Jason Frudnick

Jason Frudnick is the 3rd crossover DLC boss appearing in Luminous Avenger iX 2, having been made available on March 10th, 2022 for $7.99 / €6.99 / 800 Yen. Although Blaster Master Zero 3 itself did not have a direct collaboration with iX2, Copen appeared as a DLC playable character in Blaster Master Zero 2.
The main protagonist and player character of the Blaster Master Zero series, Jason appears to be an iteration from the end of Blaster Master Zero 3, given the appearance of his Metal Attacker "SOPHIA-J1". It seems he already knows about Copen...
Defeating Jason nets the player the Parallel Blaster Rifle ability, increasing the power of the Razor Wheel's melee attacks.
==Website Description==
==History==
===Luminous Avenger iX 2 - VS Blaster Master===
Outside the Grave Pillar at night time, a super-dimensional space tear opens up before Copen, with the SOPHIA-J1 coming through it and Jason jumping out of the cockpit. He identifies Copen, and thanks him for the improvements made to his equipment by analyzing Copen's. (In the Gunvolt News Channel 37 stream about the DLC, it was revealed that Jason created his hover ability in BMZ3 based on Copen's.)
Copen is confused, as he has no idea who Jason is. Jason apologizes and claims that his acquaintance with Copen was one-sided, and remarks that he's learned a lot of things while traveling through SD space. He then properly introduces himself as Jason Frudnick, a scientist like Copen himself. Jason briefly ponders over their meeting being brought about by Roddy's* Blaster Rifle, before deciding to challenge Copen to test his strength. The fight concludes with Jason wishing to meet him again.
==Boss Battle Skills==
Skill 	Description
RG-Blaster ComboＲＧ－ブラスターコンボ 	Mixes up attacks with arcing bombs and charged shots from his Blaster Rifle. Replaced Phase 2 onwards with Cross Wave.
On Hard Mode, Jason fires Cross Waves from the start, removing this move from his skillset.
High Diffusion Comboハイディフュージョンコンボ 	Mixes up his attacks by firing spreads of projectiles. Replaced Phase 2 onwards with Cross Wave.
On Hard Mode, Jason fires Cross Waves from the start, removing this move from his skillset.
Cross Waveクロスウェーブ 	Fires 1 to 3 rainbow double-helix shots in a rising angle.
Jump Shot Combo 	Jumps into the air and fires three shots at Copen, then fires a grenade at the ground,Phase 2 replaces the grenade with an IX Shredder that tracks Copen.
On Hard Mode, shots are replaced with Cross Wave and the grenade is permanently replaced with IX Shredder.
Reflex Strikerリフレックスストライカー 	A green spark over Jason's head means he's readying a counter. Attack him with homing shots or EX Weapons and he'll counter with a set of dash shots. Cancels all tags.
On Hard Mode, the shots travel faster.
Rushing Attackerラッシングアタッカー 	A green spark over Jason's head means he's readying a counter. Attack him with melee attacks or EX Weapons and he'll counter by slashing with an afterimage. Cancel all tags.
Unchained Effector 	If Jason is not attacked after the green spark flashes, he deploys a forcefield, allowing Jason to use Reflex Striker once, or Rushing Attacker if Copen is close enough.
Only available on Hard Mode.
Elemental BlasterＳＭＡエレメンタルブラスター 	Jason's Special Skill. With Fred's assistance, he jumps into a wormhole with SOPHIA-J1, dropping it on Copen's location 5 seconds later. He jumps out, charges his gun, and fires a large laser.
On Hard Mode, Jason will fire an additional, massive shot after the laser dissipates.
Unchained D.D.F.アンチェインＤ．Ｄ．Ｆ 	When Jason's final health bar gets low, Eve will support him, giving him a shield, health regeneration, and activating an Unchained D.D.F. that slows Copen down. While the shield is active, Jason cannot be tagged. The shield will go down with enough damage or when Jason's final health bar is fully restored. Temporarily overrides the BGM with a theme song for Eve.
On Hard Mode, this skill is delayed for a while, giving time for Jason to attack even when his health is depleted.
