Wii Warm Up: Preference Man

by JC Fletcher on Aug 14th 2008 8:00AM

The Mega Man series is loaded with Robot Masters. Over the eight main-series games, there have been 64 (including the two from Mega Man Powered Up -- why not), and that doesn't even begin to encompass the enormous crowd of themed robots who jump around in a prescribed pattern and fire some kind of stealable weapon at (a) Mega Man.

What's your favorite? Ours is Wood Man, because he's just impractical enough to be hilarious -- evidently, Dr. Wily knew the whole Robot Master thing was a wash fairly early, but was contractually obligated or something, so he built one on the cheap out of stuff he found behind his house. Why else make a wooden robot to fight a super-powerful enemy? And yet, he still kind of has a sensible theme, unlike, say, Shade Man.

Tags: mega-man, robot-master

Reader Comments (25)

Oh so many.. how do you choose? Its like choosing a favorite child. Quick Man is definitely one of my favorites.. though his level is probably the worst of the entire series.

I also enjoy Crash Man, whose level's music is pretty killer. (Of course if killer music is the only chriteria for ametiveness, I'm pretty much stuck between a dozen or so)

Everything koehler said is exactly how I feel. I like the Robot Masters mostly on their themes alone, and Crash Man is the bestest of the bestest.

Junk Man recycles!

Heatman - very clever design (a lighter), looks cute, nice colors

I always wondered about Bubbleman, how do bubbles hurt Megaman? I mean, they're bubbles, if anything, he should feel clean and refreshed after a good scrub?

But his music was definitely awesome.

If I recall correctly, and sadly I am 99% sure I do. The weapon was called "Lead Bubble". So apparently the bubbles were made of translucent... lead. Also would explain why they just dropped to the ground and rolled away.

I always wondered about Bubbleman, how do bubbles hurt Megaman? I mean, they're bubbles, if anything, he should feel clean and refreshed after a good scrub?

Metal Man, because his weapon is awesome.

How awesome?

So awesome.

specially because you can kill metal with his own weapon only with 1 shot. I loled pretty hard when I tried using thei own weapons to defeat the robots master and this happened. Man my stomach hurted pretty bad of all the laugh

For legitimate respect, my favorite is probably Quick Man. Sure, the fact that he has an adjective instead of a noun in his name makes him sort of an odd ball, but he looks cool and has a unique place in the Mega Man world.

For mockery purposes, I love all the redundant guys.

Shade Man and Shadow Man.

Bomb Man, Crash Man, Napalm Man and Grenade Man.

Ice Man, Blizzard Man, Freeze Man, Frost Man, and Cold Man.

The list goes on.

I can safely say any of the mega man 2 bosses are my fave! Best bot, Protoman hands down! Who doesn't love that catchy whistle???

Amen to that. I catch myself whistling his tune all the time. I was pissed that they made Proto Man evil in the Ruby-Spears cartoon.

Quick Man. So badass.

For some reason I've always loved Gravity man. Maybe it is because he looked so badass on the MM5 Boxart, or maybe because his weapon makes all the little baddies soar into outer space, either way he's great.

My other favorite is cutman due to his design, attack, and theme music which rocks so hard.

I can't believe no one mentioned Pharaoh Man.

I mean come on...an evil robot Pharaoh? Only in Mega Man.

I'VE GOT WOOD, MAN!

I'd say Bubble Man for his music, but Wood Man out of.... sheer genius.

I mean... building a robot out of wood? That's outstanding... with wood gears and rope-wires... and whatnot. Sheer amazing scientific skill is the master of this creation.
And able to shoot leaves that can hurt other robots? Astounding.

My favorite was Tomahawkman (Megaman 6). The 8 Robot Masters in Megama 6 each represented a country (Flame = Saudi Arabia, Blizzard = Antarctica [?], Plant = Brazil, Tomahawk = USA, Yamato = Japan, Knight = England, Centaur = Greece, Wind = China). As an American, I support the American robot, Tomahawkman. Though I should also support Knightman and Windman because those two actually WERE created by American Megaman fans.