gundam history videos as once again it further opens my eyes to the fact that yes these are very cool looking mobile suits and the history behind them is very interesting. Although I was totally reading steal in the fish head announcer voice lol but still fantastic job on the video as always!
Yzak can smoke almost anything with just the basic loadout. A simple looking machine piloted by a superior pilot. Who needs many Striker packs anyway? XD
I absolutely love the dual, it’s my favorite Gat suit if not top-five favorite Gundams. Not only that we actually got to see the pilot develop as a character but we got to see the bad ass scenes lol
People had to remember that the first 5 G weapons were prototypes so there were bound to be problems in the early development stage for both the O.S. and the Phase Shift Armor and one other problem for prototypes is that there are bound to be design bugs as were with all prototypes that were developed throughout history take the V2 rocket for example instead of being allowed to perfect the design the rockets were mass produced by the Nazis and everyone kept crashing or blowing up either on the launch pad or when it got only a few meters off the ground.
Woohoo I've just been rewatching other developmental history cause they are so interesting. Then I see kakarot adds a new one. "Sorry boss, I'm going on break"
I heard that while the extra thrusters did work on speed and balance, point agility was never properly compensated and thus make it less useful on the original duel.
I wonder if Kakarot is gonna make an update to this video with the Blitz Duel. Honestly, I'm damn glad they properly thought out about the og Duel and Buster.
My headcannon is that it was either too advanced for its time to be constructed, had complicating parts and that it was a just a test phase of creation in the Simulations which was then refined to make the Gat Series line. If you remember the first few episodes of SEED ORB and the Earth Alliance was unable to create a user friendly OS for Naturals to use as the Hijackers were complaining on how would the Gundam OS run on this complicated process.
@@brykeso25 pretty much. It reminds me of the Delta Gundam and how it was watered down to the Hyaku Shiki because the tech needed to make it just didn't exist back then. Flash forward a few years later, we have the Delta Plus running around capable of doing everything the Delta Gundam was designed to do and more.
I'm guessing that the X101 might be a test bed for advanced AI/"Learning Computer" technology that would help a natural be on par with a coordinator. they shafted this probably because of the cost and the required technology. I also guess that ORB implemented this on the Eclipse Gundam. (Enhanced Computer Logistic Interface Personal/Pilot Support Emulator) this is just a guess though.
Though not my favorite gundam series my favorite designs of the original 5 in Seed is the Blitz but thanks to this im liking the Duel i appreciate an all rounder I like a gundam with weapons for any circumstance on the fly.
Kakarot197 I know you will probably not see this but thank you for these and the question of the week series it has given me a new appreciation for the series and building my kits. I've noticed ever since finding your videos if I play these in the background I put in more effort to make sure they look good. So in short thank you for inspiring me to bring my best to the building table
Thinking about it, the Duel Gundam consistently looks like the smaller humanoid body of a Braves series super robot before it combines with a bunch of support vehicles into a bigger and badder mech.
The Slash Zaku Yzak had in SEED Destiny proved to be more than a match to Gundams if the pilots were inexperienced. Yzak, Dearka, and Athrun basically manhandled the Chaos and Abyss Gundams. After all, in CE, Gundams aren't these all-powerful machines that can tank everything (which is usually the case in UC and other universes). They're glass cannons in CE so the difference in machine performance can often be closed by the gap in pilot skill.
Yzak could've become an instructor and maybe an even way better mentor to the Minerva's pilots. Yzak should be Viper in ZAFT MS School imo. Smoking those wannabe aces in every single exercise. Destiny could've been better if it use Stardust Memories as a template instead of Zeta.
