Cyberbots
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Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness, sometimes known simply in Japan
as , is a fighting game
produced by Capcom
in 1994 where the pilots of mecha battle each other. The mecha, officially known as "Variant Armors", in this game are the same ones featured in the fighting action game Armored Warriors
. It was ported to the Sega Saturn
and the PlayStation. The game only saw limited distribution in arcades outside of Japan, and none of the console ports were released overseas. Tech Romancer
(produced by Capcom and ported to the Dreamcast) is considered a spiritual sequel for this game, Jin and BX-02 Blodia are present in the game as an unlockable bonus character/mecha.
series, different legs (which affect movement abilities), arms (which affect reach and melee capabilities) and weapons can be mixed and matched between the selectable robots available to the player.
Gameplay in Cyberbots is similar to other Capcom
-created fighting game
s, with a medium-sized command list of executing various attacks available to each individual robot. Battles are a duel-formatted affair with players and the computer fighting against one another to proceed to the next battle.
animated series episode, The Strongest Woman in the World, there are three robots that resemble Gaits, Guldin, and Blodia.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
as , is a fighting game
Fighting game
Fighting game is a video game genre where the player controls an on-screen character and engages in close combat with an opponent. These characters tend to be of equal power and fight matches consisting of several rounds, which take place in an arena. Players must master techniques such as...
produced by Capcom
Capcom
is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its...
in 1994 where the pilots of mecha battle each other. The mecha, officially known as "Variant Armors", in this game are the same ones featured in the fighting action game Armored Warriors
Armored Warriors
Armored Warriors, known in Japan as , is a mecha-themed fighting action game released by Capcom as a coin-operated video game for their CP System II hardware...
. It was ported to the Sega Saturn
Sega Saturn
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console that was first released by Sega on November 22, 1994 in Japan, May 11, 1995 in North America, and July 8, 1995 in Europe...
and the PlayStation. The game only saw limited distribution in arcades outside of Japan, and none of the console ports were released overseas. Tech Romancer
Tech Romancer
is a 1998 3D fighting arcade game by Capcom that draws heavily from the various sub-genres of Mecha anime. It has been ported to the Dreamcast console. The player controls a giant robot which is used to fight another robot in one-on-one combat...
(produced by Capcom and ported to the Dreamcast) is considered a spiritual sequel for this game, Jin and BX-02 Blodia are present in the game as an unlockable bonus character/mecha.
Plot
In the game the player first chooses the pilot and then the mech (Valiant/Variant Armor or VA for short) they'll use to fight. The mechs determine the gameplay of the game, but the pilot is what determines the storyline the player will see. Near the end of the 21st century Earth begins to become over populated leading to many people living in man made space colonies. The primary army of Earth, "Earth Force", has been conducting experiments and their work, along with the actions of the playable characters will determine the future of Earth.Gameplay
The premise in Cyberbots is similar to its predecessor Armored Warriors, albeit it features only a maximum of two playable characters on screen as opposed to three. Cyberbots is a very innovative game, attributed to its amount of selectable options, parts, and mecha that permit the player to format their play style to their preference. Similar to the Armored CoreArmored Core
Armored Core is a mecha-based video game series developed by From Software for the PlayStation Portable, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Mobile Phone platforms. Armored Core games are Mecha Simulation/third-person shooters, in which the player pilots a large mecha called an...
series, different legs (which affect movement abilities), arms (which affect reach and melee capabilities) and weapons can be mixed and matched between the selectable robots available to the player.
Gameplay in Cyberbots is similar to other Capcom
Capcom
is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its...
-created fighting game
Fighting game
Fighting game is a video game genre where the player controls an on-screen character and engages in close combat with an opponent. These characters tend to be of equal power and fight matches consisting of several rounds, which take place in an arena. Players must master techniques such as...
s, with a medium-sized command list of executing various attacks available to each individual robot. Battles are a duel-formatted affair with players and the computer fighting against one another to proceed to the next battle.
