I just needed to do this. It's a game that has the most spin-offs of any other game and a lot of sequels. Mega Man has nine sequel and eight spin-offs. Since there is so much to talk about, I will not talk about the spin-offs and will probably talk about them in there own separate blog entries because, except for Mega Man X, the spin-offs have nothing to do with the original series, especially Mega Man Legends. The fucking game takes place in the 81st century, 6000 YEARS FROM NOW. When the original game is said to take place in the year 2009. It's a really messed up series.
Before:
On May 30 1979, the company of Capcom was founded. In 1984, Capcom released their first arcade game Vulgus.
"This game makes less sense than Joust."
Later the same year, Capcom released one of their more popular arcade games was 1942, a side-scrolling shooter.
"The planes! There everywhere!!!"
In 1987, a big year for Capcom, the company released the arcade fighter Street Fighter, one of Capcom's most successful franchises.
"Wow! Ryu, I didn't know you dyed your hair red."
The same year, Capcom released the platformer Mega Man for the NES.
"Worst box art ever."
After:
The original Mega Man was released for the NES in December of 1987. The game proceeds the events after the co-creation of the humanoid robot Mega Man by Dr. Light and Dr. Wily. They also created six other robots: Cut Man, Fire Man, Elec Man, Ice Man, Bomb Man, and Guts Man. These robots were for industrial use like building and demolition for the benefit of mankind. Dr. Wily though grows disloyal of his partner and reprograms the six robots to aid his plan to take over the world. This game featured a system revolutionary for its time allowing you to choose what level to start out with and after defeating a Robot Master, you get a weapon similar to the Robot Master's ability. Also the game featured a point system and after beating each level, you received bonus points.
"Where's the run away screaming like a
little girl option?"
After the events of Mega Man, Mega Man 2 was released for the NES in July of 1989 and takes place in the year 200X. Dr. Wily builds a new fortress with eight new Robot Masters: Metal Man, Air Man, Bubble Man, Quick Man, Crash Man, Flash Man, Heat Man, and Wood Man. After defeating the Robot Masters, Mega Man fights and defeats Dr. Wily's holographic projection. After Dr. Wily begs for mercy, Mega Man spares his life. Mega Man 2 features the same level choosing and power-up system, but no longer has the point system. Mega Man 2 is the first game in the Mega Man series to feature a password system and the game features power-ups given to Mega Man by Dr. Light.
"This is so not fair."
The sequel to Mega Man 2, Mega Man 3, was released for the NES in November of 1990 and also takes place in 200X. Dr. Wily has claimed to reformed his evil way and is working with Dr. Light to build a peace-keeping robot named "Gamma". However, the Robot Masters set in charge of the "mining worlds" a crazy and make off with the eight power crystals. Mega Man is called to save the day with his new helper robot dog, Rush, to retrieve the crystals from the mining worlds. After the crystals are collected, Wily steals Gamma and goes to his new fortress. Mega Man goes to the fortress to destroy Gamma. After Mega Man's final confrontation with Wily, the fortress crumbles and Proto Man appears in enough time to save Mega Man, but Dr. Wily was crushed under the rubble. The game features the same power-up and level choosing system from previous games and a password system. Also, Rush has many abilities like to give Mega Man extra jump height and jet.
"Why is a little blue sperm floating towards me?"
The next game, Mega Man 4, was released for the NES in January of 1992 and takes place in the year 20XX. One year after Mega Man 3, Dr. Light receives a letter from Dr. Cossack claiming he is the best robot engineer in all the world. Cossack also states that he will release his army of robots as a "test" for Light to see which one is the best. The next game, Mega Man 4, was released for the NES in January of 1992 and takes place in the year 20XX. One year after Mega Man 3, Dr. Light receives a letter from Dr. Cossack claiming he is the best robot engineer in all the world. Cossack also states that he will release his army of robots as a "test" for Light to see which one is the best. Mega Man is sent to destroy Dr. Cossack's Robot Masters: Ring Man, Dive Man, Skull Man, Bright Man, Dust Man, Drill Man, Toad Man, and Pharaoh Man. Once Mega Man destroys all of the Robot Masters, he makes his way to Dr. Cossack's icy fortress. In the middle of the final battle with Cossack, Proto Man teleports in with Cossack's daughter, Kalinka. Dr. Wily kidnapped Kalinka and convinced Cossack to build an army of robots to fight Mega Man. With the plan uncovered, Mega Man must go through the new castle only for Dr. Wily to escape in the end. This game features the same power-up and password system. The game also features Rush and the first appearance of Flip Top Eddie. The game also gives Mega Man the new "Mega Buster".
"Has anyone seen my helmet?"
