The Advanced PET (アドバンスドペット Adobansudo Petto) is a PErsonal Terminal model introduced in Mega Man Battle Network 4, Rockman.EXE Phantom of Network and used up to the 34th episode of the MegaMan NT Warrior Axess anime series. It was used to combat Nebula and the Darkloids, as well as competing in the Red Sun and Blue Moon Tournaments.
Description
This PET model looks much like a flip phone, the top has transparent glass so that even when closed the user can still see the screen. A sliding piece on the bottom causes the top to open, revealing the screen and buttons. Along the top of the device is a slot for Battle Chips, on the right side is a grip and on the left is a headphone jack. On the bottom underneath the slider is a port for charging. Unlike its predecessor, the Advanced PET comes in a wide variety of colors, and the NetNavi mark on the front can be customized as well. This PET introduced the concept of wirelessly Jacking in, which has been used in all PETs since. It is about 4 inches in length.
Games
Advanced PET
Lan Hikari gets this PET sometime before Mega Man Battle Network 4. Lan makes no mention of it in game (although a message board post mentions that Dr. Hikari and Mr. Famous designed it). New features include the Emotion Window, and changes in the Navi Customizer. The interface is mostly the same as in Mega Man Battle Network 3 with color palette changes.
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Advanced PET II
This PET appears in the spin-off game Rockman.EXE 4.5 Real Operation. The player has recently purchased this PET and receives an E-Mail from IPC upon starting the game. This one PET is used to interact with all 21 playable NetNavis.
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Anime
Advanced PET
Introduced in MegaMan NT Warrior Axess, but first mentioned in episode 55 of MegaMan NT Warrior. The Advanced PET was made by BlazeQuest and was completed with the aid of Chaud and ProtoMan. This PET uses a Route-Mate Molecular 450 GHz processor which was long thought to be impossible. The Advanced PET became immensely popular in very little time with commercials for its still running up to episode 30. Pressing the Navi Mark will shine a laser used to Jack-In. Unlike the games the interface is completely re-worked. In episode 34 Lan's PET is heavily damaged and is replaced with the Advanced PET II in episode 36. Advanced PETs are still used in some episodes of Rockman.EXE Stream.
Advanced PET II
This redesign of this Advanced PET was produced in a cooperation between IPC and SciLab. Only one model was ever manufactured. In episode 29 of Axess the PET was first revealed with the purpose of preventing the use of Dark Chips. Later in episode 36, the PET was completed and given to Lan after his was damaged in a fight. While it is not known if the PET can prevent Dark Chips from being used, the Cross Fusion abilities of its user is greatly increased. Lan continues to use this PET until he is given the Progress PET in episode 3 of Stream.
Manga
Lan gets the Advanced PET in Volume 7 of the MegaMan NT Warrior and uses it until he gets the Progress PET in Volume 9.
Toys
Electronic toy versions of the Advanced PET have been distributed by Takara in Japan in 2003-2004, Mattel in North America and Europe in 2004-2005, and Sonokong in Korea. The PETs simulate housing a virtual NetNavi that can battle with fictional computer viruses or other NetNavis, similar to digital pets. Various toy Battle Chips were also distributed for use on the PETs, either in packs or included with other toys, to fight "viruses". Two PETs can be connected with a link cable for NetBattles.
For some reason, early Japanese Advanced PET non-holographic Battle Chips tend to generate dark splotches in the chip's sticker over the years. This issue does not occur to later Japanese chips and international chips.
Gallery
Illustrations
Concept art
Anime
Videos
Trivia
- It is possible to mod the toy Battle Chips as seen here.
- On page 172 of the Mega Man Battle Network Official Complete Works, Yuuji Ishihara reveals that the Advanced PET was designed by Takara.
- The Advanced PET also appeared as an item in the Shin Bokura no Taiyō games.
See also
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| Terminals | |
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| Terminals in the Mega Man Battle Network series | |
| PET (original) • Plug-in PET • Advanced PET • Progress PET • Link PET_EX | |
| Terminals in the Mega Man Star Force series | |
| Transer • Star Carrier • Hunter-VG | |
| Related pages | |
| Battle Chip Gate • Progress Chip Gate • Beast Link Gate • Wave Scanner • Battle Chip • Battle Card • Jack in • NetNavi • Wizard |