==Boss Battle Voices==
===Japanese===
Event 	Translated 	Romaji 	Japanese
Cross Wave (One Wave) 	Cross Wave! 	Kurosu Wēbu! 	クロスウェーブ！
Cross Wave (Three Waves) 	Go! 	Ike! 	行け！
Cross Wave (Three Waves) 	Fall! 	Ochiruke! 	落ちるけ！
Ground Shot 	You can't run! 	Nigasanai! 	逃がさない！
High Diffusion Combo 	High Diffusion! 	Hai Difuyūjon! 	ハイディフュージョン！
High Diffusion Combo 	Go! 	Ike! 	行け！
RG-Blaster Combo 	RG-Blaster! 	Ārujī Burasutā! 	アールジーブラスター！
IX Shredder 	IX Shredder! 	Rifurekkusu Sutoraikā! 	リフレックスストライカー！
Dash Shots or Cross Wave (Hard Mode while Jumping or Countering)	There! 	Soko da! 	そこだ！
Unchained Effector 	Your guard's down! 	Yudan shita na! 	油断したな！
1st Phase Down 	Is that all you got? 	Kono teido ka? 	この程度か？
2nd Phase Down 	I'm not done yet! 	Mada kore kara da! 	まだこれからだ！
Elemental Blaster 	Try overcoming me and Sophia! Fred! Elemental Blaster! (HM) You're finished!	Ore to Sofia wo koete misero! Fureddo! Erementaru Burasutā! (HM) Todome da!	俺とソフィアを超えて見せろ！ フレッド！ エレメンタルブラスター！ とどめだ！
Defeated 	See you again, iX! 	Mata aou, Ikusu! 	また会おう、イクス！
===English===
Event 	Voice
Cross Wave (One Wave) 	Cross Wave!
Cross Wave (Three Waves) 	Take this!
Cross Wave (Three Waves) 	Fire!
RG-Blaster Combo 	RG-Blaster!
High Diffusion Combo 	High Diffusion!
High Diffusion Combo 	Fire!
IX Shredder 	IX Shredder!
Dash Shots or Cross Wave (Hard Mode while Jumping or Countering)	Got you!
Ground Shot 	You can't run!
Unchained Effector 	Your guard's down!
1st Phase Down 	Is that all you got?
2nd Phase Down 	I'm not done yet!
Elemental Blaster 	I'll show you what SOPHIA and I can do! Beyond the pinnacle! Fred! Elemental Blaster! (HM) You're finished!
Defeated 	I knew you were strong. Let's meet again.. IX...
==DLC Trailers==
===English===
===Japanese===
==Musical Themes==
As the Jason DLC themes were not released in the iX 2 OST, full data is unknown. The listed titles and musicians are based on the original tracks in the Blaster Master Zero 3 OST.
(C) = Composer
(A) = Arranger
Title 	Context 	Musicians 	Audio
Blaster Master Zero 3ブラスターマスター ゼロ 3 	Jason encounter theme. Remix of the BMZ3 title theme. 	Ippo Yamada (C)Hiroaki Sano (A) 	
Sophia-J1 VS Metal Attackerソフィア-J1 VS メタル・アタッカー 	VS Jason. Remix of the BMZ3 true final battle theme. 	Ryo Yoshinaga (C)Hiroaki Sano (A)	
? 	Vocal track of Eve (Tamako Miyazaki) during Unchained D.D.F.	? 	
Source: Blaster Master Zero 3 Soundtrack product page
==Trivia==
[Note that adding spoilers for Blaster Master Zero is not permitted, unless series developer Inti Creates themselves make no effort to hide the information.]
* The theme for Jason's boss fight is a remix of the true final boss theme from BMZ3.
* iX2 is the first time Jason and Eve have been given English voice lines, since the only voice acting for the BMZ series was in Japanese with the Blaster Master Zero Trilogy collection.
* Jason does not become fatigued after using Accel Charger and Elemental Blaster, unlike the mechanics in BMZ3.
* Defeating Jason with a Razor Wheel melee attack or CoLoSSAL MAELSTROM will break his helmet.
* D.D.F. likely stands for Doki Doki Field, the secret ultimate ability (itself based on a Gal*Gun mechanic) originally belonging to Ekoro in her Blaster Master Zero DLC. In BMZ2, Eve gains the Unchained D.D.F. ability based on Ekoro's.
** Unchained D.D.F. applied on Jason functions similarly to the Muse Septima's Anthem, reviving and enhancing the fallen. Eve's new song in Unchained D.D.F. further references this.
* Jason is the only male iX2 DLC boss.
* Jason is the only iX2 DLC boss who knows who Copen is and challenges him to a duel to begin the battle. The duel between Jason and Copen is the first battle in the series that is a friendly battle where neither combatant intends to genuinely harm the other.
* Jason identifying Copen's Razor Wheel as Roddy's Blaster Rifle implies that Copen got his Blaster Rifle in his DLC campaign in BMZ2, although Copen has no idea how he got it, and later concludes The Creator was the one who sent it to him.''
** In Gunvolt News Channel 37, Tai confirmed the existence of parallel worlds, with the implication that Copen's Roddy Rifle came from a parallel world.
* Jason is similar to Copen in many ways:
** Both are scientists.
** Both have white hair (albeit in different occasions).
** Both have red and white as their trademark colors.
** Both have equipped Blaster Rifles that can be customized.
** Both have robots as their support guides.
** Both have fought against rivals with blue horned masks.
==External Links==
*Jason on the Blaster Master wiki
== References ==
*Trailer tweet from Inti Creates' official Twitter
*Gunvolt News Channel Episode 37, which debuted the Jason DLC and featured Eve's Japanese voice actor Tamako Miyazaki
*4gamer.net article about Jason's DLC
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