Part 4: That Doesn’t Make Things Any Better
Last time on Medabots, somebody wiped the floor with the Screws just like we did, but without relying on some sort of secret power. And they were pissed about something. So let’s do the natural thing and chase after them with Erika!
We find Erika up on the second floor, presumably looking at the Medafighter from the next town over.
Yep, that be him alright. Umm… He really looks ticked off.
Go ahead. Just do it like last time!
D-don’t push me! Ah ah ah!
With the “coaxing” from Erika, Ikki stumbles forwards into the kid.
Robattle me man to man!
I like this guy. Has guts. Let’s see what we’re up against then.
Koji Robattle
Sumilidon always has been and always will be my favourite Medabot. Would not shock me if later on down the road a get a cat and name it Sumilidon. Not an amazing Medabot as a whole package, but still a very solid machine. Against a new player he can and will lay the smack down… unless you unleash the Ultra Shot like I did. I was not exaggerating about it being absolutely bonkers, it just about one shot Sumilidon there.
What you saw towards the end of the fight after the Ultra Shot was a trap, something we saw mentioned in the Robattle Basics notes earlier. Sumilidon’s is set to punish shooting attacks: when its set if you use a shooting attack you take damage. The more times the trap has been applied, the higher damage it deals each time is sprung and the more attacks it lasts through before being removed.
Traps are… interesting. Almost always better in the enemy hands. You can avoid them, but its highly unlikely. A few varieties exist out there and there’s a handful of robattles where going with a trap strategy wouldn’t be a bad idea. But I wouldn’t build a Medabot around the idea, its too unreliable for my liking.
Likewise, the part we got for this run of the fight is absolutely nothing special. Slightly better than the Kintaro parts we can get already.
How about we do that fight again, while giving Koji a fighting chance by not using Medaforce? Most likely a player would have it as it only takes about 8-10 fights to reach level 10 and you can easily hit that while wandering around the school. But I didn’t always have it on hand when I was younger, and a new player certainly may not realize its power. What if we wanted to tackle Koji the old-fashioned way?
Well there’s a few ways to go about it then. Despite the damage you saw the trap doing towards the end of the video, its not actually that strong in most cases, he was just forced to spam it as he had no other moves. Generally speaking if you just use a few quick shooting attacks you’ll break the trap and not have to worry about it for a while. But that comes with a risk, you’re taking a lot of chip damage between the Straw Hammer and the trap, at which point he follows up with this bad boy:
This is what you should repeat the fight until you earn by the way. Flexsorsword is in short, amazing. Can use it up until endgame easily. The base damage is bonkers, the charge/radiation penalties are borderline non-existant, and the hit rate is honestly good provided you’re using a Medal with a good Berserk rating or you got some synergies going. Only bad thing is that its armor is average for early game melee parts, by end game you’ll find melee parts with 45 armor pretty easily and close-but-not-quite as good of attack power behind them.
In Koji’s hands, its what can end you. You’ll take a hit from the Straw Hammer and kinda shrug, take some damage from the trap and wince at how low your armor is getting, then Sumilidon will whip this out and destroy 3 of your parts even if you defend because they were all damaged. And then he’ll plant another trap and you’ll destroy yourself using Missile. If you’re going this route prioritize destroying Sumilidon’s right arm ASAP.
Another route you can go is slapping on the Kintaro arms. Even if none of your parts use shooting attacks Sumilidon will still lay out a trap to start off. It will never trigger, you’ll wail on him, you’ll probably win unless Flexsorsword gets a critical hit and the Chain Damage goes into the head. Then you just die but there’s not much you can do about that no matter how you try to approach the fight.
Also of note, this is the first major deviation between the Metabee and Rokusho versions of this game. Several named characters use different Medabots, with Koji being the first one. Instead he’s using Warbandit
Warbandit’s gimmick his that his head part lets him buff himself to move significantly faster. Rokusho doesn’t have a lot of defence/armor and the Kintaro pieces aren’t much better, so Warbandit can tear Rokusho to shreds due to his high damage right arm.
That’s the theme with Koji’s Medabots: the right arm is the dangerous one where with most Medabots its the left arm. Like with most melee robots the left arm is the berserk based one while the right one is the strike based one. No clue why that’s the case but there you go.
You’re not bad…
That was so boring. You just fought normally.
Excuse me, did you not see the giant energy beam of doom I nearly one shotted Sumilidon with Erika? Curse you story and gameplay segregation! Huh?
I wanted to take a picture of that thing you did last time.
Why is it that I win and you still end up complaining?
Oh hey, what’s up Karin? Weren’t you trying to find somebody earlier? What was his name again…
Koji: Karin!
Ikki: Oh, you’re Karin.
