Kaizo the Robot (v1.2) by DeluxeGamer705
From: Original character
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Ever since I've released Deluxe the Cloudy, my (third) self-insert, I felt that Deluxe's assists deserve to have a spot as playable characters, with their movesets, while still retaining some that they used when they were Deluxe's assists. The first one on the list is Kaizo. Originally a Kirby OC, he has now been revamped into robot, with many keepaway tools in his arsenal.

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1. WHO IS KAIZO?

Kaizo is a Robot Cloudrian who resides in the Colourful Cloudyland. He is the bestest friend of Deluxe, and their unbreakable friendship has started after Kaizo managed to help Deluxe get out of an icy cave that made him ill. Kaizo, however, has a bit of a mysterious backstory; he was originally built by an incredibly intelligent, yet mysterious scientist, and the scientist's incredible intelligence meant that he was able to build Kaizo to have his limbs like any normal Cloudrian. After building Kaizo, the scientist went for a vacation. There's just one problem… despite planning to return in 2 weeks… he never made a return. The scientist's whereabouts became unknown since then.

16 years later, a different incredibly intelligent scientist named Dr. Dorian was returning from a vacation. When he found the laboratory where Kaizo was built's remnants, he was shocked to see all this mess. Then, Dorian found Kaizo, who was deactivated. Despite a note saying not to take Kaizo, Dr. Dorian, knowing that the mysterious scientist won't mind given his unknown whereabouts, decides to take Kaizo, and upon finding information, decided to give him some new programming to help him in his laboratory. With that, Kaizo was reactivated, thanks to Dr. Dorian's efforts.

In terms of personality, Kaizo is a helpful and a friendly robot who is the nicest in Deluxe's group. He is very chill and hardly gets scared. He also cares a lot about his friends, especially Deluxe. He is also very protective of them, making sure they don't get harmed.

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2. CHANGELOG

-v1.2 (May 29, 2026)
 *[FIX] The ultimate's explod did not bind to the screen due to the postype being set to "p1" instead of "back".
 *[CHANGE] Hitsparks are now invisible for the ultimate's hitdef. However, they now appear as explods.
 *[FIX] "LieDead" animation used a wrong sprite.
 *[ADD] Laser Snipe now makes use of an explod when Kaizo fires the laser, making use of a previously unused sprite.

-v1.1.1 (May 26, 2026)
 *[FIX] Deluxe made use of an incorrect animation when Kaizo is K.O.'d.

-v1.1 (May 6, 2026)
 *[NERF] Ground knockback for aerial normals was increased in an attempt to remove infinites via shorthopping. 
 *[CHANGE] If holding backwards, Kaizo's throw will make him turn around.
 *[NERF] Ultimate is now blockable, dealing chip damage.

-v1.0.5 (February 7th, 2026)
 *[FIX] Head.pos and mid.pos were misaligned.

-v1.0.2 (January 25, 2026)
 *[BUFF] When a parry occurs, a pause appears which gives a chance to use a move before the opponent can recover from the move they're using.

-v1.0.1 (January 21, 2026)
 *[FIX] Energy Orb made use of incorrect colours in palette 5, not matching with Kaizo's eye.

-v1.0b (January 17, 2026)
 *[FIX] Throw could be performed while airborne due to the statetype != A using a "trigger1" instead of "triggerall", resulting in Kaizo standing mid-air.
 *[REMOVE] Unused code for an unimplemented move that caused Kaizo to stay in place running.

-v1.0 (January 17, 2026)
 *FIRST RELEASE*

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3. GAMEPLAY

-MAIN GAMEPLAY-
Kaizo is a keepaway character that realies heavily on annoying his opponents all day and all night with his projectiles. Some are your average projectiles, though some also allow him to camp in a way that can be frustrating for some opponents. He does have his combos, but Kaizo mostly relies on just zoning the opponents away and annoying them as much as he can.

Some of his moves are encased in square brackets ([ ]) as seen in this readme. These mean that the button (mainly a directional input) must be held down for the move to be performed. Some specials also come with an EX version, a stronger version that requires 500 power and gives some longer endlag, and EX moves require two buttons to be pressed.

-COMBOS-
Kaizo's combo system is inspired by MvC, as he has the series' chain comboing and being able to cancel his launcher into his super jump for aerial raves. As a result of heavily relying on projectiles, Kaizo doesn't have as many combos as Deluxe, but can still dish out some good amount if you want. Some combos can be quite tricky to perform, so if you want to pull them off, you'll have to know when to time it well.

