Needle Man

	“	Feel the eye of the needle!	„
		~ Needle Man

Mega Man 3 - Needle Man Stage

Background

Needle Man (ニードルマン Nīdoruman) is a deadly Robot Master from Mega Man 3. He uses his Special Weapon, the rapid-firing Needle Cannon, to pepper his foes with a barrage of needles which are sharp enough to pierce 10 inch-thick stones. Created by Dr. Light and Dr. Wily using aspects of Metal Man's combat programming, his initial purpose was to work in energy mines, specializing in land development and breaking through boulders and bedrock.

Statistics

Tier: 5-B

Name: Needle Man, DWN-017

Origin: Mega Man 3

Sex: Male

Age: Unknown

Classification: Robot Master

Status: Alive, Deceased in the X Series (Takes place many years in the future where all the prior classic series characters are long gone)

Alignment: Lawful Evil (A robot reprogramed by Dr. Wily for his revenge against Mega Man)

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Planet level+ (Can harm Mega Man who was able to fight on par with beings such as Duo, who was at this level)

Durability: Planet level+ (Can take hits from Mega Man)

Striking Strength: Planet Class+

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: FTL (Is comparable to Mega Man, who can outrun black holes from robot masters such as Saturn and Galaxy Man)

Combat Speed: Massively FTL (Can keep up with Mega Man)

Reaction Speed: Massively FTL (Can keep up with Mega Man)

Stamina: Essentially Limitless due to being a robot

Range: Standard Melee Range to Hundreds of Meters

Intelligence: Gifted (Can keep up with Mega Man in combat)

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Powers and Abilities

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Self-Sustenance (Types 1, 2, & 3; All Robot Masters can breathe in space just fine, and as robots do not require food, sleep or sustenance), Inorganic Physiology (Type 2. Needle Man is a robot), Limited Flight (Needle Man can levitate for shorts times while shooting needles), Spike Manipulation (Can shoot several needles with Needle Cannon), Body Control (Needle Man can extend the top of his head to attack with sharp needles), Immortality (Type 3; Through robots and reploids ability to regenerate back their body and data. Type 6; Robot Masters can survive wounds such as being cut in half, with ones such as Proto Man calling it merely "a flesh wound", being able to come back just fine after teleporting away to be repaired. Type 8; All robots "true existences" rely on their data, thus as long as their data is stored they can be remade or come back if their data is specifically "SAVED". With data further being explored through here), Regeneration (Mid through Cartoon Physics; Can regenerate from being crushed by Mad Grinder. Should scale to all the other Robot Masters who all regenerate after being flattened in Mega Man Powered Up. Mid-Godly through their data; In Mega Man Xtreme, Sigma was trying to reproduce the past data of several mavericks in the mother computer to bring havoc to the world's peace and the only way the past data of previously defeated Mavericks from X1 and X2 could be stopped is if X goes inside as his data form. Inside the Mother Computer, X defeats Vile's data form along with the data forms of a bunch of mavericks he has previously defeated. However, despite defeating their data form, their data is still are able to come back for the rematches at the end of the game along with Vile being back in the hard mode's post game story. Despite destroying Vile's data twice, he was still able to come back and better then ever in Mega Man X8. In Mega Man ZX, Omega's soul data along with flashes of the past battle in Zero 3 are trapped in area O and even after defeat, he can come back without limit even after obtaining Model OX which contains his soul data. With data further being explored through here), Resurrection (Robots that are fought and defeated are able to be brought back as long as they still have their data, with this also extending to reploids being able to come back for rematches. With data further being explored through here), Information Manipulation (Can directly interact with, harm, and destroy a robots data, which all robots "true existences" rely on their data, thus as long as their data is stored they can be remade or come back if their data is specifically "SAVED". With data further being explored through here)

Resistance to Mind Manipulation and Soul Manipulation (As a robot, Needle Man does not have a soul or mind, and functions on AI programming)

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Standard Equipment

None Notable

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Other

Standard Tactics: Needle Man jumps around shooting needles with Needle Cannon and also extends his spiked head at close range.

Weaknesses: Gemini Laser. If his data is corrupted, he will be incapable of coming back.

Explanations

Explanation of data in the Mega Man series.

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