Karin: Oh my, we meet again, Ikki.
Erika: Who’s this, Ikki? When did you meet such a cute girl?
What’s happening?
That is to say… the truth is I… um…
Huh?
Smooth you two. Real smooth.
It’s not necessary to ask him anything! Get away from him!
But…
Say it! Say it! You know who the culprit is, don’t you?
Who did… to Karin… they… uh
“Tickled Karin,” right?
What did you just say!?
Oh come on Ikki, you hadn’t figured that out yet? Cute girl comes in town looking for somebody, said somebody is ripping the school apart looking for a culprit for something, all the word in school right now is that a Medabot is tickling girls. Doesn’t take a genius to figure it out. Now I got it. You’re Koji, right? The reason you came to our school is to find the person who is using a Medabot to tickle girls, correct?
Exactly what I said!
W-who the heck are you?“The Journalist of the Future”, Erika Amazake! In any case, the culprit isn’t a student of our school. In fact, we are looking for the culprit ourselves.
That’s a bit of a jump to make, saying it isn’t anyone in the school. Nobody in your class maybe, but a school kid would seem like the most likely suspect; a kid doing some sort of teasing/prank. If its not a kid and its an adult the whole situation gets uh, a whole lot more creepy.
Hmph. Seems I guessed wrong. I’ll look somewhere else then.
Next time you’re going down!
Ikki, sorry about all this. I’ve been telling Koji to stop worrying about me so much, but…
Karin! Let’s go!
Exit Koji and Karin off the top of the screen, though not without Karin stopping to look at Ikki for a moment.
Well, one problem is over.
What are you saying! We’re not done looking yet! Don’t you feel ashamed that you’re the one that got in trouble?
I don’t care anymore, what’s done is done.
Are you kidddding!? Come to my house right away! I’ve got a great idea!
Here we go again…
You said it Ikki. She seemed fairly pissed at us though, probably between her photo ruined and Karin’s… existence really. Ah, Elementary/Middle School drama where the girls are starting to figure things out and the boys are still clueless. Might as well see what she wants over at her place.
But first, lets quickly swing by Nae’s lab and get the Medal of choice.
The RABBIT Medal, now renamed into Hopstar. Hopstar is the one Rabbit-Type Medabot I could easily find, we’ll run into one way later in the game.
As for the choice of Medal, I’d say its probably the third best option overall when considering foreknowledge of its Medaforce abilities and whatnot. MOUSE would be best both short and long term, BAT best close but not long term, CHAMELEON long term but not short term. So MOUSE > BAT > RABBIT > CHAMELEON > MONKEY > KAPPA. Keep in mind this ordering will change as the game goes on and our accessibility to parts and other Medals changes. Don’t expect the BAT Medal to be that high up next time we have the chance to grab one.
RABBIT is compatible with Time parts, like Warbandit’s head part that I spoke of earlier. It also turns out that what I described for the Medal attributes in a previous update was more of a guideline than a rule. It majors in Support (naturally, as Time parts fall under Support) and Shoot, with a minor in Berserk. For where we’re at for this point of the game, that’s pretty good!
Well, lets bite the bullet and find out what Erika’s crazy plan is.
Hey, Erika. What are we gonna do?
Wear this.
This is… a SKIRT!?
This is revenge for knowing Karin exists and ruining the photo-op, isn’t it?
Wow, even YOU have a skirt, Erika?
Just what do you mean by that!?
Just put on this skirt and walk around town.
Wha? No wayyyy.
No backtalk! Wear it! Or don’t you care that I might get tickled?
Yeeeep, this is revenge. Let’s just get this over with Ikki.
Okay, okay… I just gotta wear this, right?
Sprite change and everything! And the pigtails bob when you walk around. And yes, Ikki’s talking mugshots also change accordingly. It looks good on you. Okay, let’s go!
The moment we step outside however, well… its best shown in screenshots and without me breaking it up with text.
The rumours were true alright! They failed to mention it was a sassy Medabot though. Lets catch that Medabot!
Maybe after some shopping fir-
Fine fine.
Lets try the Warehouse then.
I heard that a long time ago this place used to make Medabots. Hmmmm… Very suspicious… VERY suspicious.
Looks somewhat rundown alright. Certainly not in active use.
There’s our Medabot! And the person ordering him… er… what is his wearing?
…Is that a head to toe black latex suit?
…With black mirrored sunglasses?
…With a giant yellow zipper?
…And a giant yellow antenna?
…With goofy villainy theme playing in the background?
…Wat?
Also, to reiterate, this guy is going around trying to have his Medabot tickle school girls. While wearing that sort of getup. Somebody call the police, I think we have a pedo on our hands! Or at least a very disturbing individual!
