Virus Breeder

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Virus Breeder
In-Game Information
Virus Genus:	Mettaur, Bunny, Spikey, Swordy, Jelly, Mushy, Momogra, KillerEye, Scuttle
Series Information
In-game Appearances:	Mega Man Battle Network 3

Virus Breeder is a machine in Mega Man Battle Network 3, created with the intent of studying various virus species. During the game, Lan Hikari and MegaMan.EXE are asked to round up viruses and send them to the Virus Breeder as a side quest. While some viruses are gotten by different means, most are found when MegaMan walks onto a certain place on the net, resulting in a battle with all versions of that particular virus. When defeated, they will stand idle in front of MegaMan, where he sends them to the Virus Breeder. By returning to the breeder, Lan can receive a chip that summons that species of virus, cycling through the different versions before being summoned with the A button.

By Jacking In into the Virus Breeder, MegaMan can feed each species of virus a certain amount BugFrags, which increases their attack power. However, because there are multiple versions of the same species, the Bug Frags must be distributed amongst them, leaving the player to decide which version should get the most, and in turn, which one does the most damage.

Once the game is beaten and certain requirements are met, the Ω version of each species and the Scuttle viruses can be obtained.

Obtainable Species

Mettaur

Locations

Mettaur: ACDC 1 (behind the WWW door).

MettaurΩ: Class 5A Blackboard (South corner).

Virus Stats

Virus Name	Virus Image	Element	Base Attack	Battle Chip
Mettaur			40
Mettaur2			80
Mettaur3			120
MettaurΩ			150

Each Mettaur attacks by sending out a shockwave travelling down the row. The Omega version's shockwave cracks panels.

Bunny

Locations

Bunny: Reward for Job 19.

BunnyΩ: Hospital Bed Computer (North corner).

Virus Stats

Virus Name	Virus Image	Element	Base Attack	Battle Chip
Bunny			60
TuffBunny			90
MegaBunny			140
BunnyΩ			160

Once summoned, the Bunny attacks like it does in the wild, by shooting out a Zap Ring which can stun the enemy for 2–4 seconds, depending on the version summoned.

Spikey

Locations

Spikey: Gargoyle Comp at Hades (Upper corner).

SpikeyΩ: ZooComp 2 (Southwest corner).

Virus Stats

Virus Name	Virus Image	Element	Base Attack	Battle Chip
Spikey			50
Spikey2			80
Spikey3			120
SpikeyΩ			170

Each Spikey attacks just like it does in the wild, by breathing a fire shot that travels forward down the row until it makes contact with a target. Each species has its own explosion pattern, just like in regular battles. Upon making contact, Spikey's attack is a ShotGun explosion pattern, Spikey2's is a V-Gun pattern, Spikey3's is a SideGun pattern, and SpikeyΩ's is a Spreader type pattern.

Swordy

Locations

Swordy: Undernet 1 (upper level, right side).

SwordyΩ: Zoo Broken Alarm Comp (West corner).

Virus Stats

Virus Name	Virus Image	Element	Base Attack	Battle Chip
Swordy			120
Swordy2			120
Swordy3			120
SwordyΩ			120

Each member of the Swordy species has its own element and attack. Swordy, bearing no element, attacks with a Long Sword attack. Swordy2, a Heat element, attacks with a Fire Sword. Swordy3, an Aqua element, attacks with an Aqua Sword. SwordyΩ, having no element, and unlike its wild counterpart, attacks with a Life Sword (range 2 rows by 3 columns). Since the virus levitates, it can be summoned over a hole.

Jelly

Locations

Jelly: Beach 2 (lowermost corner).

JellyΩ: Bath Lion Comp (center, left of hole).