-MECHANICS-
Kaizo has a few mechanics to go through. One of them is a dodge, performed with X+A. When he performs it, he does not get hit from melee attacks and projectiles, giving him a defensive tool, unless he is hit by a throw (which WILL hit him, so don't be surprised when he is hit by a grab for example if he's dodging!). The second one is a power charge, performed with Y+B . Doing this will cause Kaizo to gain power if the button is held, which will give him faster access to EX specials and hypers, though this comes at a cost of not allowing him to move, so make sure you don't abuse it too much. The third one is parrying, performed when you walk forward just before the opponent's attack makes contact, and this mechanic has an airborne version. When performed, Kaizo negates all damage the opponent's attack would do to him, while providing small invincibility to not be hit while parrying. Another one is an air dash, performed by pressing forward twice to do a forward one and vice versa. This does not give him any unique properties, but allows him to cancel it into any of her normals, while giving him more air control. He also has a super jump, performed by pressing down, and then up. This is mostly used for combos, mainly for aerial raves.

-MOVELIST-
SPECIALS:

Missile Shoot: D, DF, F, X/Y/Z
- Kaizo turns his arm into a cannon and fires a missile that knocks the opponent down. The projectile can be hit, but deals very small damage. Projectile velocity varies depending on the button pressed and can be used while airborne.
 - EX version: Fires two projectiles.

Fire Spray: D, DF, F, A/B/C
- Kaizo uses his arm to spray fire onto the opponents, knocking them down and hitting them thrice. Can be a good combo tool. Can be used while airborne.
 - EX version: Kaizo sprays the opponent twice.
  - This move is also used for the Guard Cancel, performed by pressing Z+C during blockstun at the cost of 1000 power.

Wavy Square: F, DF, D, DB, B, X/Y/Z
- Similar to Missile Shoot, except that Kaizo fires a square projectile that waves, which can be useful if the opponent is higher above the ground, and it causes soft knockdown. Projectile velocity varies depending on the button pressed and can be used while airborne.
 - EX version: Projectile goes through the opponent.

Dash Boost: D, DB, B, X/Y/Z
- Kaizo dashes forward, knocking the opponent if they're airborne. Good combo tool and can be used while airborne. Horizontal distance varies depending on the button pressed.
 - EX version: Kaizo hits the opponent more times.

Energy Orb: D, DB, B, A/B/C
- Kaizo fires an energy orb from his eye, which goes through the opponents. Projectile velocity varies depending on the button pressed. Orb's cooldown also depends on the button pressed.
 - EX version: Kaizo fires two projectiles.
  COOLDOWN TIME:
  X: 3 seconds
  Y: 4.25 seconds
  Z: 5.5 seconds
  EX: 6.75 seconds

Eye Projector: D, DB, B, DF, F, X/Y/Z
- Kaizo uses his eye to fire a small blast that knocks the opponent if they're airborne.
 - EX version: Blast is slightly longer.

Deluxe: [B], F, X/A
- Kaizo calls Deluxe, who summons a cloud from the top that stuns the opponent for 2 seconds.

Tsuyoi: [B], F, Y/B
- Kaizo calls Tsuyoi, who rushes to the opponent and knocks them into a wall. Must be blocked mid.

Mayumi: [B], F, Z/C
- Kaizo calls Mayumi, who uses her left antennae to slam the opponent onto the ground.

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HYPERS:

Fire Blast: D, DF, F, D, DF, F, X+Y/Y+Z/X+Z (uses 1000 power)
- Kaizo turns his arm into a flamethrower to blast some fire on the opponent. Can be used while airborne.

Dash and Slash: D, DF, F, D, DF, F, A+B/B+C/A+C (uses 1000 power)
- Kaizo shows a spike from his arm, and slashes the opponent several times while dashing forward. Great combo tool. Can be used while airborne.

Orb Flash: D, DB, B, D, DB, B, X+Y/Y+Z/X+Z (uses 2000 power)
- Kaizo uses his arms to generate a bubble-like orb that damages the opponents and covers him. Great combo tool.

Laser Snipe: D, DB, B, D, DB, B, A+B/B+C/A+C (uses 2000 power)
- Kaizo uses his arm to fire a laser that snipes the opponent, causing hard knockdown. Can be used while airborne.

Explosive Orb: D, DF, F, D, DB, B, X+Y/Y+Z/X+Z (uses 3000 power)
- Kaizo fires an orb diagonaly which explodes when it hits the ground.

Multi-Missile: D, DF, F, D, DB, B, A+B/B+C/A+C (uses 3000 power)
- A stronger version of Missile Shoot where Kaizo fires 30 missiles instead of just one.

-ULTIMATE- 
The ultimate is a move that is performed by crouching thrice and pressing X+Y+Z. The move covers the entire screen, dealing almost enough damage to K.O. the opponent if at full HP, and can only be performed after the "DANGER!" message appears, while giving them full invincibility during its duration. 

Kaizo's ultimate - Navy Ultra-Blast:
Kaizo uses his eye to charge a Navy Ultra-Blast that hits the opponent multiple times.