Characters
| Name | Gender | Age | Hair | Eyes | Voice actor | Biography |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jin Saotome | Male | 21 | Dark brown | Brown | Tōru Furuya Toru Furuya is a veteran narrator and seiyū born on July 31, 1953 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As a child, he was a member of Gekidan Himawari, a children's acting troupe... |
Jin's father (Ken Saotome) belonged to a unit that was killed in an accident one year before the start of Cyberbots. To honor his memory he seeks to become the best VA pilot alive and wants to prove his worth through the VA battle circuit. He begins to question his father's death after meeting SHADE for the first time. Jin's mood goes from calm to rage within seconds, but he remains a good guy. He is also friends with Gawaine Murdock. Jin has appearances in the Marvel vs. Capcom series and Tech Romancer Tech Romancer is a 1998 3D fighting arcade game by Capcom that draws heavily from the various sub-genres of Mecha anime. It has been ported to the Dreamcast console. The player controls a giant robot which is used to fight another robot in one-on-one combat... as a playable character. His main mech is BX-02 Blodia. Blodia appears in PTX-40A Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Lost Planet: Extreme Condition is a third-person shooter video game developed and published by Capcom for Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 3... 's ending in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars. |
| Santana Laurence | Male | 29 | Dark brown | Brown | Kiyoyuki Yanada Kiyoyuki Yanada Kiyoyuki Yanada is a seiyū who was born in Tokyo. He was a member of 81 Produce.-Notable voice roles:*After School in the Teacher's Lounge *Baten Kaitos... |
Santana is a self-centered loner who makes a living scrounging up parts for VA's and sometimes working as a mercenary. In the past he was the leader of the proud Mars Revolution. Santana knows SHADE and Gawaine. He's likely just an old friend of Gawaine, but he fought SHADE on Mars during the revolution. He's also a bit of a narcissist and a womanizer. Santana also has a cameo appearance in PTX-40A Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Lost Planet: Extreme Condition is a third-person shooter video game developed and published by Capcom for Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 3... 's ending in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars. |
| Mary Miyabi | Female | 26 | Brown | Brown | Urara Takano Urara Takano is a Japanese voice actress from Togane, Chiba. Takano runs the talent agency Remax, although she was originally affiliated with Ken Production. She is the mother of actress Anna Kirie. Her real name, as well as her former stage name, is , in addition, she and Jennifer Tilly both does Celia... |
She is the only female Captain of Earth Force. When a prisoner escapes she is sent to retrieve him/her and bring them back immediately. While pursuing the prisoner she finds out more about the dealings of Earth Force and turns against them after meeting Arieta, Bao and Mao. She was trained by retired soldier, Gawaine Murdock. Aside for a softside for children she is the typical soldier. She pilots the FZ-900J Killer Bee. |
| Gawaine Murdock | Male | 64 | White | Blue | Tesshō Genda Tessho Genda is a Japanese voice actor. He is employed by the talent management firm 81 Produce. When he debuted, he used his real name, . as artist name. Because he had experience with ballet, he was known by the nickname "Pirouette Genda."... |
Gawaine was a captain of Earth Force who retired at age 63 after the deaths of his men in a training accident. He lives in seclusion from everyone while trying to live out his final days in peace and quiet. He returns after Earth Force begins making trouble. Gawaine was Mary's captain when she was still lieutenant, a close friend of the Saotome family and good friend to SHADE in the past before SHADE was turned into a cyborg. He pilots the GP-N1 Guldin. |
| Arieta | Female | 17 | Green | Green | Mika Kanai Mika Kanai is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo. She is currently attached to Ken Production. Her pet name is . She is best known for her roles in Idol Tenshi Yōkoso Yōko , Tanoshii Mūmin Ikka , Goldfish Warning! , Soreike! Anpanman , Yadamon , After War Gundam X , Tokyo... |
