Dark Soul

A Dark Soul is a NetNavi's soul engulfed by a Dark Chip's influence. Generally, the body of the navi turns black purple.

MegaMan Battle Network 4
MegaMan uses a dark chip in MegaMan Battle Network 4 as the only way to defeat ShadeMan. Throughout the game, MegaMan is faced with the temptation of using the power of Dark Chips but is able to suppress his dark soul enough to keep in control. Later in the game, it is discovered that Chaud uses a Dark Chip on ProtoMan as a last ditch effort to delete 500 evil navis. ProtoMan's Dark Soul however, has taken over his soul and becomes evil, detaching himself from Chaud. MegaMan chases ProtoMan into the undernet and confronts him. Under the operation of Chaud, MegaMan is able to defeat and capture ProtoMan DS and his dark soul is suppressed.

At the game's climax, MegaMan is forced to confront his Dark Soul in a battle before fighting Duo. MegaMan's dark soul's fighting style is very much developed based on MegaMan's and has the same HP and Navi Customizer parts equipped. MegaMan defeats his Dark Soul and then is able to defeat Duo.

MegaMan Battle Network 5
In MegaMan Battle Network 5, MegaMan gets kidnapped by Nebula forces and receives a "Dark Chip implant" turning into Dark MegaMan. Nebula places him in charge of controlling End Area 3 and only returns to normal after being defeated by the liberation team.

Dark Soul Navi
A DS Navi (Dark Soul Navi) is a NetNavi who has been corrupted by the energy of a Dark Chip. DS Navis first appeared in MegaMan Battle Network 4 along side the introduction of Dark Chips. In both Battle Network 4 and 5, all NetNavis that player can battle in the game have DS version of them, even Bass (Bass XX). DS Navis' HP and attack strength are determined by MegaMan's DarkSoul Level, is 1% of Megaman's base HP (or the first number). The number isn't rounded.

The difference between Darkloid and DS Navis: DS Navis can become normal after Dark Chips's effection, when Darkloid use Dark Chips as their primary source of life and power. However, in Battle Network 5, in Nebula Area 6, DS version of friendly NetNavis in the game can exist independently from original NetNavi's body.

Especially, three Dark Souls can evolve into Darkloids and exist on their own, they are: Dark MegaMan.EXE, Dark ProtoMan.EXE and Dark Colonel.EXE.

Battle Chips
When a DS Navi is defeated (or when achieving the specific busting level against an SP Navi), MegaMan will receive that Navi's DS Chip. DS chips, like Evil Chips, can only be used by dark NetNavis. The power of these DS Navi chips also depends on MegaMan's DarkSoul Level. In MegaMan Battle Network 5, MegaMan can't use these chips if he isn't in Dark Mode (by using Dark Chips before), but other Navis (only in Liberation Missions) can use them.

Anime
In MegaMan NT Warrior, Navis using Dark Chips will start to develope blotches of black or purple on its body. It should be noted that this only happened to FlashMan and DesertMan. In the anime, MegaMan turns dark after a painful bite to the neck from ShadeMan.