ROBOT MASTERS

Each Robot Master and stage is inspired by different time periods and countries (or in some cases, an amalgamation of multiple countries). Further embracing the global theme, Mega Man 6 marked the first instance where Capcom selected a Robot Master submission from a non-Japanese fan (from 200,000 total submissions). In fact, two winners from outside Japan were chosen: Knight Man’s creator was from Canada, and Wind Man’s designer hailed from the United States. Wind Man had originally been submitted for Mega Man 2 (which featured Air Man instead).

Knight Man’s designer claimed he had never played Mega Man 6 or faced his own creation in-game, as all the video rental stores in his area had switched exclusively to Super NES titles at the time. For the North American cover art, Wind Man and Knight Man are the only two Robot Masters shown (the third robot is an enemy from Yamato Man’s stage).

Mega Man 6 is the only Classic Mega Man game to display the stats of Robot Masters during their stage introduction. Mega Man X, Mega Man Battle Network, and Mega Man Star Force would each use a similar stat screen at some point.