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BN1CustomGauge

The Custom Gauge featured in Mega Man Battle Network

The Custom Gauge (カスタムゲージ) is a recurring element in all of the main games of the Mega Man Battle Network and Mega Man Star Force series. In both series, the player starts battles by selecting Battle Chips or Battle Cards in the Custom Screen. However, once the battle begins, players may not select more Battle Chips or Battle Cards until the Custom Gauge fills up completely and the player presses either the L or R button to return to the Custom Screen. The Custom Gauge normally takes about 8 to 10 seconds to completely fill.

Turns[]

Each time the Custom Gauge reaches full and the Custom Screen is opened is considered one turn. Some transformations and battles are limited to a set amount of turns, after which a specific effect will happen, such as the transformation being cancelled.

Double Soul[]

Main article: Double Soul

In Mega Man Battle Network 4 and 5, a Double Soul will only last a total of three turns. After this time, MegaMan.EXE will revert to his normal state. Similarly, Chaos Unisons will only last a single turn. In Mega Man Battle Network 5, there are some Navi Customizer items that can extend the length of time that a Double Soul will last.

Beast Out[]

Main article: Beast Out

In Mega Man Battle Network 6, after the Beast Out transformation is implemented, MegaMan's Emotion Window receives an Emotion Counter, which normally maxes out at 3. This Counter determines how many turns he can use Beast Out. At the start of each turn while Beast Out is active, the Counter decreases by 1, and at the end of the turn where it reaches 0, Beast Out is cancelled and MegaMan enters a Tired state, where he cannot enter Full Synchro.

If he attempts to use Beast Out after entering the Tired state, it triggers Beast Over, which turns MegaMan berserk but boosts the power of all his attacks. Once the Custom Gauge fills, however, the Custom Screen is forcibly opened, terminating Beast Over and forcing MegaMan into a Very Tired state, which greatly impedes his battle performance.

Unlike the turn counter for Double Souls, the Emotion Counter carries over between battles, and finishing a battle without using Beast Out will increase the Counter by 1.

Liberation Missions[]

Main article: Liberation Mission

In the Liberation Missions from Mega Man Battle Network 5, players must fight the clock during any virus and boss battle. Each time the Custom Gauge reaches full during combat, the Custom Screen is automatically and forcibly opened. Because players only have three turns to beat a virus or boss during Liberation Missions, this limits how long players can fight, because battles are forcibly ended when the gauge fills up on the last turn.

Bosses who are not defeated by the time the last turn ends in a Liberation Mission will still retain any damage to their HP taken during fight(s).

Operation Battles[]

Main article: Operation Battle

In Operation Battle modes, the Custom Gauge determines when a Battle Chip can be used, filling in three levels, with each chip class consuming a different amount of the gauge. When the gauge is low (light blue), no chips can be used yet. Standard Chips (orange) consume 1/3 of the gauge, Mega Class Chips (blue) consume 2/3, and Giga Class Chips (red) require a full gauge. Attacking enemies will make the gauge fill faster, but it is decreased when damage is taken. The player can also use 1/3 of the gauge to shuffle the current Battle Chips, except for Mega Man Battle Network 6.

Battle Chips[]

There are several Battle Chips and Battle Cards that affect the Custom Gauge, or are affected by the Custom Gauge.

Slow Gauge[]

SloGauge

Slow Gauge, known as Heavy Gauge (ヘビーゲージ Hebī Gēji) in Japan, halves the Custom Gauge's filling speed. This is vital during Liberation Missions since it buys more time for the player to defeat viruses, giving a greater possibility for One Turn Liberates. It is also notable that Mega Man Battle Network 5 is the only game where Slow Gauge's capacity is sharply increased to prevent players from setting it as the Folder's default chip and exploiting it for Liberation Missions.

Fast Gauge[]

FstGauge

Fast Gauge, known as Quick Gauge (クイックゲージ Kuikku Gēji) in Japan, doubles the Custom Gauge's filling speed. This makes this chip useful for several situations, like Operation Battles, and is vital for quickly deleting bosses, especially where SP chips are concerned since they power up with faster deletions.

Fast Gauge also appeared as a Navi Customizer program in Mega Man Battle Network 3 and as a Sub Chip in Mega Man Network Transmission.

In the Mega Man Star Force series the Battle Card kept its original Japanese name, and Quick Gauge also appeared as an Ability Wave.

Full Custom[]

FullCust

Full Custom (フルカスタム Furu Kasutamu) automatically refills the Custom Gauge. While this makes it more useful than Fast Gauge, it is recommended to remove this chip before Liberation Missions and avoid using it with the chips Custom Sword and Custom Volt.

Full Custom also appeared as a Sub Chip in Mega Man Network Transmission.

