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Pointan

Artwork by ACESpark

Information In-Game Information HP: 3 (Pointan) 4 (windows) Attack Damage: 2 (contact, windows) Weakness(es): Tornado Blow, Thunder Beam3 Concrete Shot48H Top Spin, Black Hole Bomb, Hornet Chaser, Sakugarne, Wire Adaptor, Power Stone, Plant BarrierMegamix Only Category: Floating Location(s): MaG48HMML: Pandora's Parlor Misc. Information Script: ポインタン Romaji: Pointan Programmer(s): Fabian Series Information Official Game Appearances: Mega Man 10 MaGMML Game Appearances: MaG48HMML (Enemy, NPC) Megamix Engine

"This cursor enemy will cycle through 3 patterns, once he finishes he will move to his inital position and start over."

―Note in Pointan's code, Megamix Engine

Pointan is an enemy from Mega Man 10. It is a blue robot shaped like a computer's default mouse pointer.

Pointan is included in the Megamix Engine, and is planned to appear as a devkit enemy in Make a Good Mega Man Level 3. It also appeared in Make a Good 48 Hour Mega Man Level, but (at least unmodified) only saw use as an enemy in the final boss fight, within one of Don Atetemino's mini-stage boxes.

Behavior

Pointan will drag outlines to form rectangles that turn into windows that fly either horizontally or vertically, one at a time. It cycles through three specific shapes, returning to its spawning point every three times it makes windows. The pattern consists of the following, in order:

• A 2x2 square, with the windows alternating between moving down and moving in whatever direction Mega Man was facing when they were spawned. This is the default starting shape.
• A 4-window column, with the windows moving in whatever direction Mega Man was facing when they were spawned.
• A 4-window row, with the windows moving downward.

Creation code can be used to change which shape Pointan starts with (initialPattern = 1 for the column, initialPattern = 2 for the row)

Variants

Sprite	Name	MaGMML Appearance(s)	Location(s)	Description	Designer(s)	HP	Attack Damage
	Skullinter	MaG48HMML	Realm of the Lich Lord	A skull-faced faerie.	ACESpark	3	2 (contact, windows)

Damage Table

Make a Good Mega Man Level^{Megamix Only}

1/1/3	1	1	2	3	0.5	3	1/5	2
Other Notes

Make a Good Mega Man Level 2^{Megamix Only}

1/1/3	3	1	1	1	Y	1	2	4	3	2
Other Notes

Make a Good Mega Man Level 3

1/1/3	1	1	1	6	3	2	2	2
Other Notes

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

1/1/3	4/2	1/5	99
Other Notes

Make a Good 48 Hour Mega Man Level

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

Megamix Engine

1/1/3	Y	4	4	2	2
Other Notes

Trivia

• The Make a Good Mega Man Level 2 boss Cursor uses the same sprites as Pointan. Its CD in Make a Good Mega Man Level: Episode Zero further specifies it as being a modified Pointan in-universe.