Buster Shot

The Buster Shot (バスターショット) is Zero's long-range weapon in the Mega Man Zero series. It was originally an old model of a handheld gun used by the late Milan. When Zero awoke in Mega Man Zero, he grabbed Milan's weapon in order to defend Ciel and himself against the attacking Neo Arcadian troops. Once acquired, the Buster Shot's bullets directly changed from regular ammunition to energy shots, and once the Z Saber is obtained, the Buster Shot can be charged with its help (early concept art and the illustration to the left show that the Z Saber can be loaded into the Buster Shot as a power cell, granting the weapon the ability to be charged this way).

The Buster Shot is mounted onto Zero's back when not used. Like the Mega Man Zero series version of the Z Saber, the Buster Shot can be equipped with Element Chips, and in the first two games, Zero can improve his abilities with it.

In Mega Man Zero 2 there are only three skill levels, the four bullets upgrade being removed. Zero can still fire four bullets at a time by using the X Form. Zero can charge the Buster Shot to two grades from the beginning in Mega Man Zero 3 and 4. In Mega Man Zero 3, Zero can fire four bullets by using the Hacker Cyber-elf Shuthas.

Trivia

 * The Buster Shot was mistranslated as Z Buster in the first Mega Man Zero game. The error was fixed in Mega Man Zero Collection.