Rabio (ラビオ) is a flying mechanical rabbit who protects the royal family of Bunnyland.
Description[]
Rabio and his twin Lepus are white with colored ears, eyes, tails, and shoes. They both have buck teeth and wear yellow gloves. After receiving certain power-ups, they wear yellow ribbons on their right ears. Rabio's ears, eyes, tail, and shoes are red, while Lepus's are green.
Rabio Lepus[]
Rabio serves as the first player's character. He and Lepus are tasked with rescuing the royal family of Bunnyland when it is invaded and they are kidnapped by Yohmaoh and his army.
Rabio Lepus Special[]
Rabio is the only playable character in this port of the original game. The game came with an application to send for a Rabio plush for the cost of shipping.
Metal Rabbit[]
Rabio appears in advertisement artwork for this unreleased game which was to share the setting of Rabio Lepus.
Sonic Wings[]
Rabio and Lepus are secret playable characters in the Super Famicom/Super Nintendo version of Sonic Wings. They can be unlocked on the character selection screen by holding down the R button on the second controller while entering the following code on the first controller: Left, Down, Right, X, Y, A, B, Left, Down, Right, Down, X, Y, A, B.
Neither Rabio nor Lepus has any dialogue. Instead they reveal another code, this one for unlocking a timed dogfight with the game's bosses.
If the player defeats all levels of the game with Mao Mao, with Rabio, or with Rabio and Lepus in 2P mode, the ending shows Mao Mao waking up in bed with a plushie Rabio, having dreamed the events of the game. Lord River-n-White also has a black and white portrait of either Rabio or Lepus in his house during his 1P ending.
Sonic Wings 2[]
Rabio can be seen at the fair in the background of the America stage.
Sonic Wings 3[]
Kotomi Kitashirakawa's aircraft, the Aka Usagi, is based on Rabio. In the Japanese version of the game, Mao Mao also has a Rabio plush in her 1P ending if Bermuda is the final stage.
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Sonic Wings Special[]
Rabio appears as Mao Mao's plush toy in her 1P ending if the final stage is Another Dimension, and Cincia has a Rabio backpack in the game's artwork.
Kotomi Kitashirakawa's aircraft, the Aka Usagi, is based on Rabio.
Sonic Wings Limited[]
Rabio appears on a shop sign and a a monitor in the background of the Kyoto stage.
Power Spikes II[]
Rabio appears as a cursor on some menus.
Gapporin[]
Rabio appears as the final enemy, along with a blonde woman called "Lady." According to their profile, Rabio and Lady like carrots and dislike satin.
SukuSuku Inufuku[]
As a cameo, Rabio appears during a quiz question from Arihiro Minakata, who asks the player which of three sets of items they recommend. The choices are as follows:
- "Mysterious Robot Set" featuring Lar and Mecha-Keaton. Lar is shown with two humanoid arms, though it only ever appears with one in the Sonic Wings series.
- "USAGI set" featuring Rabio, Lepus, and Tenukie Chaudo. The names Aka ("red"), Midori ("green"), and Chaudo appear with them in romanji.
- "Inufuku Abuse Set" featuring two poor Inufuku being tortured.
"Mysterious Robot Set" is the correct answer. If chosen, Minakata quotes Keaton's line, "A drill is a man's weapon."
