Wily returns as antagonist in subsequent titles of the main series,[5] each time with a different scheme,[6] only to ultimately be defeated and surrender to Mega Man.
[9] According to artist and producer Keiji Inafune, Wily's name and design are inspired by Albert Einstein, and he was initially conceived to appear as a tall, thin scientist with a mustache, glasses, balding hair, and lab coat.
[10] As development on Mega Man progressed, Inafune redrew Wily to match the in-game sprites, making him shorter and removing the glasses from his design.
[12] With the production of Mega Man 2, Inafune decided to redraw Wily's design completely, aiming to tie into the common perception of a mad scientist.
[23][24][25] Mega Man 11 producer Kazuhiro Tsuchiya explained his exclusion in the game, stating that "What we struggled with the most was how to develop a clear and engaging story that builds upon the previous installments while appealing to a wide range of players; new players picking up a Mega Man game for the first time, those who may have forgotten the series' backstory, and the hardcore fans who remember the events of 9 and 10 as though they happened yesterday.
He seeks to defeat Mega Man and be acknowledged as the world's strongest robot, and as such frequently rebels against Wily when he feels he is standing in the way of his goals.
[29] In Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters, where Zero makes a cameo appearance, Bass seeks to destroy him to prove that he is stronger than all other robots, as Wily says that he is a creation that could surpass him.
Roll has proved popular amongst fans, who have created various ROM hacks and fangames to place her in the main role as a female counterpart to Mega Man.
[30][31][32] Theresa Romano from The Mary Sue said Roll had been the sole female robot in the franchise's universe to have made a lasting impression on the Mega Man fandom.
Having been created for the purpose of destroying Evil Energy, he has the unique ability to purge it from an infected victim's body, as demonstrated when he saves Mega Man.
Eddie, originally known as Flip Top in early Western manuals, is a robot that Dr. Light created as a "walking suitcase", who first appeared in Mega Man 4.
Sniper Joes are a recurring enemy throughout the classic series, and most variants often operate machines such as walkers, gun turrets, jet skis, and helicopters.
Early Western media referred to the Yellow Devil as the "Rock Monster", a change made due to Nintendo's policies regarding religious figures and names.
After Dr. Wily's plot is thwarted, Dr. Light and a Double Gear System-enhanced Auto recovered their bodies and worked to rebuild and restore them to normal.
They are led by Terra, known as Earth (アース, Āsu) and made of materials that normal weapons cannot damage, forcing Dr. Light to create the Mega Arm to counter them.
Dr. Light created him, but feared the ramifications of giving robots free will and so chose to seal him inside a capsule for 30 years to test the integrity and reliability of his systems.
Axl (アクセル, Akuseru) is a black and red-armored reploid with an X-shaped scar above his nose who wields a pair of handheld blaster pistols.
In Mega Man X5, Alia served as the Hunters' spotter during the Sigma Virus outbreak, while lending her technical talents to the cause by uploading and letting X utilize the Falcon and Gaea armor.
As the chronology of the Mega Man franchise progresses, the term "Maverick" comes to mean any individual or creature, human or Reploid, that presents a threat to civilization or those in power.
Sigma (シグマ, Shiguma) is the primary antagonist of the Mega Man X series, who Dr. Cain considered to be the finest reploid of the time, with circuitry designs meant to prevent him from becoming a Maverick.
Its members are Violen (バイオレン, Baioren), the muscle and enforcer, Serges, known as Sagesse (サーゲス, Sāgesu) in Japan, the brains and scientist, and Agile (アジール, Ajīru), the speed and military strategist.
The Nightmare Police (ナイトメアポリス, Naitomea Porisu) is a duo of Reploids who Dr. Doppler enlisted as law enforcement in Dopple Town to protect it before the uprising and joining his army, consisting of Bit, known as Vajurila FF (ヴァジュリーラＦＦ, Vajurīra FF) in Japan, the faster of the two, and Byte, known as Mandarela BB (マンダレーラＢＢ, Mandarēra BB) in Japan, the stronger of the two.
After defeating some Maverick Hunters in their headquarters, Double pursues X inside the Final Weapon and reveals his true form to him, causing X to realize he was betrayed and confront and destroy him in combat.
The following is a list of characters from the Mega Man Battle Network series of video games and the MegaMan NT Warrior (Rockman EXE) anime and manga.
Mega Man Battle Network 6's post-credits scene reveals that Lan and Mayl eventually married and had a child they named "Patch" ("Raito").
[66] In Axess, he visits Dr. Hikari to look over a commandeered Dimensional Converter the Darkloids use to substantiate in the real world, and is eventually recognized as the leader of Nebula.
Duo (デューオ, Dyūo) is a mysterious being from outer space, who in Mega Man Battle Network 4 and Rockman EXE Stream seeks to "cleanse" Earth of evil.
In the anime, Duo also possesses the ability to separate Navis and operators from Cross Fusion, allowing them to take on physical bodies while in his asteroid.
Cyber Beast Glaga (電脳獣グレイガ, Dennōjū Gureiga), known as Cybeast Gregar in English, is a wolf-like sentient program which, similarly to the Gospel Megavirus, was created from accumulated bugs.
In the anime, Yuichiro is often responsible for new designs and additions to existing PET models, and his research into the nature of Dimensional Areas leads to the creation of the "Synchro Chip" and Cross Fusion, an ability that allows an operator to merge with their NetNavi.