Earth Force kidnapped children and used them for experiments. Arieta escaped after seeing her friends die in their labs. She doesn't know exactly what Earth Force is trying to do, her only concern is escaping the torture that she had to endure. Without any friends to turn to for help so she runs without knowing where to go. A naturally kind hearted person, she seems to win over anyone she meets, except for SHADE and Devilotte. |
| Bao and Mao | (Bao) Male; (Mao) Female | (Bao) 14; (Mao) 11 | (Bao) Green; (Mao) Pink | (both) Orange | (Bao) Kappei Yamaguchi Kappei Yamaguchi , better known by his stage name of , is a Japanese voice actor and actor from Fukuoka, affiliated with Gokū and 21st Century Fox.He is best known for the roles of Ranma Saotome , Jackson Neil , Tombo , Yattaro , InuYasha , Ryuichi Sakuma , L , Usopp... ; (Mao) Kae Araki Kae Araki , better known by the stage name , is a Japanese voice actress. After standing in for Kotono Mitsuishi when Mitsuishi had appendicitis, Araki originated the role of Chibiusa in the same series soon after... |
They are siblings that have been caught by Earth Force. They manage to escape and find a VA that's programmed for self defense. So even though they have no piloting experience, the VA still operates fine due to the programming and sheer luck. Bao is very protective over his little sister. He doesn't know about he Earth Force's dealings and he doesn't care. He just wants to get away from everything safely with his sister. |
| Chiyomaru Kagura and Tessan Hagure | (Chiyomaru) Male; (Tessan) Male | (Chiyomaru) 17; (Tessan) 38 | (Chiyomaru) Dark brown; (Tessan) Brown | (Chiyomaru) Dark brown;(Tessan) Black | (Chiyomaru) Ryō Horikawa Ryo Horikawa is a Japanese voice actor. He is married to fellow Japanese voice actress Hitomi Oikawa, whose birth name is also . His former stage name is also Ryo Horikawa, which has his given name, Makoto, pronounced as Ryo.-Career:... ;(Tessan) Banjō Ginga Banjo Ginga , sometimes credited as his real name , is a Japanese voice actor who was born in Kofu, Yamanashi. Ginga is currently affiliated with Aoni Production... |
Chiyomaru Kagura is the head of the resistance fleet while Tessan Hagure is his guardian. The resistance forces' mission is to find and destroy the doomsday weapon created by the Weapon's Brain: G.O.D. The two once part with the Earth Forces until they left to form a resistance forces to oppose the Earth Force's experiments. Chiyomaru pilots the P-10033 Gaits. |
| Princess Devilotte de Deathsatan IX | Female | 13 | Blonde | Blue | (Devilotte) Etsuko Kozakura Etsuko Kozakura , better known by her stage name , is a Japanese voice actress from Mizuho and works at Ohsawa Jimusho. She is married to fellow voice actor Jin Domon.Etsuko also voices Tuffy in the Tom and Jerry series.- Notable voice roles :* Atashinchi - Yuri Ishida... |
Devilotte is the daughter of a dangerous and reputed Pirate King. She and her two lackeys (Dave the scientist and Xavier the wizard) fly around space looking for people with VAs with the intent to steal them and add to her collection. She is not involved with either side of the dispute in the Earth Force events. She pilots the S-008 Super-8, a mecha in the shape of an octopus that was designed for underwater use. Devilotte has a crush on Gawaine and is constantly blushing during the few moments they interact in the game. Devilotte is the only Cyberbots character apart from Jin that makes appearances in other Capcom games; she appears in Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo as a hidden character, an assist character in Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes is the fifth Marvel Comics-licensed fighting game by Capcom and the third game in the Marvel vs. Capcom series. In contrast to X-Men vs. Street Fighter and Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter, the game features characters from numerous Capcom franchises such as Mega Man and Strider, rather than... and in Doronjo's ending in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars. |
| Ken Saotome | Male | mid-forties at death | ? (always shut) | Dark brown | Tesshō Genda Tessho Genda is a Japanese voice actor. He is employed by the talent management firm 81 Produce. When he debuted, he used his real name, . as artist name. Because he had experience with ballet, he was known by the nickname "Pirouette Genda."... |
Ken, Shade and Gawaine belonged to the same unit in Earth Force and the three were close. Ken is killed by SHADE one year before the start of Cyberbots. Gawaine wasn't there when it happened and it was believed to be an accident. He looks like a taller, bulkier version of Jin, except he wears green instead of white. |
