He received a Nobel Prize for Physics, and his old colleague and rival Dr. Wily has grown bitter for not being acknowledged for his work on the project.

Wily discovered a prototype robot made by Dr. Light before Rock and Roll called Proto Man, who is in danger of having his energy generator go critical.

Rock volunteered to stop Wily and rescue his friends, and Dr. Light converted him into a fighting robot, giving him a new name: Mega Man.

The game is a remake of the original NES Mega Man title and has similar gameplay and level designs.

[9] In lieu of the missing Robot Master, an evil clone of Mega Man will be added to their respective spots and stages as a boss instead.

Additionally, the remake lets players unlock and play through the game as the eight Robot Masters, Roll, and Protoman.

[8][10] Mega Man Powered Up was developed and published by Capcom for the PlayStation Portable handheld game console.

[11] Producer Tetsuya Kitabayashi stated that redesigning the character models was a result of the PSP's 16:9 widescreen ratio.

[2] As the size of the remake's stages are not proportional to those of the original, the widescreen ratio also presented the developers with more space to fill.

[18] The Robot Master Oil Man originally had black skin and pink lips, which GamesRadar identified as a "1920s caricature."

[32] Despite poor sales, it received generally positive reviews, currently holding aggregate scores of 83% on GameRankings and 82 out of 100 on Metacritic respectively.

[33] Gamasutra writer Connor Cleary praised its improvements of the original Mega Man and noted that those who do not love the art style would be able to get over it after playing.

[30] In his review, Jeremy Parish, also from 1UP.com, called it "one of the most addictive PSP games to date" and felt that it reminded players of Mega Man's greatness.

[35] He later included it in his list of games to play on a short flight due to its quick levels and auto-save feature.

[7] Detroit Free Press called it "a must-buy for fans of the long-running series, despite its super cute-ified new look.

"[37] Matt Keller from PALGN called the original an "all-time classic" and felt that Powered Up was "the remake it deserves.