Dreaming of his younger days when he studied alongside Dr. Thomas X. Light— the good-natured and ever-hopeful creator of Mega Man and, eventually, Mega Man X—Dr. Albert W. Wily recalls a creation of his own: the Double Gear system, capable of pushing robots substantially beyond their normal capabilities. Putting his idea into action, the unscrupulous doctor steals eight of Dr. Light’s robots to use for his own nefarious plans, each now powered by the unstable Double Gear system.