He deserved a new Gundam, plus best Gundam kill count of all the 5 prototypes, I mean the man did take down to 2nd generation gundams with a 1st gen and the oldest Gundam in the series because the other 4 prototypes the Hyperion and astray gundams were all built after it was started. So if anything zaft very easily could have built him a brand new one with all the data they had on it and called it the duel 2 or rebuilt the testament Gundam without the nuke generator and mirage colliod system or given him the impulse destiny unit
@@GojiraFan-in9oo Some how I found the video in a Playlist of development history of gundams I watch it. I didn't realize I found it right as it uploaded. So I just made a comment. I just chalk it up to believe lucky that all.
The Blu duel is hands down my favourite Gundam of all I time, loads of weapons at the ready and a chassis that has the mobility and durability to keep it going.
The Blu Duel was a beautiful concept for a Gundam. It wasn't its fault that its pilot wasn't Yzak Joule. If it were in Yzak's hands, the Blu Duel would slaughter those Kerberos units. Mudie Holcroft was just a shit pilot, so she wound up dog food.
Funny Enough. In my own Fanfiction stories, I actually have the first G-Weapon to be produced being the GAT-X101 Rubicon which is basically the same body type as the later Duel but sports the Strike's Armor Schneiders Knifes built into those shield-like things on the shoulders of the Duel. It also uses the same beam rifle as the Strike (What I call the M702) and can be equipped with a modified form of the Buster's Missile Pods. It also has different colored eyes. I also sometimes have an extra pair of Duel Units produced around the same time as the original version.
The truth behind the G in G weapons and G project is Gressorial Armament Tactical - eXperimental Project, basically if they didn't go with G project and G weapons as their project names then the coordinators would never have discovered the project since the project would have been named the GATXP which by the looks of that name they would have assumed it would have stood for a wall project between earth and the plants to try and prevent any more damage/chaos between them. Basically the name is what gave the project away thus led to the conflict escalating.
I love the Duel Gundam. I always have an affinity for blue-colored Gundams/mobile suits. It's a color that is Best Looks Ultra Envisioing (Get the joke?)
Man, the Duel got shafted in the hands of Yzak. It showed some of its props at the end of the war when the pilot grew a brain that pushed aside some of his arrogant ego.
The Duel gundam was over tune with reinforced inner frame. example when the gold frame fried it rail bazooka broke it arm the duel was suppose to use it regularly
Huh always thought the blu duel was made from the original duel gundams which the alliance retrieved after the first war, same goes with the stike noir and verde buster
Kira and Athrun= spend ten episodes trying to kill the trio of Druggie suits with their top-of-the-line Gundams. Yzak= kills two of them with the second-oldest Gundam in the same battle.
Hey man I just want to say I love your videos and the time and effort you put into them thank you for continuing to make videos here on UA-cam at such great quality
Look if Joule used the blu duel gundam for the stargazer heck that mobility itself plus the skills of the pilot is enough to withstand most battles. Yzak even used a zaku and it fought well against the newer ones, well quite, but hey at least yzak will be that one pilot who'll be avenging stuff and go crazy but also the one that can regret and learn from his mistakes.
![Strike Gundam Development History [Original & Orb] (Part 1/3)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/v0nEDnyDYnw/mqdefault.jpg)
Check out the Strike Dagger Development History here: ua-cam.com/video/GBuXbY7RjeA/v-deo.html
Kakarot’s notes:
I’m calling BS on the Blu Duel’s official height. It should be no different from the regular Duel because it’s just a direct copy of the original, that then had its exterior overhauled, with minor changes on the inside. But official specs are official specs, so that’s the number on screen.
you saw that too? i also wonder what was with the discrepancy ?
I challenge you to a duel !!!
Fight the power
Plz do the wing gundam and the wing zero or the shin long Gundam history plz
It was only 0.61 meters shorter. It makes small amount of sense that they try to make it a bit shorter given its higher emphasis on close quarter combat. Smaller target even if its not by much. And, given how fast tech progressed in SEED, can we really say that it only had minor changes done on the inside?
Knowing the Earth Alliance subtlety the G stands for Genocide.
Yeah seriously, not all of them were bad but man they make zeon look good in comparison.
