History of the EXAM System [Gundam Blue Destiny] 

No outro talk this time because I felt it was better for the mood of the ending of the video. In part 2 I’ll follow up with the EXAM System’s successor, the HADES system, and various kinds of other piloting support systems. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Get yourself an amazing shave and help support the channel: www.patronblades.com/k197 Get some sweet Gunpla deals in Europe!: facebook.com/gunplalabbenelux/

I fear Exam, not as a mobile suit system, but because I'm a teenage student

I would have liked to seen a exam ms, in the zeta, or unicorn series. Im glad that nimbus, bought the farm, his own self serving ego was his greatest flaw.

thank you for doing these battle systems because I'm playing battle operation 2 and this helps out a lot I literally could not find a video on this like a week ago again thanks so much for making this and the Hades video!

Can you do a what if video on how if the exam was mass produced for the federation and how it would effect the UC time-line?

The alternate ending didn't happen. She survives instead of passing away. Don't ask me how I know. I don't want to be experimented on. Also, I'm not a newtype, I swear.

What Gundam anime had a GM beaten up other Gundam? I forgot the name of the anime.

Cyber newtypes, exam system, zero system, trans-am, PX system, Alaya-Vijnana system...this trope is old

Outro music???

The crazy thing is, EXAM was the forerunner to the HADES and NT-D systems used in the Pale Rider units and the Unicorn.

Fun fact: during the end of CCA when amuro was pushing back axis, yuu was actually one of the jegen space type pilots that tried to push axis

Yuu Kajima is also said to be one of the Jegan pilots during the Second Neo Zeon War. He tried to help Amuro push back Axis. I think he was the one who tried to save that Geara Doga from floating up to the top of Axis when its engine overheated.

This is . . . honestly quite sad. Imagine that your soul is trapped within that unstable system, wanting to reach out to people for help to be set free, yet you only cause them to go through something you yourself would not want to go through. I feel for Marion and Yuu, and luckily for Yuu, in one ending anyway, he did her a great favor, which I guess works out well in the end. However, hearing the alternate ending made me choke up a bit.

That was an awesome video. I really think Blue Destiny deserves to be animated.

Imagine if a more bloodlust driven person was used for the EXAM system it makes you wonder how twisted the war would have become

The EXAM System is different from the ZERO System from Gundam Wing, since ZERO is more like an A.I. driven OODA Loop.

You know, it would’ve been epic if Ramba ral piloted blue destiny unit 1 It would’ve been a good excuse for a *”THIS IS NO GM BOY, NO GM!”*

I like the ending song Fits perfect

Can you please do a video on the Tyrant Sword. Its the only non unicorn type mobile suit to rival a Unicorn type MS. Plus its so dangerous even Papitas Scirroco is scared of it.

Nice video , can't wait for H.A.D.E.S and A.L.I.C.E ;)

First time I realised Bandai and Gundam’s creators actually paid a lot of attention to the detail and realistic nature of the war timelines. And for the last 30 years I had always thought they just slapped whatever gundam in whatever timeframe they felt was cool.

I'd love for you to talk about the spaceships of the gundam franchise.

Love the Exams suits. Hope maybe one day we might get an anime of Blue Destiny... one can dream.

Blue Destiny is one of my favorite side stories. No Build Fighters or Build Divers anime can top the awesomeness of the Blue Destiny story.

Being perfectly honest here, the lore behind the EXAM System and how it works is the main reason why I prefer it over its successor, the HADES System. Don't get me wrong, losing control of an already deadly Mobile Suit as it flies off the handle on a rampage unable to distinguish friend from foe doesn't exactly sound fun, and the way EXAM was developed is all kinds of cruel towards poor Marion, but it'd sound infinitely more appealing to me than eventually forgetting who I am as a person if I were a given a split-second choice between piloting a unit with EXAM and piloting a unit with HADES. Plus, if EXAM didn't kill me after the first go and I was able to respond to Marion's cry for help, it'd give me a reason to fight beyond whatever propaganda the politicians are spouting. To see the war to a peaceful resolution and Marion released from the clutches of the system she was sacrificed to, intentionally or not, by that blue-haired bastard Chlust. If I were in Marion's shoes, I'd want out of that cold, cruel, unforgiving digital prison as well. If I were in Yuu's shoes, I'd want to do everything in my power to help free her from her prison at best, or, if her physical body did, in fact, fail without her soul, at least help her pass on to a better place, free from the cruelties of war.

2:01 oh, that’s where that image comes from.

