Shade Man

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~ Shade Man

Background

Shade Man is a Robot Master from Mega Man 7 built to look like a vampire. He originally was an attraction robot from the haunted house of an amusement park, but was stolen and modified for combat by Dr. Wily. Wily installed sound wave equipment intended to control human minds, but due to a wiring error, it instead generated powerful destructive sound waves that are used as a Special Weapon called Noise Crush.

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Shade Man’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

Mega Man 7
Shade Man flies across the top of his room from side to side, and may dive at Mega Man. If he successfully grabs Mega Man, he will start biting him on the neck to drain his oil, recovering one energy unit for each two units Mega Man loses until he manages to get him off of him. This can be avoided by standing under him and sliding to the side Mega Man has more space when Shade Man performs his dive attack. After landing, he attacks with two petrifying stare beams and then attacks with Noise Crush twice, one up and one down. When the Noise Crush hits a wall, it will return to him and charge his next sound wave attack. The petrifying beams are avoided by jumping, the first sound wave is avoided by jumping over it, and the second sound wave by sliding under it. He'll then fly upwards and repeat his attack sequence.

His weakness is Spring Man's Wild Coil, and an uncharged Wild Coil will make Shade Man fall to the ground if he's flying (but not diving) and make him go directly to the phase of flying across the room's top. It defeats him in ten uncharged hits and five charged ones. The Super Adaptor is also an incredibly great option, as it will make easier to dodge his attacks and keep up with him while flying. The Super Adaptor's fist attack cannot make Shade Man flinch like the Wild Coil, but it defeats him in seven hits.

If the player uses Noise Crush against him in Wily's Castle, he'll just absorb it and send stronger waves back, then fly upwards and then across the top of the room. Unfortunately, the player can't do the same with his waves when equipped with his weapon.

Mega Man: The Power Battle
Shade Man's behavior is the same as in Mega Man 7, but this time his weakness is the Slash Claw.

Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters
Like in The Power Battle, Shade Man's behavior is similar to that of Mega Man 7, but he can protect himself with his wings, and he can also summon Battons. This time, his weakness is the Rolling Cutter.

General Information

Name: Shade Man, DWN-055

Origin: Mega Man 7

First Appearance: Mega Man 7

Company: Capcom

Creator: Yoshihisa Tsuda, Tokuro Fujiwara

Gender: Male

Assigned Gender: None (Shade Man is a robot and is not biological)

Pronouns: He/Him

Age: Unknown

Classification: Robot Master

Species: Robot

Occupation: Haunted House Attraction Robot

Status: Alive, Unknown in the X Series (Takes place many years in the future where the fate of prior classic series characters are unknown, with it being implied their data still exists as Cut Man's data exists still)

Alignment: Lawful Good (He was originally an attraction robot from the haunted house of an amusement park and will follow the rules of robotics), Lawful Evil after being reprogrammed by Dr. Wily (Reprogrammed by Dr. Wily to help him conquer the world and destroy Mega Man)

Codex Statistics

Grade: A

Tier: At most High 6-A, Higher with Rage Power

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: At most Multi-Continent level (Potency) (Fought against and harmed Mega Man, who was able to fight on par with beings such as Duo, whose fight with Evil Robot caused a cloud explosion on Jupiter which was at this level), Higher with Rage Power (When Robot Masters are damaged to about half their health, they become invulnerable for a few seconds and perform more powerful attacks)

Durability: At most Multi-Continent level (Can take hits from Mega Man)

Striking Strength: At most Multi-Continent Class (Potency), Higher with Rage Power

Lifting Strength: Class G (The Robot Masters are normally made to be on par or superior to Mega Man, who was able to hold up Dr. Wily's fortress at end of Mega Man 5, with Robot Masters such as Guts Man being superior in strength and Robot Masters such as Splash Woman having comparable feats such as lifting entire ships from the ocean)

