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For the Mega Man ZX enemy, see Mechadragon.

Mecha Dragon (メカドラゴン, Mekadoragon) is a giant robotic dragon boss from the Mega Man series. Most of the Mecha Dragon's body is a hydrogen balloon that allows it to fly. It mainly attacks by releasing flames from the mouth.

Video game appearances

Mega Man 2

Mecha Dragon is the first boss of the Wily Castle. When the Mecha Dragon appears, it will chase Mega Man breaking the platforms along the way, and at the end of the path battle will commence. It hovers on the left side of the screen shooting fireballs, and touching him is lethal. One strategy when facing it, is to stand on the top block to avoid falling into the pit and use Quick Boomerangs. Another and somewhat safer method, is to use the Mega Buster since it inflicts the same amount of damage and allows the player to keep their distance.

A third strategy that involves timing, patience, and caution requires the player to stand on the top block and lure Mecha Dragon to him, and once it approaches close enough the player must quickly climb down to the bottom block taking care not to get hit by the fireballs the creature occasionally spits, as they can knock Mega Man down into the bottomless pit below, losing a life. Once standing on the bottom platform, the player should shoot a Crash Bomber at its belly, and, although it does not seem at first that the boss receives any damage, the creature will quickly fly down towards the low platform where the player is standing while the explosions of the detonated weapon are still taking effect, reaching its head and dealing damage multiple times. Then, as the boss approaches again, the player should quickly climb back to the upper platform and repeat the process. If the player is successful at waiting for the right opportunity to time the detonations, it will take two to three turns to finish this boss battle using the bombs. However, this last method is not recommended for beginners, as it is too risky moving continuously from upper to lower blocks and vice-versa while watching out for or evading Mecha Dragon's attacks.

Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters

Mecha Dragon is the penultimate boss from the "Recover the new parts!" course. It releases flames and spits eggs that contain smaller versions of itself.

Other appearances

Mecha Dragon appears in the the opening scene from Mega Man 8. Also, in the beginning of the opening stage there is a skeleton in the background that resembles the Mecha Dragon.
Mecha Dragon is a Team Battle Boss in Rockman ×over.

Data

Damage Data Chart

Amount of damage in units that the Mecha Dragon receives from each Special Weapon in Mega Man 2.

Mega Man
Mode	Centaur Arrow	Pililka	Winds	Bubble	Boomerangs	Bomb Crash	Flash Stop	Heat Shot	Wood Leafs

Normal	70	T	27	14	55	31	11	99:55:11	133
Difficult	345:678:904	T	8	67	19	8	166	13:18:29	134

Other media

Quick Man uses the Mecha Dragon as a transport in Mega Man Megamix and Mega Man Gigamix. It appears in issue #12 of the Mega Man comic by Archie Comics. Mecha Dragon also appears in the manga Rockman: Dr. Wily no Inbou and Rockman: Yomigaeru Blues.

Gallery

Trivia

A similar dragon, called Eregion, appears in Mega Man X4 as the intro boss, and the sub-boss in Mattrex's stage in Mega Man X5, the Pteranoid, acts similar to the Mecha Dragon. Coincidentally, the C-Shot, a weapon somewhat similar to the Quick Boomerang, is the latter's weakness.

In the Nintendo Entertainment System game "Little Samson", there was a dragon boss who fought in nearly the same way as the Mecha Dragon.

The Mecha Dragon appeared as the seventh boss in the popular game, I Wanna be the Guy. In this game, he doesn't shoot fire in streams like he does in Mega Man 2, but he can switch sides of the arena by splitting and reforming, which is a nod to the Green Devil . The arena in which the fight takes place, as well as the auto-scrolling section directly before it, are both similar to their respective sections in Mega Man 2. The music that plays during the fight is also the same boss music from Mega Man 2.

In the artwork, Mecha Dragon is mostly yellow, but in Mega Man 2 and 8, it is green.

A dragon that looks quite similar to the Mecha Dragon appears on the American "box art" for Mega Man 10.

The Mecha Dragon is the only boss in the original series that can destroy Mega Man upon direct contact, similar to hitting spikes.

Although it laid eggs in Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters, it is unknown if Mecha Dragon is female.

Mega Man 2
Eight Robot Masters
Metal Man • Air Man • Bubble Man • Quick Man • Crash Man • Flash Man • Heat Man • Wood Man
Other bosses
Mecha Dragon • Picopico-kun • Guts Tank • Boobeam Trap • Wily Machine 2 • Alien
Mega Man's Special Weapons
Metal Blade • Air Shooter • Bubble Lead • Quick Boomerang • Crash Bomber • Time Stopper • Atomic Fire • Leaf Shield
Mega Man's Support Items
Item-1 • Item-2 • Item-3
List of enemies
Anko • Batton • Big Fish • Blocky • Changkey • Changkey Maker • Copipi • Claw • Fly Boy • Goblin • Kaminari Goro • Kerog Kukku • M-445 • Matasaburo • Mole • Monking • Neo Metall • Petit Goblin • "Petit Kerog" • Pierrobot • Pipi • Press • Returning Sniper Joe Robbit • Scworm • Shotman • Shrink • Sniper Armor • Springer • Tanishi • Telly
- Mid-bosses -
Friender
Locations
Metal Man Stage • Air Man Stage • Bubble Man Stage • Quick Man Stage Crash Man Stage • Flash Man Stage • Heat Man Stage • Wood Man Stage • Wily Castle
Miscellaneous
Script • List of enemies • Damage data chart • Miscellaneous data

Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters
List of Playable Characters
Mega Man • Proto Man • Bass • Duo
List of Bosses
- Search for Wily! - Shadow Man • Plant Man • Gyro Man • Centaur Man • Bubble Man • Heat Man Mad Grinder - Rescue Roll! - Cut Man • Stone Man • Shade Man • Elec Man • Dive Man • Slash Man Yellow Devil - Recover the new parts! - Guts Man • Pharaoh Man • Air Man • Quick Man • Gemini Man • Napalm Man Mecha Dragon - Dr. Wily - Wily Machine
List of Special Weapons
Shadow Blade • Plant Barrier • Gyro Attack • Centaur Arrow • Bubble Lead • Atomic Fire Rolling Cutter • Power Stone • Noise Crush • Thunder Beam • Dive Missile • Slash Claw Super Arm • Pharaoh Wave • Air Shooter • Quick Boomerang • Gemini Laser • Napalm Bomb
Support Items
Rush • Beat • Treble

Mega Man series

Main characters
Mega Man • Roll • Dr. Light • Dr. Wily • Proto Man • Bass • Duo • Dr. Cossack • Kalinka • King Auto • Rush • Treble • Eddie • Beat • Tango • Reggae • Cut Man • Guts Man • Robot Masters
Main games
Mega Man • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 Rockman Complete Works (Pokeroku) • Anniversary Collection • Legacy Collection • Legacy Collection 2
Platformer spin-off games
Mega Man World: Dr. Wily's Revenge • II • III • IV • V Mega Man & Bass • Mega Man: The Wily Wars • Mega Man Powered Up Mega Man (DOS) • Mega Man 3 (DOS) • Mega Man (Game Gear) • Rockman & Forte: Mirai Kara no Chōsensha Street Fighter X Mega Man • ~~Mega Man Mania~~(cancelled) • ~~Mega Man Universe~~ (cancelled)
Other spin-off games
Mega Man: The Power Battle • Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters • Rockman Battle & Fighters RockBoard • Mega Man's Soccer • Mega Man Battle & Chase • Super Adventure Rockman Rockman Strategy • Tobe! Rockman • Chokkan! Rockman • Pinball • Space Rescue • Rockman GP • Dot Art Logic Panic Fire • Slot • Solitaire • Tennis • Mega Man Rush Marine • Diver • The Puzzle Battle • Poker • VR
Lists of enemies
Mega Man • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge • Mega Man II • III • IV • V Mega Man & Bass
Damage data charts
Mega Man • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge • Mega Man II • III • IV • V Mega Man & Bass • Rockman & Forte: Mirai Kara no Chōsensha • The Power Battle • The Power Fighters Powered Up • The Wily Wars
Game scripts
Mega Man • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge • Mega Man II • III • IV • V Mega Man & Bass • Rockman & Forte: Mirai Kara no Chōsensha • The Power Battle • The Power Fighters Powered Up • The Wily Wars
Media
Captain N: The Game Master • Mega Man (Ruby-Spears) • Mega Man: Upon a Star • Mega Man: Fully Charged Mega Man (Dreamwave Productions) • Mega Man (Archie Comics) Mega Man Megamix • Mega Man Gigamix • Mega Man Maniax • Mega Man Mastermix • Rockman Tanjou Densetsu Rockman (manga series) • Rockman 8 • Rockman & Forte • Rockman 10 -Extra F- • Rockman 11 Rockman 4Koma Dai Koushin • Rockman: Battle & Chase
Miscellaneous
Special Weapon (List • Strengths) • Speed Runs • Wily Castle

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 Amount of damage in units that the Mecha Dragon receives from each Special Weapon in ''Mega Man 2''.
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 Mega Man 12 5.jpg|Mecha Dragon in the ''Mega Man'' comic.
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 RYBBosses.png|Mecha Dragon in ''Rockman: Yomigaeru Blues''.
 </gallery>
-==Trivia==
 * A similar dragon, called [[Eregon|Eregion]], appears in ''[[Mega Man X4]]'' as the intro boss, and the sub-boss in [[Mattrex]]'s stage in ''[[Mega Man X5]]'', the [[Pteranoid]], acts similar to the Mecha Dragon. Coincidentally, the [[C-Shot]], a weapon somewhat similar to the Quick Boomerang, is the latter's weakness.
 * In the Nintendo Entertainment System game "[[Wikipedia:Little Samson|Little Samson]]", there was a dragon boss who fought in nearly the same way as the Mecha Dragon.
-* The Mecha Dragon appeared as the seventh boss in the popular game, [http://kayin.pyoko.org/iwbtg/ I Wanna be the Guy.] In this game, he doesn't shoot fire in streams like he does in ''[[Mega Man 2]]'', but he can switch sides of the arena by splitting and reforming, which is a nod to the [[Yellow Devil]]. The arena in which the fight takes place, as well as the auto-scrolling section directly before it, are both similar to their respective sections in Mega Man 2. The music that plays during the fight is also the same boss music from Mega Man 2.
+* The Mecha Dragon appeared as the seventh boss in the popular game, [http://kayin.pyoko.org/iwbtg/ I Wanna be the Guy.] In this game, he doesn't shoot fire in streams like he does in ''[[Mega Man 2]]'', but he can switch sides of the arena by splitting and reforming, which is a nod to the [[Green Devil]] . The arena in which the fight takes place, as well as the auto-scrolling section directly before it, are both similar to their respective sections in Mega Man 2. The music that plays during the fight is also the same boss music from Mega Man 2.
 * In the artwork, Mecha Dragon is mostly yellow, but in ''Mega Man 2'' and ''8'', it is green.
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