Hard Knuckle
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| Official artwork for the Hard Knuckle from Mega Man 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hard Knuckle is Hard Man's signature weapon, originating from Mega Man 3 and reappearing in Mega Man II and Mega Man: The Wily Wars. It is featured in Mega Man Maker as of version 1.1.0.
The user transforms their arm into a fist which will be launched forward after a short delay, and it can be slightly manuevered up or down by pressing the responding keys. Users are briefly held in place upon pressing the attack key, and if the fist hits an enemy, it will recoil backwards, allowing it to hit again. It will not recoil off of destructible objects such as Weapon Blocks, and only one Hard Knuckle can be onscreen at a time. Should the fist's left side contact an enemy, it will zip through it and continue to hit it normally.
Because some enemies such as spines are invulnerable to Hard Knuckle, the shots will bounce on them indefinitely. This makes Hard Knuckle an excellent choice for escort type levels.
| Mega Man 3 | |
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| Weapons | |
| Mega Buster • Spark Shock • Search Snake • Needle Cannon • Top Spin • Shadow Blade • Magnet Missile • Gemini Laser • Hard Knuckle • Rush Coil • Rush Jet | |
| Enemies | |
| Peterchy • Potton • Hammer Joe • Mechakkero • Pole • New Shotman • Petit Snakey • Komasaburo • Hari Harry • Cannon • Walking Bomb • Gyoraibo • Yambow • Mag Fly • Electric Gabyoall • Bubukan • Nitron • Elec'n • Bomb Flier • Hologran • Bomber Pepe • Giant Springer • Tama | |
| Level Objects | |
| Moving Cog • Lift Platform • Drop Platform • Wanaan • Magnet • Needle Press • Top Lift | |
| Bosses | |
| Spark Man • Top Man • Magnet Man • Hard Man • Shadow Man • Snake Man • Kamegoro Maker | |
| Other Pages | |
| Tilesets • Backgrounds • Music | |
| Mega Man II | |
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| Weapons | |
| Mega Buster • Air Shooter • Leaf Shield • Clash Bomber • Metal Blade • Needle Cannon • Top Spin • Magnet Missile • Hard Knuckle | |
| Enemies | |
| Telly • Crazy Cannon • Batton • Robbit • Fly Boy • Fan Fiend • Pipi • Scworm • Atomic Chicken • Hot Dog • New Shotman • Komasaburo • Hari Harry • Cannon • Yambow • Mag Fly • Giant Springer • Tama | |
| Bosses | |
| Wood Man • Clash Man • Metal Man • Top Man • Magnet Man • Hard Man | |
| Other Pages | |
| Tilesets • Backgrounds • Music | |