This new lore wants to indicate good Saiyans existing in a series that had always portrayed them as deserving of their extinction. Adding more layers and nuance to an element is typically for the better, but this is not one of them. The character writing and narrative was actually better with...
I'd say it's a retcon of sorts. The funny thing that I think people don't talk about is that Toriyama has done this in less obvious ways even as far back as Part 1.
Taopaipai was still talked about in a legendary status even in the 22nd Budokai, despite the fact that many would have assumed he...