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"No, this isn't happening. There's no reason for me to go on. WHAT AM I FIGHTING FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOR?!" -Zero, Mega Man X 4
"Time to get serious" -X, Mega Man X4 (says it when at critical health)
"Taste destruction!" -Lumine, Mega man X8
"BRING IT ON!!!" -Sigma, Mega man X8
"Better watch out X, I might just steal your spotlight!" -Axl, Mega man X8
"Thinking about all those Mavericks make my trigger finger itch!"-Axl, Mega man X8
Games-
"Jack in, MegaMan.EXE, Transmit!" - Lan, Mega Man Battle Network 1 and 2
"All your base are belong to us!" - Infected Program (ElecMan.EXE's Stage), Mega Man Battle Network
Lan: Battle routine set!
MegaMan: Execute!
All Battle Network Games
"Legs go Lan!" - Mega Man Battle Network 4
"What a polite young girl she was!" - Haruka Hikari (Mrs. Hikari, Lan's mother)about a girl, Mega Man Battle Network 4
"What am I, Mr. Famous, doing here?" - Lan, Mega Man Battle Network 5
MegaMan: I heard that Cyber Academy is haunted!
Lan: O Rly?
MegaMan: Ya Rly! You can hear them go "Woooooooo" at night...
Anime-
"Synchro chip, slot in! Cross fusion!" -Various characters,
Rockman.EXE Axess - Beast+
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| Developer(s) | Capcom |
| Publisher(s) | Capcom |
| Distributor(s) | Nintendo |
| Release date(s) |
December, 1987
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| Genre(s) | Action, Platform |
| System(s) | NES, Wii Virtual Console |
| Players | 1 |
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ESRB:
 Everyone |
| Followed by | Mega Man 2 |
| Series | Mega Man |
Mega Man (Rockman in Japan) is the first of many games released in a series of action/platforming titles by Capcom and created by Keiji Inafune. This title was originally released in December of 1987 on the Famicom. The first title differs from later sequels in that it contains a point system, no way to save (no passwords or save feature), and only six Robot Masters, as opposed to eight like the rest of the series.
As a classic, this game has been remade no less than four times.
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 Mega Man title screen |
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It's MEGA MAN versus the powerful leaders and fighting forces of Monsteropolis -- that strange multi-faceted land of robot-like Humanoids. Brilliant scientist Dr. Wright conceived the construction of fully-operational human-like experimental robots to perform specific everyday duties. Dr. Wright, and his assistant Dr. Wily, encouraged with their very first near human robot -- MEGA MAN -- proceeded to develop six additional Humanoids, all programmed to perform prescribed rituals.
But, with the exception of MEGA MAN, all of Dr.Wright's near-human robot experimentation went awry. Assistant Dr. Wily turned disloyal, re-programming Dr. Wright's Humanoids, now bent on destroying opposition so Dr. Wily could control the world and its resources.
Resisting re-programming, MEGA MAN is chosen the defender of theuniverse and its inhabitants. MEGA MAN dares to single-handedly penetrate seven separate empires of Monsteropolis, eliminating the leaders and followers of these sovereignties.
Get ready for some very exciting challenges!
Notes: In the NES version, Dr. Light is named Dr. Wright, but he is later renamed to Light. The time period is not stated for this game, but Mega Man 2, which takes place six months later, mentions the year of 200X (or sometime between 2000 and 2009). The dates are extrapolated from information from official sources, such as Capcom and Rockman Perfect Memories.
editMega Man series
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Sub-series: Mega Man X · Mega Man Legends · Mega Man Battle Network · Mega Man Zero · Mega Man ZX · Mega Man Star Force
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Mega Man is among the most well known characters in video games. The creation of Capcom, he is also known as Rock Man in Japan, or by his nickname, The Blue Bomber. The character of Mega Man was created in 1987 by Keiji Inafune at Capcom of Japan, which was then a small company eager to make a breakthrough with a new platform game.
In the story behind the original series, Rock is a robot created as a lab assistant by scientists Dr. Thomas Light and Dr. Albert Wily; following treachery by Dr. Wily, Rock was converted into a fighting robot to defend the world from Wily's violent creations. Thus he becomes Mega Man (Rockman in the Japanese original).