@@MusicFan752 Zaft wasnt much better to be fair
Earth Alliance is Cosmic Era version of Titans.
@@shauqiharris2772 yikes
That's actually very plausible now you think about it.
That "grenade" looks like a stretched Little Boy. Knowing this series, that CAN"T be a coincidence.
I never told myself i need a duel development history...... Then you made one and i dropped everything to watch it
Hearing that it's called the 'April Fool's Crisis' has me picturing the higher ups claiming "It's just a prank, bro."
Yep a prank that did more for Blue Cosmos, its recruiting and ideals then any amount of propaganda.
"What the G stood for was never officially confirmed, but the two main theories are that it either stands for Genesis... or Genocide."
That, and the note about the Earth Alliance firing first and using nukes to do it, are your daily reminders that Earth were very much not the "good guys" in this war.
Yeah that was just....wow.
So that makes ZAFT a good guys? Patrick Zala also wants to massacre Naturals because his wife died because of Naturals nukes.
@@shauqiharris2772 not helped with the alliance hatred on coordinators at the start.
@@shauqiharris2772 Just because one side is bad, the other side is not automatically good.
@@shauqiharris2772 I mean you should know that a main theme of Gundam is that no one is totally in the right/wrong
Yzak is a damn hero in the finale. He noob tubes the enemy general, takes out two of the strongest enemy Gundams and overall kicks ass and takes names
Too bad he had bad history.
Killing civilian in space shuttle.
But I still see him as awesome Ace
@@caesarhiro3630 in his defense, he thought that a bunch of enemy officers were escaping from thr battlefield. And once he found out the truth, he willingly went to a military tribunal, where he was pardoned by Durandal, and demoted.
Had he was given the Destiny in GSD, expect him to do the palm due to his voice actor.
@@transformersrevenge9 wait, DEMOTED? He was commanding his own team in GSD. What was he demoted from?
He also saved Murrue's Millennium with Dearka in the later phase in Gundam SEED Freedom. He smelled something wrong after Lacus was abducted by Foundation, and he took the PLANT council to the Eternal to escape the coup launched by the ZAFT radicals. Yzak really is a smart guy.
The irony in the Duel is that the original survived the entirety of SEED with only a grazed left shoulder whereas the Blu-Duel was destroyed right as soon as it was first deployed; it just goes to show that any machine is only as good as its operator.
It's also the Gundam with the most Gundam kilz under its belt.
Because it took out both the raider and the forbidden, none of the other five prototypes or the successor units have that same statement, the strike took down the blitz on accident, the aegis blew up the strike with it's own self destruction system and the buster well it's gun took down the raider but controlled by the duel.
@@swakage13x That does sort of go with what I pointed out aside from one surviving and the other being destroyed
@@georgemercer402 Well I thought I might point out a reason why he is a better pilot And some of his accomplishments
@@swakage13x Which proves the point in my starting statement
The blu duel is just dog food
I really like the design of the Duel.
It has a very practical look.
Looks like RX-78-2 Gundam.
it was the most grunt machine of the G Weapons ..... shame we didnt see a limited mass production of it
I've never expected that Honako Green commented in this video.
Yep, i think Strike and Duel is the one of the pinnacle of practical mech design
@@reform-revolution well it did have mass production version of it the duel dagger
@@AC12246 but it wasnt the Duel it was a suped up dagger
Kakarot : - Detailed explanation on the advancement of the Duel into the Blu Duel with it's state of the art equipment and armaments -
Kerberos BuCUE Hound : *YUMMY*
It's amazing how fast ZAFT was able to develop the assault shroud. The Le Cruset team was still in hot pursuit of the Archangel, but the military-industrial complex was all like "Yo, Yzak, we heard yous a raging psychopath, so we went ahead and pimped out the Duel"
I mean basically they just took the measurements while it was on the vasalias was like here go cut this material out of giant plates of titanium welded together and give it a bears color scheme and slap it on
"Yo, this Gundam's looking pretty bare."