Aaaand now the situation is even worse. Karin what on earth are you doing here, I expected Erika to follow us in not you!
Oh dear, I seem to be lost again. Where in the world am I this time?
Hello? Ikki, is that you?
Wow, you look very nice in a skirt.
By the way, what’s that over there?
You’re behind this aren’t you?
Say what? Aha! Look! There’s another cute girl! You know what that means!
Like I’m gonna let you tickle me!
I always found that bit with Karin kinda weird, nobody responds to her presence and in one bit of optional dialogue later on its pretty clear Ikki never realized she was behind him.
Anyhow, lets beat up this Rubberrobo creep. The first of very many we’ll be laying the smackdown on throughout this game. None of them are particularly challenging, though they do have a small variety of Medabots they can use Foxuno here is probably their best one and he’s still not very threatening. No video since this is actually a generic fight we’re just taking on in advance, but I’ll still break down a general strategy for him.
He’s slightly on the dodgy side so if you’re trying out your new Medal and have no compatibility bonuses he might dodge an attack with a low hit rate, generally not an issue though. Both of his arm attacks, while fast, aren’t dealing much damage. Head is launching a fairly weak gravity attack, normally hits for 26 damage. Shoot him until he’s dead, make sure you’re using your good Medal.
No part in particular to aim for I’d say, overall he’s a marginal upgrade over Kintaro in most areas. Maybe take the Foxarmor or Hakama until you have something better for a second Medabot.
Y-you got me..
Is that all you got? Do you feel lucky, punk? Well, do you?
I’ve always wanted to say that line. (blush)
I’m doomed.
Yeah I don’t think the law is going to go light on a creep in a latex suit chansing school girls using a robot with knives sticking our of its wrists. You’re doomed.
Wha!? Someone’s here! If somebody seem me like this, I’ll die. I’d better go hide.
I think that’s the point where Ikki finally realizes somebody was behind him; as Karin is leaving to make way for somebody else to come in.
That looks like the police to me! Slightly goofy sounding music for the police, but it could be worse.
Select Yellow!
We are… THE SELECT TRIO!
…The slight goofy tone to the theme makes sense now. Each Medabot spun after saying their line. And yes, the yellow one is Select Blue and the blue one is Select Yellow.
Robo ow ow.
Ho ho. It looks like someone’s given you the beating you deserved. How convenient for us. I do so love to take credit for the hard work of others! Take him away, Select 3!
Aye aye, sir.
Oh no!
Whew, that was close.
It would be real cool to be one of the Medafighters of Justice.
-Ikki spins in place-
Behold! The Medafighter of Justice, Ikki has arrived! Maybe that’s a bit much…
This skirt just isn’t me. I’ll go back to Erika’s house to give back this skirt.
Good idea, you almost got caught in it by no less than three people. But before you go off to Erika’s house, you should check the boxes. Or rather, just one in particular.
Named it after the only laser Medabot we know, Totalizer… just not with the right spelling because I’m an idiot, and I can’t change it now for a while.
Anyhow, the TORTOISE Medal is overall decent. Majors in Shoot, minors in Strike, Aim Shot, and Heal. If you pick the wrong Medal at Mae’s lab you can easily default to this one. Or this is the one you’re getting if you don’t think to check Mae’s lab because we’re going to have a second Medabot real soon.
Off to Erika’s house though.
I thought I should give this back. And besides, I really need my pants back.
It’s okay, go ahead and change. After all, the incident is over, right?
And then Ikki apparently just changes back into his pants right in front of Erika. Which also implies he changed into the skirt right in front of her earlier. Huh. Pretty easy going about that sort of thing.
I don’t want it. Not like I’m gonna be wearing it again.
Hey, you can’t do that to me. I have no reason to keep it either.
Well anyway, the members of the Select Corps. were pretty cool, weren’t they? They just showed up and gave the Rubberrobo Gang what was coming to them.
Oh, really?
Oh really indeed! Stand up for yourself Ikki, don’t let them take your credit! Be like Koji, be a man!
Yeah. I saw it all myself. They were taking the Rubberrobo away somewhere. What were you doing while the Select Corps. was busy beating the Rubberrobos?
Well… I… that is…
Aaaand he’s going to let the “Select Trio” walk right all over him. Lovely.
Man, you just can’t be depended on, can you? I’ve gotta go back and start writing up the school paper’s headline. You can come too if you want, but stay out of my way, okay?
Maybe you should grow a spine Ikki! But at least we got rid of the possibly pedo Rubberrobo member. Would have had to had him over to the Select Corps. anyways.
Next time on Lets Play Medabots RPG Metabee Version: Alright gang, we have a mystery to solve, lets get in the Mystery Machine!