| SHADE | Male | ? | ? (Can only see blue on the glass) | ? (Can only see blue in the glass) | Shōzō Iizuka Shozo Iizuka is a male Japanese voice actor from Fukushima Prefecture who is affiliated with Sigma Seven. He graduated from the fine arts department of Nihon University.... |
Earth Force began something similar to a 'super soldier' experiment. They needed someone who was strong and young. SHADE ended up being their candidate. They promised that he would be the perfect soldier but they needed to see if they had complete control over him, so they made him kill everyone in his unit. Earth Force writes the incident off as an accident. Shade is now a cyborg and an attack dog for Earth Force. His memories are a little scrambled and he is trying to remember who he was. Jin's last name is the first thing that starts to refresh his memory (it is later revealed he fought and killed Jin's father, albeit unwillingly. He gets delusional at one point, thinking Jin is Ken). In the end he dies saving Earth, doing one last favor for his old friend. He pilots the UVA-02 Helion. |
| Final Weapon's Brain - G.O.D.(Ganglions of Omniscient Disrupter) | ? (the picture has 3 heads, one is a female, other 2 male) | ? | ? | ? | ? | G.O.D. is a cybernetic hivemind Swarm intelligence Swarm intelligence is the collective behaviour of decentralized, self-organized systems, natural or artificial. The concept is employed in work on artificial intelligence... that ultimately plans to destroy humanity. It mainly controls the mech X-0 Warlock, but in other storyline paths controls Jackal and Killer Bee as well. The brain also seems able to dominate Arieta temporarily. |
Variant Armors
- BX-02 / Blodia
- Arm Part: Power Knuckle
- Leg Part: Command Walker
- Weapon Part: BIT
- BX-04S / B.Swordsman
- Arm Part: Laser Blade
- Leg Part: Treads
- Weapon Part: Electric Net
- BX-07R / B.Riot
- Arm Part: Rocket Arm
- Leg Part: Turbo Jets
- Weapon Part: Vulcan Cannon
- RF-004 / Reptos
- Arm Part: Power Knuckle
- Leg Part: Command Walker
- Weapon Part: Laser Cannon
- RF-009 / R.Lightning
- Arm Part: Chain Spark
- Leg Part: Treads
- Weapon Part: Wide Range Missile
- RF-027 / R.Jackal
- Arm Part: Heat Rod
- Leg Part: Insectroid
- Weapon Part: BIT
- FZ-100 / Fordy
- Arm Part: Power Knuckle
- Leg Part: Command Walker
- Weapon Part: Homing Missile
- FZ-202 / F.Tarantula
- Arm Part: Force Claw
- Leg Part: Insectroid
- Weapon Part: Wide Range Missile
- FZ-900J / F.Killer Bee
- Arm Part: Laser Blade
- Leg Part: Turbo Jets
- Weapon Part: Mine Shooter
- GP-N1 / Guldin
- Arm Part: Power Knuckle
- Leg Part: Command Walker
- Weapon Part: Burner
- GP-V4 / G.Vise
- Arm Part: Force Claw
- Leg Part: Treads
- Weapon Part: Homing Missile
- GP-D2 / G.Cyclone
- Arm Part: Death Drill
- Leg Part: Insectroid
- Weapon Part: Mine Shooter
- P-10033 / Gaits
- Arm Part: Power Fist
- Leg Part: Walker
- Weapon Part: Missile Launcher
- S-008 / Super-8
- Arm Part: none
- Leg Part: none
- Weapon Part: Small Missile Launcher
- UVA-02 / Helion
- Arm Part: Power Fist
- Leg Part: Walker
- Weapon Part: none
- X-0 / Warlock
- Arm Part: Power Fist
- Leg Part: Walker
- Weapon Part: Vulcan Cannon
- G-13EX / Gouki Zero AkumaAkuma (Street Fighter)Akuma known in Japan as , is a video game character from the Street Fighter series of fighting games. Akuma made his debut in Super Street Fighter II Turbo as a secret character and hidden boss. In the storyline of the Street Fighter video games, he is the younger brother of Gouken, Ryu and Ken's...
- G-13EX / Gouki Zero Akuma
Cartoon
In the Street FighterStreet Fighter (TV series)
Street Fighter is an American animated series produced by InVision Entertainment based on the Street Fighter live action movie, which was in turn based on the Street Fighter video game franchise. The series aired as part of the USA Network's Cartoon Express and Action Extreme Team lineups...
animated series episode, The Strongest Woman in the World, there are three robots that resemble Gaits, Guldin, and Blodia.
See also
- Armored WarriorsArmored WarriorsArmored Warriors, known in Japan as , is a mecha-themed fighting action game released by Capcom as a coin-operated video game for their CP System II hardware...
- Tech RomancerTech Romanceris a 1998 3D fighting arcade game by Capcom that draws heavily from the various sub-genres of Mecha anime. It has been ported to the Dreamcast console. The player controls a giant robot which is used to fight another robot in one-on-one combat...
- Marvel vs. Capcom (series)
- List of fighting games