An Item (アイテム Aitemu) is an object within the games that can be collected by the player's character that are often beneficial. Items have varying functions, like recovery and equipment, and some are needed to progress further into the story.
Note: Only the items of mainline platformer games are listed below. For items in other types of games, see their respective pages.
Recurring items[]
1-UP[]
A 1-UP, also known as Extra Life, is an item present in all platform Mega Man games that grant an extra life to the player. The player can have a maximum of nine lives in most appearances, usually starting with two lives. However, when the number of lives says 0, dying once will trigger a Game Over, so 9 lives counts as 10 lives before a Game Over. The EX Item increases the amount of initial extra lives.
The extra life had various appearances, the first being a head of the player's character (Mega Man, Proto Man, Bass, and X) from the first Mega Man game to Mega Man 7, Mega Man 9 to 11, Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge to Mega Man V, Mega Man: The Wily Wars, Mega Man X, Mega Man X2 and Mega Man X3.
Later, the item changed to the helmet of the player's character (the four previously mentioned characters, Zero, and Vile) in Mega Man 8, Mega Man & Bass, Rockman & Forte: Mirai Kara no Chōsensha, Mega Man X4 to X7 (glowing into an energy sphere), Mega Man Xtreme, Mega Man Xtreme 2, and Mega Man Maverick Hunter X. The item is named Spare Body (スペアボディー Supea Bodī) in Mega Man & Bass and Rockman & Forte: Mirai Kara no Chōsensha.
In Mega Man: Powered Up, it is named Stock Heart (ストックハート Sutokku Hāto) and has the shape of a heart. In Mega Man X8, extra lives are Retry Chips. In Mega Man Network Transmission, they appear as Backup Chips (バックアップチップ Bakkuappu Chippu, "BckupChp"). MegaMan can only carry two at the start, but can increase the maximum to the traditional nine.
In the Mega Man Zero series, the item is called Z Panel (Zパネル Zetto Paneru), and like its name, it has the shape of a "Z". The Z Panel has two alternate appearances in Mega Man Zero 3, which can be set by using the Mod Cards #8 (
) or #59 (
). In the Mega Man ZX series, the 1UP Item has the shape of a "ZX" in Mega Man ZX and an "A" in Mega Man ZX Advent.
Life Energy[]
Life Energy (ライフエネルギー Raifu Enerugī), also known as Life Recovery (ライフ回復 Raifu Kaifuku), Energy (エネルギー Enerugī), Energy Pellet, and Power Capsule, is an item that recovers health. It usually comes in two sizes, "Small" (小 Shō) and "Large" (大 Dai). Some games have "Extra Large" (特大 Tokudai) versions of them that usually restore to full health. Depending of the game, the small ones traditionally restore between 2-4 units of the player's health, while the big ones restore between 8-10 units.
In the Mega Man Legends series, the item is a red cube, that called Energy Cube (エネルギーキューブ Enerugī Kyūbu), also known as Recovery Cube.
Weapon Energy[]
Weapon Energy (武器エネルギー Buki Enerugī), also known as Special Weapon Energy (特殊武器エネルギー Tokushu Buki Enerugī), Weapon Energy Recovery (武器エネルギー回復 Buki Enerugī Kaifuku), and Weapon Capsule, recovers the energy for Special Weapons. Like Life Energy, it usually comes in two sizes, Small and Large. They restore an equal amount of weapon energy as the same sized Life Energy items. In some games like Mega Man 8 and Mega Man X5, it also comes in extra large versions that restore full weapon energy.
In the Mega Man Legends series they are called Special Weapon Recharge Cube (特殊武器回復キューブ Tokushu Buki Kaifuku Kyūbu), that recharges the energy of the equipped Special Weapon.
In Mega Man ZX and Mega Man ZX Advent, similar items are called Biometal Energy, or Livemetal Energy (ライブメタルエネルギー Raibumetaru Enerugī) in Japan, it recovers the energy of Biometal not special weapons, and the larger ones can be sliced with a saber weapon to create smaller and different types of energy.
Tanks[]
Tank, known as Can in Japan, is a recovery item from the original series that can be carried by the player to be used when needed. The first type to appear was the Energy Tank (E Tank) in Mega Man 2, which replenishes a player's life energy. The player can usually carry several of those at once, up to a maximum of four or nine, depending of the game.
Other versions include the Weapon Tank, which replenishes one of the player's Special Weapons; the Super Tank, which replenishes a player's life and the energy of all special weapons; the Mystery Tank (M Tank), which acts like the S Tank and has the bonus effect of turning all on-screen foes into Extra Lives if used while the player's character is at full health and all weapons have full energy. There are more variants, like Mini E Tanks and ? Cans. There are also L Tanks, used in Proto Man's Castle, Stage 4. It restores all of the users health. However, it refills it upon touch, unlike E tanks/cans that can be stored for a later use.
E Tank and W Tank also appear in the Mega Man ZX series.
