Best and Worst Robot Masters (Megaman)

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2003-07-25 03:55pm

OK, who's the best and worst robot masters in the classic Megaman Series (not X, or Battle Network)?

MM1
Best: Elecman, because his power is clearly the coolest. Bombman would get more props if he didn't have manboobs.

Worst: Iceman, not only is he a little shit, but his damage Ice Blast thing whacks off a third of your hits in every shot.

MM2
Best: I'm going to have to cast my vote for Quickman, more for his power than anything. When I was eight and could really mash the button, I could have enough Quick Boomerangs in the air to screw up the games sprite engine and make Megaman invincible. If only it didn't turn him pink, though.

Worst: Well, normally I'd say Flashman, but his power has saved my ass on Quickman's level, so I'm going with Bubbleman, the patriarch of all shitty water robots of Wily's to come.

MM3
Best: Shadowman. Good old Shadowman, combining my love of ninjas and my love of robots. Honorable mention goes to Magnetman, for his weapon at least sort of tried to self-target.

Worst: Oh, shit. Megaman 3 really had it's share of winners in this category. It's a toss up between Needleman, Snakeman, and Topman. All have craptactular powers, but I'm going to have to go with Snakeman, because his power is dumb and his weakness is a top. A top! Plus, his level has some unusually bad object detection.

MM4
Best: "In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king". Pharaohman is the pick of the litter here, if only because once you get his powers you can hold down the button and run around hitting guys with the glowing fireball over your head without it hurting you.

Worst: Hrm... I'm tied between Brightman and Ringman. Brightman because his power is offically useless (you'd think that a time stopping power wouldn't suck, but there you go) and he looks like he's been licking Toadman. Ringman because, well, look at him! You want to get some Bubble Lead from Bubbleman, dunk Ringman in it, and let your dog chase bubbles around.

MM5
Best: Naplamman, because he gets the award for Best Robot that Was Meant for a Game with a Decent Sprite Engine. He looks like if the Nintendo could handle it like he could bust out a Macross Missile Massacre. Unfortunately, he doesn't, but he's still the best out of the rejects for this year.

Worst: Starman gets it for character design and worthless power. Come on, he's got a giant shiny star for a torso. Gravityman gets an honorable mention because he's a piece of shit who can't use his power outside and is easy as all hell.

MM6
Best: Centaurman, despite having a horse's ass and being yet another time freezing robot, actually has a decent power when you get it. Plus, he's at least original.

Worst: Plantman. Look at him! I mean, he's got those tentacles, but Megaman isn't a japanese school girl despite the voice actor that was chosen for him in MM8, and he's got another shitty shield power.

MM7
Best: Shademan. Not because he's particularly good (none of the MM7 robots are) but because he's clearly the result of an unholy alliance between Dr. Wily and Mr. Burns.

Worst: Man, I want to say all of them, but I'm going with Springman. Why? Because he's a fucking spring. Turboman gets an honorable mention for being a rehashed Chargeman and Junkman because he was assembled from the parts of lesser crappy robots to create a SUPER crappy robot that has yet another shield power.

MM8
Best: OK, this one has a clear winner. Tenguman is cool as all hell. He's the total package, he's toughlooking, he flies, he's got lots of attacks, and when you get his power, it's the single most useful thing in the whole game. Even his pinnochio nose is excusable, since he's a Tengu. Grenademan gets a nod for being packed with explosives.

Worst: This one has an equally clear winner as well. Aquaman, who is what happens after Dr. Wily has watched too much Will and Grace and decided to make the chracter Jack into a robot. But Aquaman being a bad flamingly gay stereotype isn't all, he's got crappy water powers and his weapon sucks hard. Astroman is number two, because he actually cowers in fear when you have Searchman's Homing Sniper, meaning that you can go the whole fight without him fighting back, but balances it somewhat by having a really cool power.

Rockman and Forte
Best: They wussified Tenguman in this version, unfortunately, so I'm going to have to go with Burnerman, who is freakin' hardcore and his power is pretty good.

Worst: I'd have to say Coldman. What a shitty, shitty robot. He's like Heir to the House of Iceman, in a bad way. At least his power is useful. Astroman is another candidate, because while he clearly took a class on self-confidance so he doesn't refuse to fight anymore, he's still really lame and doesn't have Astro Crush anymore.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-07-25 04:25pm

Fits a wee better in gaming.

Sriad · Post by **Sriad** » 2003-07-25 05:18pm

Good post. I gotta complain about Woodman not showing up though. The various tree-based robots are IMO worse than the water guys.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2003-07-25 05:31pm

Sriad wrote:Good post. I gotta complain about Woodman not showing up though. The various tree-based robots are IMO worse than the water guys.

This is true... Woodman does have not one but two weaknesses (Metalman and Heatman), plus has a shield power. I give him props though because he's got the best of the shield powers.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-07-25 05:59pm

Snakeman's weakness was the Needle Cannon. The Topspin was for use against Shadow Man (4 to take him out).

The worst ever though was Top Man...despite the fact that his power was needed to beat MM3.

johnmarkley · Post by **johnmarkley** » 2003-07-25 06:16pm

I'm only familiar with the first four, but my votes are are Bubbleman for worst power, and Pharoah Man for worst concept.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2003-07-25 06:18pm

Dalton wrote:Snakeman's weakness was the Needle Cannon. The Topspin was for use against Shadow Man (4 to take him out).

The worst ever though was Top Man...despite the fact that his power was needed to beat MM3.

Hrm... you're right. Still.

Eframepilot · Post by **Eframepilot** » 2003-07-26 12:29am

Metalman was the best robot master of all. Okay, he was really easy to beat with the arm cannon and he died in one hit from his own weapon, but his Metal Blades rocked! Eight-directional extra-sized discs of doom that drained the weapon energy meter very slowly. What was Dr. Wily thinking? So, yeah. Metalman.

SAMAS · Post by **SAMAS** » 2003-07-26 07:47am

I loved Metal Man simply because you could have one hell of an old-fashioned Shoot-out with him. And yes, Quick Man was, and still is, one of the most bad-ass Robot Masters of all time. Worst was Wood Man. Not only could the Crash Bomb hurt him even with the shield, and the Metal Blades hurt him badly without, but a fully-charged Atomic Fire could kill him in one hit!

Gemini Man(MM3) was also pretty cool. He also had a decent weapon. Needle Man escapes complete suckitude because his weapon was so damn useful.

There was this one Robot Master, I forgot his name, but he was definately the coolest(No put intended) of all the Ice-bots. It may have been Snow Man, but I dunno. He was the really huge one that looked like an igloo.

But an honorable mention must be given to... The Rock Monster/Yellow Demon.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2003-07-26 03:34pm

SAMAS wrote:There was this one Robot Master, I forgot his name, but he was definately the coolest(No put intended) of all the Ice-bots. It may have been Snow Man, but I dunno. He was the really huge one that looked like an igloo.

Frostman, I believe. Was he in MM8 and stomped on little ice Megamen he made in his opening animation?