Weapons Archive

Bass fighting against the Weapons Archive

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The Weapons Archive is the boss of the first Wily Castle stage from Mega Man 10. It's a room with data of Robot Masters from previous games, and contains three blocks that can fly and attack with the special weapon of one Robot Master. There are three Weapons Archives in the stage, the first room containing data of Elec Man, Wood Man and Gemini Man, the second with data of Ring Man, Napalm Man and Flame Man, and the third with data of Slash Man, Frost Man and Tornado Man. Each block has a weakness similar to that of the robot whose data is being copied, for example Elec Man's block is weak against the cutter weapon, Gemini Man's block is weak against the weapon that travels along floors and walls, and Ring Man's block is weak against the fire weapon, just like their original counterparts.

WeaknessesEdit

Every Robot Master data pod has its own weakness to one of the Special Weapons in Mega Man 10.

Image	Robot Master	Weapon	Weakness
	Elec Man	Thunder Beam	Wheel Cutter
	Wood Man	Leaf Shield	Triple Blade
	Gemini Man	Gemini Laser	Wheel Cutter
	Ring Man	Ring Boomerang	Solar Blaze, Screw Crusher
	Napalm Man	Napalm Bomb	Rebound Striker
	Flame Man	Flame Blast	Mirror Buster, Water Shield
	Slash Man	Slash Claw	Chill Spike
	Frost Man	Ice Wave	Commando Bomb
	Tornado Man	Tornado Blow	Thunder Wool, Screw Crusher

Notes/TriviaEdit

• As with everything weak to Chill Spike (except for the Wily Capsule), Commando Bomb, and Thunder Wool, the weakness only counts for indirect hits.

• Judging by how Elec Man and Wood Man are included, most of the robot masters in the Weapons Archive are Keiji Inafune's favorite creations, or at least the ones he likes the most from each game. Tornado Man is also sometimes believed to be a favorite among the developers of Mega Man 9, furthering the concept that the nine chosen Robot Masters who appear are the developer favorites from each previous numbered game.

• There are 72 blocks in the background of these bosses (4 are obscured by the screen). Three of these blocks are lit up during combat. Counting from left to right, each lit block corresponds to the serial number of a currently loaded Robot Master.

• The reviving of previous games' Robot Masters in this game is very similar to Doc Robot in Mega Man 3, since Doc Robot used the powers of Mega Man 2's Robot Masters in that game. The "bridge" from Mega Man IV also used weapons from other bosses, but the bosses are from the same game.

• The Mega Man 7 and Mega Man 8 Robot Master's graphics were changed to 8-bit style to fit the game, as Slash Man and Frost Man were originally 16-bit and 32-bit respectively.

• Despite being shown as a main adventure in Mega Man 9, there wasn't any Robot Master data from Mega Man and Bass.

• As mentioned before, each block has a weakness similar to that of the robot whose data is being copied.

Elec Man: The Wheel Cutter and Rolling Cutter are cutter-themed weapons.

Wood Man: The Triple Blade and the Air Shooter are both weapons that spilt into three. In addition, the Triple Blade and the Metal Blade are both cutter-themed weapons. Even though Wood Man's other, more prominent weakness was Atomic Fire, a fire weapon, Solar Blaze does normal damage.

Gemini Man: The Wheel Cutter and the Search Snake are both weapons which travel along walls and floors.

Ring Man: The Solar Blaze and the Pharaoh Shot are both fire weapons. Furthermore, Pharaoh Man has an attack that sends out waves of fire much like the Solar Blaze does.

Napalm Man: The Rebound Striker and the Crystal Eye are both large blunt spheres that can bounce off walls.

Flame Man: Due to the lack of a wind weapon, the Water Shield was the most ideal choice.

Slash Man: The Chill Spike and the Freeze Cracker are both ice weapons.

Frost Man: The Commando Bomb and Flash Bomb are both explosive weapons.

Tornado Man: The Thunder Wool and the Plug Ball are both electric weapons.

• The amount of damage each weapon deals to the blocks is also based upon previous games. For example, Elec Man's block is destroyed with three hits of the Wheel Cutter - Elec Man can also be destroyed with three hits of the Rolling Cutter in the original Mega Man.

• Many of the weapons used by the Weapons Archive are slower and weaker than their original counterparts, the most notable example being Elec Man's Thunder Beam; in Mega Man, the Beam did 10 damage to Mega Man, but that is not the case here. The Gemini Laser used by Gemini Man's data however, is faster than it originally was.

Mega Man 10
List of Robot Masters
Blade Man • Pump Man • Commando Man • Chill Man • Sheep Man • Strike Man • Nitro Man • Solar Man
Other Bosses
Weapons Archive • Crab Puncher • Block Devil • Wily Machine No. 10 • Wily Capsule - Special Stage - Enker • Punk • Ballade
Special Weapons
Triple Blade • Water Shield • Commando Bomb • Chill Spike • Thunder Wool • Rebound Striker • Wheel Cutter • Solar Blaze - Mega Man Killer Special Weapons - Mirror Buster • Screw Crusher • Ballade Cracker
Support Items
Rush Coil • Rush Jet Proto Coil • Proto Jet Treble Boost
Miscellaneous
Damage Data Chart • Mega Man 10 Script • Enemies