"Just slap some shit on there and call it a day. Any of the junk we have laying around'll do."
Plus a Duel Blitz Gundam. It was modified into a nuclear-powered MS, and changed ZAKU Warrior's cockpit. The main weapon is Blitz Gundam's beam rifle w/ harpoon launcher.
I wasn't expecting it when the movie came out
Blud... This way vid was made 3 YEARS ago. Zero data on the Duel Blitz existence lol
I am so happy to see you followed the Seed formula of creating “completely necessary” acronyms for GUNDAM to explain Orb’s tactic of STEAL!
Strategically
transfer
equipment to
alternate
location
Love this series, and I hope there will be a Dom Development History one day as it’s my favorite Zeon MS
Me too especially the Dom Tropen
Gelgoog.
The Duel may not have been as unique or flashy as its sister Gundams, but its pilot more than made up for it with skill and tact (and the Assault-Shroud upgrade probably didn't hurt, either).
Of the five original Gundams, it alongside the Buster were the only ones to survive the end of SEED, and it was also the only one to make it through the final battle in one piece.
Now do the development history for the Age System, ASAP.
Not only make it through, I think Yzak and the Duel had the most 'ACES / Gundam' kills didn't he? He took out the Forbidden and Raider Gundams in Seed after everyone else struggled with them for multiple battles. Maybe he's just behind Kira in Aces kills.
Super cool
All of it wrecked tho.
Assault-Shroud did made improvements but on space. He is a lot heavier on earth atmosphere. Duel is sinking on the sand on desert battle.
@@gzsprout Yeah the Duel is actually the one with the best track record of the original 4 Gundams. Strike you can make an argument for especially with all the combined variants, but the Duel kicked the most ass of the original Gundam Units. I kinda wonder if they had given the Blu Duel to Yzak how much ass would he have kicked at the end of Destiny?
@@Zeromaru42 the destiny would've been the one getting wrecked by yzak. I was so amazed when yzak took out forbidden. That suit is such a potent threat on the battlefield--firepower close to calamity, capable of deflecting beams and bending it's plasmas for more accurate shots, and a good melee weapon to boot.
It's a shame that we didn't get to see more of the Blu Duel and other Gundams in Stargazer. That OVA deserved to be longer.
Instead of 50 minutes, it should've been 100 minutes runtime or 3 50-minute OVAs.
The blu duel was unfortunately munched by the Bucue hounds, along with mudie
That scene's nasty as fuck.
they should make it like the Unicorn
they should make it like the Unicorn
The real reason why the duel Gundam got the assault shroud armor was because it was damaged by the battle with the strike right before re-entry into Earth and because they didn't have a proper way to repair the unit because they didn't know enough yet about phase shift armor they decided to give it extra armor plating and repair the part that they could with basic non-power conductive materials
The duel killing the Raidor and the forbidden are my favorite kills in all of Gundam.
"Oh your in the newest models and bio engineered to kill me. Lol dont care." Yazak probably
lol,no kidding!
The Duel was an awesome machine, but Yazak in The Duel makes it simply epic!
Love seeing Duel killing Raider while eating a McDonald's.
@@shauqiharris2772 Sorta wish ZAFT had upgraded it in, the second series.......
Not that the Blaze Zaku Phantom? was any less awesome with him at the controls
@@MaddJakd they actually had to return the stolen buster and duel after the war to EA, after the peace talks in the final episode. Which is where the verde buster and blu duel came from. They were the original duel and buster if im not mistaken
One of my favorite mobile suits from the Cosmic Era. It may have been the most basic of all the other GAT-X series but it sure was damn effective taking out multiple Earth forces ships, fighters, mobile suits, and 2 Gundams piloted by enhanced humans. Also it has a sick color scheme.
Blue,white and orange?
