Ball De Voux (ボール・ド・ボー Bōru Do Bō) is a ball on legs Mechaniloid found in Mega Man X, its remake Mega Man Maverick Hunter X, and Mega Man Xtreme.
Description[]
As hinted by the name, Balls De Voux are spherical enemies with two legs. In artwork, they are protrayed with a white body and white segmented legs, and have blue "ears" on the sides of their spherical bodies. A single red eye glares out from the "face" with a yellow vent for a "mouth" below it. The in-game sprite gives them a brighter red eye.
Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X gives the Ball De Voux knees.
History[]
X first encounters Balls De Voux in the Opening Stage when they are dropped by Bee Bladers. They also appear in Storm Eagle's stage, Spark Mandrill's stage and the first Sigma stage in Mega Man X.
Balls De Voux move around by walking slowly, turning around at walls, and their only means of attack is trampling. X can destroy them in one hit with most weapons, with the exception of his X-Buster, Homing Torpedos, or Fire Waves (if he doesn't charge them).
Hits data chart[]
Amount of shots/hits from Special Weapons it takes to destroy a Ball De Voux.
| Mega Man X | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X Buster | Shotgun Ice | Electric Spark | Rolling Shield | Homing Torpedo | Boomerang Cutter | Chameleon Sting | Storm Tornado | Fire Wave | Hadouken | ||
| 2:1:1:1 | 1:1 | 1:1 | 1 | 2:1 | 1:1 | 1 | 1:1 | 2:1 | 1 | ||
Other varieties[]
Ice De Voux[]
Ice De Voux (アイス・ド・ボー Aisu Do Bō) is a variation of the Ball De Voux that appears in Blizzard Buffalo's stage in Mega Man X3. If hit, its protective ice shell will shatter and it will try to create a new one unless it is destroyed immediately. It is automatically destroyed if it falls on spikes.
Ices De Voux have a cyan body and an orange "eye" with a blue bulb below their eye. In Mega Man X DiVE, their eyes are yellow.
Iwan De Voux[]
Iwan De Voux (イワン・ド・ボー Iwan Do Bō) is similar to Ice De Voux, except it has a 3-hitpoint shell made of rock, and is native to Tunnel Rhino's stage in Mega Man X3. Its modus operandi is the same as Ice De Voux. Its name is derived from the word, "iwa (イワ)", which means "stone" in Japanese.
Iwans De Voux are red in colour, and their single eye is blue with a green bulb below it. In Mega Man X DiVE, their bodies are orange.
Ball De Voux Normal Type[]
Ball De Voux Normal Type is a Ball De Voux from Mega Man X7 that behaves like the original, and is also dropped by Bee Bladers in the game's Opening Stage. They also appear in Snipe Anteator's Cyber Field stage and Palace Road.
Ball De Voux Shot Type[]
Ball De Voux Shot Type is a green Ball De Voux from Mega Man X7 equipped with a cannon. They attack by standing and firing slow long-range energy shots; however, their limited field of view makes them blind to targets positioned below, behind or beside them. Shot Types appear in the same stages as Normal Types, except Palace Road.
Deerball[]
Deerball, known as Ball De Voux in Japan, is a variety from Mega Man X: Command Mission. They are summoned by Bee Bladers (referred to as B Bladers in-game). Deerballs will also regain 25% of current Life Energy (LE) every turn for as long as the B Blader survives.
When B Blader is defeated, and Deerball takes its turn, it loses the ability of auto-recovery and reduces its Speed by 25%, and also if the player wins the battle in this condition they will receive only 1/4 of the EXP which that Deerball normally gives.
Other appearances[]
- Deerball appeared as an Unit Card in TEPPEN, working as a bellhop at Hotel Ba-Kansu.
Other media[]
Mega Man (Archie Comics)[]
The original variants of the Ball De Voux appeared in the issue 34 story "The X Factor - Part 1", where they were aiding Dr. Cain in his archaeological expedition when he uncovered the remains of Light Labs.
Ball De Voux Normal Types from Mega Man X7 appeared in Sonic Universe #76 as the first Mechaniloid Maverick minion that Sigma makes on the Lost Hex in his plan to take over all worlds in Worlds Unite.
Rockman X manga[]
Ball De Vouxs appeared in the Maverick attack in a highway and in the army that surrounded X and Zero in the forest.
In the Rockman X3 manga, Ice De Voux or Iwan De Voux can be seen among the Mavericks that attacked the Neo Maverick Hunter Base.
Irregular Hunter Rockman X[]
Maverick Hunters used Ball De Vouxs, Sky Claws, Gun Volts, and Hoganmers to fight against Mavericks.
