Big Eye (ビッグアイ Biggu Ai) is a one-eyed surveillance robot with high defense that tries to crush its enemies. In the first Mega Man game, a single Big Eye appears in the stages of Cut Man (red), Guts Man (blue), Ice Man and Elec Man (red), and three metallic Big Eyes appear in the beginning of the final stage. They also appear in the first part of the Wily Tower in Mega Man: The Wily Wars. In Mega Man Powered Up, the Opening Stage boss is a larger Big Eye called Proto Eye that attacks with laser orbs and stomps.
Big Eyes are vulnerable on all parts of their body in the first game, while in Mega Man Powered Up their only weak spot is the eye, which closes when at rest. In Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge, Big Eyes can only be damaged while they are jumping and appear in the stages of Cut Man, Ice Man, Elec Man and both Wily stages (Wily Castle and Wily Station respectively).
Mega Man Legacy Collection data
A robot made to monitor enemies. This strong foe boasts high defensive capabilities. Freeze with your ice weapon, and then attack.
HP: 20
AT: 10
Weakness: Super Arm
Hits data chart
Amount of shots/hits from Special Weapons it takes to destroy a Big Eye.
| Mega Man | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mega Buster | Rolling Cutter | Super Arm | Ice Slasher | Hyper Bomb | Fire Storm | Thunder Beam | |||||
| 20 | 20 | 3 | - | 5 | 20 | 5 | |||||
| Mega Man: The Wily Wars | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mega Buster | Rolling Cutter | Super Arm | Ice Slasher | Hyper Bomb | Fire Storm | Thunder Beam | |||||
| 20 | 20 | 3 | - | 3 | 20 | 5 | |||||
| Metal Blade | Air Shooter | Bubble Lead | Quick Boomerang | Crash Bomber | Time Stopper | Atomic Fire | Leaf Shield | ||||
| 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5:5 | - | 20:7:1 | 3 | ||||
| Needle Cannon | Magnet Missile | Gemini Laser | Hard Knuckle | Top Spin | Search Snake | Spark Shock | Shadow Blade | ||||
| 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 20 | ||||
- A hyphen indicates that the freeze effect is functional.
Strategy
The Big Eye has two jumps: a high jump and a low jump. Big Eye will follow the player using these jumps. What determines which jump the Big Eye uses is pure randomness, so strategy is unfortunately limited. In most cases, it's not worth killing a Big Eye, as it takes too many hits and puts you at risk of colliding with it, and it deals a lot of damage. Instead, let it pass you with a high jump. Big Eyes are weak against Super Arm, Thunder Beam, and Hyper Bomb (although the latter is not ideal). Although Big Eyes aren't damaged by Ice Slasher, they will be frozen, making fighting or passing by them significantly easier. It is best to freeze them at the peak of their high jump so you can walk underneath it safely.
In Mega Man Powered Up, Big Eye's attacking behavior varies across the three difficulties in New Style. In Easy, it will only stay in one spot while jumping, not following the player at all. In Normal and Old Style, it behaves similarly to its old counterpart in the first Mega Man game. In Hard, the Big Eye jumps wider and faster while following the player, making it very difficult to avoid. Also in New Style, the Big Eye can now be damaged normally by the Ice Slasher.
Proto Eye
Proto Eye (プロトアイ Puroto Ai) is the boss from the Opening Stage of Mega Man Powered Up exclusive to New Style. It is a larger, grey-colored version of a normal Big Eye that Dr. Wily sends after the player to cover his escape.
The Proto Eye is actually less dangerous than a regular Big Eye, since it deals less damage, is vulnerable on all parts of its body, and makes slower, wider jumps all at the same height, allowing the player to pass underneath it easily at any point. In Easy and Normal, Proto Eye will always jump forward four times before turning around. In Hard, Proto Eye will turn around to follow the player if it jumps over them, and it jumps more frequently compared to Easy and Normal.
In Normal and Hard, Proto Eye can fire green energy orbs towards the player after a certain number of jumps. In Normal, it will fire a single orb after it jumps vertically (ie. after it reaches one end of the stage), while in Hard, it will fire three energy orbs at different angles after every three jumps.
Proto Eye is also weak to Mega Man C's Charge Shots and Proto Man's Proto Strike, both capable of knocking Proto Eye back and disorienting it for a short while. Interestingly in Normal, if Proto Eye is knocked back by the aformentioned weapon after making its vertical jump but before firing its energy orb, it will then jump forward once before attempting to fire an energy orb.
Overall, the Proto Eye is not too difficult in part due to its status as an introductory boss.
Big Eye in Mega Man Network Transmission
BigEye appears as a virus in Mega Man Network Transmission. They act basically the same as the original enemies.
Virus stats
| HP: | Element: |  |
Damage: | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dropped: | FootStomp, Recov150 | |||||
| Location: | Power Plant Comp, Legendary WWW Area | |||||
Trivia
- Big Eye and Fly Boy share their same sound effect.
Gallery
Similar enemies
Enemies similar to the Big Eye.
| Mega Man | |
|---|---|
| Six Robot Masters | |
| Cut Man • Guts Man • Ice Man • Bomb Man • Fire Man • Elec Man | |
| Other bosses | |
| Yellow Devil • Copy Robot • CWU-01P • Wily Machine 1 | |
| Mega Man's Special Weapons | |
| Rolling Cutter • Super Arm • Ice Slasher • Hyper Bomb • Fire Storm • Thunder Beam | |
| Mega Man's Support Items | |
| Magnet Beam | |
| List of enemies | |
| Adhering Suzy • Blaster • Big Eye • Bunby Heli • Bombombomb • Changkey • Crazy Razy • Foot Holder • Gabyoall • Kamadoma Killer Bomb • Mambu • Metall • Pepe • Pickelman • Screw Driver • Sniper Joe • Super Cutter • Watcher | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Script • Gallery • List of enemies • Damage data chart • Miscellaneous data | |
| Mega Man Powered Up | |
|---|---|
| Playable characters | |
| Mega Man (Mega, S, C) • Roll • Proto Man Cut Man • Guts Man • Ice Man • Bomb Man • Fire Man • Elec Man • Time Man • Oil Man | |
| Bosses | |
| Cut Man • Guts Man • Ice Man • Bomb Man • Fire Man • Elec Man • Time Man • Oil Man Proto Eye • Mega Man? • Yellow Devil • CWU-01P • Copy Robot • Wily Machine Number 1 | |
| Special Weapons | |
| Rolling Cutter • Super Arm • Ice Slasher • Hyper Bomb • Fire Storm • Thunder Beam • Time Slow • Oil Slider | |
| Other weapons and support items | |
| Magnet Beam • Mega Kick • Roll Swing • Proto Strike | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Walkthrough • Damage data chart • Script • Enemies • Challenge • Construction | |
| Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge | |
|---|---|
| The eight Robot Masters | |
| Cut Man • Ice Man • Fire Man • Elec Man • Bubble Man • Quick Man • Flash Man • Heat Man | |
| Other Bosses | |
| Enker • Wily Machine I | |
| Special Weapons | |
| Rolling Cutter • Ice Slasher • Fire Storm • Thunder Beam • Bubble Lead • Quick Boomerang • Time Stopper • Atomic Fire • Mirror Buster | |
| Support Item | |
| Carry | |
| Locations | |
| Cut Man Stage • Ice Man Stage • Fire Man Stage • Elec Man Stage • Wily Castle • Wily Station | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Damage Data Chart • Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge Script • Enemies | |