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With the exception of Lewa, a flash-fried toupee is a better mask than any of the nuva's

With the exception of Gali? I dunno about that. It's a hard choice between honeycomb-eye and ol' pigface.

The thing the Nuva had over the Phantoka/Mistika is at least three versions of the Hau used for other characters.

It's hard to say whether I prefer the 2002 or 2008 Kanohi Nuva. On the one hand, many of the 2002 versions felt more elegant and ornate (more like treasures than technology). On the other hand, several of the 2002 versions also had a weird, organic look that felt out-of-place on non-Nuva characters. And neither were consistently a recognizable likeness of the versions that came before them — the similarities were there, but they were subtle.

I think a lot of people's hate for the 2008 masks was nostalgia combined with the fact that they looked so different despite having the same power level and abilities (whereas the 2002 versions were different enough from the Mata versions from a story standpoint for people to tolerate the radical changes in appearance). Not to mention frustration with the other major changes in the character designs, like Onua suddenly being one of the tallest Toa, Kopaka no longer having a shield, and Pohatu's primary color becoming bright orange.