Custom Sword[]

Main article: Sword (Battle Chip)
CustSword

Custom Sword is a sword chip with a 2X3 radius. Its power is based upon the fullness of the Custom Gage. The beginning of the match starts it off 10 damage reaching attack power above 200 damage shortly before the gauge reaches fullness. Once the gauge fills, the sword's power drops down to zero.

Custom Volt[]

CusVolt1

Custom Volt, known as Custom Bolt[1] (カスタムボルト Kasutamu Boruto) in Japan, release an electric blast in a t-shaped pattern, hitting the panel ahead and three in the column in front of it. It gains additional points of damage as the Custom Gauge fills, reaching the limit (+100) when the gauge is filled by around 80%. If the Gauge is completely filled before it is used, it resets to the default damage. Custom Volt 1 deals 10~110 damage, Custom Volt 2 does 30~130, and Custom Volt 3 50~150.

Battle Chips by game[]

Mega Man Battle Network[]

ID Battle Chip Description Attack Element Code Rarity
111 MMBNChip111 SloGauge
(ヘビーゲージ
Heavy Gauge)
Slows down custom gauge - BC Element Null None H (MMBN), K (MMBN), N (MMBN), O (MMBN), Q, * (OSS) **
112 MMBNChip112 FstGauge
(クイックゲージ
Quick Gauge)
Speeds up custom gauge - BC Element Null None A, C (MMBN), E (MMBN), L (MMBN), N (MMBN), * (OSS) **

Mega Man Network Transmission[]

ID Battle Chip Damage Element Max Num Description
037 NTChip037 CustSwrd
(カスタムソード)
N/A
Null
10 Attack's power is based on Custom Gauge level

Mega Man Battle Network 2[]

ID Battle Chip Description Attack Element Code Memory Rarity
036 MMBN2Chip036 CustSwrd
(カスタムソード)
Cust Gauge = Attack Strength ???? BC Element Null None B, G, K, Q, T, * 68 MB **
146 MMBN2Chip146 SloGauge
(ヘビーゲージ
Heavy Gauge)
Cust Gauge slows down for battle - BC Element Null None * 10 MB **
147 MMBN2Chip147 FstGauge
(クイックゲージ
Quick Gauge)
Cust Gauge speeds up for battle - BC Element Null None * 10 MB **
148 MMBN2Chip148 FullCust
(フルカスタム)
Cust Gauge is always full! - BC Element Null None * 10 MB **

Mega Man Battle Network 3[]

Battle Chip ID Battle Chip Description Attack Element Code Memory Rarity
Standard Chip 038 MMBN3SChip038 CustSwrd
(カスタムソード)
Cust Gauge= Atk Str ???? BC Element Null None B, F, R, V, Z 21 MB ***
Standard Chip 156 MMBN3SChip156 SloGauge
(ヘビーゲージ
Heavy Gauge)
CustGauge slow down in battle - BC Element Null None A, C, R, S, Z, * 20 MB ***
Standard Chip 157 MMBN3SChip157 FstGauge
(クイックゲージ
Quick Gauge)
CustGauge speeds up in battle - BC Element Null None B, E, J, R, Y, * 40 MB ***
Mega Chip 20 MMBN2Chip148 FullCust
(フルカスタム)
CustGauge instantly refills! - BC Element Null None * 10 MB ***

Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge[]

83 SloGauge
161 FstGauge

Mega Man Battle Network 4[]

Battle Chip ID Battle Chip Description Attack Element Codes Memory Rarity
Standard Chip 059 BN4Chip059 CustSwrd
(カスタムソード)
Cust Gauge = Atk Str ??? BC Attribute Sword Sword B, P, S 20 MB ***
Standard Chip 127 BN4Chip127 SloGauge
(ヘビーゲージ
Heavy Gauge)
CustGauge Temporary slow-down - BC Element Null None E, H, V, * 22 MB ***
Standard Chip 128 BN4Chip128 FstGauge
(クイックゲージ
Quick Gauge)
CustGauge Temporary speed-up - BC Element Null None I, Q, U, * 32 MB ***
Mega Chip 09 BN4MChip009 FullCust
(フルカスタム)
CustGauge instantly refills - BC Element Null None * 45 MB ****

Rockman.EXE 4.5 Real Operation[]

Battle Chip ID Battle Chip Description Attack Element Memory Rarity
Standard Chip 059 BN45Chip059 Custom Sword
(カスタムソード)
??? BC Attribute Sword Sword 20 MB ***
Standard Chip 127 BN45Chip127 Heavy Gauge
(ヘビーゲージ)
- BC Element Null None 22 MB ***
Standard Chip 128 BN45Chip128 Quick Gauge
(クイックゲージ)
- BC Element Null None 32 MB ***
Mega Chip 09 BN45MChip009 Full Custom
(フルカスタム)
- BC Element Null None 45 MB ****

