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"I've fully analyzed all of your strategies. Let me show you what I have learned!"
—Maha Ganeshariff, Neo Arcadia Core, Mega Man Zero

Maha Ganeshariff (マハ・ガネシャリフ Maha Ganesharifu) is a boss from Mega Man Zero. He is a Mutos Reploid from the Deep Sea Squadron based on the Hindu elephant god, Ganesha. He is in charge of data processing and handling information in his large body.

History[]

Maha Ganeshariff is the boss of the "Retrieve Data" mission. He stored all the data he collected in the Underground Laboratory in his body's server, and to recover it, Zero needed to defeat him and download it from his memory. Upon defeating Ganeshariff, Zero also received the Cyber-elf Itecle, and was forced to evacuate the Underground Laboratory before it exploded. After completing the mission, Zero receives the Triple Rod from Cerveau. If the player fails in this mission, Ciel will try to hack into the enemy base to keep them from using Ganeshariff's data.

Like the other Mutos Reploids, Ganeshariff is revived in the Neo Arcadia Core, where Zero fights and defeats him again.

Strategy[]

Maha attacks with fast slaps, rolling like a ball, releasing bombs while rolling towards Zero, and swinging from the ceiling, generally relying on contact damage-and dealing a lot of it. He also throws tusks if the player has a high rank.

Image Attack Description Notes
HandSlapAttack
Hand Slap If Zero is too close to Maha Ganeshariff, he will swing his arms at Zero quickly. While it blocks most attacks, a well-timed Buster Shot can fly over the hand and hit Maha's head. Possibly a refference to the Street Fighter character Edmond Honda in how it's used.
RollingAttack
Rolling Attack Maha Ganeshariff will transform into a sphere and will try to charge at Zero whilst launching bombs from behind. A simple jump will suffice to dodge the rolling attack.
Hanging Attack Maha Ganeshariff will transform into a sphere and grapple his trunk to ceiling whilst trying to swing at Zero. The attack can be stopped by slashing the trunk chain with the Z-Saber or Shield Boomerang.
TuskBoomernag
EX SkillTusk Boomerang (タスクブーメラン)

(Also known as Tuskorang.)

Maha detaches his tusks and flings them in Zero's direction like boomerangs. Has small range and inflicts minor damage. Only used if the player is fighting Maha at A or S rank.

Data[]

Mega Man Zero Mission Select[]

Area: Underground Laboratory
Mission: Retrieve Data

Mega Man Zero Official Complete Works bio[]

The Mutos Reploid responsible for the storage and distribution of information for the Deep sea Squadron lead by Leviathan. To help ensure the security and integrity of the data Maha Ganeshariff handles, he was built to be a data server that can not only transport information, but defend itself if necessary. With valuable servers as innards, his outer body was built as a large, solid shell to protect their contents.

Quotes[]

  • "My name is Maha Ganeshariff. I'm in charge of data processing and handling information. All of the information you had has been stored in the server in my body. If you want it back, you'll have to destroy me and download it from my memory...will you do it??" - Underground Laboratory
  • "I've fully analysed all your strategies. Let me show you what I have learned!" - Neo Arcadia Core

In-battle quotes[]

Action Romaji Japanese Translation Audio
Hand Slap Fun! ふん! Hmph!

Other appearances[]

  • Maha Ganeshariff briefly appears in the Rockman Zero commercial, where he was present and presumably commanding the Neo Arcadia forces to attack the structure that Zero was housed inside. He is also shown to be larger than in the game. While he does appear to be twice as tall as Zero in-game, the commercial depicts him as being large enough that Pantheons are riding on him.
  • In Mega Man ZX, the design of the data servers in the background from Protectos the Goreroid's boss room in Area L were based on Maha Ganeshariff's body.[1] Besides his design, the corridors between the room have the text "Data M.G. Server" on them, referencing his name. Also, both bosses are fought when trying to obtain data that they found in an old lab and stored in their body.
  • Maha Ganeshariff appeared as a boss from World 6 in Rockman Xover.
  • Maha Ganeshariff appears as a card during TEPPEN's Absolute Zero.

Gallery[]

Etymology[]

  • "Maha" is a prefix meaning "great" in the Pali language. Ganesha is an elephant-headed god of knowledge in Hinduism; the end of his name may be a portmanteau with the English word "sheriff", or "sharif" meaning a Muslim ruler.

Trivia[]

  • Ganeshariff's role as data storage may be a reference to the god Ganesha from Hindu mythology. As he is the god of knowledge and education, it might have inspired his function of containing and protecting data. Ganesha is also the god of obstacles, whose function is both to place and remove them from one's way. How the whole area is blocked after his defeat, as well as the way a new path opens up after that, may compose another reference to the god's role. Enemies such as Ray Blade, who act as barrier-like obstacles to the player, also inhabit the area while he is present, also referencing the god's purpose.
    • His data-storing function may also represent how real elephants are capable of retaining a lot of information on their memory (often reflected in the proverb, "An elephant never forgets".).
  • There is an unused dialog which Maha Ganeshariff says: "I was supposed to be invincible. But it's too late. You're still going to perish!". It's possibly meant to be his final words, but it is unknown if he was supposed to say it in his first or in his second battle against Zero.
  • In the Japanese version, he speaks like Heian nobles. For example, "maro (まろ)", "ojaru (おじゃる)", and "kae? (かえ?)".

References[]

  1. ZX Tunes booklet, Gauntlet track notes


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