Travel Speed: Massively Hypersonic (Can move this fast compared to Mega Man, who can keep up with Duo, who can travel around the earth destroying evil energy around this timeframe), Faster Than Light with Teleporters (Robot Masters teleporters should scale to Mega Man and Proto Man’s teleportation, where they are able to travel planets and solar systems in a short time frame[1], reaching this levels of speed)

Attack Speed: Massively Hypersonic (Can keep up with Mega Man, who can keep up with Duo in combat who uses attacks that involve his travel speed)

Reaction Speed: Massively Hypersonic Can keep up with Mega Man, who can keep up with Duo in combat who uses attacks that involve his travel speed)

Stamina: Mimics Limitless Stamina (As long as they are powered by solar energy. All Robot Masters bodies are powered by solar energy, effectively giving them limitless stamina and ammo[2][3][4][5])

Range: Standard Melee, Kilometers with Sound Manipulation (Based off how far sound can travel), Interplanetary with Teleporters (All robot masters naturally display teleportation through teleporters interplanetary distances[6])

Intelligence: Average Intelligence

Knowledge: Expert level (Can keep up with Mega Man in combat)


Powers and Techniques



Life Manipulation & Consumption (Can sap away someone's life by biting them), Petrification (Can petrify opponents with a beam), Sound Manipulation & Reflection Manipulation (Can fire out destructive sound waves that can reverb off of walls), Mind Manipulation (His sound waves were originally intended to brainwash humans, though due to a wiring mistake, he creates dangerous, destructive sound waves).



Resistance to Electricity Manipulation (Takes virtually no damage from thunder bolt), Heat Manipulation & Fire Manipulation (Takes virtually no damage from scorch wheel), Sound Manipulation (Is completely immune to noise crush)

Equipment

Nothing notable.


Notable Techniques

  • Noise Crush: Noise Crush, also known as Crash Noise and Crush Noise, is Shade Man's special weapon. It fires a powerful sound wave to damage enemies. If the wave hits a wall, it will bounce off it. If it comes in contact with Mega Man, he will charge automatically, and he can then discharge a powerful wave. The charged wave is larger and will do more damage to enemies.
  • Petrifying Stare Beam: A beam that comes from his eyes that petrifies the user hit by it.

Other

Standard Tactics: Spring Man will fly around and grab an opponent to suck life energy from them, he will also use his petrifying stare along with his sound waves to attack his opponent.

Weaknesses: Has a weakness to Spring Man's wild coil. If his data is corrupted, he will be incapable of coming back.

Trivia

  • Shade Man's stage is a homage to another Capcom game, Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts for the SNES and GBA.
    • The stage also contains an Easter egg: If the player holds down the "B" button while selecting the stage, its music will be replaced by the main theme from the Ghosts 'n Goblins series. This only works before Shade Man is defeated.
  • Shade Man has a cameo appearance in the opening video of Mega Man 8.
  • There is a portrait of Wily wearing traditional vampire clothes in Shade Man's stage. If the Rush Search is used underneath it, the Energy Equalizer can be found.
  • His likes and dislikes are references to vampires. Tomato juice is sometimes mistaken for blood, and garlic is one of vampires' weaknesses.
  • Shade Man, Dark Necrobat (from Mega Man X5), and Launch Octopus (from Mega Man X) are bosses that can drain Mega Man's/X's health and recover their own.
  • Shade Man's wing design is similar to that of Ridley's from the Metroid series.

