• Top 10 Lamest Mega Man Bosses

  

  Written by Zeromage 24 Comments
  Last Updated:: November 28, 2008

  When Mega Man 1 came out for the NES, it was appropriate that the basic elements were represented as bosses in the game. After Mega Man 1 though, there was Mega Man 2 and 3 which had some of the most innovative bosses in the series. Who could forget the likes of Gemini Man and Snake Man who both made our “Top Ten Bosses from the Mega Man series” list. After Mega Man 3 though, the games decreased in quality and along with this decrease, the creative ideas for the bosses decreased. In this list, we will go through the robot masters that blew our mind in how poor they were as ideas for bosses.

  10. Pharaoh Man

  Pharaoh Man may have looked tall and mean, but he was easy as shit, and his weapon sucked. The Pharaoh shot? What the fuck is a Pharaoh shot? Where in Egyptian culture was there a Pharaoh shot? With so many archetypes from that ancient civilization, you think this bastard could have had a better weapon than the Pharaoh Shot. It did no damage and had no homing power. It was a circular wave that just went towards your enemies at a moderate speed. This was another one of the bad ideas in the Mega man series when they turned to cultures for identities rather than raw elements.

  9. Charge Man

  Charge Man was the one shitty boss in Mega Man 5. What was his weapon? He really didn’t have a weapon except for being able to charge at you. He was like a fat lineman on a high school football team. Well that’s going to far. He did have a weapon. He had a chimney coming out of his dumbass-looking head which could randomly throw out coal at Mega Man. Charge Man was easy to beat mainly because he was dumb in instinctual maneuverability. Cmon, coal powered robots? I thought we were talking about the future here, not the fucking 1950’s.

  8. Stone Man

  Stone Man. What? I thought Wily was trying to create robots to destroy Mega Man. Stone? Really? Stone probably isn’t the best material to make a robot out of. Mega Man could obliterate this guy with his regular weapon without any special weapon being needed. He would need to repair the damaged bricks of his body or he would be destroyed in one shot. Instead of making a boss made out of stone who needed to continually replenish his body with more bricks, why not just make a robot with strong armor? You mean after all these Mega Man’s Doctor Wiley’s best idea for a Robot Master creation was Stone Man?

  7. Spring Man

  What a shitty boss to create. How bad do you feel for Spring Man? All the other robot masters get guns and elemental powers and Spring Man gets a springed body. How the hell was he going to do any damage at all? Luckily for Spring man, he could launch springs at Mega Man. What a weapon huh? Being able to launch springs. Out of everything you could throw at someone, imagine choosing to throw a spring. His jumping ability is what’s supposed to make Spring Man a legitimate boss, but who cares when all you have to attack someone with is springs.

  6. Flame Man

  What’s with the turban on Flame Man’s head? Is he supposed to be Middle Eastern or Indian? Why couldn’t they call him “Middle Eastern or Indian Man” instead? After all, they had a Pharaoh Man in Mega Man 4. He has a flame thrower that apparently comes out of him because he’s able to harvest his own oil. Shouldn’t this bastard be burning up the minute he tries to make flames from the oil that he’s harvesting in himself? Mega Man should be able to walk into the boss room and see Flame Man automatically combust from burning himself. Heat Man was the true flame thrower.

  5. Tomahawk Man

  Now this is a creative name for a boss. “Tomahawk Man”. Chances are, his weapon was going to be a Tomahawk. Wouldn’t it be fun though if his weapon wasn’t a Tomahawk and Wily purposely made his name Tomahawk man in order to fool Mega Man? Give credit to the silver tomahawk itself though. It was a pretty decent weapon, and not only did he shoot tomahawks at you, but he also shoot you with the feathers from his headdress. Yes, this may be the only robot ever created with a headdress. And hopefully it will be the last one as well.

  4. Plant man

  Plant Man is the uncreative brother of wood man. They basically have the same weapons. Instead of leaves hovering around Wood Man though, Plant Man has petals that circle around him that can be thrown at Mega Man that somehow can hurt him. I remember the last time flower petals were thrown at me. I was knocked unconscious and had to be rushed to the hospital. Damn petals! No really, Petal Man looked like an ass. He looked like a panzy who would be better are a tomato planting competition (to see who could go grow the biggest tomato) than being able to fight anyone.

