History Franchise / MegaMan

* BottomlessPits: Evil disappearing blocks!
* BusterPower: The player's basic weapon usually uses the word "buster" in it -- the Mega Buster, X-Buster, Z-Buster, Buster Shot, etc.

* BusterPower: The player's basic weapon usually uses the word "buster" in it -- the Arm Buster, X-Buster, Z-Buster, Buster Shot, etc.

* ExtyYearsFromNow: Welcome to 20XX!

* ArcNumber: Almost all of the main series games have eight main bosses, supplemented by something in a group of four.[[note]]Mega Man 3-6 has eight robot masters, and in those games there are also two fortresses with four levels each (VideoGame/MegaMan3 has only one fortress, but there are four Doc Robot stages after the first eight). ''VideoGame/MegaManZero 1'' has eight main bosses and the Four Guardians, while ''3'' has the Eight Gentle Judges and four bosses returning from ''1''. ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'' has eight Pseudoroid bosses, from which you obtain four Biometals, while ''Advent'' also has eight Pseudoroids and four other Mega Men to fight in the Game of Destiny.[[/note]]

* ArcNumber: Almost all of the main series games have eight main bosses, supplemented by something in a group of four.[[note]Mega Man 3-6 has eight robot masters, and in those games there are also two fortresses with four levels each (VideoGame/MegaMan3 has only one fortress, but there are four Doc Robot stages after the first eight). ''VideoGame/MegaManZero 1'' has eight main bosses and the Four Guardians, while ''3'' has the Eight Gentle Judges and four bosses returning from ''1''. ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'' has eight Pseudoroid bosses, from which you obtain four Biometals, while ''Advent'' also has eight Pseudoroids and four other Mega Men to fight in the Game of Destiny.[[/note]]

Mega Man appears as a guest character in Nintendo's ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series on the Wii U and 3DS. Both Mega Man and Roll also appeared in the first ''MarvelVsCapcom'' game.

An [[CashCowFranchise insanely popular]] and [[VideoGameLongRunners long-running video game franchise]] created by {{Capcom}} in the 1980s. [[MarketBasedTitle Known as "Rockman" in Japan.]]

* RecurringRiff: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKgDZrTAVrM Mega Man 1 Stage Start]] theme tends to appear a lot, though it was mostly ditched after ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX3 Mega Man X3]]''.

On September 2, 2015, The Tracking Board [[http://www.tracking-board.com/tb-exclusive-a-mega-man-movie-is-a-go-at-fox/ announced]] that Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox had secured the rights to do a ''Mega Man'' feature film.

* AstralFinale: Most of the UsefulNotes/GameBoy series have their final levels take place in space (the fifth game does not count due to half the boss roster residing in space levels, and the only game to completely avert the space setting is the third one). As for the main games, ''VideoGame/MegaMan10'' saves its very last stage for this trope, right after the usual four stages of a traditional endgame castle. ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce'' also uses this in its first and third games.

* ArtifactMook: The infamous Metools. In the original Mega Man game the little hard hat guys appeared only on Guts Man's stage, which had the look of a quarry/construction site. (Guts Man himself appears to wear a hard hat) however they have since appeared in every Mega Man game on multiple levels and in massive numbers to the point that they are the most common enemy encountered.

* The ''[[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Mega Man]]'' series (sometimes called "Original" or "Classic"), which started the franchise, starring Rock, the creation of Dr. Light, fighting against the forces of Dr. Wily in the year [[YearX 200X]] -- [[{{Retcon}} 20XX from the third installment on.]] (1987);

* {{Expy}}: How many Mega Men and Rolls do we need?! (There are technically ''three'' Mega Man-Roll pairs, in the Classic series, the [[AlternateUniverse Battle Network series]], and Legends series; past that, however, there's a number of blondes running around in red or pink outfits, like [[MegaManX Alia]] and [[MegaManStarForce Harp Note]]).

** Downplayed. No matter what the outlook at the end of the individual series, almost every installment of the robotics timeline is DarkerAndEdgier than the last. The classic series takes place in a generally peaceful time interrupted by Wily's periodic attacks, but the ''X'' series is constantly on the brink of warfare against either willing or Brainwashed terrorists, and the ''Zero'' series takes place during a Dystopian age. ''ZX'' shows some more hope than these last two, but ''Legends'' take place AfterTheEnd -- way, ''way'' After the End.

There have been several TV shows based on the games -- [[WesternAnimation/MegaMan a cartoon based on the originals]], an anime based on Battle Network and dubbed as ''Anime/MegaManNTWarrior'', and [[Anime/MegaManUponAStar a limited-release OAV]] from the early 90s, also based on [[BadassAdorable the]] [[{{Edutainment}} original]] series. There was also another anime based on Star Force which has a dubbed version as well. In June 2015, a new Mega Man cartoon produced by Creator/ManOfActionStudios was announced.

::''If you were looking for the first game, the one that launched this franchise, see VideoGame/MegaMan1. For the original series, nicknamed, the "classic" series, see VideoGame/MegaManClassic.''

* ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'', Mega Man Battle Network is (also written as "Megaman Battle Network" and also known as "Rockman.EXE") 6th Mega Man franchise, which occupies an AlternateContinuity of 200X where Dr. Light (here known as Dr. Hikari, Japanese for "light")'s network research won out over Dr. Wily's robot research; (2001)
* ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'', Mega Man Zero,(also written as "Megaman Zero" and also known as "Rockman Zero") is 3rd Mega Man franchise set 100 years after the "[[WorldSundering Elf Wars]]" which appears to be 100 years after the end of the X series. This stars the EnsembleDarkhorse Zero, now a freedom fighter trying to free the last remaining Reploids against a tyrannic government; (2002)

* ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' Mega Man Battle Network is (also written as "Megaman Battle Network" and also known as "Rockman.EXE") 6th Mega Man franchise, which occupies an AlternateContinuity of 200X where Dr. Light (here known as Dr. Hikari, Japanese for "light")'s network research won out over Dr. Wily's robot research; (2001)

* The ''[[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Mega Man]]'' series Mega Man (also written as "Megaman" or sometimes called "Original" or "Classic" and also known as "Rockman"), which started the franchise, starring Rock, the creation of Dr. Light, fighting against the forces of Dr. Wily in the year [[YearX 200X]] -- [[{{Retcon}} 20XX from the third installment on.]] (1987);

* ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends'' Mega Man Legends (also written as "Megaman Legends" and also known as "Rockman DASH") is 5th Mega Man franchise at least 4,400 years after the ZX series with a new, seemingly-human Mega Man, bearing the name "Mega Man Volnutt." (1998)

* ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' Mega Man Zero,(also written as "Megaman Zero" and also known as "Rockman Zero") is 3rd Mega Man franchise set 100 years after the "[[WorldSundering Elf Wars]]" which appears to be 100 years after the end of the X series. This stars the EnsembleDarkhorse Zero, now a freedom fighter trying to free the last remaining Reploids against a tyrannic government; (2002)

* ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends'' (''Rockman DASH'' in Japan), Mega Man Legends (also written as "Megaman Legends" and also known as "Rockman DASH") is 5th Mega Man franchise at least 4,400 years after the ZX series with a new, seemingly-human Mega Man, bearing the name "Mega Man Volnutt." (1998)

* ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'', Mega Man Zero (also written as "Megaman Zero" and also known as "Rockman Zero") is 3rd Mega Man franchise set 100 years after the "[[WorldSundering Elf Wars]]" which appears to be 100 years after the end of the X series. This stars the EnsembleDarkhorse Zero, now a freedom fighter trying to free the last remaining Reploids against a tyrannic government; (2002)
* ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'', 4th set 200 years after the Zero series, where mankind has been fully merged with Reploids. The problem of Mavericks is still a threat, although the cause for the outbreaks is entirely different. Otherwise normal Humanoids use Biometals to take the form and powers of heroes of old; (2006)
* ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce'' Mega Man Star Force (also written as "Megaman Star Force" or in Japanese, ''Ryuusei no Rockman'' or ''Shooting Star Rockman''), a 7th Mega Man franchise series that takes place 200 years after the ''Battle Network'' games, where {{Cyberspace}} and the human world are even more intertwined via Wi-Fi radio; (2007)

Mega Man (also alternatively written as "Megaman") is an [[CashCowFranchise insanely popular]] and [[VideoGameLongRunners long-running video game franchise]] created by {{Capcom}} in the 1980s. [[MarketBasedTitle Known as "Rockman" in Japan.]]

* The ''[[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Mega Man]]'' series (sometimes called "Original" or "Classic"), which started the franchise, starring Rock, the creation of Dr. Light, fighting against the forces of Dr. Wily in the year [[YearX 200X]] -- [[{{Retcon}} 20XX from the third installment on.]] (1987);
* ''VideoGame/MegaManX'', set [[ExtyYearsFromNow 100 years after the original series]][[note]]Except for ''Command Mission'', which [[ContinuitySnarl somehow]] takes place in 22XX[[/note]], and starring X, the last creation of Dr. Light fighting Sigma and the Mavericks (1993);
* ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends'' (''Rockman DASH'' in Japan), set at least 4,400 years after the ZX series with a new, seemingly-human Mega Man, bearing the name "Mega Man Volnutt." (1998)
* ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' (aka Rockman.EXE) series, which occupies an AlternateContinuity of 200X where Dr. Light (here known as Dr. Hikari, Japanese for "light")'s network research won out over Dr. Wily's robot research; (2001)
* ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'', set 100 years after the "[[WorldSundering Elf Wars]]" which appears to be 100 years after the end of the X series. This stars the EnsembleDarkhorse Zero, now a freedom fighter trying to free the last remaining Reploids against a tyrannic government; (2002)
* ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'', set 200 years after the Zero series, where mankind has been fully merged with Reploids. The problem of Mavericks is still a threat, although the cause for the outbreaks is entirely different. Otherwise normal Humanoids use Biometals to take the form and powers of heroes of old; (2006)
* ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce'' (in Japanese, ''Ryuusei no Rockman'' or ''Shooting Star Rockman''), a series that takes place 200 years after the ''Battle Network'' games, where {{Cyberspace}} and the human world are even more intertwined via Wi-Fi radio; (2007)

Mega Man (also alternatively written as "Megaman or MegaMan") is an [[CashCowFranchise insanely popular]] and [[VideoGameLongRunners long-running video game franchise]] created by {{Capcom}} in the 1980s. [[MarketBasedTitle Known as "Rockman" in Japan.]]

Mega Man (also alternatively written as Megaman) is an [[CashCowFranchise insanely popular]] and [[VideoGameLongRunners long-running video game franchise]] created by {{Capcom}} in the 1980s. [[MarketBasedTitle Known as "Rockman" in Japan.]]