Mega Man: Bosses and weapons, and how to finish the game

I’ll make this brief yet informative. I’ve been spending waaaay too much time playing Mega Man that it has begun interrupting my sleep—seriously (LOL!). So after posting this it’s off to lalaland for me and, sadly, my Nintendo Entertainment System (go and gather dust again, my old friend).

So, hmmm, we’re still on the subject of Mega Man, and since I don’t have time, literally, to play all stages and tell you about the experience, I’ll give you a rundown of the bosses, their weapons, and how to defeat them. Let’s start.

If you’re a frequent visitor to Re:Retro, then you already know that I toiled night and day this past week to get through Bomb Man’s stage—and with good reason. You see, there’s a pattern in Mega Man that shows which boss you need to defeat first to have a better chance at vanquishing the next boss.

Just like the elements (earth, wind, fire, water) and their properties (heat, cold, electricity, etc.), bosses in the Mega Man world have their own properties and, unfortunately for them, weaknesses to other elements. Here’s a list of the bosses, their weapons, and which weapons deal the most damage to them:

Bomb Man
Weapon: Hyper Bomb, Weakness: Fire Man’s Fire Storm or Mega Man’s Mega Buster

Guts Man
Weapon: Super Arm, Weakness: Bomb Man’s Hyper Bomb

Cut Man
Weapon: Rolling Cutter, Weakness: Guts Man’s Super Arm

Elec Man
Weapon: Thunder Beam, Weakness: Cut Man’s Rolling Cutter

Ice Man
Weapon: Ice Slasher, Weakness: Elec Man’s Thunder Beam

Fire Man
Weapon: Fire Storm, Weakness: Ice Man’s Ice Slasher

Do you see the pattern now? You need to defeat Bomb Man first and Fire Man last. Of course, you can always be adventurous and do things your way, but considering Mega Man for the Nintendo Entertainment System or Family Computer is the hardest to play among all Mega Man titles, I suggest you give the pattern a try first.

Many thanks to Richard Beast for fueling the fire in the 13-year-old in me.