Bell Ringer

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Bell Ringer

A purple Bell Ringer's ring rotating a Punch Block

Information Level Builder Description: Normally turns the Spike Box, but different colors impact different gimmicks. Category: Level Objects Builder space: 3x2 Layer: 5 - Main elements Game information Added in version: 1.8.0 1.9.0 (interactions with Tel Tel, Section Wide Lava, Section Wide Burst Water, and Section Wide Chemical Solution) 1.10.0 (updated bell sprite, Flying Platform interaction) Series information Game of origin: Mega Man 8 Other appearances: Mega Man & Bass Development Programmer(s): Meka Spriter(s): Son Loto Sound effect creator(s): Doctor Lumen

The Bell Ringer is a level object from Mega Man 8 and Mega Man & Bass, originating from Clown Man's stage and Magic Man's stage respectively. It is featured in Mega Man Maker since version 1.8.0.

Behavior

The Bell Ringer is a hammer-wielding robot near a bell. Once the bell is rung by the robot, level objects corresponding to the color of the Bell Ringer will automatically be triggered. The interval between each ring can be set between 2 and 9 seconds.

A Bell Ringer is stationary as it was in Magic Man's stage in Mega Man & Bass instead of entering and leaving doors like it did in Clown Man's stage in Mega Man 8. As a level object, a Bell Ringer is not solid, is unaffected by gravity, and can be passed through by the player without dealing damage. It remains active in a section even if it is not on-screen. However, a Bell Ringer that is not on-screen is not active once the player has won a level.

There are six unique variations of Bell Ringer, each affecting different level objects:

Icon	Color	Description
	Magenta	Rotates Rotating Spike Blocks clockwise (as in Mega Man & Bass)
	Orange	Extends Hornet Rolls Momentarily pauses Fire Walls Increases the lava level
	Yellow	Activates Fuse Laser Crawlers/Turrets Activates Ring/Coil Platforms
	Green	Flips Spike Platforms up/down Flips Flip Platforms left/right Increases the speed of Flying Platforms by one each time. Cycles back from the slowest speed upon reaching the fastest speed.
	Cyan	Increases the water level (including Section Wide Burst Water and Section Wide Chemical Solution) Increases the strength of Rain by one each time. Cycles back from the lowest strength (1) upon reaching the maximum strength (5). Cycles through a Tel Tel's weather with each ring in the following order: wind, clear, rain, snow, and heat.
	Purple	Rotates Punch Blocks Opens/closes Plantforms Changes the state of On/Off Switch level objects. No animation plays when the state is changed.

Gallery

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  The special red Bell Ringer as seen in Magic BG 6 Bell.
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  A purple Bell Ringer switching the state of opened and closed Plantforms
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  A cyan Bell Ringer increasing and decreasing the level of Section Wide Water
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  A cyan Bell Ringer cycling through the five strengths of rain
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  A cyan Bell Ringer through the five Tel Tel variants
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  A green Bell Ringer flipping a Flip Platform and Spike Platform
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  A yellow Bell Ringer activating Fuse Laser Turrets, Ring Platforms and Coil Platforms
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  An orange Bell Ringer increasing and decreasing the level of Section Wide Lava
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  An orange Bell Ringer temporarily stopping a travelling Fire Wall from progressing further
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  An orange Bell Ringer extending a Hornet Roll
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  A magenta Bell Ringer rotating a Rotating Spike Block clockwise
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  A yellow Bell Ringer activating Fuse Laser Crawlers

Trivia

• In a publicly showcased developer build of 1.8 from the update's Q&A livestream, the Bell Ringer's ring sound effect was not implemented despite being finalized. This resulted in a placeholder, the Taco Bell sound effect, playing every time the bell rang.
  • When a chat member requested it be kept as an option, the developers said it would not be kept as it risked legal trouble.
• Despite first appearing in Mega Man 8, the Bell Ringer is found in the Mega Man & Bass section under Level Objects.
• A special red variant of the Bell Ringer appears as a decoration in Magic BG 6 Bell while two red variants of the Bell Ringer appear in Magic BG 7 Bell. The time interval between each ring is fixed at 3 seconds and they act exactly the same as the magenta variant, rotating Rotating Spike Blocks clockwise.
• Bell Ringer's bell sprite was updated in version 1.10.0 to face the camera instead of angled away from it.

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