Magma Man (マグママン Maguma Man) is one of the Robot Masters from Mega Man 9 whose period of use had expired and was scheduled to be scrapped. Magma Man was built to oversee safety operations and manage a geothermal power plant. He is able to withstand incredibly high temperatures and loves to visit hot spas. The lavafalls in his stage have the same effect as the laser beams from Quick Man's stage in Mega Man 2, the ignited oil in Flame Man's stage, and the laser beams from Turbo Man's stage in Mega Man 7 wherein they cause Mega Man to die instantly.
Strategy
His pattern is that he jumps and shoots his Magma Bazooka. Since he's always ignited, his blasts are charged.
His weakness is the Tornado Blow, which not only damages him, but also blows out the flames on his head. Afterwards, Magma Man can only fire normal shots until he recharges.
Stage Information
Magma Man's stage involve two main death hazards:
- There are a lot of magma pits in this stage. If Mega Man falls in one, he is destroyed instantly.
- There are also large timed magma pipes, that also destroy Mega Man instantly if he touches them. However, those can be hardened by Concrete Man's Concrete Shot and then destroyed by Splash Woman's Laser Trident.
Stage Enemies
Appearance in other media
Magma Man in the Mega Man Megamix manga
Magma Man appears in the short Mega Man Megamix manga story "For Whose Sake?" included in the booklet of Rockman 9 Arrange Soundtrack.
Trivia
Two Magma Men from Mega Man: Upon a Star.
- The first episode of Mega Man: Upon a Star has several (over 20) fire robots called Magma Man that were created by Dr. Wily in Mount Fuji. They aren't related to this Magma Man.
- If Mega Man stands really close to the magma falling in his stage without touching it, a small spark effect can be seen near him.
- In the credits, Magma Man is using his bazookas to heat up the bottom of a small hot tub that Dr. Light is in.
- Due to color limitations, Magma Man's eyes are red in his mugshot, when they are actually blue in the artwork.
- Fire Man, another fire based Light-bot, also has the second-to-last model number.
- They also both have busters for both hands, and fire erupting from their heads.