After all the Mega Man 2 hype surrounding Mega Man Universe, I was wondering what’s up with Mega Man 2 and the Mega Man 2 Robot Masters. Why is the Metal Blade considered to be God’s weapon by some? Even better, how can I tell if it is enclosed forever in Mega Man 2? As there’s no simple way to answer this, I decided to simply put Metal Man to the test.

So, in this update, I bring you Metal Man as a new Bass Abyss playable character.

With Metal Man come all the simple controls you’d expect from an 8-bit character. Just note, he can’t slide, but he can run. Also shooting will fix him on the floor.

Metal Blade

Metal Man’s weapon can be shot in eight directions and here is where the major fun comes from. You can literally reach anyone from anywhere. The blades go through walls and are really strong. Your only limit is how fast you can shoot them. I recommend you to use a gamepad and Joy2Key for superior controls.

Super Jump

I was going to call this Robot Master Jump but whatever. Essentially, when you combine UP and SPACEBAR (jump and up) Metal Man will jump higher than usual. With so many new custom levels, I was concerned about releasing a new character but not being able to get through the new maps. Well, this solves the problem, for Metal Man at least. I still want to solve this for the other characters, but with a little more time, I’d like to try another route.

This month IRAGINATION is another year old! Have fun!