Mega Man Battle Network 5[]

Battle Chip ID Battle Chip Description Attack Element Codes Memory Rarity
Standard Chip 056 BN5Chip056 CustSwrd
(カスタムソード)
Cust Gauge = attack strength ??? BC Attribute Sword Sword E, L, R 20 MB ***
Standard Chip 089 BN5Chip089 CusVolt1
(カスタムボルト1
Custom Bolt 1)
Consumes Custom Gauge ??? BC Element Elec Elec A, V, Y, * 40 MB **
Standard Chip 090 BN5Chip090 CusVolt2
(カスタムボルト2
Custom Bolt 2)
Consumes Custom Gauge ??? BC Element Elec Elec C, E, G 55 MB ***
Standard Chip 091 BN5Chip091 CusVolt3
(カスタムボルト3
Custom Bolt 3)
Consumes Custom Gauge ??? BC Element Elec Elec G, M, P 70 MB ****
Standard Chip 157 BN5Chip157 SloGauge
(ヘビーゲージ
Heavy Gauge)
CustGauge Temporary slow-down - BC Element Null None H, Q, W, * 69 MB ***
Standard Chip 158 BN5Chip158 FstGauge
(クイックゲージ
Quick Gauge)
CustGauge Temporary speed-up - BC Element Null None H, Q, W, * 32 MB ***
Mega Chip 09 BN5MChip009 FullCust
(フルカスタム)
CustGauge instantly refills - BC Element Null None * 45 MB ****

Rockman.EXE Phantom of Network[]

Battle Chip ID Battle Chip Description Attack Element Codes Memory
Standard Chip 108 Battle Chip icon Fast Gauge Quick Gauge
(クイックゲージ)
Custom Gauge speeds up throughout the battle
(バトル中ずっとカスタムゲージのスピードが速くなる)
- BC Element Null None I, Q, U, * 32 MB
Mega Chip 09 Battle Chip icon Full Custom PoN LoN Full Custom
(フルカスタム)
Custom Gauge fills up in an instant!
(カスタムゲージが一瞬で満タンになる!)
- BC Element Null None * 35 MB

Rockman.EXE Legend of Network[]

Battle Chip ID Battle Chip Description Attack Element Codes
Standard Chip 149 Battle Chip icon Slow Gauge Heavy Gauge
(ヘビーゲージ)
Custom Gauge slows down throughout the battle
(バトル中ずっとカスタムゲージのスピードが遅くなる)
- BC Element Null None A, B, *
Standard Chip 150 Battle Chip icon Fast Gauge Quick Gauge
(クイックゲージ)
Custom Gauge speeds up throughout the battle
(バトル中ずっとカスタムゲージのスピードが速くなる)
- BC Element Null None M, R, *
Mega Chip 11 Battle Chip icon Full Custom PoN LoN Full Custom
(フルカスタム)
Custom Gauge fills up in an instant!
(カスタムゲージが一瞬で満タンになる!)
- BC Element Null None *

Mega Man Battle Network 6[]

Battle Chip ID Battle Chip Description Attack Element Codes Memory Rarity
Standard Chip 174 BN6Chip174 SloGauge
(ヘビーゲージ
Heavy Gauge)
CustGauge slow-down - BC Element Null None A, B, G, * 42 MB ***
Standard Chip 175 BN6Chip175 FstGauge
(クイックゲージ
Quick Gauge)
CustGauge speed-up - BC Element Null None E, M, R, * 48 MB ***
Standard Chip 176 BN6Chip176 FullCust
(フルカスタム)
CustGauge instantly refills - BC Element Null None * 50 MB ****

Battle Cards[]

The first and second Mega Man Star Force games lack any Battle Cards that affect the Custom Gauge. Instead, BrotherBands with Pegasus players (first game), or the Ability Wave Quick Gauge (Mega Man Star Force 2 and 3) can speed up the rate at which the Gauge fills. Battle Cards related to the Custom Gauge only appear in the third game as the Illegal Cards Quick Gauge (クイックゲージ), Normal Gauge (ノーマルゲージ), and Slow Gauge (ヘビーゲージ, Heavy Gauge in Japan).

Mega Man Star Force 3[]

ID Battle Card Description Element Color
Illegal Card QuickGauge QuickGauge Speeds up Custom Gauge BC Element Null None White
Illegal Card NormlGauge NormlGauge Restore norml Custom Gauge speed BC Element Null None White
Illegal Card SlowGauge SlowGauge Slows down Custom Gauge BC Element Null None White

Other Media[]

HeavyGaugeAxess23

Heavy Gauge used in the anime

In the MegaMan NT Warrior: Axess episode "The Super Power of Shiver", C.F. ProtoMan uses Heavy Gauge during the battle against Darkloid SparkMan.

Gallery[]

See also[]

TBA

References[]


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