Duel gundam is what I call old reliable. Doesn't have a lot of gimmicks but it doesn't need all those gimmicks to get the job done. Simple and straightforward like the halo 1 pistol and later on the battle rifle.
Simple yet can still be effective in almost any situation even with its basic loadout. That suit still need to be push to its fullest potential imo.
Yzak shot down a civilian transport just to taunt Kira. If it were not for that, I'd be supporting the duel all the way. But no. I remembered the flower Kira saw that day.
@@orangeyellow9695 Yzak killed an innocent child.
Out of the entire gat line. You'd think the duel would be the perfect suit to model their grunts after with the strike taking over as commander units.
That’s an interesting idea. Weather or not it would’ve been cheaper than the strike daggers we’ll unfortunately never no.
Strike is more flexible for different backpacks & equipments.
@@androyus however the first mass production strike dagger wasn’t able to equip striker packs. Only the 105 dagger could equip striker packs.
@@blackcomet2nd950 Maybe because those Daggers were the first line of production that the Alliance didn't dare to put any backpacks yet. They needed more research & trials.
@@androyus well its because the war was turning against the alliance the 105 dagger had a slow production with only 23 units produced so they switched to the strike dagger instead
I wanna see more of those marvelous and the coolest inspirational G weapons!
The GAT-X Gundams.
Strike Gundam, Buster Gundam, Blitz Gundam, Aegis Gundam, Calamity Gundam, Forbidden Gundam and Raider Gundam.
Headcanon: the wreckage of the Blu Duel was obtained by Librarian Works to be restored and converted into the Regen Duel. Since the Strike Noir was left more or less intact in Venus' orbit I feel it could have also been retrieved and converted into the Gale Strike.
You know, one thing I liked about Seed as a whole is how much more there was influence in the lore of real mechanics. The strengthened ankle joints for example is a really good touch.
Duel Gundam is my favorite , out of all Earth Alliance GAT-X series Duel survived the entire Seed until the the end.
Yep.
The Duel Gundam Assault Shroud is still my favorite mobile suit to this day
Better than Wing Gundam Zero???
Better than the lupes rex?
It was so good, they put the AS on their mass-produced Duels too.
nice work, i like this history series
Your chosen music and intro to this video really makes me wish for a CE Gihrens Greed type game.
What if Kira follows Athrun earlier. Ngl, red uniform does suit Kira well.
I really really like the four bad guy gundams in seed. The new HG Aile Strike is great, and I hope they do HG Aegis, Duel, Blitz and Buster.
Def the duel and buster
Would be awesome to see my Fav Boy Strike Noir (or Regular Strike) dev History!
Just imagine Yzak getting a new "ZGMF" Duel Gundam after Lacus seats her position as Chairman of PLANT
Boy do we have good news for you
I gotta say I still love your gundam history videos as once again it further opens my eyes to the fact that yes these are very cool looking mobile suits and the history behind them is very interesting. Although I was totally reading steal in the fish head announcer voice lol but still fantastic job on the video as always!
Hot Take
The original Duel was the best Duel
Cold Take
These videos are fascinating for an old Gundam nerd like me
Yzak can smoke almost anything with just the basic loadout. A simple looking machine piloted by a superior pilot. Who needs many Striker packs anyway? XD
@@Joshua_N-A cant the Duel use strikers back?
@@reform-revolution haven't watch SEED for while so I'd say it never seen to use any Striker packs beside the armour package.
@@Joshua_N-A i just checked it cant ..... must have confused a kitbashing video with a lore one
@@reform-revolution Can't, different shoulders and back from Strike.
Ah yes, another entry into my favourite series on this channel
That Strategic Transfer of Equipment to Alternate Locations got me bust laughing.
That was my favorite of the Gundam Seed Gundams after that I always liked the Calamity a lot.
