Gimmick
Gimmicks are a type of obstacle used to enhance a level and provide a challenge in a way enemies often can't. Unlike enemies, gimmicks come in all sorts of varieties; some are little more than fancy types of platform, others can radically affect progression through a level. In the Mega Man franchise, gimmicks are often (though not always) themed around the stage's aesthetic and that of the Robot Master; for instance, Nitro Man's stage features Nitro Trucks that try to ram into Mega Man, but can be jumped on and used as fast-travel through a long stretch of a level (and shooting a traffic light stops them from appearing).
The series has a vast swathe of gimmicks across each game, and a majority of these have been carried over into each contest's devkit. Notably, as of the current build of the Megamix Engine, the only missing gimmick from the NES games is Star Man's meteors from Mega Man 5.
Like with enemies and bosses, some custom gimmicks have featured in the MaGMML series's myriad entries. Some are adaptations of another game's gimmick, while others are brand new ones reminiscent of the classic gimmicks.
More information on each gimmick's specific behavior and appearances can be found on their own pages.
List of gimmicks
Devkit | Entry | Fortress | Postgame |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Only used in the Megamix Engine.
- ↑ Only appears via custom spawner code execution.
Make a Good 24 Hour Mega Man Level | |
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Characters | |
Mega Man • Dr. Wily | |
Special Weapons | |
Water Wave • Time Slow • Super Arm • Chill Spike • Rush Coil • Rush Jet | |
Alternative Weapons | |
Hornet Chaser • Jewel Satellite • Grab Buster • Triple Blade • Flash Stopper • Slash Claw • Wheel Cutter • Sakugarne • Wire Adaptor • Super Arrow • Match Blast • Skeletup N' Pakkajoe | |
Entries | |
Air Trick • Breaking Ground • Flooded Temple • Nauseous Greenhouse • Pollution Park • X Factory | |
Wily Castle | |
Abyss Balcony • Up 'n' Duck • Wily 3 | |
Robot Masters | |
Centaur Man • Metal Man • Quick Man • Toad Man • Top Man | |
Fortress Guardians | |
Giga Count • Cloud Devil • Wily Machine Arc |
Make a Good Mega Man Level 3 - Judge Application Levels | |
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Stages | |
Midnight Man • Coptar Man • X Factory • Space Crusade • Gate 303 • Universe City V • Magnum Man | |
List of Bosses | |
Dreadnought • Plant Man • Gemini Man • Volt Man • Volt Boss • Magnum Man |