References

  1. PEACE HAS COME TO THE WORLD.
    Dr. Wily has reformed, and he and Dr. Right have joined forces, working together to develop a giant peace-keeping robot named “GAMMA”.
    “GAMMA”…… It was the life-long dream of Dr. Right, a giant robot to protect and serve world peace.
    Their research almost complete, all that remained was to combine 8 energy elements that were scattered about the uncharted planets, and bestow them to “GAMMA”…
    –However, each planet met with an unexpected incident. The robots who were mining the energy elements suddenly began going berserk!! Upon learning of this from Dr. Right, “ROCKMAN” immediately set out on a path for the uncharted planets–a new battle was about to begin!!
  2. Q. What kind of foods does Rockman like to eat?
    A. Well… Actually, Rockman’s body is powered by “Solar Energy.” Therefore, he doesn’t really eat, but there are some things that are okay for his consumption… Around the lab, he enjoys drinking “Energy Juice.” As responsibly as he behaves, he’s still a kid after all.
  3. Q. The shots that the Rockbuster fires from the hand, what are those exactly?
    A. The Rockbuster on the arm fires something called a “Solar Bullet”, essentially emitting a compressed form of solar energy that’s very powerful.
  4. Weapon: Transforming Rockbuster, fires a solar bullet
  5. Q. Do robots like those made by Dr. Wily or Dr. Cossack have self-awareness, and can they talk? And do they run on solar energy like Rockman does?
    A. I take it you’d like to know if Wily and Cossack’s robots possess “sentience”? Naturally, they each have a “consciousness”, although the level of every “cognitive circuit” embedded inside each one of them varies, producing as many different “personality” types as found in people… Just like you or I, they can speak, and have emotional responses like shyness, or anger, just as we do.
    Regarding their energy systems, many of them do utilize “solar energy” in some way.
  6. PEACE HAS COME TO THE WORLD.
    Dr. Wily has reformed, and he and Dr. Right have joined forces, working together to develop a giant peace-keeping robot named “GAMMA”.
    “GAMMA”…… It was the life-long dream of Dr. Right, a giant robot to protect and serve world peace.
    Their research almost complete, all that remained was to combine 8 energy elements that were scattered about the uncharted planets, and bestow them to “GAMMA”…
    –However, each planet met with an unexpected incident. The robots who were mining the energy elements suddenly began going berserk!! Upon learning of this from Dr. Right, “ROCKMAN” immediately set out on a path for the uncharted planets–a new battle was about to begin!!
  7. Mega Man V Pluto
  8. Mega Man 5 Star Man
  9. Mega Man V Saturn
  10. Mega Man 9 Galaxy Man
  11. PEACE HAS COME TO THE WORLD.
    Dr. Wily has reformed, and he and Dr. Right have joined forces, working together to develop a giant peace-keeping robot named “GAMMA”.
    “GAMMA”…… It was the life-long dream of Dr. Right, a giant robot to protect and serve world peace.
    Their research almost complete, all that remained was to combine 8 energy elements that were scattered about the uncharted planets, and bestow them to “GAMMA”…
    –However, each planet met with an unexpected incident. The robots who were mining the energy elements suddenly began going berserk!! Upon learning of this from Dr. Right, “ROCKMAN” immediately set out on a path for the uncharted planets–a new battle was about to begin!!
  12. Q. What kind of foods does Rockman like to eat?
    A. Well… Actually, Rockman’s body is powered by “Solar Energy.” Therefore, he doesn’t really eat, but there are some things that are okay for his consumption… Around the lab, he enjoys drinking “Energy Juice.” As responsibly as he behaves, he’s still a kid after all.
  13. Mega Man 2 Opening
  14. Mega Man 4 Opening
  15. Mega Man 6
  16. Mega Man: Powered Up
