The Fiction Side Of: Mega Man The Original Series

I would like to take a look at a story that I have followed for the longest of times. The story about Mega Man. For those who don't know, Mega Man is a Videogame series created by Capcom that have ran from 1987 up to these modern times. In this time the game have managed to create one of the more confusing fictional storylines that, I have had the pleasure of experience. This will be my effort to piece the story together, from Mega Man 1 to 10.

So let's take a look at The Fictional Side Of: The Mega Man series!

Mega Man:

Ok, so Dr. Thomas light creates the worlds first humanoid-lifelike robots named Rock and Roll. Rock became a lab assistant and Roll became a housekeeping robot. Together with his assistant,
Dr. Wily he also created 6 master robots that would help humans with their more difficult everyday tasks in life. These robots were, Cut Man, Ice Man, Elec Man, Fire Man, Bomb Man and Guts Man.

In secrecy Dr.Wily reprogrammed these robots to do evil instead and ran of with them. Rock, who had resisted Wilys programming volunteered to be rebuilt to the super fighting robot Mega Man! And set out to stop Wily.

Mega Man 2:

So Wily was defeated by Mega Man, but when he got the chance, he decided to build his own robots
that were designed with only fighting in mind. So Mega Man had to fight wily and his goons once again.

Mega Man 3:

Wily was, once again, defeated and decided to become a nice guy again. Together with Dr.Light, he decided to build Gamma, a robot that supposedly would make sure no other bots could go rouge ever again. To build Gamma, Wily and Light needed some kind of crystals, from a crystal mine. The robot masters that were tasked to mine the crystals, went berserk and Mega Man was sent to stop them. After a grueling fight Mega Man and his robot dog rush destroyed the robots, retrieved the crystals and returned to Wily and Light. That was when Wily showed his true colors, again, and stole Gamma. Mega Man hunted Wily down and confronted him in his hideout. In the battle he destroyed Gamma which made Wilys fall apart, almost taking down Mega Man in the process. But just when it seemed like our hero would be buried in the rubble, his long lost brother, Protoman enters and saves him, leaving wily to perish with his Skull Castle hideout.

Mega Man 4:

A year of piece followed after Dr.Wilys demise, and Mega Man gota well deserved rest. But then,
another mad scientist named Dr. Cossack appeared, with his own 8 robots. He claimed that these war machines were superior to anything Dr. Light ever constructed and with them he started to do evil deeds upon the world. Once again Mega Man went to battle, defeating Cossacks robots only to find out that his daughter Kalinka had been kidnapped by no other than....
Dr.Wily!!(Who would have thought that?!). Mega Man saved Kalinka and defeated Dr Wily once again.

Mega Man 5:

Soon after, Dr. Light was kidnapped by... Protoman!? Mega Mans brother had amassed a force of 8 robots to conquer the world. Mega Man defeated his robots and confronted his brother only to find out that it was not his brother that was the culprit, it was an evil copycat named Dark Man, build by Dr. Wily. With the real Protomans help, Mega Man defeated Dark Man and Dr. Wily once again.

Mega Man 6:

Some time after Wily's last defeat, a robot master tournament was held. In this contest people could
design their own robots and have them duel against each other. This competition was sponsored by a guy who called himself, Mr.X. No one knew however, that the competition was a ruse, by Mr.X to gain control of the most powerful robots, so that he could use them for his own evil plots.

Mega Man set out to defeat these robots, and during the process he found out the Mr.X was in fact, Dr.Wily! (Crazy right!?) This time Mega Man managed to capture the evil Dr and put him in jail.

Mega Man 7:

Six months later, unknown robots started to rampage through the city looking for their master. Dr.Wily. Mega Man set out to stop their rampage, only to find a new robot named Bass who also were trying to stop the rampaging bots. During the commotion Dr. Wily escaped and assisted by Bass, Mega Man went after him. After destroying 8 new robot master, Bass betrayed Mega Man and stole plans for something called: The Super Adaptor, an upgrade designed by Dr. Light for Mega Man and Rush. Bass took this upgrade to Dr. Wily who made it work for Bass and his robot dog Treble instead. After tough fight against both Bass and Dr.Wily Mega Man once again managed to be victorious, but failed to capture them as they both managed to escape.

Mega Man 8:

While Mega Man is in the middle of a battles with Bass, a comet crashes on earth. Dr. Wily manages
to be the first one on the scene, noticing a robot and a powerful energy,

called Dark Energy. The evil mastermind collects this energy and uses it to power his robots.
Mega Man arrives late to the scene and finds the robot, and sends him to Dr.Light for repairs. Mega Man himself starts to go after Wily's, Dark Energy fuled robot masters. After successfully destroying four robot masters, the robot at Dr.Lights lab awakens and breaks out. He heads for the desert, followed by Mega Man. A fight ensues between them, a fight that is interrupted by Protoman, who has come to tell Mega Man about Wily's new fortress, Ingeniously called

Wily Tower. Our blue robot hero rushed over there, only to get caught by one of Wily's robots.
He is saved by the robot from space, who now introduces himself as Duo. Duo tells Mega Man about the Dark Energy that he is destined to fight, and together they bring down the rest of Wily's robot forces and in the end Wily himself. Mega Man gets infected by the Dark Energy, but Duo helps him get rid of it. Duo went back in space not to be seen or mentioned again.

Mega Man 9:

Another 8 robot master are wreaking havoc, and the one to blame is Dr.Wily....right? NO!!

This time Dr.Wily have proof that Dr.Light is the one who have build the robots and sent them out to do evil. The proof is some video footage that show Light asking Wily to help do evil with the robots. Wily refuses since he have “Changed his evil ways”. Of course Mega Man knows that Light is innocent and decides to starts to hunt down the 8 robot masters. While doing so he unravels the shocking truth! Dr.Wily framed the good Dr.Light(who has now been taken away by the robot police) with a robot copy. So once again Mega Man goes to wily's hideout and defeats him. After the battle Dr.Wily admits defeat and brings the blue bomber to the cell where light is being held. Protoman arrives warning Mega Man that it's a trap! Mega Man refuse to listen, for some reason and Dr.Light explode sin his face (of course it was the light robot copy). Wily gloats, that Mega Man will die in the ruins of his fortress and escapes. The blue bomber is saved by Protoman, and all is well.

Mega Man 10:

A virus called the Roboenza have emerged! The virus is making robots malfunction in different ways.
Some fall ill and some goes berserk. Mega Mans sister robot, roll have been affected and no one knows how to cure the illness. Dr.Wily is attacked by robots while trying to find a cure for the virus(yea right!) and crashes with his small ship in front of Lights lab. He tells Mega Man about his medicine making machine, that he had to leave behind. Mega Man decides to defeat the robots that went haywire and go fine the machine, so the Light and Wily can cure roll and rid the world of the Roboenza. In the end it is revealed that Wily is the one who actually made the virus as a plot to fool Mega Man. Wily is defeated and has come down with a flue. He is taken to the hospital, where he breaks out from, and ummm leaves a lot of the Roboenza cure behind... for some reason.

Wow! That was a lot of fiction to cover from the original Mega Man series! As you can all see the plot is very basic and it feels mostly like comic relief. It is however a plot that in some way or another ties in to the Mega Man X series, that I will write about some other time.

While the story in the Mega Man Series is not as well crafted as in many other games, I find it simple, crazy and hilariously stupid at times. I think we all have to enjoy some crazy storylines from time to time, in the midst of all seriousness.

I hope you enjoyed the read! Feel free to discuss this fiction in the comment section below!

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