Background
808 is one of the main characters in Hi-Fi Rush. Encountering Chai in the first stage, she assists the team in many ways such as providing Chai with Beat Hits and transporting his allies via Assists.
General Information
Name: 808
Origin: Hi-Fi Rush
Sex: None, though referred to as female
Age: Unknown
Classification: Robotic Cat
Species: Cat
Occupation: None
Affiliations: Chai, Peppermint, Macaron, Korsica (After her fight with Chai), CNMN
Enemies: Kale Vandelay, Rekka, Zanzo, Korsica (Formerly), Mimosa, Roquefort
Status: Active
Alignment: Chaotic Good (808 helps out Chai and the crew on their mission to stop Vandelay's plan to use Spectra to mind control people)
Codex Statistics
Tier: 8-B
Cardinality: Finite
Dimensionality: 3-D
Attack Potency: City Block level (Can fight against Kale, who can harm Chai, who tanked an explosion from the power gun, that resulted in this levels of energy)
Durability: City Block level
Striking Strength: City Block Class
Lifting Strength: Unknown
Travel Speed: Superhuman (As a robot cat should be comparable to the speed of an actual cat, who can move at speeds of 30 mph or 13.4112 m/s. Can keep up with Chai)
Attack Speed: Superhuman
Reaction Speed: Superhuman
Stamina: Limitless due to being a robot
Range: Below Standard Melee, Tens of Meters through Summoning Korsica (Korsica's wind blast are capable of reaching this far), Hundreds of Meters through Summoning Peppermint (Peppermint is issued with a PC-338 energy gun to help shoot long-ranged targets Chai can't hit)
Intelligence: Unknown Intelligence (808 is a sentient robot but has no real intelligence feats)
Knowledge: Unknown level
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Small Size (Small Animal Sized), Inorganic Physiology (Non-living Object; 808 is a robotic cat built by Peppermint, where robots are directly acknowledged of not having flesh), Acrobatics & Multiple Jumps (808 is capable of double jumping to dodge Kale's attacks), Flight & Transformation (Transformative Arsenal; Able to transform into a spherical object to float around Chai), Power Modification (808 is noted to be altering Chai's abilities to give him new abilities to use through the course of battle, such as summoning allies), Space-Time Manipulation & Summoning (Defensive; Due to 808, Chai is able to summon his allies which is noted to be done through temporal displacement, with this he can summon Peppermint, Macaron, and Korsica), Damage Boost (With 808 Chai has a new skill known as the Beat Hit, which is a timing based bonus attack), Shockwave Generation (Generates shockwaves after the end of a beat hit), Empathic Manipulation (With Steal the Show, 808 steals the enemies heart leaving them fluttering and open to attack, works even on robots).
Resistance to Extreme Heats (Robots are not programmed to feel heat)Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Genius Intelligence (Built her robotic cat, 808, who she can use to talk through to speak with Chai during missions. Through just using gears Peppermint can help Chai learn new attacks, learn special attacks, and give him permenant upgrades. Is able to sync up Chai's tech with 808, with Chai's music powers being completely new and unheard of before this point. Peppermint is able to modify Chai's energy source to micromange his abilities. Noted by Korsica that she's made amazing tech. Able to fix a broken down truck), Hacking (Peppermint is able to hack into high tech security organizations, getting rooms open even in the security section), Cyborgization (Partial; Has a cybernetic right leg), Weapon Mastery (A skilled user of her PC-338), Breaking the Fourth Wall & Plot Manipulation (Narrative Manipulation; Traditional; Defensive; Peppermint and her friends are able to cause continuity errors being acknowledged as meta moments that the characters acknowledge, going further enough to go to areas that they couldn't even be there yet, along with activate cutscenes, Chai has used these continuity errors to also escape out of being imprisoned, it's also directly noted that the continuity errors aren't due to an 808 upgrade as Peppermint mentioned she can't teleport Chai back, and it's further noted all of these events are plot inconsistencies), Energy Projection (With her PC-338, she can shoot out energy projectiles), Curtain Fire (Can shoot out multiple projectiles at once hititng multiple enemies across an entire floor), Forcefield Negation (Peppermint is able to disable forcefields and barriers. Can overload enemy barriers, negaitng them), Power Modification (Peppermint is able to modify Chai's energy source to micromange his abilities), Transformation (Morphing; Peppermint can transform her blaster into an ultimate beam)Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Genius Intelligence (Noted that he used to be the head of R&D uder Roxanne Vandelay. Able to assist in chip enhancements just like Peppermint, with him being able to power up chips, and taking over for upgrades. Programmed CNMN (Consciouness Review Allocation