The Mega Man series, known as Rockman (ロックマン Rokkuman) in Japan, often referred as the "original Mega Man" or "Classic Mega Man" series, is the first series of the Mega Man franchise of games. The first game, Mega Man, was released on December 17, 1987 on the Famicom (FC) in Japan and on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in North America and Europe.
Most of the main games in the series are known simply as "Mega Man" followed by a roman numeral (I, II, III, etc,) however the ninth mainline title in the series is titled simply Mega Man & Bass, and is internally referred to as 8.5. The mainline titles starting with 8 continue the original numeration in arabic numerals, being titled Mega Man 8, Mega Man 9, Mega Man 10 and Mega Man 11.
Dr. Wily takes over the 6 Robot Masters made by Doctor Light, and Mega Man has to stop them! He goes from helping robot to FIGHTING ROBOT and fucks dem up. At the end, Wily bows, and Mega Man walks away. L
Main Antagonist: Dr. Wily
Robot Masters: Guts, Cut, Bomb, Fire, Elec, Ice
Villainous Faction: Corrupted Robot Masters
System: NES
Released: 1987
Final Boss: Wily Machine
Mega Man Powered Up
Dr. Wily takes over the 6 Robot Masters made by Doctor Light, and Mega Man has to stop them! He goes from helping robot to FIGHTING ROBOT and fucks dem up. At the end, Wily bows, and Mega Man walks away. L
Main Antagonist: Dr. Wily
Robot Masters: Guts, Cut, Bomb, Fire, Elec, Ice, Time, Oil
Villainous Faction: Corrupted Robot Masters
System: PlayStation Portable
Released: 2006
Final Boss: Wily Machine Number 1
Mega Man II (1988)[]
Mega Man II
Wily is back with 8 new Masters designed to kill, based slightly on the OG ones. Mega Man legit fucks em all up in da end, and at the end, Wily bows, and Mega Man walks away... again!? Mega Man walks away into the four seasons (??) and I guess it's all Gucci now...
Wily and Dr. Light are working together now and make a big ass peace keeping robot called Gamma! Neat? No! 8 new robot Masters and at the end Wily controls the big bad guy called Gamma. In the end, Wily gets fucking crushed to death! Whoop-de-doo!
Main Antagonist: Dr. Wily
Robot Masters: Shadow, Needle, Magnet, Gemini, Spark, Snake, Hard, Top
Villainous Faction: Corrupted Robot Masters
Remake: NES
Released: 1990
Final Boss: Gamma
Mega Man IV (1991)[]
Mega Man IV
Dr. Cossack, some Russian dude appears and he has 8 Robot Masters!!!!!!! Really? No. Mind controlled by Wily all along... bruh. In the end, Wily err... fucking escapes through a door. Bruh.
Proto Man is back!! Evil?? Kinda. Kidnaps Doctor Light, he sends out 8 Robot Masters, but wait? He's a fake! Wily made four Dark Mans, and yada yada! Wily behind it all. In the end, Wily escapes because of the crashing castle. That shit hurted!
During the Robot Battle Tournament, some dude named Mr. X reveals he controlled Wily all along! Mwahahahahahah! 8 new Robot Masters until you find out just kidding, still Wily, and Mega Man fights Wily and then finally fucking arrests that dude. Jesus Christ.
Wily is in chail, but he made sure to plan this, so he made 8 Robot Masters to break him out of jail! Ruh-Roh Raggy! This time, he has a Mega Man clone named Bass, who saves Wily in the end... Welp.
Some alien Robot called Duo accidentally brings Evil Energy to earth while fighting an evil alien robot, and Wily takes advantage of this by making 8 new robot Masters... Dunno why. In the end, Mega Man is ambushed by.... Dark Energy? In himself? Idk. Wily escapes, whoop-de-do.
Main Antagonist: Dark Energy
Robot Masters: Tengu, Astro, Sword, Clown, Search, Frost, Grenade, Aqua
Villainous Faction: Dr. Wily's Robot Masters
System: PlayStation
Released: 1996
Final Boss: Wily Capsule Great
Mega Man 9 (2008)[]
Mega Man 9
Dr. Light is evil bruh noooooo?? 8 new Robot Masters! Wily has to be behind this! He is lol. At the end, Wily is beat, and brings Mega Man to Light who he kidnapped, but NOPE! Wily lied, and runs away... cringe!
Ruh-Roh Raggy! Looks like Roll came down with a Coll-d. She got Corona bitch!!! Nah jk, some Roboenza Virus is going about making robots kill each other. An L? Sure. What's weirder is that Wily isn't behind this, and he needs Me Gay Man's help to kill 8 new Robot Masters to get the cure! he did that, but yikes bruh, it was Wily all along! ... for the 10th time. Mega Man beats Wily but Wily gets sick too! Oh no! One night at the hospital and he disappears... leaving behind the cure to fix the other robots...!
