Mega Man (character)

**Mega Man** (**Rock Man** in Japan), also spelled **Megaman**/**Rockman**, is the main protagonist of the video game series of the same name, and is one of the unofficial mascots of the Japanese company Capcom, alongside Ryu (*Street Fighter*) and Captain Commando, another character who also acted as one of Capcom's mascots at one point.

## Powers and Abilities

As Mega Man, Rock can shoot simple solar powered energy pellets from a special type of weapon, called the Mega Buster, that forms from his hands, which can also be charged into a more powerful blast, called the Charge Shot. In addition to the Mega Buster, Mega Man can also utilize the special weapons of the enemy Robot Masters that he defeats with only certain weapons having the capability of being charged like the Mega Buster shots.

Mega Man can also utilize his robot dog Rush for certain abilities and can also combine with him to form Jet Mega Man, who can float in the air briefly using rockets on the back of his armor and Power Mega Man, who can utilize charged punches that are stronger and can go a short distance away.

Mega Man has also once utilized the Double Gear System, which can make a robot faster and more powerful than usual, but can cause permanent damage to a robot should they use it recklessly, but thankfully, Mega Man was careful not to use it for too long.

Unlike his "younger brother" from the future, Mega Man X, Rock cannot find and utilize equippable armor parts that upgrade his capabilities/help him charge all special weapons available to him nor can he utilize Sub Tanks, which can be filled with Life Energy that can fill his health meter in a pinch.

## Personality

Unlike other Robots that came before him (Excluding his robot "brother" Proto Man, who has the same ability), Rock can show emotions similar to those a young, preteen boy would experience and is also kind, generous and polite.

Mega Man has also shown to have lost his patience with Dr. Wily due to Wily faking his Heel-Face Turns but when things get tough for Wily, Mega Man still helps him out anyway.

## Fanfic Appearances

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### *Tokimeki PokéLive! and Twinbee*

In the *Tokimeki PokéLive! and Twinbee* series, Mega Man (Also known as **Rock**, his name in his civilian form.), like Sonic the Hedgehog, is a crossover character who makes appearances from time to time in certain stories.

## Gallery

Mega Man in his civilian form from the Archie *Mega Man* comics.Mega Man as he appears in the *Mega Man Megamix/Gigamix* manga by Hitoshi Ariga.
## Trivia

### Official Info

* Outside the *Super Smash Bros.* series, Mega Man has appeared alongside Sonic twice, the first time in a pic drawn in the 1990s to celebrate Capcom becoming a third party developer for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive and the second being the *Worlds Collide* and *Worlds Unite* crossovers that ran in the *Sonic* and *Mega Man* Archie Comics series.
	+ Mega Man has also appeared alongside Mario in the European Club Nintendo comics and Mario also met Dr. Wily in a European commercial for *Mega Man 2*.
* Mega Man is the *Mega Man* character with the most appearances in *PokéLive!* so far.
* Though he's a Robot Master, Mega Man is considered male and he has the mindset of a 10 year old boy.
* In the ending of *Mega Man 7*, Mega Man charges his Mega Buster up and almost shoots Dr. Wily, but that detail is something that was only added to the American version of the game, since the Japanese version of the scene simply has Mega Man standing there silent when Wily brings up one of the 3 Laws of Robotics to him, thus rendering the American version's ending noncanon.