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'''Mega Man''' ({{ja|ロックマン|Rokkuman}}, ''Rockman''), also referred to as '''Mega''' ({{ja|ロック|Rokku}}, ''Rock''), is a character from the eponymous ''{{uv|Mega Man}}'' series by [[Capcom]]. He was announced as a playable character for ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'' in the [[E3]] 2013 [[Nintendo Direct]].

Mega Man is a highly advanced robot with a near-human personality created by Dr. Thomas Light. In the year 20XX, Dr. Light and Dr. Albert Wily worked together to create robots with unprecedented artificial intelligence that could be used to supervise other less advanced robots. However, the two later had a falling out over differences of principals, as Dr. Light considered Dr. Wily's experiments unethical and dangerous. This research eventually resulted in a prototype robot known as Proto Man (called Blues in Japan). While a technical achievement, his free-spirited personality programming became an issue when he needed his unstable core fixed. The fear of being tampered with caused him to run away and go into hiding for years. Dr. Light theorized that Proto Man ran away because he desired a companion, so he next designed two robots: Rock, designed as a lab assistant, and Roll, designed for house work.

:'''Mega Man'''

::{{Flag|North America}} ''The main hero from Capcom's 1987 action game, Mega Man. He travels from stage to stage, defeating Robot Masters to obtain new weapons. He uses this vast arsenal in Smash Bros. in a variety of ways. Metal Blades, for example, can be fired in eight directions and picked up off the ground!''

::{{Flag|Europe}} ''In 1989, Capcom's new action hero, Mega Man, arrived in Europe! He made his way through levels, defeated bosses and took their weapons. He's got plenty of weapons in this game, too. His Metal Blade, for example, can be thrown in eight directions and goes right through foes! If it sticks in the ground, though, anyone can pick it up.''

:'''Mega Man (Alt.)'''

::{{Flag|North America}} ''Mega Man has more than 10 different weapons at his disposal. His forward air attack, Flame Sword, affects a wide area and doesn't leave much of an opening, making it useful in a variety of situations. His Leaf Shield special spins four leaves around him to deflect projectiles or hurt foes. He can also fire the leaves forward.''

::{{Flag|Europe}} ''Mega Man has more than ten different weapons at his disposal. His forward air attack, Flame Sword, affects a wide area and doesn't leave much of an opening, making it useful in a variety of situations. His Leaf Shield special spins four leaves around him to block attacks projectiles. He can also fire the leaves forwards.''

 

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MegaManTrophyWiiU.png|Classic (Wii U)

MegaManAltTrophy3DS.png|Alt. (3DS)

MegaManAltTrophyWiiU.png|Alt. (Wii U)

*Mega Man, [[Simon]], [[Hero]], [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]] are the only third-party playable characters in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series to have debuted on a Nintendo system. Mega Man and Simon doing so on the NES games ''Mega Man'' and ''Castlevania'', respectively, the Hero debuted on the Nintendo 3DS with ''Dragon Quest XI'' (and his alternate costumes, Erdrick and Solo, both debuted on the NES), and Banjo and Kazooie made their formal debuts in ''Banjo-Kazooie'' for the Nintendo 64.

*Mega Man, [[Steve]] and [[Pac-Man]] are the only playable third-party characters who don't have any voice clips.

**Mega Man and Pac-Man are also the only third-party characters to debut as starters.

*Mega Man's ability to [[wall jump]] in the ''Smash'' series is a reference to the subseries ''Mega Man X'', where {{b|X|Mega Man}}'s wall kick was an integral part of the game.

*Mega Man is the second playable character to be referred to by an alias, rather than a form of their real name, after [[Snake]] and predating [[Bayonetta]] and [[Joker]].