  3. Dust Man

  Yeah, this was a great idea. Bring in the dust buster to clean out Mega Man? Is that how the logic was supposed to go? The motherfucker had a big head though. According to the instruction manual, he was originally made for “industrial sanitation purposes”. Ok, that’s fine, but how the fuck is the janitor supposed to take out Mega Man? It’s bad enough that he gets made fun of for being the janitor, by why does he have to get dominated by Mega Man along with it? His big ass head can try to suck Mega Man towards him. That’s about it though. The janitor will continue to be made fun of after his fight with Mega Man

  2. Yamato Man

  Yamato Man was another crap boss for the nadir of the Mega Man series in Mega Man 6. With the name Yamato, you obviously knew he was going to embody some Japanese aesthetic and have to fight inside some palace. When the creators of Mega Man couldn’t think of any more elements, they went to make bosses that represented countries. Yamamoto Man could throw spears (yeah, you read that right), and had decent jumping ability, but that’s about it though. He even has to retrieve his spears after he throws them! Damn, shitty boss. After all this time of Mega Man prevailing over Wily’s Robot Masters, don’t you think he would try to make them a little tougher?

  1. Centaur Man

  Centaur Man looked like an ass, a big ass to be exact. He threw his hands in the air before battle like he was the mightiest Robot Master Mega Man would ever come across. He was apparently built by a Greek company to serve as a guide around the monuments of ancient Greece. If that’s the case, then why is Centaur Man equipped with space distortion abilities. Could someone explain this to me? What does a space-time distorter have to do with guiding tourists around? They could’ve at least made his special attack be a super trample, that’s more centaur like. How in the hell can this bastard halt time? Can’t there have been a better Robot Master to halt time than a half beast/half man? Wouldn’t some sort of space alien make more sense? Distortion Man? Nah, that’s just as shit too…

24 Comments

1. #1 slippy says:
   November 20th, 2009 at 6:06 pm

   jesus fucking christ. You must be happy to be back on n4g, I’m truly amazed that there are actually some idiots that care to read your top-X-whatever boredom vomits. Get a life
2. #2 chris says:
   November 20th, 2009 at 6:16 pm

   I agree terribly with this thread. Wood Man was pretty lame I think.
3. #3 George says:
   November 20th, 2009 at 6:22 pm

   Wow, was Tomahawk man racist. They might as well have named him Redskin Man.
4. #4 Richard says:
   November 20th, 2009 at 8:34 pm

   Ahah. Wow, the list was great. Not just saying that cuz I had a part in it.
5. #5 TheMountain says:
   November 20th, 2009 at 8:50 pm

   haha. funny shit
6. #6 NecroVMX says:
   November 20th, 2009 at 10:50 pm

   Gotta wonder if you really ever played 4. The Pharoah shot is pretty much the best weapon, you’re supposed to charge it up, not just shoot it. You can also shoot it diagonally once it’s charged, and the damage is pretty massive. You can even exploit it by holding down the charge button and then hitting an enemy above you (say, wily’s saucer, after all the pharoah shot is his weakness) and then if you keep the B button held pause and then unpause and another orb will grow there, with no loss of energy.
7. #7 Nick says:
   November 20th, 2009 at 11:00 pm

   Necro: OW never said you couldn’t charge up the Pharaoh shot. Not only that, but I think you’re reading a little too much into this post. Never saw such passion for defending Pharaoh Man.
8. #8 Lyvyndyr says:
   November 20th, 2009 at 2:55 am

   Really? Wood Man? Toad Man? OIL Man? For god’s sake, he was George Bush in tights! How did none of them not make your list? And for that matter, how did Tomahawk and Yamato Man make it? They might not have been the best designed bosses, but they were far from the worst.

   Oh, and Clown Man. He’s a clown. Why does a clown need to be able to shock you?But lemme guess, catchy character design gets him off the hook, huh?
9. #9 NecroVMX says:
   November 20th, 2009 at 3:46 am

   What “passion”

   Note I’m not defending the character, merely the weapon, which is useful as fuck, not useless as the article suggests.

   Besides the exclusion of Wood Man is silly.
10. #10 Richard says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 8:02 pm

    @Lyvyndyr,

    Wood Man wasn’t lame at all. Go take a look at their Top 10 Best Mega Man Bosses, he has a good reason for why he’s up there.

    Toad Man, while kinda iffy, fit into the Mega Man Robot Master category.

    Oil Man, Hey, at least he’s better than Flame Man.