Over the years, as Mega Man branched out into several series, he has been redesigned many different ways. These redesigns stretch from the classic look that began on the NES (left) that stars in Mega Man 1 through Mega Man 8, the future Mega Man X that stars in Mega Man X through Mega Man X8 and Command Mission, the helmetless Mega Man that starred in Mega Man Legends and finally the alternate story Mega Man from Mega Man Battle Network.
Back in the old days, Dr. Light created a robot called X with astounding artificial intelligence - X had the ability to think, feel, and decide for himself. However, he didn't have time to fully test the robot, and, hoping that someone in the future would, he sealed X in a time capsule.
Much, much later, a man by the name of Dr. Cain found Dr. Light's dilapidated laboratory and X. He released the robot and, rather hastily, went about duplicating the schematics and programming as best he could. These robots became known as Reploids.
However, Cain didn't do a very good job, and many of the Reploids began to think for themselves too much. Some rebelled against humanity and wanted to overthrow their fleshy overlords. These maverick Reploids were called ... Mavericks.
X, still loyal to humankind and with the strength of Dr. Light's engineering prowess, became a Maverick Hunter. He fights to save the world from rebellious robots.
Over a thousand years into the future of the Mega Man universe, Mega Man is known as Mega Man Trigger. Trigger's primary function was as a Purifier Unit on a synthetic planet called Elysium, a place that housed what is called the "Master System". The purpose of the Master System was to watch over and govern all the carbons on Terra. His job as a Purifier Unit was to eliminate any units that threatened the Master System. Thus, Trigger was quite similar to a typical Maverick Hunter from the X Series. Trigger also served as the Master's special assistant throughout his tenure as a Purifier Unit.
However, when Mega Man tried to carry out the final command of the Master (to destroy the Master System), Sera (Mother Unit of Elysium) tried to stop him in a bitter fight thinking Mega Man had become an Aberrant Unit. Although Trigger was victorious, he was so fatally damaged that he had to have all of his memory wiped out and reset to its original configuration as a newborn baby with his assistant Data storing his old memories. Then Yuna sealed him away in suspended animation inside a Nino Island ruin where Barrell Caskett would eventually discover him and Data.
When Barrell found Trigger and Data and touched the capsule he and Data were sealed in, the capsule melted away and awoke the pair out of their suspended animation. Barrell then took the baby under his care and with his granddaughter Roll's advice, named him Mega Man Volnutt. Mega Man was then raised as Barrell's adopted grandson, and as soon as Mega Man was old enough, he embarked on the life of a Digger searching for refractors and other resources for the Caskett family's survival as well as defeating the Bonnes, other pirates, and many Reaverbots in his many adventures.
Personality:
This version of Mega Man has lived two completely different lives. This is in contrast to all his other incarnations in the other series where he lives only one life and one basic role throughout the duration of the series. His first life as Mega Man Trigger is quite similar to that of the Maverick Hunters in the X Series where his role on Elysium was to protect the Master System from Aberrant Units as well as serve as the Master's special assistant. Thus, Trigger was one of the greatest and highest ranking Purifier Units, much like X was as a Maverick Hunter and Mega Man was as a robotic hero.
On the other hand, his second life as Mega Man Volnutt is actually closer in similarity to another key aspect of both the original Mega Man and X. Mega Man Volnutt does not like fighting and only does so as a last resort (as evidenced by his regret for "not taking it easy" on the Bonnes in Legends 1). Other than that however, Mega Man Volnutt is simply another Digger in search of adventure, refractors, and other treasure just like all the rest on Terra.
The Mega Man here is largely unrelated to any of the original Mega Man creations. Mega Man is a NetNavi, sentient computer programs that venture through the Internet for them their operators. He is owned by Lan Hikari. Lan uses Mega Man to fight his way through cyberspace defeating viruses that are trying to take over the world.
The Mega Man Battle Network series takes place in an alternate time line in which the government decided to fund the development of network technology invented by Dr Light, instead of robotics technology invented by Dr Wily.
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