Thanks for covering the Blue Destiny / EXAM system I first heard about both during the game: Gundam: The Lost Wars Chronicles. In that game, you will eventually be able to access the Blue Destiny 01... and it's special feature is that if it's HP is reduced to about 30% - 40%, it enters EXAM mode, which increases all of the unit's stats except HP and Armor, your beam saber's effective range increases, and your thruster gauge wont be depleted. The unit was one of the ones I really enjoyed using, and led to me read up more about the manga. The manga I read ended with Yuu defeating Nimbus and the destruction of Efreet and BD01. Yuu also sees Marion, and he vowed to help free her, to which Marion gives him a heartfelt smile and a thank you before disappearing Unfortunately, I wasn't able to read the other half of this... so thank you for the new information you brought in. Although games are NOT canon, you can use Marion Welch as a pilot in G Generation Games... so in some form, she is still alive and well :) If I use her, I generally have her pilot one of the EXAM units... yea... I'm a terrible person XD

A couple of ideas for Morse clust’ defection to the federation is his fear of newtype dominance . Why simply allow Zeon the power of both the exam system and real new types ? Giving the federation this power as well help balance things out regardless of who wins the war seem like a plausible idea. Also the federation in future conflicts have been anti newtype with cyber newtype and, hades and NTD system that it help make them a safe bet for clust to assist to win the war.

This is definitely your best lore video yet, which considering the previous entries, is a pretty big deal!

Sad story for the new type girl :(

【E.X.A.M.】SYSTEM. STAND BY. Always been a fan of the EXAM, I really like the idea of pushing a machine way past its intended limits. Even though the EXAM had to sacrifice poor Marion

Could the EXAM system augment a newtype? Maybe double their abilities if they could master it?

Now it makes sense to me as to why the new HGUC Blue Destiny kits used the HGUC GM Ground Type as the base kit. But yeah, sad story there.....

The most feared variation of the EXAM system is called IELTS, specifically, its' writing and speaking components are the graveyards of many pilots. Fearsome as it sounds, many suffered PTSD after trying to master the system.

I wonder if there's enough content to make a video on the ZERO System.

Hm. I have a theory that RX-0 03 phenex under went something similar.the exam system doesn't have a psicomu and a soul still became traped. so I hypothesize that the RX-0 03 designed for newtypes has a far higher likelihood of traping the soul of its pilot.

Both Nimbus and Moses were egotistic sociopaths and got much better than what they deserved. I'm just glad they had Yuu as part of Londo Bell meaning he didn't join the Titans.

At least its not the Idolo system as its both like the Exam and Nitro systems combined.

After watching this. I find it kinda fitting that my third custom gundam: the midnight twist, uses destiny 02 as its base. A suit that goes berserk? How fitting for the man who got called "Not human." At his grade school.

I know the EXAM allows the pilot get the Newtype ability everytime it activated but with the cost of the MS goes berserk, but I wonder if the system gave the pilot a burden at all.

its a freaking horror story.

I've read the manga and i love it I wish it has an anime adaptation

Couldn't the ALICE System do the same thing with the INCOMs? Or was that because they were attached by those wires.

Personally I doubt the info of the BD series having the magnetic coating is likely hogwash someone just threw in at some point. Because even the Pale Rider which was supposed to be one of the most powerful MS made by the Federation during the OYW isn't directly stated to have it despite being developed from both the Gundam Alex and Blue Destiny series, plus the RX 4, 5 and GM Sniper II as well. Also MS like the Gundam Pixie and Gundam Slave Wraith seemed to be able to keep up with and fend off the Pale Rider. I honestly think very few MS were equipped with magnetic joint coating at the time and the material was only standardized with later MS starting with the mass produced MS-11 Act Zaku. However there may have been an alternative to mag joint coating. Zeon's development of the Acguy may be a clue. New next gen lubricants were used in it's joints to improve it's physical mobility as well as reduce noise. I think it may be possible similar materials were used in the joints of high end MS on both sides during the war. If so it could have a similar enhancement effect on mobility.

I was thinking Heero yuey could handle the blue destiny because he handled the Zero system between Wing Zero and Epyon

Thanks for this video. I've always been interested in EXAM, and not many channels talk about it.

EXAM System, Standby!

Gonna get all blue destiny HG so im brushing up on the story

Is there any way, legit or otherwise, to get the blue destiny story past unit 1 in English? Games? Manga? Anything?

Hell yes

To me, I felt that the tragic origin about the EXAM System can be consider a ghost story given Marion Whelch's soul is trapped inside the system. She tried to reach out at the pilots who use this to set her free but only for them to be in a state of trauma for using the EXAM System too much leading them to go berserk. Glad this compelling but tragic origin got me interested to buy the HGUC Blue Destiny Unit 1(Revive version) gunpla weeks ago due to the EXAM System, which is consider the early predecessor of the infamous NT-D Mode from Gundam Unicorn.

this was an interesting episode I really do enjoy your content I appreciate the time and energy that you use on these videos I would like you to review the zero system seen in Gundam Wing please I think that would be an interesting video

*I'M CURRENTLY WATCHING OVER ALL OF GUNDAM ...* Right now, I'm almost finished with Victory Gundam. Alter all of that, I'm going to watch *LEGEND OF THE GALACTIC HEROES* all over again. My Sci-Fi Boner is going to be hard for a long time - lol

The story of the EXAM system is pretty depressing

Next time let's talk about our man of culture.... MS girl

I have a question: Did the Blue Destiny Unit 3 ever use the Gm Dominance's twin beam cannon? Because I got the HGUC Blue Destiny Unit 3 revive and it came with a twin beam cannon.

