Shadow Man Stage (シャドーマンステージ) is a stage that appeared in Mega Man 3 and Mega Man III that has Shadow Man as the boss.
Appearances[]
Mega Man 3[]
Normal Stage[]
Shadow Man's Stage takes place in an eldritch sewer system that runs and processes dark red mutagen through its gates. It is a fast-paced combat stage, throwing a multitude of different enemy types at you. However, there are also no ways of getting health beyond grinding off of enemies, so be cautious. This is also one of the 3 Robot Master stages where the player has to spar with Proto Man. Beating this stage additionally rewards you with Rush Marine.
- Enemies
| Image | Enemy |
|---|---|
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Shadow Man (boss) |
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Proto Man (sub-boss) |
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New Shotman |
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Mechakkero |
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Pickelman Bull |
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Peterchy |
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Hologran |
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Walking Bomb |
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Parasyu |
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Yambow |
There are no valuable pickups to speak of.
Revisited Stage[]
Shadow Man's Stage is one of the 4 stages that get revisited when the player has to take down the Doc Robots. This stage visually has less waterfalls of mutagen and a lot of spikes placed around, especially in the beginning areas. This stage introduces a new gimmick located in what would be the 'Hologran' room. This gimmick is a red platform that is actually two halves. When stood on, the platform quickly splits apart to drop the player before coming back together. The timing is enough that the player can make a full jump and still land on the platform when it comes back together. After that is done, the stage redoes the Parasyu section.
- Enemies
| Image | Enemy |
|---|---|
 ( )
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Doc Robot (Wood Man) (boss 1) |
( )
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Doc Robot (Heat Man) (boss 2) |
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Peterchy |
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Bikky |
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Hologran |
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Walking Bomb |
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Hammer Joe |
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Parasyu |
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Mechakkero |
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Giant Springer |
There are no valuable pickups to speak of.
Mega Man III[]
Shadow Man's stage in Mega Man III.
Shadow Man's Stage in the GB demake once again takes place in an an eldritch sewer system, and follows a lot of similar beats of the original stage. Right away, the stage introduces a new gimmick, Count Bombs. They are platforms that, once stood down will start ticking a countdown from 3, and explode after it reaches 0. They only appear at the very beginning, and going forward the stage remains a combat-oriented one.
- Enemies
| Image | Enemy |
|---|---|
 |
Shadow Man (boss) |
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Count Bomb |
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Mechakkero |
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Pickelman Dada |
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Hologran |
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Walking Bomb |
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Yambow |
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Parasyu |
There are no valuable pickups to speak of, not even regular pickups. Be very cautious when dealing with enemies as to avoid losing too much health.