Tanks, or Cans (缶 Kan), are recovery items from the classic Mega Man series. Mega Man could stockpile and use these items to heal in an emergency. They were introduced in Mega Man 2 and appeared in most games since then, except for Mega Man 8, Mega Man & Bass, and some spin-offs.
Types of Tanks
Energy Tank
The Energy Tank, known as Energy Can (エネルギー缶 Enerugī Kan) in Japan and in Mega Man 7, shortened to E Tank or E Can (E缶), first appeared in Mega Man 2, and since then in almost all games from the original Mega Man series. It fully recovers the health of the user.
Weapon Tank
Weapon Tank, known as Weapon Can in Japan, W Tank or W Can for short, is an item that recovers the energy of Special Weapons. It first appeared in Mega Man IV and V, where it recovers all the energy to one Special Weapon. In Mega Man 7 and later appearances it recovers the energy of all Special Weapons at once, despite Auto saying that it only recovers one weapon in Mega Man 7.[1] Mega Man can only carry four of them at one time in most games, which is increased to nine in Mega Man 10. In Mega Man 11, much like with the E Tank, the Weapon Tank starts at six, but can be raised to nine by purchasing the Tank Container.
The Weapon Tank makes a cameo appearance in Mega Man ZX, where only one can be carried at a time. It is received by continually attacking the tangible doll in Prairie's room on the Grand Nuage. When used, it fully restores the energy of all Biometals currently owned.
Mystery Tank
The Mystery Tank, M Tank for short, recovers the energy from Mega Man's health and all weapons. If the M Tank is used when the health and all weapons are with full energy, it will turn all weak enemies on screen into extra lives, or give the player one extra life if no weak enemies are near. Only one Mystery Tank can be carried at a time.
Super Tank
The Super Tank, S Tank for short. Like the Mystery Tank, recovers all the energy from Mega Man's health and all weapons, and only one can be carried at a time.
? Can
? Can (?缶 ? Kan), also known as Surprise Box, is a can with a question mark that appeared only in Mega Man 3.
It is actually an Item Box and cannot be picked up, once opened by Mega Man with a shot, gave him a random item like Life and Weapon Energy.
L Tank
The L Tank is a Tank Proto Man gives to Mega Man before the battle against Dark Man 4 to recover all his energy lost from Dark Man 4's attack. Performance-wise they are superior to E Tanks, but they were never mass-produced.
It also appears as an unusable ancient artifact in Mega Man ZX Advent found in the top left of Floating Ruins 1 after accepting Meg's request. Collecting this and the other 3 relics rewards the player with a Sub Tank.
L Tank is always a storyline item and cannot be actually used in any game. It's unknown what the L from "L Tank" stands for, possibly short for "Life Tank".[2]
Others
- In Mega Man IV and Mega Man V, there are Mini E Tanks (ミニE缶 Mini E Can) that can't be used. After collecting four of them, they turn into a usable E Tank. They can be bought by 20 P Chips in Dr. Light's lab.
- In RockBoard, Reggae drops an explosive pink Tank with a skull mark on it.
- Rockman Xover had E Can, P Can (P缶) and H Can (H缶) items that recovered the EP, PP, and Battle Tower HP gauges, respectively.
- During the crossover between the games Rockman Xover and Yoshida Shiiku Kit, the later had a ヨ Can (an inversed E Can, "Yo Can") available for purchase.
- Two types of Tanks appear in the Dead Rising 3 DLC mode "Super Ultra Dead Rising 3' Arcade Remix Hyper Edition EX Plus α", one beneficial and other not. The S Tanks completely fills the player's Super gauge. T Tanks temporarily transforms the player into Tofu.
- In the Yuusha no Kuse ni Konamaiki da DASH! event, three E Cans and two SE Cans of different colors appeared as materials to enhance the power of the Mega Man characters.
- In Rockman: Red Bull Crashed Ice no Tatakai!!, there's an R Can which grants Mega Man wings and gives him a speed boost, invincibility and infinite energy for a limited time.
Other media
Tanks, specially Energy Tanks, appeared in other media related to the original series, including the Mega Man animated series (as Energy Cans), the Mega Man comic book series by Archie Comics, the Rockman manga series, and Mega Man Megamix. The M Tank appeared in the Rockman 5 manga.
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- In the Rockman 4 manga, Rush gives an Energy Capsule (エネルギーカプセル) to Rockman.
- In the Rockman 8 manga, Mega Man uses an Energy Drink (エネルギードリンク) to recover during the battle against the Wily Machine.
- In the Rockman & Forte manga, Bass takes Energy Cylinders (エネルギーボンベ Enerugī Bonbe) from Dr. Right's lab.
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- In Mega Man Through the Ages, Canisters resembling Energy Tanks were seen throughout the retrospective trailer. However, when collected, they instead contain key art for various games in series other than those in the original Mega Man series (and in one case, contained key art for games in two different series).
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References
- ↑ "This is a W Can. It fully charges a weapon's energy." - Auto, Mega Man 7
- ↑ U-Capcom
| Mega Man ZX series | |
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| Vent • Aile • Grey • Ashe • Girouette • Prairie • Fleuve • Master Thomas • Master Mikhail Master Albert • Prometheus • Pandora • Serpent • Aeolus • Thetis • Atlas • Siarnaq Guardians • Hunters • Raiders • Pseudoroids | |
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| Mega Man ZX • Mega Man ZX Advent • | |
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| ZX (Vent's story) • ZX (Aile's story) • ZXA (Grey's story) • ZXA (Ashe's story) | |
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| Biometal • Game of Destiny • Humanoid • Mega Man • Locations Mega Man ZX (manga) • ZX Tunes • ZXA Tunes • Rockman ZX Soundsketch - ZX GIGAMIX | |