Virus Stats

Virus Name	Virus Image	Element	Base Attack	Battle Chip
Jelly			50
HeatJelly			80
ErthJelly			80
JellyΩ			150

All Jelly variants attack with a three row wave attack, just like in the wild. However, each variant has a different element of their wave attack. Jelly inflicts Aqua damage, HeatJelly inflicts Heat damge, EarthJelly inflicts Wood damage, and JellyΩ inflicts Aqua damage. Although Jellys appear to hover, they cannot be summoned over a hole.

Mushy

Locations

Mushy: SciLab 2 (left corner behind desk).

MushyΩ: Hospital Comp 1 (left of the entrance).

Virus Stats

Virus Name	Virus Image	Element	Base Attack	Battle Chip
Mushy			60
Mashy			80
Moshy			100
MushyΩ			120

Once summonded, each Mushy variant attacks by emitting spores around it, which hit all the panels surrounding the virus. However, unlike the wild variants, summoned Mushys do not require grass panels to be summoned. Upon hitting an enemy, Mushy's attack inflicts a confusion status on the enemy, lasting for a 8 seconds for Mushy, 12 seconds for Mashy, and 16 seconds for Moshy and MushyΩ.

Momogra

Locations

Momogra: Zoo Comp 4 (where BeastMan was).

MomograΩ: Yoka 1 (where BubbleMan was).

Virus Stats

Virus Name	Virus Image	Element	Base Attack	Battle Chip
Momogra			90
Momogro			120
Momogre			150
MomograΩ			200

All Momogra variants attack by hitting the target on the panel in front of it with a shovel.

KillerEye

Locations

KillerEye: Principal's Comp 1 (below blackboard).

KillerEyeΩ: SciLab Door Panel Comp (NW side).

Virus Stats

Virus Name	Virus Image	Element	Base Attack	Battle Chip
KillerEye			100
DemonEye			100
JokerEye			100
KillerEyeΩ			150

The KillerEye variants attack very similar to how they do in the wild; they release a paralyzing electic beam in a certain orientation, which is capable of piercing Invisible and Shield statuses. KillerEye and KillerEyeΩ's attack orientation is straight forward, down the row. DemonEye's attack is diagonally upwards. JokerEye's attack is diagonally downwards. Since the virus levitates, it can be summoned over a hole.

Scuttle

Locations

Scuttle: Secret 1 (NW of the entrance).

Scuttle: Secret 3 (Norther platform).

ScuttleΩ: WWW Base Wall Comp (NE side).

Virus Stats

Virus Name	Virus Image	Element	Base Attack	Battle Chip
Scuttle			200
Scutz			150
Scuttler			130
Scutzer			100 (+30x4)
Scuttlest			100
ScuttleΩ			200

Each Scuttle variant is very different from the others. They generally attack similar to how they do in the wild.

• Scuttle attacks by summoning and pushing an IceCube forward down the row. This attack only hits the first target it makes contact with, dealing Aqua damage. If there is no target in the row, then the IceCube will travel past the field and disappear, unlike the wild Scuttles whose missed IceCube remains on the last available panel in the row.
• Scutz attacks by summoning a homing FireTower, which deals Fire damage.
• Scuttler attacks by summoning Lightning from the sky, hitting every enemy on screen dealing Electric damage.
• Scutzer attacks with GreenRope, by summing vines which entangle all the enemies and deal Wood damage, in addition to dealing an extra 30 points of non-elemental damage for up to 4 seconds, unless the enemy breaks free of the wrap.
• Scuttlest attacks by firing a non-elemental beam straight down the row.
• ScuttleΩ attacks just like Scuttlest, by firing a non-elemental beam straight down the row.

Trivia

• Virus Breader only made an appearance in Mega Man Battle Network 3, without being implemented or ever having been mentioned in any of the subsequent Mega Man Battle Network games.
• Taking into account all the possible chip codes for each virus chip that can be obtained through legit or hacking means, the chip letters can be arranged to spell out a word very close to the viruse's name (e.g. in case of Mettaurs, all the possible chip letters can spell out METOL).

References

• Some data and images taken from The Mechanical Maniacs.