Hothead

Hothead

Artwork of a Hothead from Mega Man 2

Information Game information Description: Stands around, throwing fireballs at you regularly. HP: 10 Damage: 8 (contact) 3 (Tackle Fire projectile) Added in version: 1.0.0 Series information Game of origin: Mega Man 2 Other appearances: Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge Mega Man: The Wily Wars Mega Man: Powered Up Mega Man (Game Gear Development Programmer(s): WreckingPrograms

Hothead (also known as Changkey Maker) is a torch robot, with the ability to spawn Tackle Fires. Hothead was a robot that originally worked at various festivals, but was repurposed for combat by Dr. Wily. They are enemies that originate from Mega Man 2 from Quick Man's stage.

In Mega Man Maker

Behavior

When a Hothead spawns, it will throw a single Tackle Fire at the player every few seconds.

The Tackle Fires thrown by Hothead function like projectiles instead of enemies, and as such, cannot be attacked but can be deflected by Shine and Proto Man's Shield. The thrown Tackle Fire can also ignite oil if they collide with it, but the Hothead as on itself cannot ignite oil despite being fire-themed. The Tackle Fire could be destroyed and bounced over terrain in Mega Man Powered Up, but this behavior is not carried over in Mega Man Maker. The Hothead can only shoot the Tackle Fires roughly four tiles above it, which limits how much it can attack the player if it is at a higher place than it.

If the player gets behind Hothead, it will turn around to face the player.

Hotheads do not take as much damage as other enemies with the Bubble Lead.

Trivia

• Originally, in Mega Man 2, the screen would go dark after defeating a Hothead, this does not happen in Mega Man Maker however.