Stone Man

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In-Game Information
HP:	28 (Mega Man 5) 19 (Mega Man IV)
Attack Damage:	Mega Man 5: 6 (contact) 4 (Power Stone) Mega Man IV: 4 (contact) 4 (Power Stone)
Weapon:	Power Stone
Weakness:	Napalm Bomb (Mega Man 5, IV, and Game Gear) Noise Crush (Power Fighters)
Main Stage:	Stone Man Stage
Misc. Information
Script:	ストーンマン
Rōmaji:	Sutōnman
Designer:	Kenta Oonishi
Gender:	Male
Eye Color:	Blue
Relative(s):	Dr. Wily (creator)
NetNavi Counterpart:	StoneMan.EXE
Series Information
In-game Appearances:	Mega Man 5 Mega Man IV Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters Mega Man (Game Gear) Mega Man & Bass (as a data CD) Rockman Strategy
Other Appearances:	Mega Man (Ruby-Spears) Mega Man: Upon a Star Mega Man Megamix
Japanese VA:	Takashi Nagasako (PF)
English VA:	Ian James Corlett (cartoon)
Theme Music

This article is about the original Stone Man. For information on his NetNavi counterpart, see StoneMan.EXE.

"Guts Man, let's go see a movie."

—Stone Man, Mega Man & Bass database

Stone Man (ストーンマン, Sutōnman) is a strong Wily Number that was built by Dr. Wily to look like and be as tough as a bunch of bricks. He made his debut in Mega Man 5, where Wily ordered him to occupy a high mountain to help Gyro Man take over a hanging garden. Despite his weight, Stone Man can jump quite high. However, if he jumps too high or is hit by a strong attack, the impact will make his body break apart. Either way, he can reconstruct his body back to his normal form.

His Special Weapon, the Power Stone, makes heavy stones circle around him, bashing anything in their path with immense force.

Appearance

Stone Man is a large humanoid robot with blue eyes and black body. He has a white helmet with brown stone top, has a brown stone armor, a green gem on the middle front of his armor, a yellow metallic area under the armor, white hands, brown stone bracers and brown stone boots.

Personality

Although he can be stubborn at times, not listening to others, and has a rocky persistence as well, Stone Man is a strong-willed individual, being determined to complete any work he undertakes, and is adept in the field of technology. He enjoys watching movies and drinking oil with Guts Man, with whom he is good friends and to whom he bears a slight resemblance. Coincidentally, both robots are physically strong and attack with rocks while also being weak to explosive weapons. In addition to this, Stone Man dislikes stingy and selfish people.

Video game appearances

Mega Man 5

Stone Man is one of the eight bosses in the Stage Select Screen. Defeating him will reward the player with Power Stone.

Attack pattern

Stone Man spends almost the entire fight jumping in Mega Man's general direction, though he won't always aim to land on his position, usually just getting closer. He has two types of jumps, the first is short in height and helps get him around, while the second is a much higher jump. Upon landing from this high jump, Stone Man shakes the screen (which does not stun the player) and collapses into a pile of bricks, making him temporarily immune to damage but also allowing the player to walk over him. He will quickly reform himself after a second. If the player stays too far away from Stone Man (guaranteed at the start), Stone Man attacks using Power Stone (he's invincible at the start of forming the Power Stone) before doing a high jump. When activated, Power Stone sends out two circular stones that proceed to expand outwards in a circular orbit, though they will despawn as soon as they touch the borders of the screen. Staying close to Stone Man means he will never get a chance to use Power Stone, making the battle easier.

Weakness

Stone Man is weak to Napalm Man's Napalm Bomb, which defeats him in seven hits. The weapon can be set up so Stone Man can land on it, jump into it, but the best way to use it is to plant Napalm Bombs on top of Stone Man when he is disassembled, so by the time he reforms himself, he will take damage right away. As with all bosses, Stone Man takes 3 damage from a fully-charged buster shot.

