Macaron

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With a heart as big as his mighty arms, Macaron abhors violence but does everything he can to protect his friends. With the right encouragement, Macaron will help you break down obstacles - both in Chai's path and the actual armor on enemies!

With a heart as big as his mighty arms, Macaron abhors violence but does everything he can to protect his friends. With the right encouragement, Macaron will help you break down obstacles - both in Chai's path and the actual armor on enemies!

## Background

**Macaron** is one of the protagonists in Hi-Fi Rush. A former worker of Vandelay Technologies, Macaron joins Chai's team to stop their plans before its too late.

Starting with Track 4, Macaron can be summoned as an Assist for close-range combat, utilizing his strength to break barriers. Macaron is said to have a heart as big as his mighty arms, as such he is both a pacifist and a gentle giant. Although he abhors violence, he will do everything to his ability to protect his friends. He may be nervous and shy, he has a good natured personality which makes him difficult to be disliked, whenever his friends are in a pinch, he'd be there to help, thus making the most reliable member in the crew, not to mention he's a good voice of reason when Peppermint's short temper gets the better of her. While he is a pacifist, when Zanzo is brought up he can forget his peaceful nature, and go berserk.

## General Information

**Name:** Macaron

**Origin:** Hi-Fi Rush

**Sex:** Male

**Age:** 47

**Classification:** Cyborgs, Rebel

**Species:** Human

**Occupation:** Vandelay Worker

**Status:** **Alive**

**Alignment:** **Chaotic Good** (Apart of a rebellious group of hackers aiming to stop Vandelay's plan to use Spectra to mind control people)

## Codex Statistics

**Tier:** **8-B**

**Dimensionality:** **3-D**

**Attack Potency:** **City Block level** (Can fight and harm enemies that can fight and harm Chai, who tanked an explosion from the power gun, that resulted in this levels of energy)

**Durability:** **City Block level** (Tanked an explosion from the power gun, that resulted in this levels of energy)

**Striking Strength:** **City Block Class**

**Lifting Strength:** **Unknown**

**Travel Speed:** **Superhuman** (Can keep up with 808, who as a robot cat should be comparable to the speed of an actual cat, who can move at speeds of 30 mph or 13.4112 m/s. Can keep up with Chai)

**Combat Speed:** **Superhuman**

**Reaction Speed:** **Superhuman**

**Stamina:** **Average**

**Range:** **Standard Melee Range**

**Intelligence:** **Extraordinary Genius** (Noted that he used to be the head of R&D uder Roxanne Vandelay. Able to assist in chip enhancements just like Peppermint, with him being able to power up chips, and taking over for upgrades. Programmed CNMN (Consciouness Review Allocation Personnel), a psych robot, to analyze his creations. Macaron was the one who created Smidge, a friendly robot that helps and explains mechanics to Chai. Repaired CNMN's mostly destroyed body)

## Powers and Abilities

**Superhuman Physical Characteristics**, **Genius Intelligence** (Noted that he used to be the head of R&D under Roxanne Vandelay. Able to assist in chip enhancements just like Peppermint, with him being able to power up chips, and taking over for upgrades. Programmed CNMN (Consciouness Review Allocation Personnel), a psych robot, to analyze his creations. Macaron was the one who created Smidge, a friendly robot that helps and explains mechanics to Chai. Repaired CNMN's mostly destroyed body), **Vehicular Usage** (Able to drive the Vandelay van), **Cyborgization** (Partial; Macaron is noted to have robotic implants), **Hacking** (Able to hack the cameras to make Zanzo unable to see Chai. Made basic electric appliances unable to work, which is all revealed to be his doing), **Breaking the Fourth Wall** & **Plot Manipulation** (Narrative Manipulation; Traditional; Defensive; Macaron and his friends are able to cause continuity errors being acknowledged as meta moments that the characters acknowledge, going further enough to go to areas that they couldn't even be there yet, along with activate cutscenes, Chai has used these continuity errors to also escape out of being imprisoned, it's also directly noted that the continuity errors aren't due to an 808 upgrade as Peppermint mentioned she can't teleport Chai back, and it's further noted all of these events are plot inconsistencies), **Forcefield** **Negation** (Able to easily destroy shields made of Z-shielding and completely shatter enemy shielding), **Forcefield Creation** (With Barrier Wall, Macroon throws down a barrier for Chai to protect him from all attacks in front of him), **Gravity Manipulation** & **Energy Manipulation** (With Gravity Well, Macaron lets out a force of energy locking surrounding enemies in place)

## Standard Equipment

* **CNMN:** CNMN is one of the protagonists in Hi-Fi Rush. Introduced in Track 4, CNMN is Macaron's robotic psychological analyst. Although he lack combat capabilities, he still aids Chai, Peppermint, and Macaron, often providing support via communication or other activities.

## Notable Techniques

* **Double Bass Drop:** A Jam Combo with Macaron, calls in Macaron on the beat hit timing to smash into an enemy and send the weakened enemies spinning into the air.
* **High Strung:** Macaron teams up in the air with Chai to send the enemy crashing back into the ground. Once knocked into the ground the enemy will lay stunned for a few moments.
* **Gravity Well:** Macaron will charge up his robotics and let out a force of energy locking surrounding enemies in place and open to attacks. If the enemy resists it, they will still recieve more damage from this.
* **Love Tap:** Hit back at the enemy with a knockout punch from Macaron. When successfully payying an enemy, calls in Macaron one beat after will have him attack the enemy, if the enemy is shielded it will do significantly more damage, potentially even destroying their shields in one blow. This can also be done if Chai dodge counters perfectly.
* **Barrier Wall:** Macaron senses danger and develops a barrier to protect Chai. Macaron's protective barrier wall can defend Chai against three hits before being destroyed.

## Other

**Standard Tactics:** Macaron starts off the fight with close quarters combat and throw out heavy hitting punches

**Weaknesses:** Nothing notable.

## Trivia

* Macaron's design may have been inspired from Barett Wallace from Square-Enix's popular *Final Fantasy VII*.
* When replaying stage 3, the player is able to break the normally impervious Z-Shielding at the end of the stage as Macaron is unlocked. If the player defeats the enemy this way, CNMN will appear and state that he will "play the cutscene as usual".
* Macaron's namesake comes from the dessert of the same name.

## Battle Records

* Victories
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* Inconclusive

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