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"Who dares intrude upon my territory? ... Ze-Zero! Heheh! So, it's you! Heheh!"
—Volteel Biblio, Mega Man Zero 3

Volteel Biblio (ヴォルティール・ビブリーオ Vorutīru Biburīo) is a boss in Mega Man Zero 3. He is a Mutos Reploid based on the Maori eel god Tuna,[1] and served as the Left Thunder Judge (左雷審官 Sarai Shinkan)[2] of the Eight Gentle Judges.

Characteristics[]

Volteel Biblio's Judge form is a tall, lanky male body. He wears a white cape and a helmet that covers his eyes but leaves his nose exposed. He stands in a hunched posture with his hands behind his back. His Punishment form has an elongated, eel-like body with a dark blue color. He has tiny fins on his sides and feet that allow him to stand above water, and he has two tails with electric conductors at each tip.

Volteel Biblio has a skittish and eccentric personality, and as to maintain his compressed body, he removed the protection of his power generator. However, the electromagnetic waves emitted by the generator caused damage to his brain as a consequence, requiring Biblio to have regular maintenance to avoid defects.

History[]

Volteel Biblio was once an honorable member of the Eight Gentle Judges, acting as the Left Thunder Judge to judge accused Mavericks alongside X and his companions. However, when Dr. Weil returns to Neo Arcadia, Volteel and the judges are brainwashed and remodeled into his Weil Numbers.

When Zero infiltrates the flooded ruins of an ancient library to find Secret Disks about Weil, Omega, the Dark Elf, and the Elf Wars, Biblio appears and fights him to protect the data. He fails, and is destroyed.

Biblio reappears in Weil's Research Laboratory with the rest of the Weil Numbers for a rematch. When defeated by Zero again, he boasts that Zero will never defeat Omega.

Strategy[]

Volteel Biblio attacks by releasing electric spheres from his tail, while hiding in holes. He will sometimes exit the holes to charge the entire room with electricity/attack with his tail and will also stretch out his two tails to attack. If the player has rank A or S, Biblio will use V Laser, in which he shoots two electric beams from his tail. The EX Skill Blizzard Arrow is extremely useful against him (if the player has obtained it) as it can strike him multiple times, making short work of him.

Another feature of Biblio's first fight is the variability of the boss room. Depending on which room of the Sunken Library the player enters last, the boss room may have one or two elevations in the lower-right and lower-left corners, as well as patches of spikes on the ceiling. The rematch room always has both elevations, but no spikes.

Defeating Biblio gives Zero the "Shadow Dash" Foot Chip and, if fought at A or S rank, the V-Shot EX Skill.

Attacks[]

Invisible Dash Invisible Dash Damage: -
Biblio swims into a hole twice while flickering.

During this, he can't damage Zero or be damaged himself

Spark Chaser Spark Chaser Damage: 4
Biblio pops his head and tail out of random holes in the room and summons a slow-moving electric ball that homes on Zero.
Wire Shot Wire Shot Damage: 5
Biblio lashes Zero with both of his tails.
Electric Cage Electric Cage Damage: 6
Biblio plugs both his tails into the ground, shocking all surfaces with electricity.

In MMZ4 this move shocks only the floor.

V Laser EX Skill: V Laser Damage: 6
Biblio repeatedly shoots two electric beams from his tails, angled like a V.

In-Battle Quotes[]

Action Japanese Translation Audio
Pre-battle 覚悟しな. (Kakugoshi na.) Prepare yourself.
Swimming ひひひひひひっ!(Hihihihihihi!) Hehehehehehe!
Wire Shot はっ!(Ha!) Oh!
Spark Chaser は?こいつめ!(Ha? Koitsu me!) Huh? Why you!
V-Laser どうだ!(Dō da!) How's this!
Electric Cage 壊れろぉ!(Kowarero!) Break!
Frozen by ice グヒ?(Guhi?) Guhi?
Defeated グヒャ!(Guhya!) Guhya!

Other appearances[]

  • An image of Volteel Biblio appears in Mega Man Zero 4 in Dr. Weil's Enemy Inferno attack, using Electric Cage against Zero.
  • Biblio appears in Mega Man ZX as a secret boss in Area N, in a door that only opens if a Mega Man Zero 3 cartridge is inserted in the Nintendo DS or by activating the Zero 3 link in the Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection release.

Gallery[]

Etymology[]

  • Volteel Biblio's first name is a portmanteau of "volt" and "eel". His second name is derived from the Greek prefix "biblio", meaning related to books, referring to his role as the guardian of a library.

Trivia[]

  • Volteel Biblio's concept art shows that he is based on the Tuna from Māori mythology, and his affinity for electricity is likely based on real-life electric eels.

References[]

  1. Mega Man Zero Official Complete Works. p. 137.
  2. Rockman Magazine Vol. 06 - page 7


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