  17. Q. Do robots like those made by Dr. Wily or Dr. Cossack have self-awareness, and can they talk? And do they run on solar energy like Rockman does?
    A. I take it you’d like to know if Wily and Cossack’s robots possess “sentience”? Naturally, they each have a “consciousness”, although the level of every “cognitive circuit” embedded inside each one of them varies, producing as many different “personality” types as found in people… Just like you or I, they can speak, and have emotional responses like shyness, or anger, just as we do.
    Regarding their energy systems, many of them do utilize “solar energy” in some way.
  18. Mega Man Powered Up Cut Man Boss
  19. Mega Man Powered Up Oil Man Boss
  20. Mega Man Powered Up Elec Man Boss
  21. Mega Man Powered Up Bomb Man Boss
  22. Mega Man Powered Up Ice Man Boss
  23. Mega Man Powered Up Cut Man Boss
  24. Mega Man Powered Up Cut Man Boss
  25. Mega Man 8 Aqua Man
  26. Mega Man 8
  27. Mega Man X4
  28. Mega Man X4
  29. Mega Man X4
  30. Mega Man Zero
  31. Mega Man Zero Copy X
  32. Mega Man ZX Model W
  33. Dr. "I’m Always" Right Breaks It Down Q. What kind of foods does Rockman like to eat?
    A. Well… Actually, Rockman’s body is powered by “Solar Energy.” Therefore, he doesn’t really eat, but there are some things that are okay for his consumption… Around the lab, he enjoys drinking “Energy Juice.” As responsibly as he behaves, he’s still a kid after all.
  34. Q. The shots that the Rockbuster fires from the hand, what are those exactly?
    A. The Rockbuster on the arm fires something called a “Solar Bullet”, essentially emitting a compressed form of solar energy that’s very powerful.
  35. Weapon: Transforming Rockbuster, fires a solar bullet
  36. Power Source/ R.S. Power Reactor (Micro-sized) Right Solar Power Pile Dr. Right-made Solar Energy Generator
  37. Q. Do robots like those made by Dr. Wily or Dr. Cossack have self-awareness, and can they talk? And do they run on solar energy like Rockman does?
    A. I take it you’d like to know if Wily and Cossack’s robots possess “sentience”? Naturally, they each have a “consciousness”, although the level of every “cognitive circuit” embedded inside each one of them varies, producing as many different “personality” types as found in people… Just like you or I, they can speak, and have emotional responses like shyness, or anger, just as we do.
    Regarding their energy systems, many of them do utilize “solar energy” in some way.
  38. PEACE HAS COME TO THE WORLD.
    Dr. Wily has reformed, and he and Dr. Right have joined forces, working together to develop a giant peace-keeping robot named “GAMMA”.
    “GAMMA”…… It was the life-long dream of Dr. Right, a giant robot to protect and serve world peace.
    Their research almost complete, all that remained was to combine 8 energy elements that were scattered about the uncharted planets, and bestow them to “GAMMA”…
    –However, each planet met with an unexpected incident. The robots who were mining the energy elements suddenly began going berserk!! Upon learning of this from Dr. Right, “ROCKMAN” immediately set out on a path for the uncharted planets–a new battle was about to begin!!
  39. Mega Man 3
  40. Mega Man X
  41. Mega Man 7 Versus Mode
  42. Mega Man 4 Dr. Cossack Boss
  43. Mega Man 10
  44. Mega Man 10
  45. Mega Man 10
  46. Mega Man 3 Doc Robots
  47. By swapping out the program data of all the robots Dr. Wily has constructed, this robot is able to adapt other robots’ moves as its own. With the powers of all robots combined into one, this is truly one dreadful robot.
  48. This all-purpose robot can take on the same abilities of every other robot merely by switching its program data. Still, if it just copies the powers of robots that Rockman has already been able to defeat, one might expect for Rockman to overcome them again…
  49. Mega Man XDIVE Chapter 20 - 6 Deep Log
