Mega Man (SSBU)

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Mega Man in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Universe	Mega Man
Other playable appearance	in SSB4
Availability	Unlockable
Final Smash	Mega Legends

“	Mega Man's standard and special moves use weapons copied from the bosses he's fought throughout the Mega Man series, so he has more projectiles than any other fighter. His Final Smash now features Proto Man and Bass!	”
—Super Smash Blog, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Official Site

Mega Man (ロックマン, Rockman) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, officially confirmed on June 12th, 2018. Mega Man is classified as fighter #46.

How to unlock

Complete one of the following:

• Play VS. matches, with Mega Man being the 42nd character to be unlocked.
• Clear Classic Mode with Pikachu or any character in its unlock tree, being the fourth character unlocked after R.O.B..
• Have Mega Man join the player's party in World of Light.

With the exception of the third method, Mega Man must then be defeated on Wily Castle.

Changes from Super Smash Bros. 4

Aesthetics

• As with all veterans returning from Smash 4, Mega Man's model features a more subdued color scheme. Some of the mechanical details on his body are more pronounced.
  • Mega Man's metal areas also appear to show more of a shine.
• Mega Man's Mega Buster now emits a small, blue ring-shaped particle upon firing. This resembles the effect present in Mega Man 8, Mega Man & Bass, and Mega Man 11.
• Mega Man now opens his mouth a little while firing the Mega Buster on the ground, unlike in his own games.
  • Mega Man also has his mouth opened while shielding.
• All of Mega Man's victory animations have been changed in some way;
  • The victory animation where Mega Man fires two Mega Buster shots before posing is modified so he is running instead of falling from the sky.
  • The victory animation where he strikes his title screen pose from Rock Man, the Japanese version of the first Mega Man game, has been reanimated to be slightly slower.
  • Mega Man now shoots thrice into the air instead of twice in his standing victory animation.

Attributes

• Like all characters, Mega Man's jumpsquat animation now takes three frames to complete (down from 4).
• Mega Man dashes faster.
• Due to universal gameplay changes, footstools can now be teched, which worsens his combo game.

Ground attacks

• Neutral attack and Forward tilt have greater range, as the Mega Buster shots travel farther.
  • Mega Man centers his eyes for a short while after using his forward tilt.
• The ability to use any ground attack out of a run in Ultimate benefits the usage of Mega Man's Up tilt/Mega Upper, as combined with its sheer knockback, it can catch landings and punish opponents much more effectively for KOs.
  • Mega Upper deals more damage (clean: 17% -> 20.4%, mid: 12% -> 14.4%).
• Forward smash/Charge Shot has more range, activates faster, and has less ending lag.
  • Charge Shot deals more damage (11% -> 13.8%).
• Up smash/Spark Shot activates faster and has less ending lag. It also deals more damage (15.5% -> 19%).
• Clean Down smash/Flame Blast deals more damage (17% -> 20.4%).
• Dash attack/Top Spin deals more damage (11% -> 14.8%).

Aerial attacks

• Neutral aerial has greater range, as the Mega Buster shots travel further.
• Forward aerial/Flame Sword deals more damage (Clean: 8% Late: 5% -> Clean: 10.2% Late: 6.0%) and knockback, improving its KO power.
  • Flame Sword has less landing lag (Frame: 19 -> Frame: 10).
• The full hit of Up aerial/Air Shooter deals more damage (22% -> 26.4%).
• Down aerial/Hard Knuckle deals more damage (14%/12% -> 16.8%/14.4%).
  • Hard Knuckle has less landing lag (Frame: 24 -> Frame: 15).
  • Hard Knuckle has a bit more reach.

Grabs and throws

• Mega Man's grab range seems to be slightly longer.
• All throws deal more damage.
  • Up throw does more damage (7% -> 8.4%).
  • Down throw does more damage (4% -> 5.4%).
  • Back throw does more damage (11% -> 13.2%).
  • Forward throw does more damage (8% -> 9.6%).
• Mega Man's throws are all reanimated to be less stiff.
• Pummel is quite faster.
  • Pummel deals significantly less damage (3% -> 1.5%).