I absolutely love the dual, it’s my favorite Gat suit if not top-five favorite Gundams. Not only that we actually got to see the pilot develop as a character but we got to see the bad ass scenes lol
People had to remember that the first 5 G weapons were prototypes so there were bound to be problems in the early development stage for both the O.S. and the Phase Shift Armor and one other problem for prototypes is that there are bound to be design bugs as were with all prototypes that were developed throughout history take the V2 rocket for example instead of being allowed to perfect the design the rockets were mass produced by the Nazis and everyone kept crashing or blowing up either on the launch pad or when it got only a few meters off the ground.
Woohoo I've just been rewatching other developmental history cause they are so interesting. Then I see kakarot adds a new one.
"Sorry boss, I'm going on break"
How do you talk about the Blu Duel and not mention how it was the favorite snack of the Kerberos BuCue Hound??
now im imaging the pilots as heavys just nom noming the Blu Duel lol
Exactly. The Blu Duel was definitely a superior MS to the original, but the pilot on the other hand was not.
Mudie was just an abysmal pilot
Dude that's too dark and traumatic for this video.
@@shauqiharris2772 He already showed that clip twice on this channel.
Showing my boy Yzak some love by showing him taking out the Forbidden
I always thought the G stands for Gundam in the G Weapons designation of the G Weapons of the Earth Alliance Forces.
I heard that while the extra thrusters did work on speed and balance, point agility was never properly compensated and thus make it less useful on the original duel.
Great video the Duel is one my favorites
Need all history Of the Librarian Developed Gundam. Great vid. Keep up the good work bro
One of my favorite mobile suits.
The duel is my favorite because it uas the second best looking beam rifle and a shoulder cannon, and hust a generally good looking suit.
I would definitely love to see that Fortestra in Gunpla form
Yzak Jule: "Don't take me lightly! I'm not like the Buster!"
Oof!
shots fired
This is no Buster boy! No Buster!
I mean, Buster has no shield and no melee weapons so.....
@IKMS said the pilot of the ONE G Weapon that survived the first war in fighting condition ......
Man I love the Duel and it's variants. Absolutely my favorite MS line of the cosmic era.
It would be interesting on a strike gundam development history video if that happen
I wonder if Kakarot is gonna make an update to this video with the Blitz Duel. Honestly, I'm damn glad they properly thought out about the og Duel and Buster.
Gotta wonder why the gatx-101 was never made or even mentioned in a side story. But it might be shown in seed eclipse or the upcoming seed movie.
My headcannon is that it was either too advanced for its time to be constructed, had complicating parts and that it was a just a test phase of creation in the Simulations which was then refined to make the Gat Series line.
If you remember the first few episodes of SEED ORB and the Earth Alliance was unable to create a user friendly OS for Naturals to use as the Hijackers were complaining on how would the Gundam OS run on this complicated process.
@@brykeso25 pretty much. It reminds me of the Delta Gundam and how it was watered down to the Hyaku Shiki because the tech needed to make it just didn't exist back then. Flash forward a few years later, we have the Delta Plus running around capable of doing everything the Delta Gundam was designed to do and more.
I'm guessing that the X101 might be a test bed for advanced AI/"Learning Computer" technology that would help a natural be on par with a coordinator. they shafted this probably because of the cost and the required technology. I also guess that ORB implemented this on the Eclipse Gundam. (Enhanced Computer Logistic Interface Personal/Pilot Support Emulator) this is just a guess though.
@@brykeso25 The lazy answer would be it just being the Red Astray...
Regen Duel is my favorite Cosmic Era Mobile Suit.
Needs a MG along with Blu Duel.
The Duel is my absolute favorite of the Earth Alliance G-Weapons.
Love the lore videos. Keep up the good work!
One of my favorite SEED MS
Thanks for another cool development history
Gotta love that Assault Shroud!
Though not my favorite gundam series my favorite designs of the original 5 in Seed is the Blitz but thanks to this im liking the Duel i appreciate an all rounder I like a gundam with weapons for any circumstance on the fly.
