Bubble Man

Bubble Man

Artwork of Bubble Man from Rockman Complete Works

Information Level Builder Description: Swims towards you, firing spurts and bubble leads. Said to be defective on land. Category: Boss Game information HP: 28 Damage: 4 (contact) 2 (Projectile) 4 (Bubble Lead) Added in version: 1.2.0 Series information Game of origin: Mega Man 2 Other appearances: Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge Mega Man: The Wily Wars Development Programmer(s): WreckingPrograms Spriter(s): Sodacoma and E-Clare (On land sprites) {{{sprite}}}

DWN-011 Bubble Man is one of the 8 Robot Masters from Mega Man 2 that is featured in Mega Man Maker since the 1.2.0 update. He fights by jumping underwater armed with his cannon and signature weapon, the Bubble Lead.

Built by Dr. Wily to have supremacy in aquatic combat, his Bubble Lead is a danger to those who face him underwater. However, due to an oversight by Wily, he is reduced to being nearly helpless if dragged onto land where he will be unable to move. He fought against Mega Man in his underwater den full of spikes in Mega Man 2 and would later face him again in Mega Man 3 after having his combat data transferred into a Doc Robot body. He later comes back in Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge with other four robot masters from Mega Man 2, fighting Mega Man before Enker.

Behavior

Depending if he is in water, Bubble Man has two possible attack patterns. In water he behaves similarly to like he did in Mega Man 2, swimming towards the player while firing Bubble Leads and spurts of water. On land, he comically falls over and will then begin to cry. He will not move in this state, but he will still fire Bubble Leads at the player with intervals.

Bubble Man's Bubble Lead behaves differently depending if Bubble Man is inside or outside of water when he uses it. When fired in water, the Bubble Leads will bounce along the floor and will continue bouncing until reaching a wall, where they pop and despawn. Ceilings limit the height of the Bubbles, while they will bounce at a lower maximum height if they leave water. When Bubble Man is on land when Bubble Lead is fired, they fall to the ground and travel along it until reaching a wall. If a Bubble Lead is initially shot outside water, it will not start bouncing if they enter water while they are traveling along the floor. However, a bubble fired while Bubble Man jumped over water will bounce when it enters in contact with water. In both cases, the Bubble Lead projectiles disappear when they collide with a wall in their path.

Regardless of how the Bubble Lead is used, it will reduce the acidity of a Chemical Solution pool. The bubbles despawn while diluting in the Chemical Solution while they reduce the acidity.

Trivia

• The way Bubble Man's Bubble Lead behaves when Bubble Man is outside water is similar to how Mega Man used the move in Mega Man 2.
• If he jumps in and out of water in quick succession, it may lead to him spamming the Bubble Lead more than he could otherwise.
• The way that Bubble Man cries while stuck on land is possibly a reference to Aqua Man.exe, a Net Navi from the Mega Man Battle Network series based on Aqua Man from Mega Man 8.
• His Bubble Leads reduce the acidity of a Chemical Solution despite some sources stating that the bubbles are made of sulphuric acid. Luigi stated that the team did not consider Bubble Lead to be acid due to being mostly made of water and lead, which are not acidic substances.

Gallery

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  Official artwork from Mega Man 2

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