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This is an attempt to catalogue/differentiate Piccolo's attacks in the 23rd Budokai. His attacks all look incredibly similar and it's hard to discern which is which. This is just my opinion of course.
1. Makosen
This is the attack that Old Piccolo Daimao used to critically injure Goku. This attack looks very similar to it, and given the lack of charging it seems to be Piccolo's most basic attack with little amplification.
2. Bakurikimaha.
Young Piccolo Daimao used this attack but was only seen releasing it with one arm. Given that this attack is clearly higher effort than the first attack and even created a mushroom cloud, it leads me to believe that it's the more highly amplified Bakurikimaha. As to why he uses two arms here, my guess is that it's because he's not worried about accuracy so much as having a wider blast radius, so he doesn't need to control this blast by holding onto his arm when firing it. Therefore it's the same attack, just a less controlled version.
3. 'Super' Bakurikimaha
I'm calling this the Super Bakurikimaha as Piccolo is clearly amplifying this to the maximum here. He has an aura and charges it substantially, and the blast radius was even larger than the prior one. This is basically his Super Kamehameha variant.
4. Homing Bakurikimaha
This is where we see Piccolo using an arm to stabilize his other arm similar to how Piccolo Daimao did, and it makes sense in the context of firing an accurate homing attack. This attack is weaker than the Super Bakurikimaha given the fact that Goku calls it "basic". That said, it's still powerful in its own right as Piccolo expected it to be a finishing attack on Goku, or at the very least one that would dramatically turn the tides. So this attack should far surpass the Makosen, and is likely just the standard Bakurikimaha but with a homing component.
5. Chōbakuretsumaha
Self explanatory. Piccolo's ultimate attack.
1. Makosen
This is the attack that Old Piccolo Daimao used to critically injure Goku. This attack looks very similar to it, and given the lack of charging it seems to be Piccolo's most basic attack with little amplification.
2. Bakurikimaha.
Young Piccolo Daimao used this attack but was only seen releasing it with one arm. Given that this attack is clearly higher effort than the first attack and even created a mushroom cloud, it leads me to believe that it's the more highly amplified Bakurikimaha. As to why he uses two arms here, my guess is that it's because he's not worried about accuracy so much as having a wider blast radius, so he doesn't need to control this blast by holding onto his arm when firing it. Therefore it's the same attack, just a less controlled version.
3. 'Super' Bakurikimaha
I'm calling this the Super Bakurikimaha as Piccolo is clearly amplifying this to the maximum here. He has an aura and charges it substantially, and the blast radius was even larger than the prior one. This is basically his Super Kamehameha variant.
4. Homing Bakurikimaha
This is where we see Piccolo using an arm to stabilize his other arm similar to how Piccolo Daimao did, and it makes sense in the context of firing an accurate homing attack. This attack is weaker than the Super Bakurikimaha given the fact that Goku calls it "basic". That said, it's still powerful in its own right as Piccolo expected it to be a finishing attack on Goku, or at the very least one that would dramatically turn the tides. So this attack should far surpass the Makosen, and is likely just the standard Bakurikimaha but with a homing component.
5. Chōbakuretsumaha
Self explanatory. Piccolo's ultimate attack.
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