Main Antagonist: Roboenza Virus
Robot Masters: Blade, Pump, Sheep, Commando, Chill, Strike, Nitro, Solar
Villainous Faction: Roboenza'd Robot Masters
System: Wii
Released: 2010
Final Boss: Wily Capsule
Mega Man 11 (2018)[]
Mega Man 11
After his previous defeat, Wily has a dream remembering the old days in college when his "double gear system" was shot down, which lead to his career in villainy. He gets the bright idea to use it again, and kidnaps 8 Robot Masters from Doctor Light to use for his own evil deeds. 8 new Robot Masters beat by Mega Man, then aw wow! Once again Wily escapes! How does he keep doing this?!
Villainous Faction: Dr. Wily's Double-Gear Robot Masters
System: Nintendo Switch
Released: 2018
Final Boss: Wily Capsule
In the end, Wily creates Zero as his final Mega Man killing machine... is unable to be finished before he dies, and seals him up with the Wily Virus inside him...
And Light's last creation, X, is also sealed up because he's the most powerful robot ever made.
Light and Wily eventually waste away, but Wily has preserved his legacy in the Wily Virus inside Zero, and Light protects his legacy by leaving holographic messages to X for him to use in the future.
Phase 2: Mega Man X[]
100s of years later, Mega Man X is awakened by some doctor Cain, and uses his body to make a race of humanoid robots called Reploids. Reploids mad at people are called Mavericks, and X becomes a Maverick Hunter with some dude name Zero. Maverick Wars begin.
Leader of the Hunters, Sigma, punches Zero who's evil with the Wily Virus, and they switch sides! Sigma now has Wily's will... Zero and X have to team up!
Some dude named Sigma wants to take over the world! 8 Maverick dudes fuck up the scene, and X and Zero are the only one to stop them!! Fuck yeah!!!! He's beat, but oh? It's a clone... bruh. Zero had to sacrifice himself...
Some dude named Sigma wants to take over the world! 8 Maverick dudes fuck up the scene, and X and Zero are the only one to stop them!! Fuck yeah!!!! He's beat, but oh? It's a clone... bruh. Zero had to sacrifice himself...
6 months later, they got the Mavericks done for... but den the X Hunters come back! No!! They resurrect Zero with 8 more Mavericks... it don't work, Zero is brought back, and he's good! But Sigma is for some reason back at the end.
Note: A different Zero appears in the rest of these games. The real DWN: ∞ succumbed to the Wily Virus and was sealed off.
Dr. Doppler cures Maverick Disease! But nope, Doppler was under orders from Sigma and sends 8 new Mavericks to cringe! At the end, Sigma is fought, but oh shit he's a virus that's why he always comes back. Zero puts an anti-virus protection on him, and Sigma is gone!
The Repliforce are created, and they're evil! X fights some dude named Colonel with 8 Maverick Hunters, and we find out that Sigma is once again behind it all... lmao. Colonel sacrifices himself, and Sigma "dies" again lol.
Mavericks: Web Spider, Split Mushroom, Cyber Peacock, Storm Owl, Magma Dragoon, Frost Walrus, Jet Stingray, Slash Beast
Antagonist: Colonel
System: PlayStation
Released: 1997
Final Boss: Sigma
Mega Man X5 (2000)[]
Mega Man X5
Sigma sends "Dynamo" to blow up earth with some colony thing, but they stop Sigma, who's the boss again— in doing so, they release the "Sigma Virus," (an evolution of the Wily Virus he got from Zero.) This envelopes the whole entire earth, and plunges earth into chaos. X has to collect components to make the Enigma Cannon to stop the blow up Dynamo, 8 new Mavericks, etc. etc. Anyway, Zero gets corrupted by the Virus and goes crazy, but he ends up snapping out of it to save X, but dies in the process of killing Sigma... that was long...
Mavericks: Crescent Grizzly, Tidal Whale, Volt Kraken, Shining Firefly, Dark Necrobat, Spiral Pegasus, Burn Dinorex, Spike Rosered
Antagonist: Dynamo
System: PlayStation
Released: 2000
Final Boss: Sigma
Mega Man X6 (2001)[]
Mega Man X6
Three weeks later, the colony thing crashes on earth, and fucks up earth. Some dude named Gate makes a new virus called Nightmare that shits on everyone! Wow!!!!! Aight, same deal. 8 new Mavericks, boom chicka boom boom, Sigma resurrected, yada yada yada, he's beat, and also Zero is also alive bruh? He repaired himself. Das it.
New guy, Axl, becomes a Mav Hunter cuz the "Red Alerts" are just too bad, and their leader, Red, demands that Axl comes back! 8 new Mav Hunters,,, Also no X, he's too good. Anyway, Sigma is back again, but he wants Axl cause he can duplicate Reploids? Anyway, it's all over, and Axl becomes a Hunter again. Nothing else happens. It's cringe.
