Thiln

Aug 13 2016, 01:34 AM

If I'm not mistaken it was mentioned that they defeated the cyborgs by using the shut off device. Now whether that applied to #16 or not is unknown. Logically he should have been made a part of that universe as well since it appeared to have panned out mostly the same throughout the Android arc until the point where they discover the blueprints for Gero's remote. If they were able to deactivate the cyborgs before the RoSaT was suggested then there may not have been a need for it, though I can't imagine Vegeta, Goku, or any of the others passing up the opportunity to get strong enough to contend with such a threat in the future should it ever arise again.

On a timeline chart that was released it shows that the Cell Games still happened in that timeline. I can't imagine it all having panned out the same, but with the possible threat of #16 and Imperfect Cell gobbling up as much of the population as he can, there likely would have been a need to use the RoSaT anyway. For whatever reason, though, that Future Trunks was still killed by Cell in his own timeline - meaning that he either didn't train in the RoSaT or the Imperfect Cell which we all know was originally much stronger before he regressed to his larval state. If I had to guess on what the outcome was, I would say that Trunks didn't train. Why else would he need the shut off remote if destroying them was as simple as we saw in the other future timeline?

Thiln

Aug 13 2016, 01:58 AM

There should be another iteration of future Cell in that timeline which we didn't see (lending credence to the idea of 5th unseen timeline). The only other other possible way that Cell could exist in that timeline is if the indigenous Cell beneath Gero's lab survived incubation and emerged into the world. After that it becomes a matter of him absorbing enough people to overcome the Super Saiyans. If he gets the same mentality of testing his mettle then the Cell Games would be formulated as a means of enjoyment for him.

Thiln

Aug 13 2016, 02:33 AM

Not from what I recall. That's the just conclusion I reach in light of the fact that Trunks and Krillin would have encountered the incubation machine for Cell when they discovered the blueprints. It's highly likely he would have been killed while still in larval state. This leaves only the Cell whom Piccolo first came across as being the one who could have created the Cell Games in that timeline.

Thiln

Aug 13 2016, 02:39 AM

Are we talking about the fourth unseen timeline? That's the one which I assume was being referred to.

Thiln

Aug 13 2016, 02:52 AM

The fourth one is where the Trunks from the timeline that our Cell was originally from traveled back to. You've effectively got four timelines with the possibility of a fifth one being implied to exist since the Cell Games evidently took place in the same timeline where the cyborgs were deactivated. Here's the chart I mentioned earlier.

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