Technology & Combat Characteristics
Originally created during the development of Neo Japan's Shining Gundam, the Rising Gundam is sent to Earth not to compete in the Gundam Fight, but to battle the sinister Devil Gundam. Redesigned for real warfare instead of dueling, this mobile fighter is equipped with practical weapons like a long-range beam bow and a polearm-style heat naginata. The beam bow was used for one of the Rising Gundam's ultimate attacks, the Rising Arrow. Another ultimate attack included the Rising Finger, which shot out a ball of energy similar to the Bakunetsu God Finger used by the God Gundam. The Rising Gundam can also be converted to an aggressive Mobility Mode, in which its shoulder armor becomes a protective shield.
History
As the Battle Royale began, the Rising Gundam saw action when it was piloted by Rain Mikamura to assist Domon, her partner and Neo-Japan's Gundam Fighter, who was under attack by the mind-controlled Allenby Beardsley's Nobel Gundam. However, what she ended up facing was the Walter Gundam, one of the JDG-00X Devil Gundam's 'Four Heavenly Kings', that had disguised itself as the Nobel Gundam. In the end, the Walter Gundam was defeated by the Rising Gundam's Ultimate Bulls' Eye Rising Arrow. However, this battle left the Rising Gundam badly damaged.