Talk:Convention Aisle/@comment-5782071-20150702171448/@comment-24588058-20160218023159

Here's my opinion, since I'm pretty big into Ben 10. I think the artifact maintains a sentience of its own, similar to how it is in the show (well, it's more seen later, specifically in the final episode of Omniverse). The artifact would work similar to the show, and perhaps there would be three (the Prototype, the Ultimatrix, and the true one). Each works the same as it does in the tv series, starting the user out with ten preselected aliens. The features only include what was mentioned in the series (limited in some cases to what the individual type could do), but all of the aliens can be unlocked that are seen in the series.

Here's where it gets a little tricky: removing. The prototype I can see the neutralizer working on, in a way acting like a "reset" for the device. The other two, however, you would be better off using a voice command. The artifacts might even have the sentience to remove themselves. You could make it so that, in the case of the Ultimatrix and Omnitrix, they will attach themselves to help the user and allow them to transform into what they need, and after their task is complete and the artifact is no longer needed, it could remove itself.

As far as Per's idea, the Prototype often mistransformed Ben because of how it acquired the DNA. The Ultimatrix had a similar problem, but occurred a lot less. The final Omnitrix was designed to transform the user into what they selected, but often mistransformed because of Ben's habit of slamming the dial pad, thereby accidentally moving the selected alien. However, even when he hit it gently, sometimes it mistransformed regardless. Ben said that it seemed that, when the Omnitrix did that, it was choosing an alien that it believed was better for the task than what Ben had chosen. So, if the user was believed to be incompetent, the Omnitrix might transform the user into what it believes is better.

As for a downside, it has been shown that some aliens behaviors can override the user's desires (Big Chill's need to breed, for example, or Swampfire's transformation) and/or behavior. In the case of Ghostfreak, he was a problem in the early Omnitrix's because his entire being was in the Omnitrix, not just a blank DNA space where the user's identity is imprinted into the blank spaces. That was taken care of after Azmuth created the true Omnitrix, fixing the DNA and allowing Ben to use Ghostfreak without fear (an interesting fact to point out is that, in the Omniverse episode where Ben used Ghostfreak for the first time in a long time, the Omnitrix refused to allow him to transform into any other alien, and in fact Ghostfreak was the perfect alien for the job).

Any more questions? This is your idea, so I'll be your knowledge bank.