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- "I feel tense these days..."
- —Magnet Man, Mega Man & Bass database
Magnet Man (マグネットマン Magunettoman) is a Robot Master created by Dr. Light and Dr. Wily to generate powerful magnetic forces, making his debut in Mega Man 3. In that game, Dr. Wily reprograms and uses him as a combat robot. Magnet Man's Special Weapon is the Magnet Missile, horseshoe-shaped missiles that can home in on nearby enemies, fired from a launcher on his right wrist. He is also capable of generating a powerful magnetic field to draw his metallic opponents closer to him with his magnetic powers, so he can attack them from close range, and is thus classed as a bit of a rough-and-tumble type of character.
Appearance[]
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Magnet Man is a humanoid robot. He has a black body with a yellow area on the middle front, green eyes, a red helmet with a magnet on the top front, a red torso, white arms, white hands and red boots with white rectangular parts on the middle front.
Personality[]
A good leader and tactician in combat, Magnet Man is skilled in the field of management, but he has quite an abrasive personality, and is often considered by his colleagues to have no sense of direction. Though he is a robot, he takes care of his health, enjoying finger-pressure therapy and massages. He has to be kept away from floppy disks and any other nearby magnetic storage media due to accidentally corrupting them when he is near them. He has been observed utilizing his powers to magnetically stick himself to ceilings when sleeping.
Video game appearances[]
Mega Man 3[]
Magnet Man is one of the eight Robot Masters. Beating him rewards the player with Magnet Missile.
Attack Pattern[]
Magnet Man is one of the easiest Robot Masters in the game. He is a back-and-forth opponent, and he takes two jumps to switch sides, the second one being a higher jump than the first. Once he gets to a new side, he will use 1 of 2 attacks. His first is to create a magnetic shield around him which makes him invincible and also pulls the player in so he can attack. After some time or if the player gets close enough to take damage from it, he stops pulling. His second attack is to leap high up to the ceiling and fire 3 Magnet Missiles ahead of him, and they will change directions once they’ve passed Mega Man’s x-axis, falling straight down from above.
In The Wily Wars, Magnet Man jumps much higher, and his magnetic pull has been strengthened so a player who's walking will end up staying in place. The Magnet Missiles also have a delay before they actually move in their next direction.
Weaknesses[]
Magnet Man actually has 2 big weaknesses: Spark Shock and Shadow Blade, both of which kill him in just 4 hits. Either weapon is an ideal choice to use against him, as their advantages over each other are very negligible. Magnet Man also has a lot of secondary weaknesses that deal 2 damage: the Mega Buster, Gemini Laser, and Hard Knuckle.
As with all other Robot Masters in Mega Man 3, he is weak to his own weapon and dies in 7 hits to it, though it can only be used in the rematches. Magnet Missile has practical use here since it can also hit Magnet Man while he's hanging on the ceiling.
Mega Man II[]
Magnet Man is part of the second wave of 4 Robot Masters, all of which come from Mega Man 3. The second wave is fought via teleport systems in the Wily Castle stage, which takes them to their own stages. As there is no indication of which stage is which, Magnet Man's is the bottom left. Keep in mind that weapon ammo will not generate in between these stages.
Attack Pattern[]
Magnet Man's pattern is modified slightly. His jumps are a bit floatier, but his Magnet Missiles move a bit slower. The latter fact means the player will have to do a bit tighter dodging than usual. He also chooses these attacks based on distance, where he is more likely to use Magnet Missile if you stay close to him, otherwise he has a higher chance of pulling you in.
Weaknesses[]
Magnet Man is weak to Needle Cannon, and takes 3 damage from each hit. Metal Blade is a secondary weakness that does 2 damage.
Magnet Man is also weak to Magnet Missile, taking 3 damage. However, since you cannot refight bosses, this is only available with a cheat device.
Mega Man: The Power Battle[]
Magnet Man is one of the six bosses from the "Mega Man 3~6" course. He uses the same attacks from Mega Man 3, sometimes varying how he uses them, being able to warp between each side of the screen while pulling the player's character.
