KingMan.EXE

KingMan
Information
Operator:	Tora
HP:	MMBN3: 800, 1000 (α), 1500 (β), 2000 (Ω) MMBCC: 500
Abilities:	See below
Drops:	See below
Battle Chips:	See below
Type:	None
Weakness:	None
Misc. Information
Script:	キングマン
Romaji:	Kinguman
Designer:	Koshiro Umegaki
Original Counterpart:	None
Series Information
In-game Appearances:	Mega Man Battle Network 3 Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge
Other Appearances:	MegaMan NT Warrior anime and manga
Sprites

For his anime counterpart, see KingMan.EXE (anime)

KingMan.EXE (キングマン, Kinguman) is the NetNavi of Tora from the Mega Man Battle Network series. Tora and KingMan are masters of NetChess, with KingMan being based on the chess piece of the same name, and uses other pieces to attack. His signature battle chips are the chess pieces. He was created from a boss character contest.

Design

KingMan is based on a black king chess piece. KingMan wears a golden crown with a Navi mark on the front, has a white mustache, a white-black checker pattern on his body and a red royal mantle with sleeves and white linings on it.

Navi mark

KingMan's Navi mark shows a white shape of a crown with three small circles on each point of it in a black background.

Personality

KingMan is said to have a calm demeanor and is rarely in a rush, in contrast to his operator's more go-to attitude. That said, KingMan does not talk at all in the entirety of Mega Man Battle Network 3.

History

Mega Man Battle Network 3

KingMan and his operator Tora participate in the N1 Grand Prix and fight against MegaMan before the tournament starts; although he was holding back. KingMan and Tora pass all the other rounds, defeating Masa and SharkMan in the process. MegaMan and KingMan face each other in the semi-finals, this time at full strength but MegaMan ends up winning. He later appears in the WWW Comp 1, deleting FlashMan before he could delete MegaMan with an explosion.

Anime

MegaMan NT Warrior

KingMan appears in one episode of the anime with Tora. In the beginning of the episode, Tora is playing cyber chess with a computer and is about to lose when KingMan destroys the computer by deleting its NetNavi (a copy of KingMan), by overloading the computer by the use of Battle Chips; Tora and KingMan quickly leave. He and Tora later play a game of cyber chess with Maylu and Lan where they bet their NetNavis. KingMan uses an army of chess pieces against MegaMan and Roll with their own set of chess pieces. Despite the fact that Tora and KingMan were prodigies, they lose. Although Tora loses, Lan and Maylu let him keep KingMan. KingMan later helps them to fight off ShadowMan when he interrupts their chess match. They work together to drive him away and afterwards, KingMan and Tora return to Swapopolis. ^{Chess Mess!}

Manga

MegaMan NT Warrior

Tora and KingMan in the manga.

When MegaMan is in a pinch against FlameMan, KingMan appears and saves him, easily defeating FlameMan. Later, FlashMan hypnotizes KingMan, but he returns to normal after FlashMan's defeat.

Abilities

KingMan's Navi mark

The chess pieces he uses are the Pawn, Knight and Rook, starting the battle with two Pawns and one Knight. All pieces used cannot be destroyed except by using Breaking attacks, and will regenerate over time.

• Pawn (ポーン, Pōn):
  Pawns are locked to KingMan's frontmost row, and they will move up and down to track MegaMan's position, attacking the two panels in front of them if they line up with him.

• Knight (ナイト, Naito):
  Knights jump between panels, tracking MegaMan's position. When they land, they also create a shockwave that travels down the row. Only one Knight moves at a time.

• Plan-B, known in Japan as
  Change of Tactics (サクセンヘンコウ, Sakusen Henkō""):
  This is used when KingMan's pieces are persistently destroyed, or if MegaMan fights exclusively in the back row out of the Pawns' reach. Plan-B changes the chess pieces and positions, like losing one pawn and gaining another knight, while using Area Grab to lock MegaMan down even more. Another variation summons a Rook to protect KingMan while spawning two Knights.