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4. PALETTES
Kaizo has a total of 12 palettes, all of which can be selected if you press a different button when you're at the character select screen. Note that palettes 7-12 can only be selected if you hold start (which is used for the taunt). However, Kaizo comes with a palette selector, which allows the player to select any of the 12 palettes, which can be helpful if they change their mind before the match can start. Below are the palettes:

A: Default
B: Green
C: Blue
X: Luigi
Y: Tails
Z: Relek
Start+A: Magolor
Start+B: 8-bit
Start+C: Nani
Start+X: Doraemon
Start+Y: Metal Sonic
Start+Z: Sniffles

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5. NOTES

-THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH HIM-
 1. Make a match with him.
 2. Share it with your friends/fans in case you would want them to experience an OC.
 3. Give him an A.I. patch if you want his A.I. to be stronger. No permission needed, though credit will be still appreciated. :)
 4. Create additional palettes for him, in case you would want more variety or have your own palettes.
 5. Send me feedback if there are any oddities, oopsies, or bugs, especially that can affect his gameplay.

-THINGS YOU CANNOT DO WITH HIM-
 1. Make NSFW/18+ edits (this includes vore edits.).
 2. Bash him (it's a waste of time. There are better ways of using your time rather than bashing. This isn't the 2010s anymore anyways).
 3. Make spriteswaps or paletteswaps of him, because doing them is laziness and is disrespectful. 
 4. Giving deconstructive feedback (such as "Your char sucks lol, learn how to make chars dork", or "Lol you can't make chars properly, you're a loser"), as it sounds more like insulting not just the character, but me.

-THINGS THAT REQUIRE PERMISSION-
 1. As I tend to have trust issues with some Mugen content creators, editing her requires permission from me. Note that what can be edited are combos, gameplay, and other stuff, but absolutely no NSFW/18+ edits as mentioned earlier.
 2. Using codes from the character if you're creating a Mugen character yourself. It's better to learn how to code instead of steal, so if you would want to use some of her code, ask me first.
 3. Use of sprites in a different project.

-KNOWN ISSUES-
 1. The A.I. code is not perfect, but I tried.

-OTHER NOTES-
 1. This character was made only for Mugen 1.0 and up. Older versions of Mugen will not load the character.
 2. Tested on Mugen 1.1, but still works on Mugen 1.0.

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6. FAQ
(for more FAQ, head onto my site: https://sites.google.com/view/dxgsmugensite/faq

Q: Are you the one who voiced Kaizo?
A: Yes, of course, although I did apply some effects to stay true to him being a robot. Notably, he has a robotized voice, and his pitch is slightly higher.

Q: Who voiced Deluxe?
A: I also voiced Deluxe.

Q: Tsuyoi's voice? It sounds familiar...
A: Tsuyoi's voice comes from Knuckles' voice from Sonic Adventure, except from a different version, which was also the origin of his famous "OH NO!" clip.

Q: What about Mayumi's voice?
A: Mayumi uses Arle's voice from Puyo Puyo Tetris 2. Yes, although I've never played any game from this series yet, I'm planning on doing it one day because I have an interest. :D

Q: What does Tsuyoi's name mean?
A: It means "Strong" in Japanese. This is a reference to him being the strongest in Deluxe's group, having really great strength.

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7. INSTALLATION

Struggling with adding Kaizo to your roster? No worries, here's how to do it:

1. Unpack the character's folder and add it in the chars folder
2. Go to data and open select
3. Paste the following name in the character section: KaizotheRobot

And here you go! Kaizo should now appear anytime you start Mugen.

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8. CONTACT

Found any bugs or oopsies with Kaizo? Then please tell me about them and I'll update him when I have time.

MFG: https://mugenguild.com/forum/profile/DeluxeGamer705-99108
MFFA: https://mugenfreeforall.com/profile/28846-deluxegamer705/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGfXpYBe143GxmRUvp8Q7fQ
DeviantArt: DeluxeTheGamer705
Twitter/X: @DeluxeGamer705
Bluesky: DeluxeGamer705
Discord: @deluxegamer705 (note that I do NOT do friend requests with randoms)

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9. SPECIAL THANKS
N64Mario: For the template I've used.
PlasmoidThunder: For small help with Dash Boost's code.
SquidlyPoli1: For small help with codes for vars needed for Energy Orb and Eye Projector.
Paraemon: For ripping the sprites for Fire Spray.
Bonzai: For ripping the sprites for Explosive Orb.
Kong: For ripping the hitsparks.
Elecbyte: For creating such a wonderful fighting program.
My fans: For supporting me and enjoying my characters.
Some people on Mugen Fighters Guild: For providing feedback for my characters.
You: For downloading him, of course. 

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10. DISCLAIMER

This character is entirely created and owned by me. Claiming the character as your own is not allowed, especially if you edit him without my permission. Deluxe and his assists as characters are owned by me and will always be.

In case you'd wanna find more of my characters, head onto my site: https://sites.google.com/view/dxgsmugensite/main-page
Note that when the "Latest update" is changed, then that means a new, updated version was released for the character.

Thanks for reading and have a nice day! ^^
- Deluxe