The influence has also spread to the music industry, with several musicians having remixed several songs from the series. 9 (2016), and the Super Mario Maker-like fan game Mega Man Maker (2017). The franchise's influence has made several developers create games with similar gameplay to Mega Man, including Inti Creates' Azure Striker Gunvolt (2014), Keiji Inafune's Mighty No. Mega Man is considered one of gaming's most renowned franchises, with the video games selling 37 million units worldwide as of March 2021, and several of them being listed among the most influential ever made.
Following Keiji Inafune's leave from Capcom in 2011, the Mega Man series would go on a hiatus until Mega Man 11 (2018). Although the first game sold poorly, the second game would become a huge success for the company, and has since spawned several spin-off series titled Mega Man X, Legends, Battle Network, Zero, ZX and Star Force each series, with the exception of Battle Network and Star Force, take place on the same continual timeline. Mega Man released for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1987, as part of Capcom's endeavors to break into the home console market, as their previous releases for the system were ports of arcade games during the game's development, the development staff took inspiration from anime when designing the graphical style.
Aside from video games, the franchise also spans comic books, television series, tabletop games, and many merchandise. The mainline games are developed by Capcom and Inti Creates, with several other games being developed by various companies, including spin-offs revolving around fighting, racing, and strategy. Wily's sanctum.Mega Man, known as Rockman in Japan is a Japanese science fiction video game franchise created by Keiji Inafune and Akira Kitamura, and owned by Capcom the franchise follows a series of characters with the moniker of " Mega Man", battling a certain threat to the world. Once you've completed the levels and defeated all three bosses, you advance to the Core Room, which is Dr. Picking up Life Savers restores your health which plummets with every hit Also available are Power Pills (increase the length of your Power Meter), Energy Pellet (increase the energy meter for the current Master Weapon) and Energy Cannisters (increase your power meter to the maximum level). Occasionally, when you shoot an enemy, a Life Capsule appears and gives you an extra life. Prior to meeting a boss, you run, jump, climb and shoot your way through a labyrinthine complex of nasty enemies including Batvires, Frogbots and Spyders. Boss weapons include a Nuclear Detonator, a Sonic Wave and an Electric Force Field. Destroy them and pick up both of their weapons to add to your inventory. After warding off a team of snarling, leaping, robot-attack dogs and getting to the second security hut, you're at the Robot Masters selection screen where you select one of three levels to play: Seething Underground Foundry, Paralyzing Power Plant or Blistering Foundry.Īt the end of each level, you face one of three bosses: Sonic Man, Volt Man or Dyna Man. Wily and his evil robot army.Īrmed with your trusty Plasma Cannon that shoots right and left, you begin at the security station outside Dr. The result is a unique version of the game that puts you in the role of the title character, a robot wunderkind created to save the world from Dr. Prior to publishing its own line of PC games, Capcom Entertainment licensed Mega Man to Hi Tech Expressions.