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 T (Several Robot Masters are made on par with or even stronger than Mega Man's lifting strength such as Guts Man)

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, 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), Regeneration (Mid. Should scale to all the other Robot Masters who all regenerate after being flattened in Mega Man Powered Up), 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), 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 destroyed he will be incapable of coming back.

Explanations

Explanation of data in the Mega Man series.

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