Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4638690-20180120122921/@comment-27210067-20190408063358

Super late to the party, but it was finally confirmed by DataBot in Season 1 of BoBoiBoy Galaxy that Light has three tiers of evolution.

WALLS OF TEXT INCOMING:

BoBoiBoy has already unlocked the first two tiers (And WOW, did the sheer speed at which he unlocked them explode my brain.), so over the rest of the series, while BoBoiBoy is trying to evolve his Elements to the Second-Tier forms that he already knows that they have, Solar will be working towards evolving up to his Third-Tier form. However, nobody knows that Light has three tiers, except Papa Zola, Cattus and possibly BellBot, and unless Papa was actually paying attention to anything DataBot said after “The Light Element. From SinarBot (ShineBot).”, the next evolution is going to surprise everyone.

Another tangent question, (skip to next paragraph if you want) but why did Ochobot never tell any of his Power Watch holders that their powers can all evolve/upgrade? Isn’t that something they should know from the start so that they can work towards it? Of course, it’s possible that Ochobot might have not known about the evolutions either since he’s not the original Power Sphere of the 7 elements (he’s likely not the original Power Sphere of the rest of BoBoiBoy’s Gang’s powers either).

It does bring up the question whether the other Elements have Third-Tier forms too (and also if the rest of the powers Ochobot distributed have Third-Tier forms as well, but that’s not for this thread), and I think there’s evidence for both yes and no.

Reasoning for no: 1. Wouldn’t BoBoiBoy have unlocked his Third-Tier powers by now? Blaze and Ice, I can excuse, because they only just evolved during the movie, but Thunderstorm, Cyclone and Quake have been evolved since Season 1 of the original series. Surely, if the power upgrade he received from Ochobot when fighting Bora Ra was enough to evolve Fire and Water, and also allow him to unlock the Second-Tier forms of Light and Leaf, then his forms that were already at their Second-Tier would’ve evolved, too.

2. As some of you have mentioned, it would be pretty complicated for some of them. Not all of the Elements easily lend themselves to another evolution. Thunderstorm is considered one of the most aggressive and powerful Second-Tier forms, so it’s hard to imagine another tier more powerful than that. Furthermore, from a writing standpoint, if all his powers can have Third-Tier forms, he could possibly take down just about any threat in the universe. Then what would be the point of having his friends around to fight alongside him?

3. In the post-credits scene of the Galaxy S1 finale, DataBot confirms that 7 Elemental powers are actually from 7 different Power Spheres. This gives way to the idea that not all the Elements follow the same rules. We’ve seen that Power Spheres manufactured on the same planet have similar powers. So far, the only two Power Spheres we know to be like this are MotoBot and DashBot, who both have abilities related to vehicles. Given the Elements’ different natures, it’s possible that each of their Power Spheres were made on different planets, and therefore follow different rules. Maybe Light is the only one with three tiers, and the other Elements just have two.

Now, reasoning for yes: 1. Consistency. That’s the number one reason here. Light gets three tiers, why shouldn’t the others get three?

2. Monsta often foreshadows big reveals in the series well before they occur. For example, Fang being an alien. We see him in Season 2, Episode 1 spying on BoBoiBoy when he’s using his powers, and we later find out that it was because he came to earth to find out who had used the Power Sphere (Ochobot) and who now wielded the Power Watches. DataBot mentioning that Light has three tiers may imply that the other Elements, being from the same Power Watch, will also get a third evolution.

I can’t remember the other reasons I had but I’ll add them when I do.

Personally, I’m hoping that BoBoiBoy doesn’t have Third-Tier forms for all his Elements because that would just make him insanely powerful, and straight-up overpowered. 7 incredibly powerful Second-Tiers were able to defeat the infamous Bora Ra. They DON’T need to get more powerful.