“ | I am Robo-Fortune. Created to destroy the Skullgirl, as well as all who get in Lab 0's way. | ” |
Robo-Fortune (JP: ロボ・フォーチュン Robo-Fōchun), stylized as R. Fortune in-game, is a robot created by Brain Drain in the likeness of Ms. Fortune.
General Information[]
Robo-Fortune is a DLC character for Skullgirls Encore. Because Lab Zero Games reached their requested donations for her during the Keep Skullgirls Growing! fundraising campaign, she was a free DLC character for all to acquire for a limited amount of time (the first 3 months after her release on the 7th of July, 2015), she later became available for purchase until the "Free 2nd Encore Upgrade" Update on February 25, 2021 where she was made part of the base roster.
Robo-Fortune was confirmed to be a playable character when the fundraising surpassed $725,000 in donations, the fundraising managed to raise over $750,000, so she was also able to have her own stage and Story Mode. She was originally slated to be released in late 2014 following the releases of Beowulf and Eliza.
Background[]
Robo-Fortune is a robot created by Brain Drain after he received a letter from Valentine that mentioned how cool she thought Ms. Fortune is. Although she displays comical behavior on a regular basis, she wont hesitate to use deadly force to get her way and is fairly pragmatic owing to her robot nature.
Character Basis[]
Name[]
Her name is simply Ms. Fortune's surname but with "Robo-" at the front. A reference to Robo-Ky from the Guilty Gear series.
Design[]
Robo-Fortune is a likeness of Ms. Fortune in both persona and appearance. Her head and other body parts are segmented in a way where they can be easily removed and reattached.
Robo-Fortune's eyes shine like headlights in front of her, casting light onto her opponent as well as the stage. The barcode-like exclamation points on her forehead also seem to change in some of her sprites and portraits, like changing to "!?!?" when she gets hit, and also to a stylized interpretation of piano keys in her "keyboard" portrait.
Story[]
Backstory[]
Robo Fortune is the creation of Brain Drain, the psychic director of ASG Lab Zero, and stands as a testament to her maniacal creator’s unmatched pride and petulance. Built to demonstrate loyalty and cunning, Robo Fortune fails to deliver either to any measurable degree. Employing cutting-edge technology, she sets out to hunt down the Skullgirl, and to engage in easily avoidable conflicts.
Is the ASG Project’s latest creation the ultimate cybernetic soldier? Have Brain Drain’s mechanical machinations set the world on a treacherous path? Is Robo Fortune’s faulty programming more of a feature than a bug? Has science gone too far?![3]
Since she was created during the events of 2e she doesn't really have a backstory beyond this.
2e Story[]
Brain Drain was reading data from Valentine while questioning her loyalty when he heard the attack with Valentine and the Skullgirl (Which he went with a "meh"). However, when he read her notes about Ms. Fortune, he snapped and decided to build his own version of Nadia in robot form to show he could do better than "that stupid cat in those dumb drawings."
After defeating Marie, Robo-Fortune retrieves the Skull Heart and delivers it to Brain Drain, who is surprised that she actually succeeded. Brain Drain then sets about creating a new generation of machines using the Skull Heart. His experiments give rise to an army of giant Robo-Fortunes who, without a Skullgirl to hunt, turn on humanity. With the Canopy Kingdom in ruins, Annie, Stanley and Adam lead a group of survivors (potential DLC characters from the Indiegogo campaign which were not chosen) against the invading army, aiming to slow them down for as long as possible. Meanwhile, Aeon and Venus, seeing their job being done for them, give each other a high five.
Abilities & Fighting Style[]
As a robot, Robo-Fortune has many different utilities that are used to eliminate her opponents. They range from laser cannons, extendable and rotatable limbs from her body and a giant chainsaw. She is also very mobile, being able to move fast on the ground and fly. She can also eject her head from body and use it in a variety of attacks, producing a new one to fill its place. Like Ms. Fortune she can detach her limbs and use them as weapons.
She seems to contain theonite within her and uses it to make damaging beams of light.
Progress Video[]
Color Palettes[]
- "Prototype" - Default Colors
- Alt. Fei-Yen (Virtual-On series)
- Colon (Choujuu Sentai Liveman)
- "Overclocked" - RAcaseal (Phantasy Star Online)
- "M3OW" - C-3PO (Star Wars)
- "Vector Protector" - Vectorman (Vectorman)
- Virtual Boy-style graphics/Apocalypse Robo-Fortune
- "Purrminator" - Terminator (Terminator series)
- Monsoon (Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance)
- "Persona Assistant" - Aigis (Persona series)
- Drossel von Flügel (Fireball)
- "Nyanotech" - Iron Man (Marvel)
- Robo-Ky (Guilty Gear series)
- RX-78-2 Gundam (Mobile Suit Gundam)
- Bass (Mega Man series)
- Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)
- Sarah N. Dippity (Original character) - Indiegogo backer color
- "Head Hunter" - Samus Aran (Varia Suit) (Metroid series)
- Samus Aran (Gravity Suit) (Metroid series)
- KOS-MOS (Xenosaga series)
- T-elos (Xenosaga series)
- Original colors - Indiegogo backer color
- "Terror Byte" - Kireek (Phantasy Star Online)
- "Blue Screen" - R-Dash 5000 (PONY.MOV) - Indiegogo backer color
- Spiral (X-Men)
- "Blue Bomber" - Mega Man (Mega Man series)
- Pharah (Overwatch)
- "X-Bot" - Master Chief (Halo)
- Mega Man X Max Armor (Mega Man X series)
- Fei-Yen (Virtual-On series) (Originally removed prior to Robo-Fortune's final release)
- Zero (Mega Man X series)
- "Number Cruncher" - Hidden Variable logo
- "Buffer Zone" - Construct (The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom)
Skullgirls Mobile exclusive palettes[]
- "Reimaged" - Rei Ayanami (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
Trivia[]
- A caricatured version of Robo-Fortune appeared in a fan-made video about the Skullgirls' character fundraising campaign. The voice actress of Ms. Fortune, Kimlinh Tran, contributed her voice to the video.
- Her Story Mode ending with the giant Robo-Fortunes is a parody of the God Warriors in the introduction of Hayao Miyazaki's Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.
- The concept of Robo-Fortune came from an in-joke involving Kimlinh Tran doing joke voiceline requests on charity livestreams from Lab Zero, often being Ms. Fortune doing a robot voice. This turned into the idea of making a voicepack for the Robo-Fortune voicelines, which mutated into turning her into a full fledged character thanks to 4chan.[citation needed]
- Robo-Fortune is the only character to not have a video trailer.
- Robo-Fortune's Catastrophe Cannon is a reference to Iron Man's Proton Cannon from Marvel vs. Capcom.
References[]
- ↑ Skullgirls 2nd Encore Instruction Manual from the Limited Run Games physical releases for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Robo-Fortune « Skullgirls. skullgirls.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-26. Retrieved on 2021 July 9.
- ↑ Robo Fortune's Biography.