Metabee (KBT-0)

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Metal Beetle (メタル・ビートル metaru biitoru, Metal Beetle) is the original KBT-type Medabot, appearing as Hikaru Agata's first Medabot in the manga and Kabuto version of Medarot 1. It is an older version of Ikki's Medabot, Metabee.

Description

Based on a japanese rhinoceros beetle (or "kabutomushi" in japanese), Metal Beetle is a well-balanced Medabot that specializes in shooting attacks.

In the games

In Medarot 1

In the Kabuto version, Metal Beetle is obtained at the beginning of the game. After finding a Kabuto medal dropped by a member of the Rubberobo Gang, Hikaru receives the parts for Metal Beetle from his dad, as part of a "Medarot starter kit" that also includes a Tinpet.

Because it is one of a kind and the player is forced to name their Tinpet, the default name "Metal Beetle" is normally never seen.

In Medarot 2

In Medarot 2, Metal Beetle is treated as a seperate Medabot from Ikki's Metabee, despite both of them being numbered KBT-0 in-game. It can be obtained by trading from the original Medarot games.

Here, rather than being called Metal Beetle, its name becomes "metabee" (めたびー, metabii) written in hiragana. Its parts are also written in hiragana to distinguish them from Ikki's Metabee parts, which otherwise would sound the same.