Rainbow Devil

Rainbow Devil
Nightmare of the Sky Bridge(虚空の橋の悪夢)
In-Game Information
HP:	96 (Both games)
Attack Damage:	4 (contact, both games)
EX Skill Zero gains:	Filter Shield (MMZ2)
Affiliations:	Neo Arcadia, Cutting Shadow Squadron
Location(s):	Neo Arcadia Tower (MMZ) Neo Arcadia Temple (MMZ2)
Series Information
In-game Appearances:	Mega Man Zero Mega Man Zero 2 TEPPEN

"You are too big to be a slug. Just get lost."

—Zero, Mega Man Zero

Rainbow Devil (レインボーデビル, Reinbō Debiru) is a boss from the Mega Man Zero series. The Cutting Shadow Squadron's secret weapon, the Rainbow Devil's body is made of a liquid metal that constantly changes colors. Its core, a Pantheon head, controls the body and can change it into any form. Attacks sink into its body, rendering all but the most well-placed attacks to its core (its only vulnerability) useless. The details of the Rainbow Devil's construction are unknown, but it is rumored that the Rainbow Devil was derived from lost data of ancient times.

History

Mega Man Zero

The Rainbow Devil is fought in the top of the Neo Arcadia Tower, the second of the three final areas. Its attacks consist in slithering towards Zero and damaging him. It also gives a stretched punch and transforms into a dinosaur-like head, which will bounce off and separate into two spheres (later into four spheres) and stop bouncing. Another one of its attacks consists in launching pieces of itself everywhere in a spiral form.

Mega Man Zero 2

The Rainbow Devil reappears as the boss of the Neo Arcadia Temple, the first of the final stages. Its attack pattern is similar to the first game, but when it takes a spiral form to launch pieces of itself everywhere, the pieces are now explosive. Another change is that its EX Skill, Nightmare Blow, is now a common attack, and it has a new EX Skill used when its health is reduced by half. The Rainbow Devil changes its body to a gray color and becomes invulnerable for a short time, while it walks toward Zero and makes debris fall from the ceiling with each step.

Attacks

Trying to hold Zero. Holding Zero. 1/2	Twister Hold	Damage: 4
	Rainbow Devil will approach towards Zero as a slime. If Zero gets caught, it will preform a grab attack that strangles Zero, dealing continuous damage. The player must mash the buttons to break free.
	Splash Hurricane (MMZ) / Splash Bomb (MMZ2)	Damage: 2 (slime spheres) 2 (slime explosion)
	Rainbow Devil sends tiny rainbow droplets flying around the room, then they will move back to him. In Mega Man Zero 2, the droplets cause an explosion on impact.
One part. Two parts. Four parts. Ending the attack. 1/4	Bound Attack	Damage: 4 (bounding head) 3 (medium fragments) 3 (smaller fragments)
	Rainbow Devil transforms into a head that bounces around the room. If Zero strikes it, or after some time, it will split even into more fragments, up to four parts. After a while the four parts stop bouncing and fall on the floor, with three parts sliding to the one with the head.
	EX Skill: Nightmare Blow (ナイトメアブロー)	Damage: 4
	Rainbow Devil slams Zero with a hard-hitting punch. Is an EX Skill only in Mega Man Zero. This attack is commonly used in Mega Man Zero 2.
	EX Skill: Body Hardening (MMZ2)	Damage: 3 (blocks)
	Rainbow Devil's body temporarily stops changing colors, becoming gray. While in this state, it is immune to damage and is heavier, causing blocks to fall from the ceiling with each step. Only used in Mega Man Zero 2.

Other appearances

The Rainbow Devil appears alongside other Devil robots, such as the original Yellow Devil and Shadow Devil, in the Short Circuits for Mega Man #55 in the Archie Comics.

Gallery

Rainbow Devil's early concept art.

Rainbow Devil's colors.

TEPPEN

Trivia

• The Rainbow Devil was named "Fake Ciel" (ニセシエル, Nise Shieru) during development, as it was designed with an elastic body that could transform into many shapes to change into Ciel and infiltrate the Resistance. The original plan was to have the real Ciel captured during Hanumachine's attack and replaced by the fake until it revealed itself in Area X, the fake talking in a different way from the original and giving out missions that put the Resistance at a disadvantage. The idea was discarded due to the developers feeling that, as a new character, players might not notice if Ciel acted unlike her, and some of the ideas of how the fake would get in the way, like preventing the player from saving the game, were not good in terms of gameplay.