Mega Man 6
"The Mysterious Mr. X!"

" In the year 20XX AD... The 1st annual robt tournament was held with 8 of the world's most powerful robots. But... Mr. X, the sponsor of the tournament, took control of the robots and began to take over the world. MegaMan: Mr.X!! Why!? Mr.X: It's time to tell you the truth, I have been manipulating that fool, Dr.Wily from the beginning. But now I no longer need Dr.Wily's help. Come and face my power MegaMan! MegaMan: We'll stop you! Follow me, Rush!"
Some shots of the intro : here, here, here and here.

"The most talented robot designers from across the globe have come to the 1st Annual Robot Tournament sponsored by the billionare, Mr X . Traveling from Japan, Canada and the United States, the designers have brought their finest cybernetic creations to do battle in a series of tests to see which robot can claim the title of "The Most Powerful Robot In The World. Nothing seems strange as the contest begins, but when the top eight robots enter the arena for the final event, the lights dim and the mysterious Mr. X appears.. Ladies and Gentlemen... I wish to thank you all for coming to see the final event of my 1st Annual Robot Tournament. As you know, I have kept the final event of the tournament a secret. This event will test the strength, skill and intelligence of each of these find robots. In fact, it will also test the strength and skill of each one of you. That may seem strange, but I'm sure you will understand when I explain that the final test for these robots is to help me conquer the world! Please excuse me and my robots as we teleport out of here, but we have a lot of work to do. But don't worry, you'll see me again soon. Real soon!" story from the Game Manual

MM6 does introduce some modifications to the "classic" MegaMan style : Rush is not a dog anymore, but he transforms into armor enhancements (Jet-MegaMan and Power-MegaMan). The end is not "classic" at all : no "MegaMan walks home" sequence + Dr.Wily doesn't get away (and he doesn't have that nice blue UFO anymore).

1993

The 8 Main Robots		Saved games (for use with NESticle) 1st robot - 2nd robot 3rd robot - 4th robot 5th robot - 6th robot 7th robot - 8th robot To use a saved game rename it to ROM-name.st1-9 and put it in the 'saves' directory of NESticle Passwords 1 killed : A1 A5 B1 C4 E6 2 killed : A1 A5 C4 D5 E6 3 killed : A1 A3 A5 D5 E6 4 killed : A3 A5 C6 D5 E6 5 killed : A3 B6 C6 D5 E6 6 killed : D6 E2 E3 F1 F5 7 killed : D6 E2 E3 F3 F5 8 killed : B6 D4 F2 F4 F6 A1 means put a red dot in row A, column 1.
	Blizzardman Snow snow snow. Use F.blast to beat him. weapon : b.attack
	Windman He "sucks" you (ahem)... Use C.flash to beat him. weapon : w.storm
	Flameman Hides behind his fire-barrier... Use W.storm to beat him. weapon : f.blast + Rush Power-MegaMan Adaptor
	Plantman Well, a plant... Use B.attack to beat him. weapon : plant.b + Rush Jet-MegaMan
	Tomahawkman He watched too many westerns... throws feathers Use Plant.b to beat him. weapon : silver.t + beat B-parts (+ energy economizer - hidden in level)
	Yamatoman Japanese warrior. Use Silver.t to beat him. weapon : y.spear + beat E-parts
	Knightman Ancient-times warrior. Use Y.spear to beat him. weapon : knight.c + beat A-parts
	Centaurman A centaur... Use Knight.c to beat him. weapon : c.flash + beat T-parts
Tips'n'tricks Because of the weapons needed to kill each of the robots, I recommend playing the levels in this order : 1) Plantman, 2) Tomahawkman, 3) Yamatoman, 4) Knightman, 5) Centaurman, 6) Windman, 7) Flameman, 8) Blizzardman (if you want to get Beat and the Energy Balancer you will have to play some stages twice) Beat, the robo-bird is back ! You must collect the B, E, A, and T circuit plates to be able to use Beat. The plates are not hidden, you get them when you beat some of the robot-masters BUT you must beat the robot-master in his hidden lair, not in his normal lair !! The plates can be found in following levels: B (Tomahawkman - after 2nd Met-machine take the lower path, you will need the Jet) E (Yamatoman - at one point you'll see two ladders, one going up and the other going down: go up, you will need the Jet) A (Knightman - after trampoline section, just before normal door, use Power-MegaMan to break the block in the path going down) T (Centaurman - you see the hidden door before going down to the normal one, use Jet to fly over to the hidden door) You can find the Energy Balancer in Tomahawkman's level, after 2nd Met-machine go up, you will need Power-MegaMan to punch a block on the lower left of a ladder)