Mega Man 5 was released for the NES in December of 1992 and takes place in the year 20XX. Proto Man is discovered to be leading an army of robots in a series of destructive attacks on the world. On top of that, he even kidnaps Dr. Light. Mega Man wonders why his brother is doing this, but does what must do to stop him. After defeating the eight Robot Masters: Stone Man, Gravity Man, Crystal Man, Napalm Man, Gyro Man, Charge Man, Wave Man, and Charge Man, Mega Man makes his way to Proto Man's castle. However, the real Proto Man arrives revealing the robot as Dr. Wily's evil robot, Dark Man. Mega Man destroys Dark Man, goes to Dr. Wily's new fortress, and saves Dr. Light as Wily makes his getaway. Same power-up and password systems as previous games and same old Rush. This game though, features the first appearance of the super weapon Beat.
"I feel like I'm gonna puke." *vomits in corner*
Mega Man 6 was released in March of 1994 and takes place after the events of Mega Man 5. A man known as "Mr. X" hosts the first annual "Robot Masters Tournament" to test the abilities of the world's greatest robot engineers. Dr. Light decides to not enter the tournament, but sends Mega Man to supervise. Near the end of the tournament, Mr. X announces he's reprogrammed the top 8 robots to do his bidding in taking over the world. Dr. Light immediately sends Mega Man to stop the madness. Mega Man defeats the Robot Masters: Blizzard Man, Wind Man, Flame Man, Tomahawk Man, Centaur Man, Knight Man, Yamato Man, and Plant Man, and makes his way to Mr. X's fortress. Mr. X removes his disguise revealing himself as Dr. Wily and he makes his way to his new fortress. After pursuing and defeating Dr. Wily, he is finally sent to prison. Same power- up and password system as in other games, but rush is used as an armor boost to Mega Man and this is the last Mega Man game for the NES.
"Why does HE get a big turret gun and I don't."
Mega Man 7 was released for the SNES in September of 1995 and takes place after the events of Mega Man 6. I'm not going to explain the backstory so I'll get on to the plot. Wily always knew that he would be imprisoned someday, so he built 8 back-up Robot Masters: Junk Man, Spring Man, Burst Man, Cloud Man, Freeze Man, Shade Man, Slash Man, and Turbo Man. If the Robot Masters don't receive a communication within six months, they will go searching for their master. It has been six months, so they have been released and go on a rampage looking for Dr. Wily. Mega Man is called into action and gives chase, but is stooped by Bass. Bass has capabilities much like Mega Man and has his own robotic wolf, Treble. After a brief battle, Bass says that they both are trying to stop Wily and teleports off confusing Mega Man, but convinces him that he has a new ally. In one of the locations of the Robot Master's, Mega Man discovers an injured Bass and takes him back to Dr. Light's lab for repairs. Mega Man then defeats the remaining Robot Master's and upon returning home, he discovers that Bass went berserk and took some enhancement parts that Dr. Light was working on. Wily appears on the video monitor and says that Bass and Treble are his own creations and only gained Mega Man's trust to steal the parts. Bass' ambition though is to beat Mega Man in battle to declare himself the strongest robot in existence. Mega Man makes his way to Wily's new fortress and defeats Bass, Treble, and Dr. Wily himself. Mega Man says he is finally going to kill Dr. Wily, but Dr. Wily says he can't hurt humans because he is a robot. Mega Man says he is "more than a robot" and prepares to kill his nemesis, but is interrupted by the fortresses self-destruction. Bass comes to Dr. Wily's rescue and takes him out of the fortress and Mega Man also makes his way out of the fortress also.
The game features the same power-up and password system as the NES games and Rush is the same as Rush in Mega Man 3. The only main innovation is the improved graphics and the boss system where you have to defeat the first four bosses before defeating the next four.
"Let me guess, do you have a little bird super
weapon named Time Signature?"
Mega Man 8 released for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn in February of 1998. The game opens with a battle in space with two alien robots who eventually plummet towards Earth critically injured. Meanwhile, Mega Man and Rush go to investigate strange energy reading on a nearby island. On the island, Mega Man finds Dr. Wily flying away with a strange purple orb, but before chasing him, Mega Man sees a damaged robot and asks Dr. Light to repair it. Dr. Wily then releases four new Robot Masters and after defeating one, Mega Man receives a purple orb like the one Dr. Wily had. Each of the Robot Masters have a strange energy that Dr. Wily has infused them with. After defeating all four robots: Tengu Man, Astro Man, Sword Man, and Cloud Man, Dr. Light tells Mega Man the robot should be fine after some rest. After they leave the lab, the robot wakes up, sees the purple orb, and flies out of the lab enraged. Mega Man follows the robot to a mine shaft on the other side of the globe. After battling the robot, Proto Man comes and tells Mega Man that his new fortress, "Wily Tower", is just ahead, but is caught by one of Wily's robotic creations trying to get there. The robot saves him and says his name is Duo. Duo explains that the purple orbs are "Evil Energy", and he has been tracking down this energy around the universe trying to destroy it before it engulfs the entire world. However, Wily has a barrier around his new fortress, and Duo tells Mega Man to destroy the four other Robot Masters: Search Man, Frost Man, Grenade Man, and Aqua Man, while he destroys the rest of the world's energy. Once the Robot Masters are defeated, the barrier is lifted from Wily Tower and Mega Man makes his way through it eventually defeating Bass and Dr. Wily himself. The "Evil Energy" is destroyed before it spread through the world, and the fortress is demolished with Mega Man inside who is infected with the "Evil Energy". Duo arrives and cures Mega Man of the Evil Energy seemingly getting rid of all the Evil Energy in the world. This game is different from other Mega Man games by having a save system, anime cutscenes, and voiced character sprites. The game though had the same weapon system as in other games.
