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| “ | Feel the eye of the needle! | „ |
| ~ Needle Man from the Mega Man & Bass CD data. |
Needle Man (or Nīdoruman in Japan) is one of the 8 Robot Masters and one of the main antagonists of the NES video game Mega Man 3 as well as one of the 4 additional bosses of the Gameboy game Mega Man II. While originally created by Dr. Light as a robot meant to mine the Energy Elements to be used for Gamma, he has stolen and reprogrammed by Dr. Wily to become the violent Robot Master he is now. Needle Man uses the Needle Cannon for his primary weapon, plus an unobtainable Needle Hammer on top of Needle Man's head, allowing him to skewer an opponent.
He is voiced by Garry Chalk in the Ruby Spears Cartoon and Nobuyuki Furuta in Super Adventure Rockman.
Biography
Mega Man 3
Needle Man is one of the eight bosses Mega Man must defeat in order to reach Dr. Wily and stop his evil plan. Once the player reaches Needle Man, the latter will ambush the former and begin the battle. If the player had previously defeated Gemini Man and obtained his titular Gemini Laser, it would give Mega Man an advantage against Needle Man because the Gemini Laser is Needle Man's weakness. Once Needle Man is defeated, the player will obtain his Needle Cannon.
Doc Robot
After the 8 Robot Masters are defeated, Doc Robot will take over 4 of the 8 Robot Master's stages including Needle Man's. While neither Needle Man himself doesn't appear, nor does his Needle Cannon provide any sort of advantage in his stage, he is instead replaced by Doc Robot in the form of Air Man and Doc Robot in the form of Crash Man.
Rematch
Once Mega Man reaches Dr. Wily's castle, the former will have to battle against all 8 of the Robot Masters again including Needle Man. This time, Needle Man's weakness is his own Needle Cannon which the player would have already due to having to defeat Needle Man to reach Dr. Wily's castle in the first place. After being defeated for the second time, Needle Man doesn't appear for the rest of the game.
Mega Man & Bass
Needle Man makes a cameo as CD data in Mega Man & Bass.
Other Media
Mega Man II (Game Boy)
Needle Man appears once again as one of the primary Robot Masters and antagonists the player must defeat. He behaves just like he does in Mega Man 3, however his weakness this time is Top Man's Top Spin because Gemini Man and his Gemini Laser aren't in this game. Not appearing as a boss in any other canonical Mega Man game, it's likely that this is the title in which Needle Man is defeated once and for all.
Cartoon
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Super Adventure Rockman
In the game, Needleman is one of Dr. Wily's robots and minions, along with other second and third generation robots, revived by Ra Moon in the Lafront Ruins, appearing as the penultimate boss in Episode 2. He appears while Mega Man and Beat are exploring the caverns beneath the ruins.
Before fighting the player, he ambushes Mega Man, impaling him with his head spike and knocking him into an underground pond with two well-timed punches. Mega Man then battles him, eventually winning, and Beat takes his Needle Cannon Wafer before they leave.
In the final episode, Needle Man and the rest of his companions (except Shadow Man) are revived one last time, but when Ra Moon betrays Dr. Wily, Needle Man and the other robots fall victim to him and be attacked multiple times until they collapse. If Mega Man loses to the New Yellow Devil, he can ask the robot to donate its remaining energy to him so that he can save the world, after doing so the robot will shut down. Following Ra Moon's fate, Needle Man and the rest of the Robot Masters (except Shadow Man) are seemingly destroyed along with Ra Moon's temple.
Mega Man Battle & Chase (Manhua only)
Needle Man appears only in the Manhua as a racer along with Blizzard Man.
Gallery
Images
Videos
Trivia
- In a bizarre case of irony, according to the Mega Man & Bass CD data, Needle Man suffers from Trypanophobia, which is the fear of medical procedures involving injections and particularly (where the irony stikes) needles.
External Links
- Needle Man on the Mega Man Wiki
