Mega Man

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Super fighting robot

What company created Mega Man, and in what year did the first game release?
Capcom, in 1987 on the Famicom/NES.
What is Mega Man called in Japan?
Rockman. His sister is Roll - a music pun (rock and roll).
What is Mega Man's original name before becoming a fighting robot?
Rock, a lab assistant robot created by Dr. Light, who volunteered to be converted to fight Dr. Wily.
Who are the two rival scientists at the heart of the classic series?
Dr. Thomas Light (Mega Man's creator) and Dr. Albert Wily (the recurring villain).
Name the six Robot Masters in the original Mega Man.
Cut Man, Guts Man, Ice Man, Bomb Man, Fire Man, and Elec Man.
How many Robot Masters appear in Mega Man 2 and nearly every game after?
Eight.
Which famously overpowered weapon from Mega Man 2 damages almost every boss and costs almost no energy?
Metal Blade, from Metal Man - who is also weak to his own weapon.
Which Mega Man 2 boss is infamous for the difficulty of his stage and his tornado attacks (and a famous fan song)?
Air Man ('Air Man ga Taosenai' / 'I Can't Defeat Air Man').
What two major gameplay additions debuted in Mega Man 3?
The slide move and Rush, Mega Man's transforming robot dog.
Which mysterious whistling character debuted in Mega Man 3?
Proto Man (Blues in Japan), Dr. Light's first humanoid robot and Mega Man's 'brother'.
What gameplay feature debuted in Mega Man 4?
The chargeable Mega Buster (charge shot). The game's cover scientist villain is Dr. Cossack, with Wily behind it all.
What is the name of Mega Man's robotic bird helper introduced in Mega Man 5?
Beat.
What item system for storing extra energy debuted in Mega Man 2?
E-Tanks (Energy Tanks). Mega Man 2 also introduced the password save system to the series.
What is notorious about the North American box art of the first Mega Man?
It shows an oddly proportioned middle-aged-looking Mega Man holding a pistol, painted rushed and bearing little resemblance to the character. 'Bad Box Art Mega Man' later became a playable joke character in Street Fighter X Tekken.
What recurring one-eyed blob boss debuted in Dr. Wily's castle in Mega Man 1?
The Yellow Devil. Players famously beat it with the pause trick using the Elec Beam.
Which artist is most associated with Mega Man's design and later series production?
Keiji Inafune - though he refined the original design; planner Akira Kitamura created the initial character concept.
What 1993 SNES spin-off launched a darker future-set series?
Mega Man X, featuring X, his partner Zero, and the villain Sigma, leader of the Maverick reploids.
In the Mega Man Battle Network series, who are the two main protagonists?
Lan Hikari and his NetNavi, MegaMan.EXE.
Which classic-series game returned to 8-bit style in 2008 after a long gap?
Mega Man 9, followed by Mega Man 10 in 2010.
What new mechanic did Mega Man 11 (2018) introduce?
The Double Gear system - Speed Gear (slows time) and Power Gear (boosts attacks).
What happens when Mega Man defeats a Robot Master?
He absorbs its Special Weapon, and each Robot Master is weak to another's weapon, forming a rock-paper-scissors chain.
In Mega Man 3, what mid-game bosses re-use Mega Man 2 boss patterns?
The Doc Robots, which fight with the powers of all eight Mega Man 2 Robot Masters.
Who is Dr. Wily's skull-themed recurring fortress called after?
His skull motif - Wily's castles are commonly known as Skull Castle / Wily Fortress, with the skull as his emblem.
What 1994 American cartoon studio produced the Mega Man animated series?
Ruby-Spears.
When did Mega Man join Super Smash Bros.?
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U / 3DS (Smash 4), announced in 2013 and released in 2014.
What is the name of Mega Man's sister robot?
Roll, a housekeeping robot created by Dr. Light.
Which Mega Man 2 Robot Master is weak to the Bubble Lead?
Heat Man. Bubble Lead is also the only weapon that damages the final Alien Wily boss.
What supporting character runs the item shop in later classic games?
Auto, the green mechanic robot introduced in Mega Man 7.