  50. Mega Man X DiVE: Story Stage 20 - Deep Log
  51. Mega Man XDIVE Chapter 20 - 6 Deep Log
  52. Mega Man XDIVE Offline Ending
  53. Mega Man XDIVE Chapter 20 - 6 Deep Log
  54. Mega Man XDIVE Offline Ending
  55. 《ROCKMAN X DiVE》來自於深層記錄檔的消息
  56. 《ROCKMAN X DiVE》來自於深層記錄檔的消息
  57. 《ROCKMAN X DiVE》來自於深層記錄檔的消息
  58. 《ROCKMAN X DiVE》來自於深層記錄檔的消息
  59. Mega Man X Dive Offline
  60. Mega Man & Bass
  61. Mega Man & Bass (Mega Man) - King's Fortress Stage 2
  62. Mega Man XTreme
  63. Mega Man Xtreme 2
  64. Mega Man X6
  65. Mega Man ZX
  66. Mega Man Legends Official Prima Strategy Guide Page 11
  67. Mega Man Legends Game Manual
  68. Mega Man Zero 3
  69. Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters
  70. Mega Man Powered Up Oil Man
  71. Mega Man Powered Up Ice Man
  72. Mega Man Powered Up Elec Man
  73. Mega Man Powered Up Elec Man
  74. Mega Man Powered Up Cut Man
  75. Rockman & Forte: Mirai Kara no Chōsensha Ending
  76. Rockman & Forte: Mirai Kara no Chōsensha Ending
  77. Mega Man Xtreme
  78. Mega Man Xtreme
  79. Mega Man Xtreme
  80. Mega Man NES
  81. Mega Man NES Wily's Castle Robot Masters Rematches
  82. Mega Man X8 Cut Man Secret
  83. Mega Man XTreme
  84. Mega Man XTreme
  85. Mega Man XTreme
  86. Mega Man X8 Cut Man Boss
  87. Mega Man Zero 3 Hidden Phantom and Baby Elves 2nd Encounter: Sub Arcadia
  88. Mega Man ZX Omega Boss
  89. Mega Man X8 Cut Man Boss
  90. Mega Man Xtreme
  91. Mega Man Xtreme 2
  92. Mega Man X6
  93. Mega Man ZX
  94. Mega Man Legends Official Prima Strategy Guide Page 11
  95. Mega Man Legends Game Manual
  96. Mega Man Zero 3 Hidden Phantom and Baby Elves 2nd Encounter: Sub Arcadia
  97. MEGAMAN X DiVE
  98. MEGAMAN X DiVE
  99. MEGAMAN X DiVE
  100. MEGAMAN X DiVE
  101. MEGAMAN X DiVE
  102. MEGAMAN X DiVE
  103. MEGAMAN X DiVE
  104. MEGAMAN X DiVE
  105. MEGAMAN X DiVE
  106. MEGAMAN X DiVE
  107. MEGAMAN X DiVE
  108. MEGAMAN X DiVE
  109. Mega Man Robot Master Field Guide Cut Man
  110. Mega Man Robot Master Field Guide Magma Man
  111. Mega Man Robot Master Field Guy Pages 40-41
  112. Mega Man Powered Up Ice Man Stage
  113. Mega Man Powered Up Fire Man Stage
  114. Mega Man Robot Master Field Guy Pages 98-99
  115. PEACE HAS COME TO THE WORLD.
    Dr. Wily has reformed, and he and Dr. Right have joined forces, working together to develop a giant peace-keeping robot named “GAMMA”.
    “GAMMA”…… It was the life-long dream of Dr. Right, a giant robot to protect and serve world peace.
    Their research almost complete, all that remained was to combine 8 energy elements that were scattered about the uncharted planets, and bestow them to “GAMMA”…
    –However, each planet met with an unexpected incident. The robots who were mining the energy elements suddenly began going berserk!! Upon learning of this from Dr. Right, “ROCKMAN” immediately set out on a path for the uncharted planets–a new battle was about to begin!!
  116. Q. Do robots like those made by Dr. Wily or Dr. Cossack have self-awareness, and can they talk? And do they run on solar energy like Rockman does?
    A. I take it you’d like to know if Wily and Cossack’s robots possess “sentience”? Naturally, they each have a “consciousness”, although the level of every “cognitive circuit” embedded inside each one of them varies, producing as many different “personality” types as found in people… Just like you or I, they can speak, and have emotional responses like shyness, or anger, just as we do.
    Regarding their energy systems, many of them do utilize “solar energy” in some way.
  117. The exact type of degree isn't noted, but due to it being an American manual, it's likely referring to Farenheit
  118. Mega Man 11
  119. Mega Man 11
  120. Mega Man 6
  121. Mega Man & Bass Data Base Centuar Man File
  122. Mega Man 6 Wind Man
  123. Megaman 2 The Power Fighters Cut Man

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