Personnel), a psych robot, to analyze his creations. Macaron was the one who created Smidge, a friendly robot that helps and explains mechanics to Chai. Repaired CNMN's mostly destroyed body), Vehicular Usage (Able to drive the Vandelay van), Cyborgization (Partial; Macaron is noted to have robotic implants), Hacking (Able to hack the cameras to make Zanzo unable to see Chai. Made basic electric appliances unable to work, which is all revealed to be his doing), Breaking the Fourth Wall & Plot Manipulation (Narrative Manipulation; Traditional; Defensive; Macaron and his friends are able to cause continuity errors being acknowledged as meta moments that the characters acknowledge, going further enough to go to areas that they couldn't even be there yet, along with activate cutscenes, Chai has used these continuity errors to also escape out of being imprisoned, it's also directly noted that the continuity errors aren't due to an 808 upgrade as Peppermint mentioned she can't teleport Chai back, and it's further noted all of these events are plot inconsistencies), Forcefield Negation (Able to easily destroy shields made of Z-shielding and completely shatter enemy shielding), Forcefield Creation (With Barrier Wall, Macroon throws down a barrier for Chai to protect him from all attacks in front of him), Gravity Manipulation & Energy Manipulation (With Gravity Well, Macaron lets out a force of energy locking surrounding enemies in place)Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Weapon Mastery (Korsica utilizes two batons in combat, where she can use them separately or put them together to create a bo staff-like weapon), Cyborgization (Partial; After her injuries, she is outfited with cybernetic parts), Breaking the Fourth Wall & Plot Manipulation (Narrative Manipulation; Traditional; Defensive; Korsica and her friends are able to cause continuity errors being acknowledged as meta moments that the characters acknowledge, going further enough to go to areas that they couldn't even be there yet, along with activate cutscenes, Chai has shown to use these continuity errors to also escape out of being imprisoned, it's also directly noted that the continuity errors aren't due to an 808 upgrade as Peppermint mentioned she can't teleport Chai back, and it's further noted all of these events are plot inconsistencies), Healing (Seemingly healed herself back to higher health during her boss fight), Air Manipulation & Paralysis Inducement (Can fire out wind based projectiles, that stun enemies. Her gusts of winds are strong enough to blow out flamethrowers temporarily)
- Peppermint: Peppermint is one of the main protagonists in Hi-Fi Rush. She is the first hero that Chai meets, being the creator of 808. Peppermint is an ultra-computer literate and expert mechanic, using her skills to infiltrate and discover the truth behind Vandelay's actions. Following the second chapter, Peppermint joins Chai and can be summoned as an Assist, utilizing her guns from long ranges. After Korsica ultimately joined the hero side, Peppermint reveals herself to her allies that she was the youngest child of the Vandelay family prior to their company being compromised by her brother Kale, revealing her full name to be Peppermint Vandelay.
- Macaron: Macaron is one of the protagonists in Hi-Fi Rush. A former worker of Vandelay Technologies, Macaron joins Chai's team to stop their plans before its too late. Starting with Track 4, Macaron can be summoned as an Assist for close-range combat, utilizing his strength to break barriers.
- Korsica: Korsica is one of the central antagonists in Hi-Fi Rush. She is the head of security at Vandelay Technologies, and the youngest boss of the game's six main bosses. Following her boss encounter, she joins up with Chai and the others as a summonable Assist, being able to put out fires and stun enemies from mid-range.
Notable Techniques
- Steal the Show: 808 literally steals the enemies' hearts leaving them fluttering and open to attack. Even some of Vandelay's strongest robots cannot resist this attack.
- 808-Gigawatt Cat Attack: A team-up attack with 808, with Chai holding the cat out in front of him and letting it slash at his enemy. 808's claws surprisingly deal a massive amount of damage to foes.
Other
Standard Tactics: 808 has shown in her fight against Kale to run up to the enemy and scratch at them.
Weaknesses: Nothing notable.
Trivia
- 808 gets her name from the Roland TR-808, this is also where her sound effects come from.
- The “響” kanji on 808's collar can represent different things such as: echo, sound, resound, ring, vibrate
- When the team contacts Chai, she'll change her colors to blue (Peppermint), green (Macaron), yellow (CNMN) and red (Korsica).
- If nobody is speaking over her, her colors are blue by default.
- It seems that originally 808's eyes would turn black when no one speaks over her, this can be noticed in all the animated scenes.
- However, 808's 3D model is never shown with black eyes.
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