Super Adventure Rockman[]
Magnet Man is one of the robots revived by Ra Moon in the Lanfront Ruins, and appears as the first boss from Episode 3. In battle, he moves around while attacking with Magnet Missile, and he has a barrier around him, which Mega Man must destroy to damage him. After losing half of his health, he will also launch spheres made of scrap and spiked objects. If the player is defeated by him, Bomb Man will appear to save Mega Man, giving him the chance to try again.
Later, Magnet Man and Wily's other robots are revived again near the end of the episode, and they are apparently destroyed alongside Ra Moon's temple.
Data[]
Mega Man & Bass CD data[]
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Rockman Complete Works data[]
強力なマグネットパワーで敵をすいよせる。サーチ型マグネットミサイルはスライディングでかわそう。
Mega Man Legacy Collection text: Draws in enemies with his strong magnetic power. Dodge his homing Magnet Missiles by sliding.
Rockman Battle & Fighters data[]
きょうりょくなじりょくをあやつるロボット。てきをすいよせ、サーチがたミサイルでこうげきする。せいかくはおおざっぱであるそのためか、ねぼけて(?)てんじょうにぶらさがっているらしい。とくしゅぶきは、マグネットミサイルじゃ。
Translation: A robot that manipulates powerful magnetic force. He attracts enemies and attacks them with search-type missiles. He has a rough personality, which is probably why he hangs on ceilings in his sleep (?). His special weapon is Magnet Missile.
Stage[]
Damage data chart[]
Amount of damage in units that Magnet Man receives from each Special Weapon in Mega Man 3.
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Mega Buster | Needle Cannon | Magnet Missile | Gemini Laser | Hard Knuckle | Top Spin | Search Snake | Spark Shock | Shadow Blade | |||
2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 |
Other media[]
Mega Man (Ruby-Spears)[]
Magnet Man appeared in the Mega-Pinocchio episode from the Mega Man animated series. His design is similar to the games. Mega Man is controlled by Wily in this episode, but when he returns to normal, he keeps up the facade of being evil long enough to trick Magnet Man into high-fiving him. Mega Man steals Magnet Man's power while touching him and uses it to slam Magnet Man into a nearby wall, knocking him out with the impact.
Magnet Man is never shown using his Magnet Missile - instead, the launchers on his hands are projectors for his magnetic fields. He is shown using it once, before being told by Crash Man to "step aside" so he can finish the job.
Mega Man Megamix[]
Officially, Magnet Man had been assigned to manage the scrap iron that would inevitably pile up when excavating foreign planets, but he was actually created by Dr. Wily to be a seasoned combat robot who uses his ability to manipulate magnetic fields to damage his opponents. His main weapon, the Magnet Missile launcher, fires homing missiles that are capable of sensing their target's location within a certain range. Magnet Man is said to rely completely on magnetism as far as fighting is concerned, which has resulted in a rather simplistic outlook and personality.
Magnet Man appears in the story "Metal Heart" trying to recover the Yellow Devil MK-II. He also has a short appearance in the story The Strongest Enemy to Date, where Dr. Wily's robots have a party in his hideout.
In Mega Man Gigamix, Magnet Man appears in "Asteroid Blues" as one of the robots that assist Wily to steal Gamma, in "White Nightmare" attempting to stop the alien robot, and in "Toward a Bright Tomorrow" giving support in the battle against the Stardroids.
Mega Man (Archie Comics)[]
Rockman World 2[]
Magnet Man, alongside Needle Man, Hard Man, Top Man, and several minions, attack Mega Man inside a room from the Wily Castle. Mega Man has a tough battle against the large number of enemies, but manages to defeat them one by one. In the manga Magnet Man fires Magnet Missiles from his head instead of his arm.
Rockman: Yomigaeru Blues[]
Magnet Man is a member of the Wily Patrol. When Mega Man is flying around the city with Rush Jet, he sees Magnet Man, Fire Man, and Top Man fighting against enemy robots and helps them. After only one robot is left, Magnet Man is attacked by Proto Man, who helps the robot escape. Later, Magnet Man is seen briefly alongside other members from the Wily Patrol in the battle against the exposition robots and Dr. Cossack's four robots, the Wily Patrol being defeated off-panel.