Gallery[]
References[]
- Sepelak, Greg (2003). Mega Man X7 Official Strategy Guide. pg.108. BradyGAMES Publishing. (For HP.)
- Mega Man X Command Mission Enemies Information
| Mega Man X3 | |
|---|---|
| Bosses | |
| Toxic Seahorse • Tunnel Rhino • Volt Catfish • Crush Crawfish • Neon Tiger • Gravity Beetle • Blast Hornet • Blizzard Buffalo Maoh the Giant • Vile MK-II • Bit • Byte • Godkarmachine O Inary • Press Disposer • Volt Kurageil • Dr. Doppler • Sigma | |
| X's Special Weapons | |
| Acid Burst • Tornado Fang • Triad Thunder • Spinning Blade • Ray Splasher • Gravity Well • Parasitic Bomb • Frost Shield - Other - Beam Saber | |
| Stages | |
| Hunter Base • Giant Dam Stage • Quarry Stage • Power Control Center Stage • Shipyard Stage • Safari Park Stage • Airborne Aircraft Carrier Stage • Weapons Factory Stage • Frozen Town Stage • Vile Stage • Dr. Doppler's Laboratory | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Armor Parts • Walkthrough • List of Mega Man X3 enemies • Damage Data Chart • Game Script | |
| Mega Man X7 | |
|---|---|
| Bosses | |
| Tornado Tonion • Splash Warfly • Flame Hyenard • Ride Boarski Snipe Anteator • Wind Crowrang • Vanishing Gungaroo • Soldier Stonekong Mega Scorpio • Mole Bore • Red • Sigma | |
| X & Axl's Special Weapons | |
| Volt Tornado • Splash Laser • Circle Blaze • Moving Wheel • Sniper Missile • Wind Cutter • Explosion • Gaea Shield | |
| Zero's Special Techniques | |
| Raijinshou • Suiretsusen • Bakuenjin • Zankourin • Hieijin • Souenbu • Hadangeki • Gokumonken | |
| Other | |
| - X - Glide Armor - Zero - D Glaive • V Hanger - Axl - Copy Shot • Double Bullet • G-Launcher • Ray Gun | |
| Stages | |
| Crimson Fortress • Highway • Radio Tower • Battleship • Lava Factory • Central Circuit Cyber Field • Air Forces • Tunnel Base • Deep Forest • Palace Road • Crimson Palace | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Walkthrough • Chips • Enemies • Script (X) • Script (Zero) • Script (Axl) | |
| Mega Man Xtreme | |
|---|---|
| Bosses | |
| Chill Penguin • Spark Mandrill • Storm Eagle • Flame Stag Armored Armadillo • Morph Moth • Magna Centipede • Wheel Gator Vile • Zain • Geemel • Bospider • Serges Tank • Sigma | |
| X's Special Weapons | |
| Shotgun Ice • Electric Spark • Storm Tornado • Speed Burner • Rolling Shield • Silk Shot • Magnet Mine • Spin Wheel -Zero Scramble- Dash • Rising • Earth Gaizer • Final -Other- Hadouken • Shoryuken | |
| Stages | |
| Highway Stage • Snowfield Stage • Power Plant Stage • Airport Stage • Volcanic Zone Stage Gallery Stage • Scrap Plant Stage • Central Computer Stage • Dinosaur Tank Stage • Sigma Stages | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Armor Parts • Damage Data Chart • Game Script | |
| Mega Man X: Command Mission | |
|---|---|
| Characters | |
| -Party Members- X • Zero • Spider • Massimo • Marino • Cinnamon • Axl | |
| -Other Characters- Aile • Chief R • Nana • Steel Massimo • Professor Gaudile | |
| Bosses | |
| Hippopressor • Spider • Wild Jango • Silver Horn • Dr. Psyche • Mad Nautilus • Mach Jentra • Shadow • Incentas Botos • Ferham • Scarface • Epsilon • Depth Dragoon • Colonel Redips • Great Redips Rafflesian • Duckbill Mole • Tail Clan • Ninetails | |
| Locations | |
| Giga City • Lagrano Ruins • Central Tower • Tianna Camp • Gaudile Laboratory • Ulfat Factory • Gimialla Mine Vanallia Desert • Melda Ore Plant • Grave Ruins Base • Far East HQ • Orbital Elevator: Babel • Sky Room | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Action Trigger • Deployment Center • Final Strike • Force Metal • Hyper Mode Enemies • Item Box • Items • Script (NPC Dialogue) | |