Special Moves

• Metal Blade deals more damage when spawned (3% -> 6%) and knockback.
  • Metal Blade wobbles once it touches the ground or any surface.
  • Mega Man centers his eyes while standing still with the Metal Blade in his hand.
  • Metal Blade significantly deals less damage when picked up as an item (10% -> 3.6%).
• Crash Bomber visually flashes more intensely.
  • The explosion does a bit more damage (8% -> 9.6%).
• Leaf Shield has a faster startup, less ending lag when thrown, it spins more quickly around Mega Man and the leaves don't vanish upon hitting opponents, and the shield can be thrown much faster.
  • Leaf Shield properly acts like a shield with projectiles now.
  • Leaf Shield is now thrown when the button is released, and will stay around Mega Man when the player holds the button down. Leaf Shield will be automatically thrown after a short while.
  • Leaf Shield no longer allows Mega Man to grab opponents or the ledge while the shield is activated.
  • Leaf Shield does less damage (2% -> 1.8%).
• His Final Smash, Mega Legends, now has both Proto Man and Bass added to the lineup.

Classic Mode: Variable Weapons System: Online!

Mega Man's opponents are stylized similar to the many boss fights that are in the Mega Man series, (i.e Dr. Mario being Dr. Wily).

Round	Opponent	Stage
1	Ice Climbers	Summit (Ω form)
2	Samus	Coliseum (Ω form)
3	Donkey Kong	Kongo Jungle (Ω form)
4	Captain Falcon	Gamer (Ω form)
Bonus Stage
5	Mega Man (×6)	Wily Castle
6	Galleom	?
Final	Dr. Mario, then Mewtwo	Wily Castle (Ω form)

Note: Every round except the bonus stage plays a track from the Mega Man series.

Role in World of Light

Mega Man was among the fighters that were summoned to fight against the army of Master Hands.

During the opening cutscene, Mega Man was present on the cliffside when Galeem unleashed its beams of light. He was vaporized offscreen and placed under Galeem's imprisonment along with the other fighters, excluding Kirby. A puppet fighter cloned from him is later seen, alongside ones cloned from Mario, Pikachu, Palutena, and other fighters.

Alternate costumes

From left to right: Default, Rush Coil, Leaf Shield, Metal Blade, Air Shooter, Slash Claw, Flame Sword and Flame Blast, Thunder Beam.

Gallery

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  Mega Man artwork, as posted on the official Japanese Mega Man Twitter account.

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  Mega Man's fighter card.

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  Mega Man's side taunt on Wily Castle.

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  Performing Crash Bomber in his red and white alternate colors on Summit.

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  Cooling down after performing Spark Shock on Wrecking Crew.

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  Using Leaf Shield with Ivysaur on Tortimer Island.

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  Performing his final smash, Mega Legends.

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  Idling with Rush on Great Bay.

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  Getting hit by Pichu's Volt Tackle on Pokémon Stadium.

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  Mega Man struck by R.O.B.'s Robo Beam on Battlefield.

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  Being thrown by Samus on Find Mii.

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  Mega Man, Peach, Diddy Kong, and Bayonetta fighting around Alolan Exeggutor on Pilotwings.

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  Being grabbed out of shield by Cloud on Great Bay Ω.

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  Mega Man on New Donk City Hall with Daisy and Pit in Stamina Mode.

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  Mega Man, Luigi, and King Dedede getting attacked by the Moon on Pirate Ship Ω.

Character Showcase Video

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Trivia

• Due to an error, Mega Man's character showcase video was originally not accessible on his fighter page on the Ultimate website. The error has since been fixed.
• Mega Man is the only third-party veteran with a new arrangement in their character showcase video, using a new remix of Wood Man’s stage music. Snake, Pac-Man, and Ryu use arrangements from previous games while Sonic, Cloud, and Bayonetta use music ported from their home games.
• Mega Man can recover from a bit above the bottom blast zone with Rush, double jump, directional air dodge. He can make it all the way back up, skimming the bottom blast zone if there's a surface that he can walljump off of.
• Mega Man's Boxing Ring alias is one of only three that have been completely changed in North America, the others being Link and Ryu.
• Mega Man's pose in his official art is notably similar to his pose on the North American and European box art for Mega Man 7, albeit horizontally mirrored.
  • Mega Man also takes on a similar pose during his final smash.