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Deathborn is a mysterious racer appearing in F-Zero GX as the main antagonist of the story mode. Not much is known about him although he is the champion of the Underworld Grand Prix.[1] Within the Story mode, he appears as Black Shadow's superior, deciding to take matters into his own hands after his subordinate's failure to win the previous Grand Prix.

Appearance[]

Deathborn looks like a demonic cyborg, having many robotic parts around his body which include a gas mask and a brain within the transparent glass on his head. He also wears a cape.

Biography[]

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Aside from the information provided in his profile, little else is known about this F-Zero pilot. His Japanese pilot profile mentions the Space-Time police, a faction associated with the pilot Phoenix. This raises the strong possibility that Deathborn is one of the criminals Phoenix was chasing, with Deathborn's actions leading to the destruction of the future. Deathborn's built-in device is also stated to allow the villain to travel freely between space and time, implying the possibility that he has tangled with the Space-Time police in the distant future at one point in his villainous career.

From what can be gathered from the story mode of F-Zero GX, he is the champion of the F-Zero Underworld and he had previously hired Black Shadow to acquire the overworld F-Zero championship belt. Black Shadow clearly failed to win the previous Grand Prix, and Deathborn threatened him that he would only give him one more chance. Why Deathborn didn't, or couldn't, take the belt himself is unknown.

After Black Shadow fails again, Deathborn punishes him for his failure and challenges Captain Falcon to a one-on-one race for both belts of Underworld and overworld F-Zero. Before the race commences, he reveals to Falcon his plan - the powers of light and darkness are condensed in both belts respectively, and that when combined, provide ultimate power that will allow him to control the universe, judging life and death on each star, saying that he can "reduce this whole galaxy into a pile of ashes in an instant", implying he has his own reasons for wanting to destroy the galaxy the F-Zero races take place in particular. After an intense race, Falcon emerges victorious and Deathborn is last seen plummeting towards his death, his vehicle exploding as it collides with a rock wall.

In the final chapter of F-Zero GX's story mode, The Creator says they are surprised to see Captain Falcon defeat Deathborn with their "best creation" (though their surprise could simply be an act of sarcasm).

Official Data[]

F-Zero GX[]

(His character model consists of his idle posture with hands in front of him bearing a "world domination/conquerer" pose. Deathborn's poses consist of turning to his right 90° and then swaying with his left hand in a "grand entrance" posture, followed by clenching his right fist in the air and forcefully swinging it down as if "bringing down his opponents", in that order then repeat.)

North American profile

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This mysterious pilot makes even Black Shadow, the evil emperor, shudder with fear. Since the huge accident four years ago, several F-ZERO pilots have turned up missing: in all of the missing-persons investigations conducted by the Space Police, Deathborn was the primary suspect. Deathborn has died three times, but each time was brought back to life by exchanging his real body parts for mechanical ones. Through these procedures, he has become essentially immortal. A device installed within his body allows him to travel freely through space, making it possible for him to mysteriously appear anywhere at any time. He banishes those he dislikes to the outer limits of space, where they become drifting vagabonds for all eternity. Deathborn is plotting to take over the universe. His plan is to obtain the ultimate power that would allow him to determine life and death on every star as he sees fit.

Japanese profile (translated)

A mysterious pilot, who is feared even by the evil Lord Black Shadow, he has emerged as a suspect in the investigation by the Space-Time Police after several "F-ZERO" pilots have gone missing since a serious accident four years ago. He has died three times in the past, but each time he has replaced his body with mechanical parts, and has finally obtained an immortal body. He has a built-in device that allows him to move freely through time and space, and he can appear anywhere. He also sends anyone he doesn't like to the ends of time and space, turning them into wanderers who can wander around forever. He is bent on conquering the universe and acquiring the ultimate power to control the life and death of the stars as he pleases.

Anime[]

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In a stark contrast from his GX counterpart due to being in a different continuity from the previous games, Deathborn is a mysterious, powerful, mostly silent figure who was responsible for manipulating the F-Zero Committee, aside from the anime version of Don Genie, behind the scenes.

Rick Wheeler eventually meets up with them all at once after he was abducted by Black Shadow on the F-Zero Committee's alleged planet; it's been unveiled that Deathborn and Don Genie were simply "shadows", other identities, that Black Shadow controls to further his schemes.

Personality[]

In GX, Deathborn is portrayed as pure and utterly evil. He is aggressive and ruthless, only showing a speck of mercy to Black Shadow by giving him one more chance to win the F-Zero Grand Prix, words which he holds true to. He also displays tendencies of a megalomaniac with his desire to obtain ultimate power and take over the universe. His choice to not attend the F-Zero Grand Prix suggests he is someone to prefer to work in the shadows and keep a low profile, though he wasn't afraid of showing himself in front of millions of F-Zero fans, just to punish Black Shadow and challenge Captain Falcon (though it's possible that there's some written law which prevents F-Zero Underworld inhabitants from entering the normal F-Zero Grand Prix). His motivations, or even how he could be driven to become so evil, remain unknown at this current time but may have something to do with being a creation of the Creator.

In the anime continuity, he doesn't talk much, though he is still as intimidating and was manipulating the F-Zero Committee by posing as its chairman.

Trivia[]

  • At one point during the F-Zero GX Story Mode, Black Shadow calls Deathborn "Lord Death", specifically at the end of Chapter 7.
  • Deathborn in F-Zero GX shares the same machine number as Rick Wheeler from the anime and its related media, whereas Don Genie shares same machine number as Lucy Liberty, the latter of which is also from the anime and its related media.
  • In F-Zero GX interviews, Deathborn is the second F-Zero character that Mr. Zero didn't warn about getting arrested by the Galactic Space Federation.
  • The GX version of Deathborn and the anime version of Black Shadow have similar motives.
    • In GX, Deathborn stated that he wanted to "turn this whole galaxy into a pile of ashes in an instant" with the Ultimate Champion's Belt and let the galaxy fall in total darkness. In the anime continuity, Black Shadow's dream was to rule the galaxy in total darkness, and have the universe compress until nothing but evil exists after obtaining the six Reactor Mights, the items that also play a similar role to the Ultimate Champion's Belt in terms of universal power.
  • Deathborn's GX theme shares samples with Black Shadow's and Blood Falcon's themes, taken from Vincent De Moor's Worlds of Doubt.
    • Part of the lyrics are reflected in Deathborn's and Black Shadow's goals of conquering and reshaping the world in their image.
  • Deathborn is the only driver created for F-Zero GX specifically (the remaining new pilots not present in F-Zero X are considered "AX racers" -- meaning they were selectable by default in F-Zero AX and need to be unlocked for use in GX. Deathborn has also yet to reappear in playable form within any other game).
  • Deathborn's files appear with the name boss. This development name may refer to his role as the penultimate final boss of Story mode (or his role as the boss over the other two villainous primary F-Zero racer antagonists).
  • Deathborn is the only character in Story mode to use the Restart function.

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References[]

  1. According to translations, The Underworld is defined as an underground criminal ring, specifically involving illegal racing.

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