Humans are worrying that Reploids are gonna be bad, and with Lumine, they want to go to the Moon to live apart from the robots. Aha, but Sigma is involved! Duh... Vile comes back and now there's 8 new Mavericks again... They're beat, and that's that. The fucking end.
Fearing that his presence is a danger for society, Zero goes into a deep sleep for 100s of years, after the virus and all that is gone... Anyway, some scientists analyze Zero's mind, and create the "Mother Elf," who, along with X, finish the Maverick Wars for good. Some scientists create Omega from, and some dude named Dr. Weil proposes combining Omega with the Mother Elf to control all Reploids, but that shit don't fly!
He corrupts her and turns her into the Dark Elf, and the Elf Wars start. Zero comes back and is given a new body to help out, and X and Zero defeated Omega and put an end to the Elf Wars. Though the war lasted for four years, the casualty rate was high, with 90% of the Reploids and 60% of the humans perishing. Weil and Omega are then exiled.
Phase 3: Mega Man Zero[]
Eventually, X seals away the Dark Elf, and his soul is separated from his body to become a Cyber-Elf, and Zero goes into a 100 year slumber.
Mega Man Zero
Mega Man Zero (2002)[]
100 year later, X rules over his place called Neo Arcadia and starts murdering the fuck out of innocent Reploids who he thinks are Mavericks! There is a resistance, and a girl from it named Ciel comes by and wakes Zero up from his 100 year sleep to stop it! Zero destroys the 4 Guardians of Master X, and Zero finds out that X has been gone for a real long time, and "Copy X" was created by Ciel. Real X's soul helps Zero out. Copy X is destroyed, and X leaves Zero to fend for earth in his place.
Antagonist: Copy X
Final Boss: Armed Phenomenon Copy X
Villainous Faction: 4 Guardians
System: Game Boy Advance
Released: 2002
Mega Man Zero 2
Mega Man Zero 2 (2003)[]
One year later, Zero has wandered the desert fighting hoards of enemies. Ciel thinks that they should find the "Baby Elf," but the new leader of the Resistance says nay. While tryna find the Baby Elves, X shows up and says that finding the Baby Elves is bad! (remember he sealed away the Dark Elf.) 3 Guardians come back and wreck havoc, and get Elpizo, the Resistance Leader, to steal the baby elves to try to gain ultimate power, to do the same thing Copy X did. Elpizo wants to resurrect the Dark Elf! Ahhh! Zero forced to watch Elpizo destroy X's original body, the Dark Elf is released, and Zero fucks Elpizo up!! The baby elves leave him and he turns back to normal, but in the darkness, Weil lurks with Omega...
Antagonist: Elpizo
Final Boss: Dark Elf Elpizo
Villainous Faction: Mutos Reploids
System: Game Boy Advance
Released: 2003
Mega Man Zero 3
Mega Man Zero 3 (2004)[]
The Resistance meets Omega, unleashed by Dr. Weil, the man responsible for turning the Dark Elf evil. Weil rebuilds Copy X to take over Neo Arcadia. Both sides try to find the Dark Elf, but Weil finds the Baby Elves first. Omega finally finds the Dark Elf, and the two of them combine!! Now Weil and Copy X wants the Resistance's new energy source, and Zero confronts Copy X again. This time, real X shows up, and Copy X is destroyed... Now, Weil frames Zero for the murder, and Weil controls the city now. Now, he can control all Reploids, excluding X and Zero. Zero finally destroys the Baby Elves, and Weil runs away for Zero to fight Omega. Omega is actually the ORIGINAL Zero body!!! DWN: ∞ becomes Omega Zero. X says that the real Zero is X's best friend no matter the body he's in, and Zero destroys DWN ∞, and the Dark Elf becomes the Mother Elf again... But now, X's power is spent, and his spirit fades away for good.
Antagonist: Dr. Weil
Final Boss: Omega Zero
Villainous Faction: Weil's Numbers
System: Game Boy Advance
Released: 2004
Mega Man Zero 4
Mega Man Zero 4 (2005)[]
Dr. Weil is controlling Neo Arcadia, and it sucks. The Resistance goes to the safe zone called Area 0. (it's the place that crashed in X5.) Weil is pissed, and he tries to fuck it up. Humans are also racist against Reploids. Weil is gonna shoot Ragnarok, his space cannon, at Area 0. Weil is betrayed by one of his men, and the beam shoots at NEO ARCADIA. LITERALLY most of the humans there fucking die. Weil fucking survives this, and he's fucking NUTS! He used to be a human, but now he's an immortal asshole. Zero can't kill Weil because robots are unable to kill humans. Zero says fuck it and O BLIT ER ATES Weil. Ragnarok is destroyed, humans are no longer racist, and Zero has made the final sacrifice.
