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Cannon Driver (キャノンドライバー) is a large, tough enemy from the Mega Man X series.
In Mega Man X2, it is the first enemy X encounters in the intro stage. By jumping out of his Ride Chaser and letting it collide with that guarding Cannon Driver, X is able to cut off its legs and severely damage its upper half. On that first encounter, it only attacks with its remaining cannon, and can be easily destroyed with the X-Buster.
On later stages and in Mega Man Xtreme, they attack by alternately throwing cannonballs from its two cannons. They can be easily destroyed with the Magnet Mine or Spin Wheel, but otherwise the player may just jump or dash under the lower cannonball, and let the higher one pass straight through. They usually appear guarding the gates leading to the Maverick of that stage, most notably in Wheel Gator's and Morph Moth's stages.
Their Mega Man Xtreme 2 appearance looks closer to the cut-in-half version from Mega Man X2 intro stage, but with an additional cannon and the full upper half. Despite not having legs, they act exactly like their legged counterparts. It should be also noted that the ones that appear inside the intro stage base are able to respawn while still on screen in (what would later be) a Nightmare Insect fashion.
It also appears in Mega Man X: Command Mission as both an enemy and a figure. It appears only in Far East HQ. It has the unique feature of having a shield that defends against both Shot and Combat attacks until struck by one attack type, upon which it becomes more vulnerable to that attack type until its next turn when it regenerates the shield. They also have a 1% chance of dropping the X Buster MKIII upon defeat.
Other Media
A Cannon Driver appears in the Rockman X2 manga trying to defend the factory, losing its legs when X jumps from his Ride Chaser and then being destroyed by X. Another is seen waiting for Zero and later tries to take him down.
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Mega Man X2 | |
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Stage Select bosses | |
Overdrive Ostrich • Wire Sponge • Wheel Gator • Bubble Crab • Flame Stag • Morph Moth • Magna Centipede • Crystal Snail | |
Other bosses | |
Gigantic Mechaniloid CF-0 • Violen • Serges • Agile • Zero • Sigma | |
Special Weapons | |
Sonic Slicer • Strike Chain • Spin Wheel • Bubble Splash • Speed Burner • Silk Shot • Magnet Mine • Crystal Hunter - Other - Giga Crush • Shoryuken | |
Stages | |
Maverick Factory Stage • Desert Base Stage • Weather Control Stage • Dinosaur Tank Stage • Deep-Sea Base Stage Volcanic Zone Stage • Robot Junkyard Stage • Central Computer Stage • Energen Crystal Stage • X-Hunter Stages | |
Miscellaneous | |
Armor Parts • Damage data chart • Script |
Mega Man Xtreme | |
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List of Mavericks | |
Chill Penguin • Spark Mandrill • Storm Eagle • Flame Stag • Armored Armadillo • Morph Moth • Magna Centipede • Wheel Gator | |
Other Bosses | |
Vile • Zain • Geemel • Bospider • Serges • Sigma | |
Mega Man X's Special Weapons | |
Shotgun Ice • Electric Spark • Storm Tornado • Speed Burner • Rolling Shield • Silk Shot • Magnet Mine • Spin Wheel -Other- Hadouken • Shoryuken | |
Zero Scramble Programs | |
Dash • Rising • Earth Gaizer • Final | |
Stages | |
Highway Stage • Snowfield Stage • Power Plant Stage • Airport Stage • Volcanic Zone Stage • Gallery Stage • Scrap Plant Stage • Central Computer Stage • Dinosaur Tank Stage • Sigma Stage | |
Miscellaneous | |
Armor Parts • Damage Data Chart • Game Script |
Mega Man X: Command Mission | |
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Main characters | |
X • Zero • Axl • Steel Massimo • Marino • Cinnamon • Spider | |
Other characters | |
Chief R • Nana • Aile • Professor Gaudile | |
Rebellion Army | |
Epsilon • Botos • Ferham • Scarface • Wild Jango • Silver Horn • Dr. Psyche • Mach Jentra • Incentas | |
Other Bosses | |
Hippopressor • Shadow • Depth Dragoon • Colonel Redips • Great Redips Duckbill Mole • Rafflesian • Tails Clan • Ninetails | |
Locations | |
Giga City • Lagrano Ruins • Central Tower • Tianna Camp • Gaudile Laboratory • Ulfat Factory • Gimialla Mine Vanallia Desert • Melda Ore Plant • Grave Ruins Base • Far East HQ • Orbital Elevator: Babel | |
Related Items | |
Action Trigger • Hyper Mode •Final Strike • Force Metal • Deployment Center • Sky Room Enemies • Item Box • Items • Script (NPC Dialogue) |