Weekly Top "10" Mega Man Classic Series - Top 15 Best Characters

Top 15 Best Characters
There were more cool characters that didn’t quite make the cut: Guts Man is a classic. So were Metal Man and Gyro Man. The list goes on. But this list isn’t the most popular, but the outright coolest. That’s why Dive Man didn’t make it. Why’s he so popular anyway? He’s just Hard Man in submarine form!

15. Tengu Man
“Feel my power!” Many of the Air-oriented bosses of the series weren’t that cool, including the most recent Tornado Man design. And his Tornado Hold has become as classic a weapon as Wood Man’s Leaf Shield. What the heck is a “Tengu”, anyway?

14. Snake Man
Excellent concept, cool design and the most recognizable normal stage music in the entire series. His weapon wasn’t all that great, but who cares? Plus, they made him even awesomer in the animated series with the creepy voice and the evil red eyes.

13. Gemini Man
Yeah. He’s cool. Any guy that can create an exact clone of himself is cool. He’d be the only one till the X series to do that.

12. Crystal Man
Those of us old enough to remember the animated series remember just how cool this guy was. Hi-jacking spaceships and all that. Awesome.

11. Slash Man
MM7 was a failure. Any true blue fan of the series can tell you that. But Slash Man was pretty cool. He was also one of the most difficult bosses of them all (with Mega/Plasma buster only) probably sliding in right behind Air Man.

10. Skull Man
If there’s a robot master that doesn’t really fit the series, it’s probably this guy. But he’s cool nonetheless. Too bad his weapon is one of the most useless in all the games.

9. Cut Man
Okay, so he’s not that cool. But fans’d lynch me if he weren’t in here. What’s so great about a guy with scissors on his head? I don’t know, but apparently it is.

8. Crash Man
I don’t see this guy getting a whole lot of attention from fans. Why not? He has one of the most interesting character designs of the series. Plus, without his Crash Bomb, how would you kill those blasted turrets? Give a brother some respect. One of my personal favorites.

7. Devil Series Robots
Just when you thought you killed the last one, he appears in a random Wily level outta nowhere. Most difficult form: Probably the MM9 version.

6. Pharaoh Man
Most people hate this robot master. I just think it’s ‘cause they’re jealous of his awesome powers. This was one mean dude. A lot of the difficulty was getting around the platforms without getting flattened like a pancake.

5 ½. Turbo Man
“It’s Turbo Time!” I just couldn’t resist this one. The actual MM Turbo Man was okay, but it would’ve been cooler with Arnold in tights as the actual boss. Also: very annoying level. One of the hardest. [EDIT: Anyone seen Jingle All The Way? -Scott]

5. Proto Man
So you’re playing MM3. You’re cruisin’ through Hard Man’s fortress. Then HE drops in. What a jerk. But we all grew to love his character somehow by the end of the game. How does that work? Who cares? He’s just awesome. If only he had some brains he would get himself fixed up instead of trying to act macho.

4. Quick Man
You think you’ve got it all figured out: Drop, drop, drop, run through the dark and shoot the flamey-headed dudes, drop, then use Time Stopper. You pick up a few weapon refills on the way and you’re on easy street. You walk through the boss doors and voila! You’re all out of his weakness! Pharaoh Man is a lot like Quick Man in that a bunch of the difficulty is maneuvering the landscape without being pounced on. Plus, he had an evil smirk/glare that no other master could rival.

3. Shadow Man
Ninjas. The end. Notice that pirates didn’t make the cut until M&B, but no-one cares about him, it’s all about the ninjas! His Shadow blades were pretty wicked, but easy to dodge. What keeps the fight interesting is the slide that he’ll throw in now and then when you start getting cocky. One downside: his weakness is pretty much the worst designed weapon of the series.

2. Break Man
Who is this mysterious masked man? Only seen once, ever, but still really cool. But why do they call him Break Man? The eternal question. And no, It’s not cheating having Proto Man on this list twice. That’s just how awesome he is.

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1. Mega Man. The Blue Bomber. Rock Man. Knuckle Kid. Whatever you call him or whatever form he appears in, he lives for one principle: Shoot-and-steal. Just think of the VG industry without him. It’s impossible to imagine since he’s contributed so much to the industry. He deserves the #1 spot this week

~HS