Optic Sunflower

Optic Sunflower, known as Optic Sunfloward (オプティック・サンフラワード) in Japan, is a Reploid from Mega Man X8 based on a sunflower. He was responsible to train new Reploids in a virtual training area in Europe. When he became a Maverick, he caused the management program of the training area, "Helios", to go haywire. The Maverick Hunters have to complete training sections to advance, and the difficult of the next area may change depending of the score in the training.

Optic Sunflower's main attack is by warping about, rearranging the blocks in the room while doing so, making doubles of himself, and shooting the Shining Ray. In Overdrive, he'll shout "Earth Crush" and sends out a massive beam (like Tenshouha). But the weapons from Bamboo Pandamonium do well against him.

Stage enemies
Enemies in Optic Sunflower's stage, Troia Base:
 * 1) Formation-Q
 * 2) Flight-Q
 * 3) Ghost-Q
 * 4) Jumping-Q
 * 5) Scale-Q
 * 6) Scorpy-Q
 * 7) Guardroid VR
 * 8) Dragon-Q
 * 9) Hidden Sub-boss: Cut Man (not available in Easy Mode)

Trivia

 * When Sunflower uses his Overdrive, an image of the Final Weapon (from Mega Man X4) is seen. This may be more likely a recreation (holographic or otherwise), however it seems to be the source of the attack.
 * The Intermission in Optic Sunflower's stage has the player fight against the 8 bosses in a Time Trial-like mode; although it's specifically set in Troia Base, the virtual images shown are on the Gateway, the stage where the actual boss rematches take place.
 * To fight against Cut Man, the player need to have a Mega Man X: Command Mission slot on the Memory Card or type in a code in the title screen, but the first option is permanent as long as the Command Mission slot isn't erased. In the PC version, the player has to pass all training sections in their harder difficult.
 * Optic Sunflower is sometimes mistaken as female because of his feminine voice and flower design, but he is actually male.
 * Elinor Holt, who does the voice acting for him also plays Lumine, who strangely is a guy as well.