Velguarder[2][3] (ベルガーダー Berugādā), also known as Velguader,[1] is Sigma's pet. He is a wolf-type Reploid[4] or Mechaniloid[3] possessing a ferocious mind circuit, whom Sigma uses to hunt down and terminate those who betray him.[4]
In Mega Man X and its remake, Mega Man Maverick Hunter X, X must face Velguarder before confronting Sigma himself in Sigma's hideout. He reappears in Mega Man Xtreme 2, resurrected by Berkana as the first boss of the Laguz Research Laboratory stages.
Strategy[]
As Sigma oversaw Velguarder's production, the two share several traits.[4] Similar to Sigma, Velguarder is capable of a triangular jump attack, leaping back and forth between walls. He is also able to fire powerful flames and lightning from his mouth, similar to Wolf Sigma. Velguarder is weak to Shotgun Ice in Mega Man X, and he is weak to both Ray Claw/Rising and Tornado Fang/Drill Crush in Mega Man Xtreme 2.
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Charge (突進 Tosshin) |
|---|---|
| Velguarder runs forwards at high speed. | |
| Damage: 6 | |
|
Triangle Kick (三角蹴り Sankakugeri) |
| Velguarder leaps from wall to wall in a triangular pattern. | |
| Damage: 6 | |
|
Flame (炎 Honō) |
| Velguarder breathes fire, which arches downwards before rising upwards | |
| Damage: 4 | |
|
Electricity (電撃 Dengeki) |
| Velguarder launches four electricity balls in arcs from his mouth. | |
| Damage: 4 |
Other appearances[]
- Velguarder appeared in Battle Memory from Rockman Xover.
- Velguarder appeared as an Unit Card in TEPPEN.
Damage data charts[]
Mega Man X[]
| X | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X-Buster | Shotgun Ice | Electric Spark | Rolling Shield | Homing Torpedo | Boomerang Cutter | Chameleon Sting | Storm Tornado | Fire Wave | Hadouken | ||
| 1:2:3:3 | 3:4 | 1:2 | 1:2 | 1:2 | 1:2 | 1 | 1:2 | 1:2 | 32 | ||
Maverick Hunter X[]
| X | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X-Buster | Z-Buster | Shotgun Ice | Electric Spark | Rolling Shield | Homing Torpedo | Boomerang Cutter | Chameleon Sting | Storm Tornado | Fire Wave | Hadouken | |
| 1:2:3 | 1:?:?:3 | 3:4 | 1:2 | 1:2 | 1:2 | 1:2 | 1 | 1:2 | 1:2 | 32 | |
Mega Man Xtreme 2[]
| X | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X-Buster | Ray Claw | Tri-Thunder | Marine Tornado | Fire Wave | Strike Chain | Sonic Slicer | Bomb Bee | Tornado Fang | Giga Crash | Hadouken | Shoryuken |
| 1:1:1:2:1 | 4:6 | 0:0 | 0:0 | 0:0 | 0:0 | 2:3 | 0:0 | 4:6 | 8 | 16 | 16 |
| Zero | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z-Saber | Rising | Tri-Thunder | Fish Fang | Fire Wave | Lightning | Dash | Earth Gaizer | Drill Crush | Zero Final | ||
| 2,2,2:2:3-3-3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | ||
Other media[]
Velguarder has a short appearance in the Rockman X manga protecting the door to Sigma's throne room, X alluding the watchdog to a Cerberus protecting the gate to hell. X's fight against Velguarder happens off-panel, the next scene showing X carrying Velguarder's head and crushing it with his foot in front of Sigma.
Velguarder also makes an appearance in the Short Circuits panel for issue 39 of the Archie Comics Mega Man series, where Sigma presents Velguarder with the implication that the respective robot dogs for Mega Man and Bass, Rush and Treble, were inferior.
Gallery[]
Similar enemies[]
Trivia[]
- Velguarder seems to be an homage to Walguarder from Neo-Human Casshern, being the guard dog for the series antagonist Braiking Boss. Coincidentally, fans have also found similarities between Sigma and Braiking Boss, and the three X-Hunters and Braiking Boss' three henchmen Barashin, Arkborn, and Sagurei.[5]
- His name is misspelled as "Velguader" in the credits of Mega Man X.
- Velguarder resembles the Maverick emblem and Wolf Sigma.
- Velguarder's flame attack is similar to Friender's in Mega Man 2.
- Velguarder falls apart with a much shorter, smaller explosion than other bosses in the SNES version, but explodes in an exact way as the other Mavericks in Mega Man Maverick Hunter X.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mega Man X SNES credits.
- ↑ MM25 Mega Man & Mega Man X Official Complete Works page 153
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rockman Memories page 66
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Rockman & Rockman X Daizukan, Kodansha, 1994. Translation from The Mega Man Network web archive. Rockman X Collected Sourcebook Information. 2000-2004. Retrieved December 4, 2011.
- ↑ The Reploid Research Lavatory: A Day For Sigma
| Mega Man X | |
|---|---|
| Bosses | |
| Chill Penguin • Spark Mandrill • Armored Armadillo • Launch Octopus Boomer Kuwanger • Sting Chameleon • Storm Eagle • Flame Mammoth Vile • Bospider • Rangda Bangda • D-Rex • Velguarder • Sigma | |
| Special Weapons | |
| Shotgun Ice • Electric Spark • Rolling Shield • Homing Torpedo Boomerang Cutter • Chameleon Sting • Storm Tornado • Fire Wave | |
| Stages | |
| Highway Stage • Snow Mountain Stage • Power Plant Stage • Gallery Stage • Ocean Stage Tower Stage • Forest Stage • Airport Stage • Factory Stage • Sigma's Hideout | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Armor Parts • Hadouken • Mega Man X Walkthrough • List of Mega Man X enemies • Damage Data Chart • Script | |
| Mega Man Maverick Hunter X | |
|---|---|
| Playable Characters | |
| X • Vile | |
| Supporting Characters | |
| Zero • Navigator • Dr. Cain | |
| List of Mavericks | |
| Chill Penguin • Spark Mandrill • Armored Armadillo • Launch Octopus Boomerang Kuwanger • Sting Chameleon • Storm Eagle • Flame Mammoth | |
| Palace Bosses | |
| Vile • Bosspider • Rangda Bangda • D-Rex • Velguarder • Sigma X • X and Zero | |
| Mega Man X's Special Weapons | |
| Shotgun Ice • Electric Spark • Rolling Shield • Homing Torpedo Boomerang Cutter • Chameleon Sting • Storm Tornado • Fire Wave -Other- Hadouken | |
| Vile's Weaponry | |
| -Arm Weapons- Vulcans • Missiles • Rocket Punches -Shoulder Weapons- Cannons • Lasers • Cutters -Leg Weapons- Napalms • Balls • Flamethrowers | |
| Armors and Upgrades | |
| - Mega Man X - Armor Parts -VIle- Frozen Castle • Speed Devil | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Damage Data Chart (X) • Damage Data Chart (Vile) Script (X's story) • Script (Vile's story) • The Day of Σ (Script) | |