Mecha Dragon

Mecha Dragon

Artwork by Capcom

Information In-Game Information HP: 28 Attack Damage: 4 (contact) 2 (fireball) Weakness(es): Sakugarne2 Thunder Beam, Ice Wall3 Solar Blaze, Pharaoh Shot, Jewel Satellite, Super Arrow, Chill Spike, Flame Mixer, Ice SlasherMegamix Only Affiliations: Dr. Wily Type: Flame Location(s): MaGMML2: Dragon Lab Lair But It Lacked the Depth to Convince Me That This is Really Hell City Under Siege Sector Upsilon 6 Misc. Information Script: メカドラゴン Romaji: Mekadoragon Programmer(s): Renhoek Eye Color: Black Series Information Official Game Appearances: Mega Man 2 Mega Man: The Wily Wars MaGMML Game Appearances: MaGMML2 (Boss) Megamix Engine

The Mecha Dragon is a fortress boss from Mega Man 2, fought at the end of the first stage of Wily Castle. It is capable of flying in the air, spitting fireballs out of its mouth, and dealing contact damage strong enough to kill Mega Man in one hit.

The Mecha Dragon was made available as a boss in the devkit for Make a Good Mega Man Level 2, and it appears as a boss in the entries Dragon Lab Lair, But It Lacked the Depth to Convince Me That This is Really Hell, and City Under Siege, as well one of the possible routes in Sector Upsilon 6.

As a devkit boss, the Mecha Dragon makes an appearance in The Arena. Its boss fight from City Under Siege also appears in The Mega Arena, under the name Siege Dragon.

Battle

The Mecha Dragon's AI is very simple; it will fly in place in diagonal directions while sticking to the left half of the screen, periodically shooting fireballs at Mega Man. The most notable change to its pattern from Mega Man 2 is its contact damage; instead of killing Mega Man in one hit, contact with it will simply deal damage. Additionally, it takes damage anywhere on its body as opposed to only its head being vulnerable.

Damage Tables

Make a Good Mega Man Level^{Megamix Only}

1/1/3	0	2	4	0	2	1	2/6	2
Other Notes

Make a Good Mega Man Level 2

1/2/3 1/1/3	2 2	1 4	1 1	1 2	N N	1 1	2 0	4 0	1 1	2 6
Other Notes		Top row is damage in MaGMML2; bottom row is damage from MaGMML2 weapons in the Megamix Engine.

Make a Good Mega Man Level 3

1/1/3	2	2	0	0	4	2	8	0
Other Notes

Make a Good 24 Hour Mega Man Level^{Megamix Only}

1/1/3	1/1	4/0	99
Other Notes

Make a Good 48 Hour Mega Man Level^{Megamix Only}

1/1/3	4	0	2	0	2/2/0	0	1	2
Other Notes

Megamix Engine

1/1/3	N	0	0	0	4
Other Notes

Trivia

• The Mecha Dragon is tied with Volt Man for the most common devkit boss in MaGMML2's entries, appearing in four levels. They are also the only two devkit bosses to appear in The Mega Arena with unchanged sprites and AI.
• The Mecha Dragon is the only boss in MaGMML2's devkit that isn't a Robot Master.
• The Mecha Dragon's weaknesses in the Megamix Engine have various references to them:
  • Its weakness to ice weapons are a reference to the Pokémon series, where Dragon-type Pokémon take double damage from Ice-type attacks (this also applies to Flying-types, thus Dragon/Flying-types take quadruple damage).
  • The added weakness to the Super Arrow is a reference to The Hobbit, where the dragon Smaug is killed with one arrow.
  • Its weakness to fire weapons is due to supplementary materials explaining the Mecha Dragon's body as a large hydrogen balloon - hydrogen being a very flammable gas.
• In MaGMML2, the Mecha Dragon's fire blasts lack the sound effect they have in its original Mega Man 2 fight.