Mega Man IV

Stone Man is one of the four bosses from the second Stage Select Screen, which all come from Mega Man 5.

Attack pattern

Stone Man's pattern from Mega Man 5 remains, but has some minor tweaks. He always starts the fight with a short jump before getting into his real pattern. Stone Man's shorter jumps now travel a set distance, and while it gives him more mobility than in Mega Man 5, Mega Man can simply just walk underneath him with each jump he does, making Stone Man jump back and forth. When Stone Man lands from a high jump, the ground will shake. Rather than directly stunning Mega Man, the stun simply moves the screen up and down and bumps up Mega Man off the ground very slightly as a result, which can eat his jumps and/or prevent him from sliding. Stone Man also can no longer be walked over when he is disassembled, still doing contact damage. Stone Man's Power Stone attack is more tricky to dodge as the stones stay on screen for longer and the small arena size forces Mega Man to slide in-between them. Their adjacency to each other is slightly different in that they are closer together in orbit, rather than always being opposite. Compared to Mega Man 5, his fight is harder, as his Power Stone is harder to dodge, he's invincible when he's on the ground except when right after firing a Power Stone and Napalm Bombs don't damage him on contact even when he's disassembled. This can easily waste ammo if the timing isn't right.

Weakness

Stone Man is weak to Napalm Bomb, which defeats him in 7 hits. The weapon can be set up so Stone Man can land on it or jump into it. To hit him with his weakness, Mega Man has to time his hits well, including firing a Napalm Bomb directly behind him at the right time so that it explodes on him when he's close enough or fire one at him either at close range or in a way that he lands on it during his jump. As with most bosses, Stone Man takes 3 damage from a fully-charged buster shot.

Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters

"You have no choice but to avoid the Power Stone. Time your jump! He is weak against unexpected attacks. Sound for example..."

—Dr. Light

Stone Man is one of the six bosses from the "Rescue Roll!" course. In this game Power Stone makes a big, forward crawling stone hand. He can also create a wall of bricks to protect himself from incoming attacks and can throw stone pillars at his foes. He is weak to Noise Crush.

Mega Man (Game Gear)

Stone Man is one of the initial four bosses. His strategy is similar to Mega Man 5, but he is considerably more aggressive, jumping around at a faster rate and having a lower vulnerable window. He only uses Power Stone on the Hard difficulty.

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Rockman Strategy

Stone Man joins Burst Man and Bubble Man in battling Rockman's party on the broken bridge level. Later, Stone Man and Astro Man serve as Aquarius' bodyguards on the Meteorite Surface in Africa.

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Data

Mega Man & Bass CD data

• CD data • English data His Power Stone can let stones circle around him as a shield and a weapon. Guts Man is his friend. "Guts Man, let's go see a movie." Good Point: Technology Bad Point: Rocky persistence Like: Good movies Dislike: Scrooge person Japanese data His weapon is Power Stone which hits enemies with spinning rocks. He is very good friends with Guts Man. "Hey, Guts, let's see another one." Good Point: Strong-willed Bad Point: Stubborn Like: Oil barhopping Dislike: Cheapskates

Rockman Complete Works data

空中ていえんをうばうための足場としてヤマをかくほするためにつくられた。くずれている時はダメージをあたえられないぞ。

Mega Man Legacy Collection text: Made to control a mountain from which the hanging gardens could be attacked. He can't be damaged when he's falling apart.

Rockman Battle & Fighters data

くうちゅうていえんをこうりゃくするためそのあしばとなるたかいやまをかくほするためにつくられたロボットじゃ。どのこうげきもきょうりょくで、とくにいわをふりまわすジャイアントスウィングからのこうげきはあたると、ちめいてきじゃぞ。とくしゅぶきは、パワーストーンじゃ。

Translation: This robot was built to secure a high mountain as a foothold to conquer the hanging gardens. All his attacks are powerful, especially the rock-swinging Giant Swing, which is fatal if it hits. His special weapon is Power Stone.

