Velguarder (ベルガーダー Berugādā) is Sigma's pet, a wolf-type Reploid[3] or Mechaniloid[4] possessing a ferocious mind circuit, whom Sigma uses to hunt down and terminate those who betray him.[3] As Sigma oversaw his production, the two share several common traits.[3] Similar to Sigma, Velguarder is capable of launching a quick triangular attack, leaping back and forth between the wall, the ceiling and the ground. He is also able to fire powerful flames and ice attacks from his mouth.
In Mega Man X and its remake, Mega Man Maverick Hunter X, X must face Velguarder before confronting Sigma himself in Sigma's hideout. Velguarder's weakness in these encounters is Shotgun Ice.
In Mega Man Xtreme 2, Velguarder is the first boss of the final stages, and is weak to X's Ray Claw and Tornado Fang special weapons, and Zero's Rising and Drill Crush techniques.
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
- In Mega Man X, if the Hadouken is used just at the exact moment the player regains control of X after Velguarder's intro sequence, he will jump right in front of X as the Hadouken is shot at point-blank, hitting him and ending the battle.
- Velguarder falls apart with a much shorter, smaller explosion than other bosses in the SNES version, but explodes in the exact way as the other Mavericks in Mega Man Maverick Hunter X.
- Velguarder's flame attack is similar to Friender's in Mega Man 2
References
- ↑ Mega Man X SNES credits. Retrieved December 4, 2011.
- ↑ Mega Man X Official Complete Works, UDON Entertainment Corp. 2009. pg.9. Retrieved December 4, 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 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.
- ↑ Rockman Memories page 66
| Mega Man X | |
|---|---|
| Stage Select bosses | |
| Chill Penguin • Spark Mandrill • Armored Armadillo • Launch Octopus Boomer Kuwanger • Sting Chameleon • Storm Eagle • Flame Mammoth | |
| Other bosses | |
| 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) | |