After defeating a Robot Master-the boss of a level-Mega Man gains the ability to use that Robot Master's special weapon. When Mega Man was released in 1987, the characteristic that made it revolutionary was the choice given to the player of which robot master to attempt first. The player character must fight through the levels using Mega Man's 'Mega Buster'-a cannon attached to his arm-to shoot the robotic enemies inhabiting his environment. All main Mega Man games released prior to 1997 are side-scrolling action platformers. Though all incarnations of Mega Man feature unique stories, settings, and characters, they share several common features. Light's robots, Rock volunteered to be converted into a fighting robot to defend the world from Wily's violent robotic threats, thus becoming Mega Man. Wily in which he reprogrammed most of Dr. In the story behind the original series, Mega Man is a robot originally named Rock, created as a lab assistant by the scientist Dr. Note the run-and-gun and platform gameplay. Mega Man battles mini-boss Hanabiran from Mega Man 9 in Hornet Man's stage. This timeline excludes the spin-off Mega Man Battle Network and Mega Man Star Force series, both of which take place in an alternate universe where the internet flourished rather than robotics. The core games in the franchise have all been set in a single continuity the storyline of the 'classic' series is succeeded by the Mega Man X, Mega Man Zero, Mega Man ZX, and the Mega Man Legends series. The main series consists of eleven games, the standalone Mega Man & Bass, the spin-off Game Boy series (released in Japan as Rockman World), and various ports, remakes, and compilations.

As of July 26, 2022, the series has sold 38 million units worldwide. The original game was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987, and spawned a franchise that expanded to over 50 games on multiple systems. Mega Man, known as Rockman in Japan, is a Japanese science fiction video game franchise created by Capcom, starring a series of robot characters each known by the moniker ' Mega Man'.

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