Net Navi Builder
The outline for a custom net navi creator that players could use in a modified Battle Network-style game.
Element
Net navis can choose to have an element which can affect their interactions with certain other elements, panels, and chips. By default, a navi is null element and has no advantages, weaknesses, or unique panel interactions.
Choosing an element allows a navi to set a matching, non-dimming standard chip as their buster's charge shot.
Navis of any element except Null and Recovery are also able to pick between a flat +30 ATK to matching chips or the ability to charge them for double damage.
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| Element | Panel Interaction |
|---|---|
| Aqua | does not slide on ice panels; is not snared by water panels |
| Elec | is not moved by magnet panels |
| Heat | takes no damage from magma panels |
| Invisible | takes no damage over time from swamp panels |
| Wind | does not break cracked panels |
| Wood | heals over time while on grass panels |
Style
Choosing a style allows a navi to tailor their gameplay by changing their base functions in battle.
Styles grant access to the compressed version of navi customizer parts from a specific category and allow a navi customizer part from the same category to be equipped for free off of the main grid.
| Style | Cust Category |
|---|---|
| Normal | Buster |
| Guts | Armor |
| Custom | Custom |
| Team | Assist |
| Shield | Shield |
| Hub | Packs |
| Ground | Field |
| Shadow | Shoes |
| Bug | Bug |
Navi Customizer
The remaining customization for characters comes from a renewed version of the navi customizer which allows a character to lay out the rest of its gameplay style.
- Programs (square) add effects or change behaviors; they must be placed on the command line.
- Plus parts (plus) increase stats and values; they must be placed off the command line.
| Part | Category | Effect |
| HP Up | None | Increase your own base HP by 100. |
| Buster Attack Up | Buster | Increase buster attack by one rank. |
| Buster Attack Max | Buster | Increase buster attack by four ranks. |
| Buster Charge Up | Buster | Increase buster charge speed by one rank. |
| Buster Charge Max | Buster | Increase buster charge speed by four ranks. |
| Buster Speed Up | Buster | Increase buster firing speed by one rank. |
| Buster Speed Max | Buster | Increase buster firing speed by four ranks. |
| Weapon level Up | Buster | Increase buster attack, charge speed, and firing speed by one rank each. |
| Arrow Buster | Buster | |
| Break Buster | Buster | Navi buster pierces guards. |
| Break Charge | Buster | Allows charged shots and charged chips to break guards. |
| Erase Buster | Buster | |
| Machine Buster | Buster | |
| Panel Buster | Buster | |
| Wind Buster | Buster | |
| Zephyr Buster | Buster | |
| Super Armor | Armor | Prevents flinching when attacked. |
| Knight Armor | Armor | |
| Under Shirt | Armor | Once per battle, survive a fatal blow with 1 HP. |
| Status Guard | Armor | |
| Custom Ramp Up | Custom | |
| Custom Up | Custom | Increases custom capacity by 1. |
| Fast Gauge | Custom | |
| Giga Folder Up | Custom | Increases folder's giga chip capacity by 1. |
| Mega Folder Up | Custom | Increase's folder's mega chip capacity by 1. |
| Navi Up | Custom | Increases folder's navi chip capacity by 1. |
| Chip Recycle | Custom | |
| Custom Capsule | Custom | |
| Custom Recycle | Custom | |
| Number Open | Custom | |
| Search Shuffle | Custom | |
| Beat | Assist | Steals the first mega or giga chip your enemy uses in a battle. |
| Colonel Army | Assist | |
| Fanfare Invincibility | Assist | |
| Rush | Assist | Reveals invisible enemy once per battle. |
| Search Eye | Assist | |
| Tango | Assist | Heals when reaching critical HP once per battle. |
| Anti-Damage | Shield | Avoid an attack and throw a shuriken at the attacker by pressing back + B just before getting hit. |
| Block | Shield | Blocks attacks to halve their damage for a moment by pressing back + B. |
| First Barrier | Shield | Star the battle with a barrier applied. |
| Healing Shield | Shield | |
| Magnetize | Shield | |
| Reflect | Shield | Returns damage received back down your row for a moment by pressing back + B. |
| Shield | Shield | Deploys a shield to block damage for a moment by pressing back + B. |
| Buster Pack | Packs | |
| Folder Pack | Packs | |
