[Gundam 00] 4th gundam missing?

[Illsteir]

I believe that is Virtue's "reinforced" prototype (like the Sadalsuud's reinforced version, the Sadalsuud Type F) is the one in the 2nd frame.

Or it can be the actual prototype but it's wearing a mask to conceal the fact that it's a Gundam like the Astraea.

[Bocca]

Plutone looks like a ripoff of the Testament Gundam (with those legs and all).

[Cherudim Arche]

I don't think it looks as menacing as testament does, but it does have a similiar armor structure to it.

http://www.picspay.com/uploads/ngeek...FaceOpen_s.jpg

Sadalsuud revealing face

[xytrix]

Just to clear things up, first of all, no such thing as GN-004 exists at this point. GNY-004 is not a completed unit,which means there will be no 3rd generation Gundam that will be part of GNY-004's lineage that will be built as long as GNY-004 gets completed(if it will ever be).

Here is a bit of info from Wiki:

"As the Plutone production line was discontinued in the process of testing, no 3rd-generation successor unit bearing the designation GN-004 exists"

[Illsteir]

What's the sauce, err... I mean source of that Wiki entry?

[Slayerx]

Originally Posted by xytrix

Here is a bit of info from Wiki:

"As the Plutone production line was discontinued in the process of testing, no 3rd-generation successor unit bearing the designation GN-004 exists"

This is where you have to question Wiki's information... Is the writer saying that it is directly stated in the manga that no GN-004 exists, or is he pointing out that so far from what we have seen in gundam 00 that there is no GN-004...

one thing to consider is that i think all the information about Plutine comes from the gundam 00 mangas which take place some time before the anime series, and just because something is true at one point doesn't mean it will remain true... I mean, in the manga it might have the statement "we will discontinue GNY-004" however sometime between the manga and the anime someone from celestiral being "hey lets start up GNY-004 again"

Really, it seems odd for them to include GNY-004 just to have it Discontinued... i mean, why would the writers include GNY-004 if that's all they were planning on doing with it... more than likely the writers are probably planning something and that GNY-004, and possibly GN-004 will have a more significant role later on... be it in the anime, or in the manga

[MikeMania]

Spoiler:

Having read the 00F sidestory, I think Plutone goes into action sometime after CB makes its announcement to the world. The four other "gundam" units seem to be active under another organization also taking orders from Veda.

[xytrix]

Remember, in the 00P photonovel, it was mentioned that all GNY series prototype Gundams aren't stable or rather has an incomplete GN Drive, as these prototype unit's main reason for it's exsistence is to test out the new GN Drives.

But as for the GNY-004, it is a very unstable unit with the new GN Drive compared to the other GNY prototypes so it's production is discontinued. that is why no 3rd generation unit that was made out of it so far, in the manga 00F, when Fon Spaak took off with the GNY-004, Chall reacted to hint that there is something wrong with GNY-004.

Since then, 3rd generation Gundams such as the GN series (excluding GN-004) are made and all are stable with the new GN Drives.

Lets just wait on what will happen with GNY-004 (Plutone) in the 00F manga.

[LoweGear]

Missing no longer.

Spoiler for GN-004:

[Papaya]

Oh my god.
There better be something amazing about it, other than its ugliness D:

[Anavel]

Heh, that's what I thought too when I was reading the info on Gunota. Now that I see an image of what it really looks like, well it doesn't look that great.

[Illsteir]

Did the guy who put that info in Wikipedia read my theory?

[Ascaloth]

If you guys have been following the Episode 9 thread.....

Spoiler:

...it's really Virtue, "purged" of its armour.

[winter45]

WTF????? Is That For Real????

[duotiga]

2 more days to see the actual sortie lol......

[Terrestrial Dream]

Oh god, Nobel Gundam is back.

[Samanosuke]

I completly Lol'ed !
I wonder if there is a hidden GN-004 in the GN-005 model . That would be cool...but that would be expensive too >_>

[Papaya]

Maybe GN-004's secret power is to purge its hair.

[DeotoxSlayer]

well the poster says

GN-004 Gundam Nadle:"The form uncovered when the Gundam Virtue purges its armor. One characteristic is the exposure of the completely disheveled, hair-like cords that were attached to the armored parts. Light and excelling in mobility, it nimbly dodged attacks from Peiris' Taozi. It can use the Virtue's shoulder cannons as handheld weapons."

[Cherudim Arche]

What is next, it beats kyrios and exia with its speed?