Blizzard Buffalo, known as Frozen Buffalio (フローズン・バッファリオ Furōzun Baffario) in Japan, is a bison-based Reploid from the Mega Man X series. He is a ski slope security officer who was infected by the Maverick Virus, joining the Doppler Army in Mega Man X3.
Characteristics[]
Blizzard Buffalo is a large Reploid whose design is based on a buffalo. He possesses the horns and snout of said animal, and his feet are cloven like hooves. His body is covered in tubes, and he has a loincloth-like tasset at his waist. His mouth has two vents on either side that can emit frigid air.
Despite his fearsome appearance, Blizzard Buffalo is a gentle artist whose hobby is making ice sculptures. He is exceptionally well-suited to snowy regions and loves the cold, but can't handle heat well. However, after being infected by the Maverick Virus, he now charges his enemies in a blind fury, smashing foes too slow to dodge.
History[]
Blizzard Buffalo was originally created for ski slope security, being designed to operate in extreme cold. He came to Dopple Town, where he was infected by the Maverick Virus and turned into a Maverick. As part of Dr. Doppler's army, he froze a residential area and unfortunately needed to be stopped by X, being another innocent victim of the Maverick Wars.
Strategy[]
Blizzard Buffalo's attack pattern is similar to Tunnel Rhino, as his main method of movement is charging forward until he reaches a wall. He only occasionally uses his other attacks. His arena is very wide, making it important to keep track of what he is doing if he ever gets off-screen, lest the player be surprised by a charge attack or an ice beam. His weakness is Parasitic Bomb.
There is a glitch with which Blizzard Buffalo can be easily defeated.[1] By getting behind him after he charges at X, jumping on the spot will manipulate Buffalo into moving the opposite direction. This traps him in a cycle of running into the wall.
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Charge (突進 Tosshin)[2] |
|---|---|
| Blizzard Buffalo's main form of movement and attack. While he usually simply boosts towards the player, he occasionally sprouts beam horns to grab the player and slam them into the wall. | |
| Damage: 5 | |
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Ice Bullet (氷弾 Kōri-dan)[2] |
| Blizzard Buffalo throws three ice balls that turn into spikes when they touch a surface. They can be destroyed by weapons fire. | |
| Damage: 3 | |
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Freeze Beam (冷凍ビーム Reitō Bīmu)[2] |
| Blizzard Buffalo shoots a massive beam of ice that freezes the player solid. Doesn't deal damage, but leaves the player vulnerable to follow-up attacks. He only uses this attack with low health. | |
| Damage: 0 |
Other appearances[]
- In Mega Man X4, Blizzard Buffalo makes a cameo at the very start of Frost Walrus's stage, frozen over in the background.
- Blizzard Buffalo appeared as a fire attribute Battle Memory in Rockman Xover.
- Blizzard Buffalo appeared as a unit card in TEPPEN, and in the background of the action card Uncanny Chill.
Data[]
- See also: Frozen Town Stage
Mega Man X3 stats[]
- Height: 310 cm (10'2")
- Weight: 300 kg (661 lbs)
- Power: 9200rp
- Speed: 3200rp
Other media[]
Rockman X manga series[]
X fighting against Blizzard Buffalo
Blizzard Buffalo in the end of the first battle against the Nightmare Police
In the manga Rockman X3, during his Maverick rampage at the start of the chapter, Blizzard Buffalo had been battling X and overpowering him with his attacks. When he was about to skewer the Maverick Hunter with his horns, he was immediately stopped by a human boy named Toshihiko, who threw himself in front of the charging Buffalo, causing him to halt and suddenly grab at his own head in agony and leave. X was about to take aim to stop him, but Toshihiko insisted he stop and then took him to see a smiling snowman up in the mountains near the town Buffalo had been attacking. The boy explained that the snowman is something Buffalo helped him with; in a flashback, Toshihiko had made the snowman on his own but didn't like its expression because it reminded him that he made it alone, unlike the other kids. He was about to punch it in anger when Buffalo stopped him and simply changed the expression to a smile for him, which made Toshihiko happy that he had a friend help him. From that point, they ended up being very close...until Buffalo started rampaging wildly, leading up to the present. Even though Buffalo froze the entire town in ice and endangered innocent lives, Toshihiko never lost faith in his new friend. After a violent and drawn out battle with X inside an evacuation shelter, which resulted in a heavy hit in his head (to the point both his horns were broken), Buffalo returned to normal and realized what he had done. Buffalo requested X to end his life, feeling he could never atone for his crimes. However, the Maverick Hunter intentionally missed his charge shot and put a hole through the wall behind them instead, which allowed Buffalo to see that, just below, Toshihiko had been creating snowmen one after another the entire time so that he could reach out to his heart the way the Reploid had done for him earlier. The chapter ends with Buffalo and Toshihiko being together again, with X stating that Reploids can indeed understand humans because like humans, they have hearts.
Blizzard Buffalo's demise
Later, Blizzard Buffalo, alongside Blast Hornet, Neon Tiger, and Tunnel Rhino, are examined by Dr. Cain to discover what caused them to become Mavericks, finding Worms inside them. After recovering, the four assist X and Zero in their first battle against Bit and Byte. While X and Zero were fighting the Nightmare Police a second time, the four, alongside Volt Catfish, retrieved the four Power Up Parts for X and held back Dr. Doppler's army for Dr. Cain and Marty to send the Parts for X.
In the manga Rockman X4, Blizzard Buffalo fought alongside X against Frost Walrus. However, after X was heavily injured in the battle, Buffalo decided to fight Walrus alone. When X awoke, the sight of Buffalo's destroyed body having been impaled on one of Walrus's Frost Towers drove X to seek vengeance. When Dr. Cain's team went to retrieve Buffalo's body, he was completely frozen in an icicle as the Frost Tower in his chest having spread all over his body.
Mega Man (Archie Comics)[]
Blizzard Buffalo in Worlds Unite.
The body of Blizzard Buffalo was seen frozen in Sigma's arctic base in Sonic Universe #76. Sigma later revived Blizzard Buffalo and dozens of other Mavericks in order to form an army to plant his Unity Engines and conquer all worlds. In Sonic Universe #78, Blizzard Buffalo went to the world of Street Fighter, where he attempts to set an Unity Engine in Thailand but is destroyed by M. Bison, the latter also learning about Sigma's plans for his world after interrogating the Maverick.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- In the English CD-ROM versions of Mega Man X3, Blizzard Buffalo's name is misspelled as "BILZZARD BUFFALO" in his introductory cutscene.
- Blizzard Buffalo is one of the six Mavericks to survive and reform in the Rockman X3 manga, and the only one to have a major role in the Rockman X4 manga.
- Blizzard Buffalo is one of five ice-themed robots known to create ice sculptures. The other four are Chill Penguin, Frost Man, Cold Man, and Fenri Lunaedge. Additionally, he and Chill Penguin are the only ones from the Mega Man X series to have this talent.
References[]
- ↑ Mega Man X3 - Blizzard Buffalo Perfect Run
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Boss File: Frozen Buffalio, Compendium of Rockman X. p. 52.
| Mega Man X3 | |
|---|---|
| Doppler Army | |
| Toxic Seahorse • Tunnel Rhino • Volt Catfish • Crush Crawfish • Neon Tiger • Gravity Beetle • Blast Hornet • Blizzard Buffalo | |
| Other Bosses | |
| 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 | |