Dr.X's Castle		Saved games (for use with NESticle) Castle Access Rail-Robots - Wall-Crawler Met-Tank - Dr.X To use a saved game rename it to ROM-name.st1-9. Passwords Castle Access : B6 D4 F2 F4 F6
	Come Rush, let's go fight Mr.X ! (notice the B E A T and HEAD symbols, they indicate wheter you did find the hidden-boss or not)
	Rail-Robots Two "thing" following a defined path, just avoid them and use Y.spear to destroy them.
	Wall-Crawler Moves up & down along the wall, firing various stuff at you. Use Silver.t to win.
	Met-Tank Use B.attack to defeat it.	End Sequence when you defeat Dr.X, he is angry :-) "my scheme for world domination has failed! but I still have enough power to destroy you! Let the final battle begin! " screenshot
	Dr.X Very nice-looking toy he has here :-) Use F.blast to win.

Dr.Wily's Castle

Saved games
(for use with NESticle)

Dragon - Tank
Teleporter Room - Dr.Wily

To use a saved game put it in the 'saves' dir.

Passwords

-no password-

Dragon

I like this one... Use Y.spear to beat it.

Tank

Take care, the tank drives left and hits you (and it stays there, hitting you again and again aaarg). Use W.storm to stop it.

Robots Revenge

Classic teleporter room, you must kill all 8 robots again.
Here is who's where :

Yamato			Blizzard
Plant			Flame
Knight	Centaur	Wind	Tomahawk

Dr.Wily

Nice machine... similar to the one in MM5, use Silver.t
Same machine, but a bit broken. Make him eat some more Silver.t
Wily's UFO, same idea as in MM5 & MM4, you can only see him when he fires. Use normal fire (with Jet-MegaMan) to make him hit the ground!
Dr.Wily surrenders... see "The End" for more

The End

Strange ending ! Dr.Wily surrenders, you capture him, and he does NOT get away in his blue UFO like he does in ALL other MM games (1 to 5).
"Triumphant at last, MegaMan arrested the notorious Dr.Wily and brought him to justice. Sentenced to prison for his crimes, Dr.Wily now rules over a prison cell. At long last, the world is at peace." little end-story

for the 1st time, Dr.Wily does not flee (but the end screen reads "to be continued")

Tools / Items

3 tools (2 Rush-robot-dog "tools" + 1 real tool) in Mega Man 6. You get the tools after completing specific levels:
Rush-Jet-MegaMan : Plantman, Rush-Power-MegaMan : Flameman. Energy Balancer : Tomahawkman.

Tool #1 : Jet-MegaMan : Rush transforms into a jetpack to help launch Mega Man into the sky!
Tool #2 : Power-MegaMan : Rush transforms into body armor and gives Mega Man an extra punch.
Tool #3 : Energy Balancer : This will automatically recharge Mega Man's lowest weapon energy level each time he picks up a weapon energy tank
Beat : robo-Bird, kills all enemys on screen
Small life upgrade :
Big life upgrade :
Extra life :
Portable life tank :
Small weapon energy tank :
Big weapon energy tank :
Random item (Flip-Top):