Bahamut





Bahamut (バハムート) is one of Xigbar's weapons in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. It can be upgraded to Bahamut+ and Bahamut++. As a ground attack, the Bahamut fires like a shotgun. Using Xigbar's aerial attack, he stands upside down and fire directly below himself.

Design
The Bahamut is named after the summon, Bahamut, one of the Final Fantasy series most famous summons. A great and powerful dragon appearing in nearly all of the main Final Fantasy games, Bahamut usually appears as a plot device. His signature attack, Mega Flare, appears in the form of an extremely powerful Fire-based Sleight in Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories.

Etymology
Bahamut (Arabic بهموت Bahamūt) originated as an enormous fish in ancient pre-Islamic Arabian mythology. Upon Bahamut's back stands a bull with four thousand eyes, ears, noses, mouths, tongues and feet called "Kujuta" (also spelled "Kuyutha"). Between each of these is a distance of a 500-year journey. On the back of Kujuta is a mountain of ruby. Atop this mountain is an angel who carries six hells, earth, and seven heavens on its shoulders.

Another version of the Arabic story is that Bahamut is indeed a dragon and he stands on a whale called "Liwash".

Trivia

 * Bahamut was originally planned to appear as a Summon in Kingdom Hearts, but was removed before its release. Through the use of cheat codes, it can appear in the list of summons in the battle menu; however, selecting it from the list will cause the game to freeze.