Antagonist: Dr. Weil
Final Boss: Ragnarok Weil
Villainous Faction: Einherjar Eight Warriors
System: Game Boy Advance
Released: 2005
Ok, so basically it's entirely possible that Weil might be Dr. Wily, and Zero finally rose up to destroy his creator. It's poetic cause Zero was made by Wily, but Zero became good, and carried out the will of Mega Man, who carried out the will of Light. Meanwhile the Zero Virus made Sigma+Weil carry out the will of Wily and therefore the final battle is done that's that boom shacka lacka.
At this point, the line between humans and Reploids gets more and more jaded.
Biometal and Human Integration Saga[]
Energy has been brought back, and all is well, since the renewable energy from Ciel has made the world not shitty. The Resistance becomes the Guardians, who protect people from Mavericks. Humans and Reploid lines are thinner than ever.
Phase 4: Mega Man ZX[]
Ciel takes the Resistance to the Outlands, where they find the remains of Dr. Weil, being the core. Using new technology, they turn this into the W Core (which would eventually be Model W.) The W Core starts turning the Resistance Maverick, including some dude named Serpent. The Resistance is now the Guardians, and the person raised by Ciel called Prairie leads them. Ciel creates a bunch of biometals, including X and Z which can give someone the powers of X and Zero.
Mega Man ZX
Mega Man ZX (2006)[]
200 years later, Vent is the new human protagonist. He gets this package called a Biometal, which basically allows him to transform between different Reploids, like X and Zero. Vent's buddy Giro has the powers of Model Z, which has Zero's powers. the Guardians are lead by Serpent, who actually is the villain! He wants to use Cyber Elves for energy, using people to turn people into energy, in order to find the Model W, which contains the soul of Dr. Weil made from the debris from Ragnarok, to take over the world. Giro dies and gives Vent the Model Z, which fuses with Model X giving Vent Model ZX so he can use the powers of X and Zero. Vent stops Model W and Serpent, and becomes a member of the Guardians to continue to protect people from Mavericks.
Antagonist: Serpent
Final Boss: Serpent Model-W2
Villainous Faction: Pseudoroids
McGuffin: Biometals
System: Nintendo DS
Released: 2006
Mega Man ZX Advent (2007)[]
Mega Man ZX Advent
Ashe is a Hunter who lives off of collecting booty. Gray meets with Vent, and Ashe gets Model A, and some dude named Master Albert wants to find the pieces of Model W again. He's going to reform the world, and forms the Ouroboros with Model W. Albert wants to make a Mega Man War to find out who carries the true Mega Man lineage, and it's obviously Ashe and Vent.
Antagonist: Master Albert
Final Boss: Model W Weil
Villainous Faction: Mega Men
McGuffin: Model Ws
System: Nintendo DS
Released: 2007
Phase 5: Mega Man Legends[]
Thousands of years later, the whole world is covered in water, and there is only one human remaining, everyone else is a Carbon, a person and a robot combined. The last human is called The Master. He creates the Carbons out of his own genetic sequence, which he gives to MegaMan Trigger (Voltnut) for safe keeping. The Master can't live outside with the Carbons he created, and dies, but not before erasing Voltnut's memory, and leaving him in the care of Barrel.
Mega Man Legends (1997)[]
The first Mega Man Legends game. Takes place 1,000 years after ZXA where the whole world is flooded and run by "Carbons." Mega Man Voltknut and Roll are Diggers who find treasure, and stumble upon this island. On it, they try to find a treasure, and in the way discover Mega Man Juno, and Voltknut's mysterious past. The game ends with Roll and Mega Man wondering if there is more to the story, and if Roll's missing parents will ever be found.
Antagonist: Tiesel
Villainous Faction: Bonne Family Pirates
Final Boss: Mega Man Juno
McGuffin: "the treasure"
System: Play Station
Released: 1997
Mega Man Legends 2 (2000)[]
The second Mega Man Legends game, set one year after the first. Mega Man and Roll want to learn more about Roll's parents while Barrel goes on an expedition to a dangerous island where the Mother Lode is said to be kept. Mega Man gets all four keys and enters the Forbidden Island to find the ancient race of people trying to wipe humanity out, so Mega Man stops them!! The game ends with Voltnut on the planet of Elysium with the other race of people, stuck there for ... ummm... what has it been, 23 years?
Antagonist: Sera
Final Boss: Mother Sera
Villainous Faction: Pirates
McGuffin: Mother Lode
System: Play Station
Released: 2000
Mega Man Legends 3 (2011; cancelled)[]
The third Mega Man Legends game. This one got fucking cancelled so I guess it's never gonna happen. Shucks man.
