Capsule

Capsules are a type of pickup in Mega Man Maker which can change the playable character or add or remove a weapon in their arsenal.

Types of Capsules

Weapon Capsule

Weapon Capsule

A Weapon Capsule set to Rolling Cutter

Information Level Builder Description: Will lock its selected weapon until collected. Waited for 62 updates. Category: Pickups Builder space: 2x1 Game information Added in version: 1.2.0 Series information Game of origin: Mega Man Maker Development Programmer(s): WreckingPrograms Spriter(s): Sodacoma

Weapon Capsules are Mega Man Maker exclusive pickups added in version 1.2.0. They hold a weapon, and when a player touches the capsule, it gives them said weapon with full ammunition and forcibly switches them to that weapon.

When the user first places it in the Level Builder, its placeholder weapon is Nothing. By default, this will fully refill weapon energy to the player's currently equipped weapon; if the primary weapon is equipped upon collecting a Weapon Capsule set to Nothing, the weapon energy of the last weapon in the player's arsenal is fully refilled instead.

Level creators have to add the weapon they want to use to the weapons menu before putting it in a Weapon Capsule: this will add a yellow lock icon to the right of the weapon in the weapons menu. Weapons in Weapon Capsules cannot be used before they are collected. If the player already has a specific weapon and gets a Weapon Capsule of said weapon, its ammo will be fully refilled. A player will lose their weapon if they die before getting to a checkpoint.

Weapon Remover

Weapon Remover

A Weapon Remover set to Rolling Cutter

Information Level Builder Description: Will remove the selected weapon when collected. Category: Pickups Builder space: 2x1 Game information Added in version: 1.4.0 Series information Game of origin: Mega Man Maker Development Programmer(s): Luigi Spriter(s): Sodacoma

Weapon Removers are variants of Weapon Capsules that were added in version 1.4.0 of Mega Man Maker. Unlike Weapon Capsules which give the player weapons they do not already have, these capsules remove a weapon from their arsenal so the player can no longer use it.

Similarly to the Weapon Capsules, the player needs to define the selectable weapons before setting a Weapon Remover to lock a weapon. If not set to any weapon, they will remove all weapons from the player's arsenal.

Character Capsule

Character Capsule

A Character Capsule containing Mega Man

Information Level Builder Description: Changes your character when touched. Don't ask us how it works. Category: Pickups Builder space: 2x1 Game information Added in version: 1.3.0 Series information Game of origin: Mega Man Maker Development Programmer(s): WreckingPrograms Spriter(s): Sodacoma BigMaster (Roll Life sprite, edited by E-Clare)

Character Capsules are Mega Man Maker exclusive pickups introduced in version 1.3.0. They hold a playable character, and when a player touches the capsule, it instantly switches them to that character. When first placed in a level, its placeholder character is set to Mega Man.

Character Capsules can be set to any of the playable characters (Mega Man, Proto Man, Bass and Roll) which can be set through options. Characters in Character Capsules cannot be used unless collected first. If a player dies before reaching a checkpoint, they will respawn with their previously active character — not the one they switched to. Additionally, Character Capsules will always reappear after death.

If the player is already using the same character the capsule is set to, nothing will change upon collecting it.

Trivia

• The description of the Weapon Capsule mentions "Waited for 62 updates." This is a reference to the Mega Man Maker Discord server where then moderator MrKyurem had kept count of how many times the Weapon Capsule had been requested until its addition.
• Originally, dying and collecting the Weapon Capsule for a weapon would result in the weapon having the amount of weapon energy it did last time it was used. This was changed in 1.2.3.
• When playing a level, a Weapon Remover and Weapon Capsule both set to Nothing are identical in appearance but function differently.
• Weapon Capsules and Weapon Removers will not respawn if the player touches them unless the player touches from a checkpoint afterwards. Character Capsules however always respawn after the player dies.

Gallery

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  A Weapon Capsule in the Level Builder of Mega Man Maker set to Nothing
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  A Weapon Remover in Mega Man Maker: this is also how Weapon Capsules set to Nothing appear as when playing a level
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  Character Capsules of each of the four playable characters

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