Mega Man Battle Network

**Mega Man Battle Network**, known as **Battle Network Rockman EXE** (バトルネットワーク ロックマンエグゼ *Batoru Nettowāku Rokkuman Eguze*)
 or **Rockman EXE** (ロックマンエグゼ *Rokkuman Eguze*)
 in Japan, is the first installment of the *Mega Man Battle Network* developed by Capcom. It was originally in Japan on March 21, 2001, later released in United States in October 30, 2001 and then Europe in November 30, 2001 for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance.

## Plot

**Chapter 1**: MegaMan wakes Lan Hikari, then Lan picked up his PET and then went to ACDC Elementary School. After school and also doing Glide a favor in the cyberworld, the oven at Lan's home was set into ablaze and Lan jacks in MegaMan to stop the fire. Later, MegaMan encounters FireMan, the NetNavi of a World Three agent Mr. Match, who is responsible for the incident. After defeating FireMan, the fire from the oven has stopped.

**Chapter 2**: At ACDC Elementary School, Higsby instigated WWW's Re-education Program and trapping Lan and his classmate in the school. His Navi MegaMan went into the school's main computer and stopped Higsby's Navi NumberMan. After defeating the duo, Higsby redeems himself and opens a chip shop.

**Chapter 3**: After the Metroline was closed due to a landslide and also the main system was attacked by the a virus, Lan send MegaMan to Metroline's network via Dex's PC (which Lan must defeat Dex's GutsMan to obtain /Dex to enter his PC) to investigate. MegaMan then encounters StoneMan, a WWW Navi without an operator.

**Chapter 4**: When there was a water shortage in Den City, Lan and MegaMan went to Government Complex to stop IceMan, who blackmailed by World Three along with his operator Dr. Froid. Afterwards, the waterworks at Government Complex went back to normal.

**Chapter 5**: In DenTown, Lan and MegaMan stops Ms. Madd and her NetNavi ColorMan from causing chaos and traffic accidents in DenTown.

**Chapter 6**: In a party held in Goverment Complex, there was a blackout caused by ElecMan, operated by Count Zap. Therefore, Lan jacks into the computer of the power plant to stop ElecMan to bring the power back on to the Government Complex.

**Chapter 7**: Lan sends MegaMan into the internet to find and defeat BombMan, another Navi without an operator, to obtained the WWW address.

**Chapter 8**: Lan and MegaMan went to WWW's hideout via secret passageway. There, they stop Dr. Wily from launching the rocket by deleting the Life Virus. After World Three was defeated, many people including Lan's friends came to the Hikari residences to thank Lan and MegaMan for their heroic effort.

## Gameplay

MegaMan Battle Network is a role-playing video game. Playing as Lan Hikari, the player must jack their NetNavi MegaMan into any objects (e.g. personal computer) with a built-in computer port to send him into the cyberworld. In the cyber world, playing as MegaMan, the player can explore the cyberworld.

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## Characters

* Lan Hikari
* MegaMan.EXE
* Mayl Sakurai
* Roll.EXE
* Dex Oyama
* GutsMan.EXE
* Yai Ayanokoji
* Glyde

### Bosses

* FireMan.EXE
* NumberMan.EXE
* StoneMan.EXE
	+ GutsMan.EXE
* IceMan.EXE
* ColorMan.EXE
* ElecMan.EXE
	+ ProtoMan.EXE
* BombMan.EXE
* MagicMan.EXE
* Life Virus (final boss)

## External Links

* Article at the Mega Man Knowledge Base