• Checkmate (チェックメイト, Chekkumeito):
  This move is only used if MegaMan's HP is low enough for it to finish him. It "locks" MegaMan into a position so that it is unavoidable, but it's possible to survive it with the Under Shirt program installed in the Navi Customizer.

Drops

Mega Man Battle Network 3

Enemy		HP	Image	Reward		Busting LV.	Chance
KingMan (キングマン)		>=37.5%		5000z		1 - S**	100%
		<37.5%		5000z		1 - S**	100%
KingManα (キングマンＶ２ KingMan V2)		>=37.5%		KingMan (キングマン)	(K)	1 - S**	100%
		<37.5%		KingMan (キングマン)	(K)	1 - S**	100%
KingManβ (キングマンＶ３ KingMan V3)		>=37.5%		100z		1 - 3	100%
						4	50%
				200z		4 - 5	50%
				500z		5	25%
						6	50%
						7	25%
				KingMan (キングマン)	(K)	5	25%
						6	50%
						7	25%
				1000z		7	25%
						8	50%
						9	46.875%
						10	25%
				KingManV 2 (キングマンＶ ２)	(K)	7	25%
						8	50%
						9	46.875%
						10	25%
				2000z		9	3.125%
						10	25%
						S	50%
				KingManV 3 (キングマンＶ ３)	(K)	9	3.125%
						10	25%
						S	50%
				KingManV 4 (キングマンＶ ４)	(K)	S* - S**	100%
		<37.5%		100z		1 - 3	100%
						4	50%
				200z		4 - 5	50%
				500z		5	25%
						6	50%
						7	25%
				KingMan (キングマン)	(K)	5	25%
						6	50%
						7	25%
				1000z		7	25%
						8	50%
						9	46.875%
						10	25%
				KingManV 2 (キングマンＶ ２)	(K)	7	25%
						8	50%
						9	46.875%
						10	25%
				2000z		9	3.125%
						10	25%
						S	50%
				KingManV 3 (キングマンＶ ３)	(K)	9	3.125%
						10	25%
						S	50%
				KingManV 4 (キングマンＶ ４)	(K)	S* - S**	100%
KingManΩ (キングマンＳＰ KingMan SP)		>=37.5%		KingManV 5 (キングマンＶ ５)	(K)	1 - S**	100%
		<37.5%		KingManV 5 (キングマンＶ ５)	(K)	1 - S**	100%

Battle Chips

• Mega Man Battle Network 3
• Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge

ID	Image	Battle Chip		Description	Attack	Element	Code(s)	MB	Rarity
MegaChip 66			KingMan (キングマン)	Move up 3 square & 4-way hit	140	None	K	36	⋆⋆⋆••
MegaChip 67			KingManV 2 (キングマンＶ ２)	Move up 3 square & 4-way hit	170	None	K	48	⋆⋆⋆⋆•
MegaChip 68			KingManV 3 (キングマンＶ ３)	Move up 3 square & 4-way hit	200	None	K	60	⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆
MegaChip 69			KingManV 4 (キングマンＶ ４)	Move up 3 square & 4-way hit	240	None	K	72	⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆
GigaChip 16			KingManV 5 (キングマンＶ ５)	Move up 3 square & 4-way hit	280	None	K	84	⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆

ID	Image	Battle Chip		HP	AP	MB	Element	Acc	Dodge	Priority	Attack	Description	Rarity
228			KingMan (キングマン)	500	20	130 (basic) 290 (max)*	None	A	C	0	AllAdd20 (Chckmate)	All Bchip Add Atk	⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆

*130 initially, 290 is the max memory achieved by clearing Class Z (Chaos).

Gallery

Concept art of KingMan.

Trivia

• He was originally named CrossMan (クロスマン, Kurosuman) by his designer.