    Clown Man was not lame at all. How can a clown shock people? Some form of a Joy Buzzer, duh.
11. #11 Toast says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 6:23 am

    This list is terrible, alot of your basis for not liking a boss is how realistic they would be saying plant mans weapon wouldn’t hurt because its flowers because those are totally different than leaves a 100x less affective than bubbles flameman should combust because he has oil stored in him, if your gunna say that shouldn’t all fire robot combust they all have some sort of fuel source in them stoneman is lame because his building material is questionable…REALLY there other robots that were made from worse stuff like junkman or woodman, you have to be a idiot to bring up the realisticness of megaman robots i mean heat man completely changed his body into fire how realistic is that you also have a very obvious bias against mega man 6 is not the best but there are worse bosses like topman toadman junkman clownman magicman junkman tenguman…also pharaohman tall what the hell are you talking about hes the same size almost all of the robot bosses… although charge man was lame kinda lame they were at least trying something new rather than recycled elements and various shields
12. #12 Eddie says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 5:58 pm

    I would agree that MM6 had some of the lamest bosses. Centaur Man and Plant Man suck major ass. There has always been this bias towards the first three games being superior and the later games being sucky. Not true. MM4 is one of the better games. As far as bosses sucking, Shade Man is a tool, Ice Man is retarded, and Top Man is pathetic. Spring Man is a lame concept, but he fucks you up when he slams you into the ceiling.
13. #13 X says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 2:00 am

    Pharaohman is cool…..
14. #14 megamaniac says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 1:43 pm

    Akin to your choice of words, you’re pretty much a good example of being pathetic or perhaps, worse. You’re not one of the best critic around, are you? Use your brain! Think harder, idiot! You’re plainly illogical.
15. #15 Chibito says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 5:45 pm

    But..but..Flame and Pharaoh Man are cool. Okay Pharaoh Shot is lame and the turban is odd but still.
16. #16 blueboy092 says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 5:09 pm

    you fucking suck tomahawk man is cool! hes better then a fucking big pile of wood thats dead with one hit from a sawblade. he was awsome even on megaman battle network. so fuck you and your fake list!
17. #17 Leroi says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 11:22 pm

    all robots from megaman 6 pretty much suck ass. flame man, tomahawk man, plant man, yamato man and centaur man are all among the gayest, yamato man being the culmination of japanese gaywank. gotta give some credit to pharaoh man for having a badass weapon, sure, the guy is easy as hell and all, but the weapon is pure ownage. if you don’t know how to use it properly then fuck off with your gay ramblings. it is funny that you say it’s stupid to make a robot out of stone here and praise wood man as one of the toughest robot masters. stone > wood. wood man had many weaknesses like crash, heat and metal, compared to him stone man was a sturdy mother, only damaged greatly by charged shots and napalm which is win. but i do agree he’s gay and a pussy to boot. charge man isn’t that bad, he has a memorable stage and theme and is a funny chap to spar with. dust man is of course gay all the way, not that original, rips off magnet man with that suck attack, but then again junk man rips off his butt with those hunks of crap he throws around… at least he has a funny stage and the music’s decent. spring man’s an asshole, a gorillaesque man and a total pushover. still, his approach is pretty unique, using fists and throws.

    anyway, my vote for the worst robot master would have to be toad man. looks buttfucked, can be cheese looped to death without any fuss and the whole idea is just plain retarded. why the hell is his weakness drills? no logic there. that rain dance must be the fartingest attack ever, but luckily we don’t have to see it.
18. #18 Jeffrey Heinze Fry says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 3:15 am

    Weird list. I would assume Top Man and Bubble Man would be right at the top. Aqua Man and Ring Man are also terrible. The criticism of Pharoah Man’s power also confuses me… it’s among the most devastating in the series. Major power, long range, defense over your head while charging, able to do double damage by hitting while charging, then firing the charge shot, able to angle the shot…
19. #19 Jon says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 9:51 pm

    Why is Woodman not at the top of this list? It only takes one shot to beat him on normal mode and two shots to beat him on hard mode. And why is Pharohman on this list? You can’t beat Dr. Wily without the Pharoh Shot in Megaman 4.
20. #20 President Steve says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 4:32 pm

    I hated all these bosses. And Jon, lay off Woodman.
21. #21 someDalek says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 10:17 am

    seriously, why is metal man not on this list, he sucked! lol.
22. #22 MMXFan says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 3:36 pm

    Dr.Wily never built the Robot masters in MM6 which explains some of the robots designs.

    Regarding Centaurmans weapon he could had been equipped with that weapon by Dr.Wily after he stole them. I really don’t care about lame designs on robots or such things.. the main aspect is to enjoy the game.
23. #23 mariowinnar says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 6:18 am

    ok now..I know the Battle Network games dont get much credit but I need to point out that several of these bosses are recreated in the series as bad ass enemies, especially yamato man and plant man
24. #24 joe says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 9:57 pm

    Don’t really agree with most of these. Top man was retarded, so was ring man. Gravity man was kind of stupid looking and blizzard man was even worse. I didn’t care for the design of wave man and bubble man (dive man and burst man were way better), but Toad man was easily the most retarded of the already piss poor water bosses. Wind man was just a complete rip off of air man (even if he did look sort of cool). And who can forget Bright man, the guy had a fucking light bulb for a head. Plus, I happen to like a lot of the bosses on your list. I dunno, to each his own I guess.