Damage data chart

Amount of damage in units that Stone Man receives from each weapon/tool.

Mega Man 5
Mega Buster	Gravity Hold	Water Wave	Power Stone	Gyro Attack	Star Crash	Charge Kick	Napalm Bomb	Crystal Eye	Super Arrow	Beat
1:3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4	1	1	1

*For Mega Buster, the first number is when the weapon is fired normally; the second is when it is fully charged.

Other media

Mega Man (Ruby-Spears)

Stone Man in the Mega Man cartoon show.

Stone Man appeared in the episode "The Big Shake" from the Mega Man animated series voiced by Ian James Corlett. He has an arm cannon that fires his Power Stone instead of forming them out of his own body like he does in the game. He has no lines (only grunts), although he is one of the more game-design accurate portrayals featured in the show.

Mega Man: Upon a Star

The Mega Man 5 bosses have short appearances fighting against Mega Man or helping Wily in the three episodes from the OVA.

Mega Man Megamix

In the manga, Stone Man's body is composed of numerous parts, each of which have basic "bit" functions. This unique composition allows him to disassemble and reassemble at will. Though his sheer size makes him an easy target to hit, he is able to evade attacks effectively by disassembling his parts. When disassembled, his core is centrally located among his parts and safe from critical damage. Stone Man's main weapon, the Power Stone, causes extremely dense stones to hit his opponent while swinging around his body, accelerated by each other's gravitational pull.

Stone Man first appeared in the story Warrior's Day Off, where the eight Wily Numbers from Mega Man 5 have part-time jobs in an amusement park to obtain money for Dr. Wily. He operates the Ferris wheel. When Bass attacks the park, Stone Man and the others protect the guests and attempt to stop Bass.

In Mega Man Gigamix, the fifth Numbers protected Mega Man, Rush, Cut Man and Elec Man from three Stardroids in the underground, but the eight were easily destroyed, with Stone Man being taken down by Uranus. The eight were later retrieved by Dr. Cossack and his robots, being repaired in Dr. Light's Laboratory.

Mega Man (Archie Comics)

Stone Man was also featured in the Mega Man comic series from Archie Comics. He made his first appearance during the Mega Man/Sonic the Hedgehog Worlds Collide crossover as part of large army of Robot Masters. He and Concrete Man battled Knuckles the Echidna, whom they quickly discovered to be as powerful as Guts Man.

Other appearances

Stone Man also appeared in the manga Rockman 5 and Rockman 4Koma Dai Koushin.

Gallery

Stone Man original Mega Man 5 artwork

Character sheet

Kenta Oonishi's original boss contest submission of Stone Man.

Stone Man in Mega Man: Upon a Star

Stone Man in the Rockman 5 manga

Stone Man in Rockman 4Koma Dai Koushin

Stone Man in Mega Man Megamix

Stone Man's profile from Mega Man Megamix.

Stone Man in Worlds Collide.

Stone Man (and several other Robot Masters) being constructed in the Archie comics.

Nintendo Power illustration.

Stone Man + Power Stone figure.

Stone Man's CD database sprite from Mega Man & Bass.

Stone Man in Rockman Strategy.

Trivia

• Stone Man was named Block Man in his boss character contest submission. The name Block Man would later be used for a boss in Mega Man 11.
• When Mega Man 5 is started in the Mega Man Anniversary Collection, it shows Stone Man in the loading screen.
• Stone Man's design may be based on a golem, a stone or clay humanoid figure brought to life by magic or technology.
  • He is notably similar to the golem-type enemies from the Dragon Quest series.
• In Stone Man's official Mega Man 5 and Rockman Complete Works artwork, the gem on his torso is colored green; however, in his Mega Man 5 sprites, it is colored red. It is unknown if this is due to palette or color limitations. Stone Man's Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters sprite has the gem correctly colored green.