| “ | I am the Messiah! Hahahahaha! | „ |
| ~ Omega's most famous quote. |
Omega is the secondary antagonist of the 2004 video game Mega Man Zero 3.
A massive Reploid created during the four years of the Elf Wars, he is Dr. Weil's greatest creation and was made to be the perfect ruler, namely by storing and using the Dark Elf in order to mass-control Reploids remotely, thus preventing them from becoming Mavericks. Omega uses Zero's old body as his body, as Zero had his personality chip (which took his soul with it) removed from his body. Although seeming only to be a servant of Weil, this is proven false by Weil himself at the end of the game revealing him to be a god.
He plays a major role in Mega Man Zero 3 as the secondary antagonist and also appears as a secret boss in Mega Man ZX. Despite only appearing in an ending cutscene on the previous game and as a secondary antagonist later, he is a vital part of the Mega Man Zero series as a whole as what he does sets up the plot a century before the series through his role in the Elf Wars.
He is voiced by Jun'ichi Suwabe, who also voiced Magnus from the Castlevania: Nocturne of Recollection audio drama, Ryomen Sukuna fromJujutsu Kaisen series, Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez from Bleach, Terence T. D'Arby in the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders anime, and Relius Clover from the BlazBlue franchise.
Character[]
Personality[]
Omega seems to be silently loyal to Dr. Weil's command at first, but his true personality turns out to be insane and with a God complex. Following his return after X and Zero sealed him off in space, Omega started developing a grudge against Zero. This is largely due to his defeat. despite possessing Zero's body. Omega's speech seems to be reduced to minimal in his exterior armour, as he only shouts "Zero" and "Lord Weil".
After his true form with Zero's original body is revealed, Omega shows his true self as an megalomaniacal harbringer of destruction. When Dr. Weil praises him for the mass death and devastation that he caused during the Elf Wars, Omega laughs and proclaims himself to be "The Messiah" showing a god complex and pride at his own brutality.
Appearance[]
Omega appears at first as a giant reploid whose body resembles an armored knight with white, black and some red details a longcoat, long pink hair from the top of his helmet that reaches his feet and a visor that covers most of his face, except a mouth with a scowl. His arms are large and have sharp claws, they float around hs body and can distance themselves to fire energy beams. On his back he has a giant purple beam saber that he uses in combat.
When absorbing the Dark Elf, Omega's color changes to gold and black with purple details.
After being enraged from his defeat against Zero, Omega would transform into a giant amalgamate of X, Zero and the Dark Elf's faces, with giant imitations of the Z-Saber and X-buster appearing, the latter used by Omega to attack Zero.
When revealing his true form, Omega resembles Zero's original self. His colour scheme seems to be darker, tinted with red, making it seem like the body was modified prior to his chronologically first on-screen appearance. It should be noted that Zero's hair doesn't fully extend until Omega's creator Weil orders him to attack. This could imply that Omega can retract his hair, and thus Zero can retract his own.
Biography[]
Past[]
Before the start of the Elf Wars, the Maverick Hunters were trying to find a way to counter the Sigma Virus. Zero, upon discovering that his own body was leaking the virus, offered his body for research. The body was put under hibernation, and his memory chip was removed and put in a new body. Two renowned scientists, one of them being Dr. Weil, successfully created the Mother Elf, whose code was able to counter the virus. With this the Maverick Wars were finally over. However, Dr. Weil was unsatisfied with the result that his team had achieved with their creation, and believed the Reploids should be punished for all of the wars they waged. By analyzing the body of Zero, Dr. Weil discovered Zero's true nature, that Zero's true purpose was to be a machine of destruction. He reprograms Zero's body, turning it into Omega, who would be his messiah for his new order. He takes the Mother Elf and “curses” her by inserting the Sigma Virus on her, turning her into the Dark Elf. With the combined powers of Omega and the Dark Elf, he was able to take control over every Reploid in the world, thus starting the Elf Wars. His creation, Omega, alone wiped out most of the humans and reploids on the planet, leaving a wasteland behind. X and Zero fought Omega, and after a fierce battle, managed to defeat him with a combined attack. Omega was imprisoned on a ship and set to outer space, while X took upon himself the duty of guarding the Dark Elf. Weil was put in a mechanical body for that regenerated him for his crimes, condemned to live forever on the wasteland he created.
