Dr. Light was very skilled in the field, but his biggest acheivements lie in robots. The land almost always had robots-but he decided to elaborate on it. He would make a robot that could help more than the ones that existed. Ones to do jobs too dangerous or difficult for humans, or ones that required extreme care. In this, he began to develop a humanoid robot.
It turned out to be a success. His creation could do anything told to with precise accuracy. But he decided to keep it around before he let it become public so he could be sure of its safety. The last thing Dr. Light wanted was a robot nobody knew about to go out and terrorize.
But his robot did nothing of the sort and obeyed Dr. Light. He was mainly a welding robot, using dual welding cannons. Dr. Light originally wanted to call him 'Protoman', possibly derived from a mix of human and prototype, but the robot easily outlived that name. Dr. Light decided on 'Break Man'.
All went well for a while. Then one day Dr. Light was working on a project of his, and suddenly something went wrong. Dr. Light stumbled back in shock. Break Man dashed forward to guard Dr. Light from what was about to unfold. In an explosion of light, Dr. Light found himself just fine. But, when he looked about, Break Man was gone!
After some more thinking, Dr. Light decided to build another. He named this robot, 'Rock.' Rock was mainly a tool user, so he fixed things mainly. He turned out to be just as good as Break Man. Exact parallels, even.
Dr. Light began to grow excited on how this was going. They really could help! So, he and his partner, Dr. Wily, began to lay out plans for more robots. They would be called 'Robot Masters', since they would supervise lesser robots in tasks as well as do their own.
When Dr. Light got air of this, he was beside himself. He just couldn't believe Dr. Wily would do such a thing. And he knew of the robot masters' capabilities as well. They could destroy anything, and there was nothing he could do.
But, Rock offered to stop Dr. Wily.
Dr. Light figured there was nothing to lose, so he upgraded Rock's systems to shoot plasma and use robot master weapons, and renamed him 'Mega Man.'
(This is the story behind Mega Man (1).)
Mega Man was successful. He defeated the robot masters and Wily. All was quiet for another six months, until Dr. Wily attacked with eight more robot masters-all designed to fight! Dr. Light knew Mega Man would once again volunteer, so when he did, Dr. Light offered to clone Mega Man so he would have a greater advantage. But, once more something went awry. Instead of being cloned, Mega Man was turned into a bioroid-a living, feeling robot.
Dr. Light was astounded by this, but Mega Man still chose to go after Wily.
(This is the story behind Mega Man 2.)
Then, Dr. Wily pretended to have found himself again, and to prove it, he offered to help Dr. Light build a huge peace-keeping robot named 'Gamma.'
The robot would be very large, and to power it, not only would vast amounts of energy be needed, but also special energy crystals. These crystals were found in mines that robots were sent to collect.
Before Gamma was complete, yet another set of eight robot masters stormed the mines and stole the crystals. Once more, Mega Man elected to go stop them and retrieve the energy crystals.
Eventually, Mega Man returned all the crystals but remained stuck to fight several incarnations of previous robot masters. He came out on top and returned, only to find that Dr. Wily had stolen the crystals and Gamma! Mega Man set out to find his fortress.
Mega Man did defeat him, and when the fort began to collapse, Mega Man saw a huge boulder fall on Dr. Wily. Then the same happened to Mega Man.
When the blue bomber woke up, he was in Dr. Light's lab. "Who could have brought you here?" Dr. Light asked. Then the robot Mega Man battled with earlier showed up. It was Break Man!
Dr. Light couldn't believe Break Man had returned, and he was a lso a bioroid by some acciedent at Dr. Wily's. It was a long story, but Break Man believed Dr. Wily was still Dr. Light's ally, so he obeyed him. Break Man had been gone for almost two years and didn't know what was going on. But, it was he who saved Mega Man, and the two found they were brothers. But, they couldn't believe Dr. Wily was really dead.
(This is the story behind Mega Man 3.)
So, Mega Man joins the N-Team, which is composed of Lana, Simon Belmont, Kid Icarus, himself, and a bit later, Kevin. Otherwise known as Captain N: The Game Master!
The N-Team goes through a series of adventures, but even though Mega Man now stays at the Palace of Power mostly, he still likes to go back to Megaland once in awhile to see Dr. Light and Break Man.
Anyway, one day Mega Man is outside doing minor guard duty. He feels that the rest of the N-Team doesn't respect him because he is a robot. This is not true at all, because they throw him a birthday party. Even with that off his shoulders, he feels like he wants to be a human. He then finds out about the Warp of Life, a mysterious entity, which Mega Man finds out can turn him to human! So the N-Team sets out to find it.
After three difficult quests, they find it, and Mega Man is changed into being a human. And the Warp of Life wishes him a happy birthday!
Of course Mega Man trashes them all, and then goes to fight Cossack. But, right before Mega Man could deliver the finishing blow, Break Man teleported in with a girl. Dr. Cossack almost passes out form happiness and jumps down to embrace her. It's Dr. Cossack's daughter, Kalinka! Break Man rescued her! But then, an all too familiar face pops in. Dr. Wily! He was using he Kalinka as a hostage. This forced Dr. Cossack to fight Mega Man, or no telling what Wily would have done with Kalinka.
Cossack apologizes, and Break Man says something startling: The Warp of Life was destroyed.
Mega Man is sad for himself and his borhter, but he goes after Wily once more.
(This is the story behind Mega Man 4.)
Mega Man sets out to defeat the robot masters yet again, and after he does, goes after his brother. After fighting his way through Break Man's fortress, he confronts the red and white robot. A whistle rings through the air, and another Break Man is there! Mega Man is confused. The one who just arrived shoots at the other, and it changes to it's true form! It was a cheap clone of Break Man who led the robot masters! Mega Man disposes of him and finds Wily was behind it again. Go figure. So our hero sets off to do battle with the infamous scientist once again.
(This is the story behind Mega Man 5.)
After stomping the robot masters, Mega Man fights through Mr. X's fort until he reaches the man himself. It turns out to be Dr. Wily.(Who'd a thunk it?)
Mega Man then fights through Dr. Wily's castle until he gets to Wily. When he beats him this time, however, Mega Man captures him! Wily is ranting and raving as he is sent to jail.
(This is the story behind Mega Man 6.)
Mega Man returned to Dr. Light to query about Bass, and Dr. Light thought they were friends as well. Then a monitor lit up, informing the two that Dr. Wily was attacking the robot museum. Mega Man left for there and saw Dr. Wily making off with a robot master, and leaving Mega Man to fight a strange robot. Mega Man won, of course, and found that Dr. Wily had another four robot masters for him to tangle with. Along the way, Mega Man found Bass badly injured and sent him to Dr. Light's for repair.
When Mega Man defeated the final robot master, he went back to Dr. Light's lab. The place was practically destroyed! Dr. Light told Mega Man that it was Bass. Then a monitor lit up with Dr. Wily on it, telling the two that Bass was his creation. Mega Man went off to Dr. Wily's compound once more.
(This is the story behind Mega Man 7.)
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