Rockman 4Koma Dai Koushin[]
Magnet Man appears in some of the shorts. In one of them he tries to pull Mega Man, but as the hero holds on a structure, he increases his magnetic force and ends up pulling several metallic objects, such as a car and a freezer.
Gallery[]
Artwork[]
Screenshots[]
Miscellaneous[]
Trivia[]
- In Mega Man: The Power Battle, Magnet Man's theme is a remix of Shadow Man's theme.
- Magnet Man does not like floppy disks because when a magnet is put on a floppy disk it corrupts the data on the disk.
- Torch Man's mugshot from the DOS game Mega Man 3 is an edited version of Magnet Man's mugshot, minus the head-mounted magnet.
- Magnet Man's stage theme in Rockman Complete Works and Mega Man Anniversary Collection with Navi Mode enabled is a remix of Cloud Man's stage theme from Mega Man 7.
- Magnet Man is one of only two Robot Masters in Mega Man 3 to take 2 units of damage from the standard Mega Buster (the other being Top Man).
Mega Man II | |
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The eight bosses | |
Metal Man • Air Man • Crash Man • Wood Man • Needle Man • Magnet Man • Hard Man • Top Man | |
Other bosses | |
Quint • Wily Machine II | |
Special Weapons | |
Metal Blade • Air Shooter • Crash Bomber • Leaf Shield • Needle Cannon • Magnet Missile • Hard Knuckle • Top Spin • Sakugarne | |
Support Items | |
Rush Coil • Rush Jet • Rush Marine | |
Locations | |
Metal Man Stage • Air Man Stage • Crash Man Stage • Wood Man Stage • Wily Castle Needle Man Stage • Magnet Man Stage • Hard Man Stage • Top Man Stage • Wily Station | |
Miscellaneous | |
Damage Data Chart • Enemies |
Mega Man: The Power Battle | |
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Playable Characters | |
Mega Man • Proto Man • Bass | |
Bosses | |
- Mega Man 1~2 - Cut Man • Guts Man • Ice Man • Crash Man • Heat Man • Wood Man Yellow Devil - Mega Man 3~6 - Magnet Man • Gemini Man • Dust Man • Gyro Man • Napalm Man • Plant Man Yellow Devil - Mega Man 7 - Freeze Man • Junk Man • Cloud Man • Slash Man • Shade Man • Turbo Man VAN Pookin - Dr. Wily - Wily Machine | |
Special Weapons | |
Rolling Cutter • Super Arm • Ice Slasher • Crash Bomber • Atomic Fire • Leaf Shield Magnet Missile • Gemini Laser • Dust Crusher • Gyro Attack • Napalm Bomb • Plant Barrier Freeze Cracker • Junk Shield • Thunder Strike • Slash Claw • Noise Crush • Scorch Wheel | |
Miscellaneous | |
Damage Data Chart • Script |
Super Adventure Rockman | |
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Characters | |
Mega Man • Beat • Rush • Dr. Light • Roll • Proto Man • Dr. Wily • Ra Moon Cut Man • Guts Man • Ice Man • Bomb Man • Fire Man • Elec Man | |
Bosses | |
Metal Man • Bubble Man • Heat Man • Flash Man • Quick Man • Shadow Man Wood Man • Air Man • Crash Man • Snake Man • Needle Man • Gemini Man Magnet Man • Hard Man • Top Man • Spark Man • Ra Thor • New Yellow Devil | |
Special Weapons | |
Metal Blade • Bubble Lead • Atomic Fire • Time Stopper • Quick Boomerang • Shadow Blade Leaf Shield • Air Shooter • Crash Bomber • Search Snake • Needle Cannon • Gemini Laser Magnet Missile • Hard Knuckle • Top Spin • Spark Shock | |
Miscellaneous | |
Enemies • Energy Tank • Information Card • Item Box • Lanfront Ruins • Proto Shield |