Confronting the X Guardians[]
Centuries later, the reploid Elpizo releases the Dark Elf. Weil was waiting for this moment, so he took action immediately. Some time later, the ship with Omega landed back on Earth, so Weil went there to reclaim his seeming puppet. The X Guardians and Zero also arrive at the place.
Confronting Zero[]
Zero finds Omega, who is beating the three guardians with little effort. Zero fights with Omega, who doesn't seem to be sustaining at first damage. Harpuia helps him, but then Weil appears, along with Copy X, whom he reconstructed. Weil challenges Zero to get the Dark Elf before him. The elf is spotted on a residential area, so Copy X sends a rocket with Omega aboard to get it.
Absorbing the Dark Elf[]
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Omega's Second Form.
After the rocket crashes, Omega absorbs the Dark Elf, thus resuming Weil's plans. After Zero fights Copy X, the latter explodes, because Weil had planted a bomb on him. Weil assumes control over Neo Arcadia as ruler of the humans with Omega as the true ruler of the Reploids, replacing Copy X, and Zero goes after him, finds Omega and once again fights him.
Rematching Zero[]
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Omega Fusion
Weil alerts Zero about Omega's true nature and his own. Omega morphs into a gigantic robot, while the place they were in starts falling down. Zero destroys this form, and when they hit the ground, he finally sees Omega's true form, discovering that Omega is his true body, and his most powerful form of all. Zero asks why the original Zero is Weil's slave, before Weil reveals that Omega is not his servant at all, but a bloodthirsty God of destruction, and all Weil did was draw his power out to its extent.
Zero vs. Omega Zero[]
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Omega's True Form.
Zero fights him once again in the toughest battle yet, and takes the Dark Elf out of his body. The Elf, now freed from his curse, uses his power to paralyze Omega, but Weil taunts Zero about destroying his true body. The X Guardians arrive at the place and attack Omega, getting their own share of revenge on him. The Cyber Elf X also appears, encouraging Zero to finish the monstrous being. Zero, with a single strike, destroys Omega, but the monster's ensuing explosion takes X and the Guardians. Zero is saved by the Mother Elf, who carries him back to the resistance base. Following his death, Omega is alluded to several times in the next game.
Music[]
Exiled One:
Battle theme:
Judgement Day:
Cannonball:
Powers and Abilities[]
Omega is a powerful foe who not only possesses all of the Dark Elf's powers but also a number of attacks and weapons:
- O-Saber: Counterpart of the Z-Saber.
- O-Buster: Counterpart of the Z-Buster.
- Arc Blade: Omega spins in the air with his O-Saber and sends crescent energy waves at many directions.
- Messenkou: Omega punches the ground and energy projectiles are shot across five directions. Zero used this attack in Mega Man X5.
- Rekkoha: Omega punches the ground and beam pillars surround him. Zero used this attack in Mega Man X6. In Mega Man ZX, this attack heals Omega.
- Rambu: Omega jumps at the enemy and slashes it with the O-Saber several times. This attack is exclusive to Omega rather than taken from Zero.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Etymology: Omega earned his name from the Greek letter Omega, which is a long O. He therefore could serve as a foil to Zero, as Zero starts his name with the letter Z, and Omega and Z are the final letters of their respective alphabets. The Greek letter Alpha also tends to be sequenced as zero (0), so Zero's name is technically the starting letter of the Greek alphabet. This also mirrors how Zero is the saviour of the world, while Omega acts as a destroyer.
- Omega's design outside of his armor is controversial among MegaMan fans due to being a pallete swap of Zero's new design with many believing that Omega should had looked like the MegaMan X-era design or at least having a similar helmet. Some have taken Omega's design as being a retroactive design (meaning that as far as the MegaMan Zero series is concerned, Zero has always looked like it does in the series) rather than a retrofit.
- While series producer Keiji Inafune has stated that he believes that both X and Zero's redesigns were retrofits to be slimmer and more agile, MegaMan Zero designer Toru Nakayama stated that the redesigns were meant to be retroactive as he believed that the Zero series was something of a elseworlds/one-off story. Capcom has never commented on the issue.
- In his final boss fight, the X head from the previous body's ruins has an L -shaped rubble stuck in it (Representing Dr. Light) and the Zero head has a W-shaped rubble (Representing Dr. Wily)
- Quite ironically, a heroic Sonic the Hedgehog character was named "Omega" (with his full name being E-123 Omega). This Omega also hated his creator, Dr. Eggman, while the Mega Man Zero Omega was loyal to his own creator Dr. Weil.
External Links[]
- Omega on the Mega Man Wiki
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