Sub Tank[]
The Sub Tank is an item similar to the E Tank, but instead of being used once, it remains with the player and can be refilled after usage, usually by picking up more life energy when the player's life energy bar is already full. It appears in the Mega Man X, Zero and ZX series. In Mega Man X4, X5, and X6, the tanks fill with energy regardless of whether the player's health is full at the time a Life Energy capsule is obtained. Also depending on the game, using a Sub Tank may drain all of its saved energy despite the player having lost only a couple of units worth.
Life Up[]
Life Up concept art from Mega Man X
Life Up (ライフアップ Raifu Appu), also known as Heart Tank, is an item from the Mega Man X and Mega Man ZX series that increases the maximum life energy capacity of whichever character obtains them.
Energy Up[]
Energy Up (エネルギーアップ Enerugī Appu), also known as Weapon Up (ウェポンアップ Uepon Appu), increases the maximum weapon energy capacity of whichever character obtains them. In Mega Man ZX Advent, the BM Upgrade, or Livemetal Up (ライブメタルアップ Raibumetaru Appu) in Japan, similarly increases the Biometal gauge.
Zenny[]
Zenny (ゼニー Zenī), represented by Ƶ, is a recurring type of currency in the Mega Man franchise. It is used in many Capcom games, first appearing in the game Black Tiger in 1987. It debuted in the Mega Man franchise with Wily & Right's RockBoard: That's Paradise, and later became the currency of the Mega Man Legends series, Mega Man Battle Network series, and Mega Man Star Force series.
Chip[]
Chip (チップ Chippu) is the name of various different items across the Mega Man franchise. They are often upgrades that can be equipped to characters to grant them new abilities or alter their properties.
Mega Man series[]
Score Ball[]
Score Ball (スコアボール Sukoa Bōru), also known as Bonus Ball (ボーナスボール Bōnasu Bōru) and Point Item (得点アイテム Tokuten Aitemu), is an item that appears in the first Mega Man game and its remakes. It increases the score in the end of the stage.
It also appears in Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters, where it is a blue-green sphere slightly larger than the Life and Weapon Energy.
Heart Part[]
Heart Parts in Mega Man.
"Heart Part" (心臓部分 Shinzō Bubun) is a story item dropped by defeated Robot Masters in the first Mega Man game.[1] The player can only clear the Robot Master's stage and obtain his Special Weapon after taking this item.
Yashichi[]
Yashichi (ヤシチ) is a recovery item that refills the health and the energy of all weapons. In Mega Man it can be found in the last stage, and in Mega Man 8 it is given by the Rush Charger. It is also commonly seen on Easy Mode in Mega Man 10.
Transport Item[]
Transport Items (移動用アイテム Idō-yō Aitemu) are items that are used as transports by the player. In most games, they are automatically obtained after defeat specific boss. In some games, they need to be found in the stage to be available. Including Magnet Beam in first Mega Man, Balloon and Wire in Mega Man 4.
Rush Adaptor[]
A Rush Adaptor (ラッシュアダプター Rasshu Adaputā),[2][3] also known as Adaptor Parts (アダプターパーツ Adaputā Pātsu),[4] are items that unlock Rush's special functions such as Rush Jet or Rush Marine. They were first mentioned but not seen in Mega Man 4, where they are obtained by defeating certain Robot Masters. They first appeared as white collectibles in stages in Mega Man 7, which also introduced the Super Adaptor. In Mega Man 8, they are red objects dropped by a mid-boss after its defeat.
Plate[]
Plate is a collection in Mega Man 5, 6, 7 and IV, collect the set to unlock specific weapon or stage.
Energy Balancer[]
Energy Balancer (エネルギーバランサー Enerugī Baransā) is a hidden or purchasable item that recovers energy for the Special Weapons with less energy when the player takes a Weapon Energy without the need to select a weapon before taking it. In the Mega Man X and Mega Man ZX playable characters will have this function by default.
Screw[]
Screws (ネジ Neji), also known as Bolts, are items that appear in Mega Man 7 to Mega Man 11, Mega Man & Bass, and Rockman & Forte: Mirai Kara no Chōsensha. They are used as currency to obtain items in shops.
Evil Energy[]
Evil Energy (悪のエネルギー Aku no Enerugī) is a mysterious sentient energy source of alien origin that appeared in Mega Man 8. Usually, it looks like a swirling purple flame in the shape of a skull. The first four Robot Masters will drop an Evil Energy after being defeated, Mega Man gave them to Dr. Light for research.
Companion Panel[]
Companion Panel (仲間パネル Nakama Paneru)[5] is an item from Mega Man 8 that appears on the Rush Jet sections in Tengu Man's stage and Wily Stage 2. The picture in the panels keeps changing between Rush, Eddie, Beat, and Auto, and when taken, the character that was depicted at the time will appear to assist Mega Man, attacking alongside him. As Rush is already present, Rush is instead equipped with a cannon.
CD[]
CDs contain data for the Database inMega Man & Bass. There is a total of 100 CDs hidden through the stages.
Piece of Scrap & Memory Circuit Board[]
The items obtained from the fourth and eighth bosses in the Mega Man 9. They have no function, they are just story items.
"Piece of Scrap" dropped by the fourth of the eight bosses defeated. By analyzing it, Auto sees the robot's product code and discovers its period of use had expired and was scheduled to be scrapped.
