Season 3 Ninja Suits Theory.

[MK19]

I think it was something that was created for the movie and they continued this into the series..

[Britranger]

I'd heard it was something to do with cutting down imitations of violence by children- the ninja suits are a halfway-house morph that allows for grunt fights but reduces ease of imitation, because they're no longer just teenagers but magical superninjas. Hence why we also got no unmorphed fights in Zeo save very rare and brief occasions. Could be nonsense though.

[Arkvoodle]

Maybe it was for the stunt teams' benefit. Those suits looked a lot more mobile than the standard costumes...

[big smile]

I don't think it had anything to do with violence because they went back to unmorphed fights in Turbo. It was probably just to sell more toys.

[DragonRangerBurai]

I go with the 'Made to Sell Toys' theory. Hell, Saban has been known to skip seasons of Super Sentai just because the toys didn't sell overseas (Go-Busters & To-Qger, anyone)?

[Allio]

did they ever explain why the alien rangers coincidentally had the same powers of the main cast?

[Alitain]

Originally Posted by Allio

did they ever explain why the alien rangers coincidentally had the same powers of the main cast?

They didn't have the same powers, unless you were meaning having the power the morph and become power rangers. But they were different rangers with different powers.

[Allio]

you mean aside from the battleborgs looking like pretty much the exact same thing as the shogun zords but thinner? Also, didn't they control shogun and Ninja zord at some point?

[Alitain]

Originally Posted by Allio

you mean aside from the battleborgs looking like pretty much the exact same thing as the shogun zords but thinner? Also, didn't they control shogun and Ninja zord at some point?

Regardless of the Battleborgs looking similar to the ninjazords due to footage, in the show their powers were different. And the only reason they used the shogunzords was because Billy & Alpha rigged things so they could if needed, since they were there to fill in. Doesn't mean they had the same powers, cause they didn't.

[Ankh Primo]

Originally Posted by Allio

you mean aside from the battleborgs looking like pretty much the exact same thing as the shogun zords but thinner? Also, didn't they control shogun and Ninja zord at some point?

The writers actually navigated that pretty well.

The Battleborgs were a gift to the Alien Rangers from Ninjor, and the Shogunzords were activated by Finster using technology taken from the Falconzord, which was obviously a gift to the Power Rangers from Ninjor. So that explained their similar appearance.