Shadow Devil (シャドーデビル Shadō Debiru) is a Devil-type robot that appeared in Mega Man X5 as the boss of Zero Space Stage 1. It fights similarly to the original Yellow Devil, but with some dangerous differences. Its presence, including the warped Wily logo in the background of its arena, reinforces the connection between Zero and his original creator.
Strategy
Shadow Devil is one of the most difficult boss fights in Mega Man X5. All of its attacks last a long time and deal heavy damage, and it is only vulnerable for short periods of time. This makes the battle a grueling gauntlet of avoiding damage before making the most of the Shadow Devil's short vulnerability time, repeatedly.
Like Yellow Devil, Shadow Devil mainly attacks by splitting his body into blocky blobs which fly across the arena sequentially. Unlike his predecessor, however, Shadow Devil has two main differences: first is that he leaves behind a green outline, which can still deal contact damage. Second is that he has a whopping six potential blob patterns, making their movements unpredictable.
It is possible to avoid all damage from the blobs by hugging the top corner above Shadow Devil and repeatedly wall kicking. However, this can be very physically taxing considering how long the fight can take. It is also not recommended to use this strategy when Shadow Devil turns into Wily Machine 6 from Mega Man 6, as its jump can reach the player in the corner. (This strategy is more viable if X is using the Gaea Armor, however this requires passing all of the stage's green lasers without using Dark Hold, which is quite difficult).
Shadow Devil's weakpoint is its eye, which appears after every blob attack (and while in the Wily Machine form). The eye can appear in six locations around its body, five being around the "head" and one on the foot. It is weak to Tri-Thunder/E-Blade, though E-Blade is difficult to use safely. This is a throwback to the original Yellow Devil's weakness to Elec Man's Thunder Beam (which itself is nearly identical to the Tri-Thunder). Alternatively, Shadow Devil takes just as much damage from C-Flasher as E-Blade and it can be safely used from a distance.
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Split Attack (分離攻撃 Bunri Kōgeki)[2] |
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| Shadow Devil melts into sixteen blobs and sequentially flies across the arena. There are six potential patterns for the blobs to follow; three patterns simply move the blobs to the other side, and three patterns have half the blobs cross before switching places with the other blobs in the middle, before finally moving to the other side. | |
| Damage: 4:6:7 (blobs), 24:32:40 (outline) | |
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Eye Shot (アイショット Ai Shotto)[2] |
| Shadow Devil fires two projectiles at the player from its eye. | |
| Damage: 9:12:15 | |
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W Press (Wプレス W Puresu)[2] |
| Shadow Devil transforms into Wily Machine 6 from Mega Man 6 and dashes along the floor until it hits a wall. It then jumps three times, attempting to crush the player, before returning to its original form. This attack is only used after Shadow Devil has lost 2/3 of its health. | |
| Damage: 18:24:30 |
Other appearances
- Shadow Devil appeared as an event character in Elemental Story.
- Shadow Devil appeared as an Unit Card in TEPPEN.
Other media
Archie Comics
In Worlds Unite, Shadow Devil makes a brief appearance in Mega Man #50, where it is revealed that Sigma-1 has rebuilt it alongside other Mechaniloids in his base on the Lost Hex.
Conception and creation
Early in development, Shadow Devil was originally called "Metal Devil" (メタルデビル) and was silver. Its color was later changed to black to better emphasize the lights around its eye.[1]
It being weak to Tri-Thunder/E-Blade is a reference to Yellow Devil's weakness to Thunder Beam.
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Trivia
- Shadow Devil's boss music is a remix of the fortress boss music from the first Mega Man game.
- In a pre-release prototype version of Rockman X5, there were two green outlines left behind on each side of the room by the Shadow Devil, rather than one. This made the fight harder than in the final release, as this drastically reduced the player's room when avoiding incoming blobs.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mega Man X Official Complete Works, UDON Entertainment Corp. 2009. pg.52. Retrieved on July 8, 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Boss File: Shadow Devil, Compendium of Rockman X. p. 84.
| The "Devil" series robots | |
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| Yellow Devil • Yellow Devil MK-II • Yellow Devil MK-III • Black Yellow Devil • New Yellow Devil Green Devil • Twin Devil • Petit Devil Yellow • Petit Devil Green • Block Devil • Dark Moon • Grey Devil Shadow Devil • Rainbow Devil • Lava Demon • "Steel Devil" • Chaos Devil | |