The piano solo at the end from seed was genius. 08MS Team's OP and Seed's ED was put in a roll in one concert for some reason[あんなに一緒だったのに→嵐の中で輝いて LIVE 石川智晶and米倉千尋]

At least with the EXAM, you had a chance to get out of that system unscathed if you could effectively communicate with the poor girl. HADES though, there is NO way you're gonna overcome that. That system's a one way ticket to Crazytown.

Encounters in Space music Gave me the chills

Huh, this sounds oddly familiar, reminds me of Aerial from G-Witch, with that trapped soul.

Female Newtype/Cyber-Newtype who went into battle gets fucked over? Yep, that's the Universal Century all right.

I ain’t going to lie I would looked into the games from this and I honestly would love a port on these games. The games look really fun; obviously dated but fun

Quick question, is the NTD a decendent of the Exam?

Ah quick question. I was wondering since the blue destiny units are based on the ground Gundams are they considered to be gundams?

It kinds reminds me of the black ⚫ lion 🦁 and the white 🤍 unicorn 🦄 when he mobile suits resenate each other activating destroy mode.

But can you please explain WTF is the deal with Striker custom? Oh nvm It has an AI inside

I love exam system! I always imagine making the use it go crazy as you can see the blue destiny showing it’s in pain by holding its head together!

Awesome video. Can't wait for part two.

So there are 2 blue destiny stories? I’m confused...

Now i want a blue destiny anime same with gaia gear sentinel and crossbone Gundam

Trapped her soul. I read that as well. Wouldn’t it make more sense to say it trapped her mind/conscious in the system? While I prefer the former ending, the latter ending of Marion’s fate is more in line wittythe theme of Gundam.

Which means both version of ending has the same result. Yuu manage to set her free😢

love that gundam seed sad song at the end of the video. anyone know what that version is called?

With the Pale Rider being one my favorite suit designs, I certainly welcomed this video! Looking forward to part 2!

so basically exam system needs a newtype as a fuel/energy source huh?

How do you mispronounce Jaburo? They say the name in the anime

Just curious what's the name of your intro song and where can I find gundam manga?

This makes me feel bad getting the Efreet custom in GBO2....

Yet White Wolf has whipped every new type without any help.

holy crap i just relised again zeon stole a gundam unit 2

dude WTF is a Gym mobile suit? your showing the mobile suit designated as G.M. MK I & MK II the G.M. stands for General Mass-production please stop calling it a Gym and just say a G. M. like a Normal person

bcuz of this channel i came to love all pale rider variants

Where's the (I assume game) footage from?

_I prefer having my memory wiped thanks_

I rather be born a new type then use the Hades and exam units

"Ghost in the Shell"-Gundam ver.

I love the use of the encounters in space bgm👍🏾

Wanna do about Dark History someday?

This is some kiryu type shit also unit 1 is a g

Damn... think I can understand why hades had the effect of memory loss... The damn thing is a magnet. EXAM sucked Blue in on one shot. Hades sucks you into hell little by little because there's no soul already taking up its pocket space.

kinda surprised this one never git a series

إيكزام سيستم ستاند باي

This is more sad then slice of life anime

I call BS on Unit 3's color scheme mention, I'm going to throw out there that it was either A: the Blue Unit 2 had become an Enemy suit that Unit 3 was left in the standard Hero Gundam color so people could tell the difference or B: Bandai wanted one of the EXAM Gundams to sport the now generic Hero Color scheme for franchise marketing purposes as without fail there is always a gundam with the same hero color template in some variation... Or C: a combination of both A and B...

Which game was this footage from? The original Blue Destiny games were Sega Saturn games. Curious to see which games retold it, from the looks of it.

Man being Marion was... suffering

TWT...AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

You forgot to mention that Yuu becomes highly proficient with it, despite the fact that its EXAM System has a severe impact on his mind

A bit of fan fiction for the hell of it, I like to believe that EXAMS story will not and dose not end maybe it will be expanded on in other side stories or yet to be released UC story lines. However I think the Unicorns (NT-D) mode explanation and origin is kinda weak if not completely just taken as cannon for face value so I believe that once the two projects where combined the HADES and EXAM salvaged from the battle field by the wealthy and independent Vist Foundation the final product was the (NT-D System).

That picture for Nimbus always looked so weird to me. Seriously, does that look like an egotistical lunatic to anyone? He honestly looks like a decent fellow. It makes me wonder if it's hinting that he wasn't so bad before using the EXAM system.