| Body Pack | Packs | |
| Hub Batch | Packs | |
| Set Green | Field | Start battle with all non-hole panels converted to grass panels.[br](If both players have a field program, only their own side will be converted to their program's choice.) |
| Set Holy | Field | Start battle with all non-hole panels converted to holy panels.[br](If both players have a field program, only their own side will be converted to their program's choice.) |
| Set Ice | Field | Start battle with all non-hole panels converted to ice panels.[br](If both players have a field program, only their own side will be converted to their program's choice.) |
| Set Lava | Field | Start battle with all non-hole panels converted to lava panels.[br](If both players have a field program, only their own side will be converted to their program's choice.) |
| Set Metal | Field | Start battle with all non-hole panels converted to metal panels.[br](If both players have a field program, only their own side will be converted to their program's choice.) |
| Set Sand | Field | Start battle with all non-hole panels converted to sand panels.[br](If both players have a field program, only their own side will be converted to their program's choice.) |
| Air Shoes | Shoes | Can walk onto broken and hole panels. |
| Float Shoes | Shoes | Can walk over panels without receiving their effects. |
| Shadow Shoes | Shoes | Walk on cracked panels without breaking them. |
| Speed Step | Shoes | |
| Spike Shoes | Shoes | |
| Bug Stop | Bug | |
| Dark License | Bug | |
| Force Bug | Bug |
Deprecated Programs
Programs that are removed either because they are invalid outside of their home game or their effects too powerful/niche.
| PROGRAM | EFFECT |
| Alpha | shows Alpha hiding in the floor in the overworld |
| Auto Run | run in the overworld by default; slightly reduced encounter rate |
| Battery | raise encounter rate of electric enemies |
| Black Mind | communicate with heel navis in the overworld |
| Change Up | +1-2 additional navi changes during party battle |
| Chivalry | replaces in-game tips with masculine comments |
| Collect | forces battle reward to be one of the enemy's chips (unless they have none) |
| Energy Change | can use water chips to douse lava panels and fire chips to burn grass panels (these effects shoudl be assumed) |
| Fish | raise encounter rate of aqua enemies |
| Giga Virus | increase enemy difficulty to tier 3 in all overworld areas |
| Humor | replaces in-game tips with jokes |
| Jungle | raises encounter rate of wood enemies |
| Mega Virus | increases enemy difficulty to tier 2 in all overworld areas |
| Millions | all green mystery data in the overworld will be money |
| Oil Body | raises the encounter rate of fire enemies |
| Poem | replaces in-game tips with poetry |
| Press | allows player to walk on thin paths in the overworld |
| Sneak Run | lowers the chance of enemy encounters in the overworld |
| Slip Runner | slide in the overworld with the run button but travels in a straight line until hitting an edge |
| Soul Cleaner | increases the rate of recovering from the dark state when not using dark chips |
| Support | can use support ability while not in battle via the party battle system |
| Dive | hidden on sea panels (too good for PVP) |
| Magma Body | can absorb lava panels to recover 50 HP |
| Regular Up | increase regular chip memory by 5MB (did memory even play a role in later games?) |
| Soul Time Up | increases the duration of soul unison (but not chaos unison) by 1 |
Bugs
The navi customizer retains its grid format so that players can opt-in on bugs like they could in the BN series games.
- panels become cracked, destroyed, or poison when stepped off of
- HP depletes while accessing the custom menu
- causes the navi's emotions to flicker randomly between states
- buster may fail to fire (and fires nothing)
- buster may fail to fire (and produces the guard shield instead)
- HP bug during battle; can stack for worse HP drain
- can only move the full length of panels in any direction
Deprecated Bugs
Similar to deprecated programs, effects that are too niche or only useful in their home game context.
- reduced encounter rate of fire-attribute enemies
- reduced encounter rate of aqua-attribute enemies
- reduced encounter rate of wood-attribute enemies
- reduced encounter rate of elec-attribute enemies
- forces battle rewards to always be zenny