My favorite of the original 5 is probably the strike for the same reason, it has more versatility than the other gundams
and just like the daggers, this unit went out with a whimper
Kakarot197 I know you will probably not see this but thank you for these and the question of the week series it has given me a new appreciation for the series and building my kits. I've noticed ever since finding your videos if I play these in the background I put in more effort to make sure they look good. So in short thank you for inspiring me to bring my best to the building table
The Duel is such a great looking MS!
Thinking about it, the Duel Gundam consistently looks like the smaller humanoid body of a Braves series super robot before it combines with a bunch of support vehicles into a bigger and badder mech.
Interesting, I always suspected the Strike was the prototype base and the Duel was the 'standard' model instead of the other way around.
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It's a shame that yzak didn't get a gundam in destiny
He is probably the best pilot in C.E that without a special abilities just pure skills
He's still badass even just piloting a Slash Zaku Phantom.
The Slash Zaku Yzak had in SEED Destiny proved to be more than a match to Gundams if the pilots were inexperienced. Yzak, Dearka, and Athrun basically manhandled the Chaos and Abyss Gundams. After all, in CE, Gundams aren't these all-powerful machines that can tank everything (which is usually the case in UC and other universes). They're glass cannons in CE so the difference in machine performance can often be closed by the gap in pilot skill.
Yzak could've become an instructor and maybe an even way better mentor to the Minerva's pilots. Yzak should be Viper in ZAFT MS School imo. Smoking those wannabe aces in every single exercise. Destiny could've been better if it use Stardust Memories as a template instead of Zeta.
@@akaneriyun4774 I wouldn’t say glass canons since they normally take a lot of hits before going down
He deserved a new Gundam, plus best Gundam kill count of all the 5 prototypes, I mean the man did take down to 2nd generation gundams with a 1st gen and the oldest Gundam in the series because the other 4 prototypes the Hyperion and astray gundams were all built after it was started. So if anything zaft very easily could have built him a brand new one with all the data they had on it and called it the duel 2 or rebuilt the testament Gundam without the nuke generator and mirage colliod system or given him the impulse destiny unit
Great video! I love the duel
This was awesome ones again. Also when can we expect part 6 of if Amaro got the Alex Gundam? Anyway keep up the amazing work.
Part 6 is coming, but I can't say when.
@@kakarot197 ok still looking forward it it
How was this comment so early?
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Some how I found the video in a Playlist of development history of gundams I watch it. I didn't realize I found it right as it uploaded. So I just made a comment. I just chalk it up to believe lucky that all.
Great video, the duel is always so underrated as the Striker steals more of the show but solid general purpose type is not one to be underestimated
The Blu duel is hands down my favourite Gundam of all I time, loads of weapons at the ready and a chassis that has the mobility and durability to keep it going.
Bucues would take a stab at this :)
@@patrickramosofmanila Mudie would let that happen lol.
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She's and Blu Duel inevitably being a *dog food* for them...🐕🐶
The Blu Duel was a beautiful concept for a Gundam. It wasn't its fault that its pilot wasn't Yzak Joule. If it were in Yzak's hands, the Blu Duel would slaughter those Kerberos units. Mudie Holcroft was just a shit pilot, so she wound up dog food.
It was still dog food
Nice vid as always dude
Forbidden: The newer and more superior machine will always win!
Duel: Hold my beer!
basically the Cosmic Era's equivalent to the RX-78-2 Gundam and its variants.
I love these videos. These are among the few UA-cam videos I rewatch. It's almost like watching episodes of the anime! I really enjoy them!
Funny Enough. In my own Fanfiction stories, I actually have the first G-Weapon to be produced being the GAT-X101 Rubicon which is basically the same body type as the later Duel but sports the Strike's Armor Schneiders Knifes built into those shield-like things on the shoulders of the Duel. It also uses the same beam rifle as the Strike (What I call the M702) and can be equipped with a modified form of the Buster's Missile Pods. It also has different colored eyes. I also sometimes have an extra pair of Duel Units produced around the same time as the original version.
