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| “ | All of history has been spent making things whose sole purpose is to destroy. Missiles... Reploids... What wishes for destruction... is this world. We're just helping it along and giving it what it wants. | „ |
| ~ Bamboo Pandamonium reflects on the world's desires prior to his fight. |
| “ | What will end, Zero, is this world. | „ |
| ~ Bamboo Pandamonium to Zero |
Bamboo Pandamonium (also known as Bamboo Pandemonium in the Japanese version) is one of the eight Maverick bosses from Mega Man X8. He makes his lair in the Booster Forest.
Jonathan Love voices Bamboo in English copies. The Japanese copies have him voiced by Sazame Manda.
Description
Physical Appearance
Bamboo Pandamonium was a massive Reploid, easily standing twice as tall as the Maverick Hunters. His body was mostly white and black in color, similar to a panda, and he had the head of a panda as well - the resemblance was much closer than other animal-based Reploids, even possessing black eyes. The tubes and canisters on his back were green, meant to resemble bamboo shoots. His fingers were composed of large claws, which he could extend and retract into his forearms at will.
Personality
Despite his nature as a Maverick, Bamboo Pandamonium was level-headed and thoughtful. He was aware that he had been labelled Maverick, but saw it as more of a pity and a hindrance than anything. He believed the world wants to be destroyed, as its history has been spent making destructive things like missiles and Reploids, and he liked Sigma's plan to create a new world.
History
Bamboo Pandamonium was a new-generation Reploid who was in charge of a rocket facility in the Booster Forest. When the facility got deactivated, Pandamonium decided to stay there, eventually turning Maverick after realizing how most of history was spent on creating destructive things. He joins Sigma's rebellion, believing the world itself wants to be destroyed.
Bamboo fights by shooting rockets and grenades from his forearms, also summoning bamboo drills from the ground which the boss promptly smashes while running forward. (Rockman and his allies can use them to wall-jump to avoid Bamboo's charge.) If the player gets too close, he will throw a barrage of punches which cause massive damage. When low on health, he will charge and throw a powerful lunge which can easily kill the player automatically and is very tough to dodge, requiring precise timing to be avoided. His weakness is the Melt Creeper.
Trivia
- Game files reveal that Bamboo was going to have open eyes. The final copies made his eyes closed.
- Etymology: Bamboo's surname comes from "pandemonium" (chaos) and "panda" (the animal that serves as his basis).