"I recall Aqua Man not being a big ugly robot."
Mega Man 9 was released for the WiiWare and PlayStation Network in September of 2008 and was released for Xbox Live Arcade in October of 2008. Dr. Light is blamed for a robotic rampage and Dr. Wily apparently has no connection to it. Dr. Wily announces he needs money to complete the robots he built to combat those of Dr. Light. Mega Man vows to fight to prove Dr. Light's innocence and to expose Wily's intentions. After defeating a certain Robot Master, a piece of scrap metal is left behind revealing that the robots are due for recycling. Mega Man eventually receives the last Robot Master's memory chip which reveals that Dr. Wily vowed to save the robots from their expiration date and he reprogrammed them. Before the information becomes public, Wily swoops in and steals the chip in his flying saucer. Mega Man fights and defeats Wily, who immediately begs for forgiveness. Mega Man scolds him by using Rush as a projector to show Wily's begging for forgiveness from previous Mega Man games. Mega Man discovers that Wily is responsible for arresting Dr. Light and that he has fallen ill. Then, Proto Man comes in to warn Mega Man that the seemingly ill Dr. Light is just an impostor used for the news footage. Mega Man takes his chances with Wily, and while he's disabled with Wily's fortress coming down on him, Proto Man swoops in to save him. Wily escapes and Dr. Light is freed returning everything back to normal. The eight Robot Masters: Concrete Man, Tornado Man, Magma Man, Galaxy Man, Hornet Man, Plug Man, Jewel Man, and Splash Woman, are reprogrammed and work along Dr. Light and his other robots. This game is a throwback Mega Man game that involves saving the game and doesn't use Rush, Beat, or Eddie as power-ups. Also, you can buy Proto Man and use him as a playable character in the game.
"I'm getting to old for this shit."
The most recent Mega Man game, Mega Man 10, was released for WiiWare, PlayStation Network, and Xbox Live Arcade in March of 2010. A robotic illness known as Roboenza starts infecting robots, making them malfunction, with Roll as one of the victims. A month following the outbreak, a bunch of robots go berserk and try to take over the world. These robots are Sheep Man, Commando Man, Blade Man, Strike Man, Solar Man, Chill Man, Nitro Man, and Pump Man. Dr. Wily comes to Mega Man and Dr. Light saying that he had a machine to develop and make a cure until an infected robot stole it. Mega Man decides to help Dr. Wily to retrieve the machine and runs into Proto Man, who decides to join him. Meanwhile, Bass sets out on his own challenge to destroy the robots to prove that he's the strongest. Mega Man is halfway to finishing his journey when Dr. Wily develops a prototype antidote, and gives it to Roll. After defeating all eight Robot Masters, Mega Man appears to have caught Roboenza. Dr. Wily then appears on television to say that he created the virus and he only developed a cure to bribe other all the infected robots to work for him. Roll then gives Mega Man her medicine and says that she was waiting for "a really sick robot was brought in". Mega Man takes Roll's medicine so that he can defeat Dr. Wily and bring back enough medicine for everyone. During the attack on the fortress, Proto Man comes down with Roboenza and Mega Man gives him an extra sample of the cure that he acquired. A similar incident happens to Bass, but the only difference is that Treble is the one who gives him the cure. After chasing Wily from his fortress to his space base and defeating him once again, our heroes discover that he's ironically very ill. Unable to let him die, they take Wily to a nearby hospital where he is cured and escapes a few days later. Surprisingly, Wily leaves enough of the cure behind to cure all of the infected robots. This Mega Man game also features a save system and allows the usage of Rush during gameplay. Other Playable characters that can be purchased are Proto Man and Bass.
"Why me?"
The Mega Man series has come a long way from it's NES days producing a whole bunch of spin-off series, arcade games in Japan, and remakes. Also as an honorable mention, the Mega Man series even had its own line of game boy games similar in gameplay to the NES games. The Blue Bomber is still going strong today and the only thing that could be the cherry on top of the Mega Man sundae is putting him in a Super Smash Bros. game.
"It could happen."
Also, the series inspired its own cartoon in the 80's, an anime, and fan film that can be found on the website. In my opinion, the cartoon is hilariously bad, the anime is okay, and the fan film gets a thumbs up.
"Yeah, it's that bad."
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