The next one of the G weapons to have their history develop video can be Buster Gundam?
The Buster Gundam is so underrated from the Cosmic Era. Its probably among the best long range/artillery type MS from any universe.
@@goufr3540 and even tho calamity is way more powerful than the buster, the buster is way more balanced
my favorite seed mobile suit! hope they make a revive HG or RG of this. DUEL without the assault armor is so simple yet beautiful
Now I want a Master Grade Version RM GAT-X101, but it would be an empty box or maybe just the skeletal frame with no armor.
The truth behind the G in G weapons and G project is Gressorial Armament Tactical - eXperimental Project, basically if they didn't go with G project and G weapons as their project names then the coordinators would never have discovered the project since the project would have been named the GATXP which by the looks of that name they would have assumed it would have stood for a wall project between earth and the plants to try and prevent any more damage/chaos between them. Basically the name is what gave the project away thus led to the conflict escalating.
Could you cover the Dom development history?
a fave of mine as well that and the GM
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I love the Duel Gundam. I always have an affinity for blue-colored Gundams/mobile suits. It's a color that is Best Looks Ultra Envisioing (Get the joke?)
Man, the Duel got shafted in the hands of Yzak. It showed some of its props at the end of the war when the pilot grew a brain that pushed aside some of his arrogant ego.
Yeah I always loved that Gundam but hated the pilot lol
At least he's a better characters in Seed Destiny than the main cast of characters.
@@HamanKarn567 let me guess you hated him cause he shot down the orb refugees, thats where i started hated him
He should've been the one who slap Shinn.
Love these videos, even though I've never really been into Seed 😅
The Duel gundam was over tune with reinforced inner frame. example when the gold frame fried it rail bazooka broke it arm the duel was suppose to use it regularly
Huh, you know, I always thought the Duel was the most vanilla of the five G weapons. And now I know why, cool.
Hey man, you think you can do a development history on some 00 stuff?
Maybe even the Twin Drive system or the early gen Gundams?
My favorite Cosmic era mobile suit, very nice 😄👍
Huh always thought the blu duel was made from the original duel gundams which the alliance retrieved after the first war, same goes with the stike noir and verde buster
AAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW THE DUEL DATS MY BOOOOIIIIYYY (Along With Blitz, BLITZ DEVELOPMENT HISTORY PLEASE )
The Duel Gundam is one of the coolest of the OG cosmic era Gundam to me.
Kira and Athrun= spend ten episodes trying to kill the trio of Druggie suits with their top-of-the-line Gundams.
Yzak= kills two of them with the second-oldest Gundam in the same battle.
Yeah never expected that the Duel itself can handle the Forbidden and Raider😀
Wonder if it was with the help of KYOJI (look who's voicing Yzak). Now imagine Yzak in the Destiny. Those palms are burning red.
@@Joshua_N-A Could also have gone Made in Heaven on them--also looks at the JP VA.
the coolest gundam in CE era
Dang, talk about timing. I just picked up a Blu Duel HG.
Hey man I just want to say I love your videos and the time and effort you put into them thank you for continuing to make videos here on UA-cam at such great quality
I can hear Yzak's "Urusai!"
Imagine if Yzak actually piloted the Blue Duel
I always wonder how you research these things, or you just know these by heart. I'm learning a lot, Gundam lore is really interesting!
Look if Joule used the blu duel gundam for the stargazer heck that mobility itself plus the skills of the pilot is enough to withstand most battles.
Yzak even used a zaku and it fought well against the newer ones, well quite, but hey at least yzak will be that one pilot who'll be avenging stuff and go crazy but also the one that can regret and learn from his mistakes.
Looks like we gonna need Buster development history as well
Did you forget about it being Kerberos BuCue Hound favorites snacks?