"Memory Circuit Board" dropped by the last of the eight bosses defeated. By playing back the robot's memory, Mega Man, Roll, and Auto see why Dr. Light's robots went crazy and discover that Dr. Wily was responsible. Dr. Wily steals the evidence and Mega Man goes after him in his Wily Castle, obtaining the board back after destroying the Wily Capsule.
Gear Recovery[]
Gear Recovery (ギアリカバリー Gia Rikabarī)[6] is a gear shaped item exclusive to Mega Man 11 which is designed to work with the Double Gear System to lower the overheat meter caused from using Power Gear or Speed Gear. It comes in a small or large form, removing a small or large amount of heat depending on which one is picked up.
P Chip[]
P Chip (Pチップ Pī Chippu) is a special energy item from Mega Man IV and Mega Man V that Dr. Light needs to be able to create items for Mega Man in his laboratory. They appear in two sizes and Mega Man can stock up to 999 P Chips. Small P Chips give two, while large ones give eight of them. They were replaced by Screws in later games.
"S Recover"[]
An unnamed item with the letter S given by Proto Man in Mega Man IV and Mega Man V. It can refill the health and the energy of all weapons much like the Yashichi. The meaning of the S is unknown.
Crystal[]
Four crystals in the stages of Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto and Uranus from Mega Man V. After collecting all four, Dr. Light will use them to make the Power Generator for Mega Man, which can reduce the energy consumption of all weapons.
Support Item[]
Support Item (サポートアイテム Sapōto Aitemu) is an item from Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters dropped by Eddie that summons a support character when taken. The support that appears depend of the player's character, Rush appearing for Mega Man, Treble for Bass, and Beat for Proto Man and Duo.
Special Weapon Item[]
Special Weapon Item (特殊武器アイテム Tokushu Buki Aitemu), also known as Weapon Item (ウエポンアイテム Uepon Aitemu), is a blue sphere from Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters that appears after defeating a boss that leaves a weapon. The player must get the item to gain the special weapon, or else it will be lost. With two players, the first to take the item gains the weapon. The item also appeared in Mega Man's ending in Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, where he obtains the Magnetic Shockwave after taking it.
New parts[]
The New parts (新パーツ Shin Pātsu) is power up item from Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters. They are new, incomplete experimental energy parts that Dr. Light developed based on his research over an unknown form of energy that was discovered on a small island.
Pack Item[]
Pack Item (パックアイテム Pakku Aitemu) is an item from Mega Man Powered Up that unlocks content in the Construction mode.
Mega Man X series[]
Zero's Parts[]
Zero's Parts (ゼロのパーツ Zero no Pātsu) are three parts of Zero's body that are with the X-Hunters in Mega Man X2. After defeating two bosses from the stage select screen, the three X-Hunters will challenge X to collect the parts from them, each moving around the stages with one part. Defeating the X-Hunters to retrieve the parts is optional.
If all three parts are collected, Zero will be revived by Dr. Cain. If X doesn't collect all of the parts, the X-Hunters will invade the Maverick Hunter Base and steal Zero's control chip and any parts X had collected, reviving Zero as a Maverick that fights against X in the last stage.
Ride Armor Change Parts[]
In Mega Man X3, there are three items called Change Parts that can be collected in stages to unlock new models of Ride Armor. In order to use them, the Ride Armor Chimera itself must be collected first.
EX Item[]
The EX Item (EXアイテム) is an item introduced in Mega Man X4. Picking up the EX Item allows the player to start a stage with 4 extra lives instead of the usual 2. It is usually placed in the same category as Sub Tanks. The EX Item's palette was altered slightly in Mega Man X5 and X6. In Mega Man X7, it more closely resembles a Life Up.
Injured Reploid[]
Injured Reploids were introduced in Mega Man X5. They are common Reploids such as civilians and staff who have been injured by Mavericks and are waiting for the Maverick Hunters to rescue them. Upon collection, they grant the player character other items such as 1-UPs or Parts.
Enigma Parts & Space Shuttle Parts[]
Enigma and Shuttle Part icons.
The Enigma and Space Shuttle missions each have four parts in Mega Man X5, which are held by the eight respective Maverick bosses. Each part collected increases the likelihood that the Enigma or Space Shuttle missions will succeed. The Enigma Parts are the Crystal Ball, Energy Cart, Laser Device, and Hydrogen. The Space Shuttle Parts are the Orbiter Engine, Orbiter Wing, Fuel Tank, and Booster Engine.
Nightmare Soul[]
Nightmare Soul (ナイトメアソウル Naitomea Sōru) is an item from Mega Man X6.
DNA Core[]
DNA Cores in Mega Man X7.
DNA Core (DNAコア Dīenuē Koa) is an item from Mega Man X7 and Mega Man X8 that is dropped by certain enemies when defeated by Axl's Copy Shot. After being collected, they can be used with A-Trans.
In Mega Man X7, DNA Cores are small glowing spheres with red wireframes around them. There are two versions: a smaller triangular bipyramid which falls from non-humanoid enemies and grants a temporary ability, and a larger pentagonal bipyramid from humanoid enemies that temporarily transforms Axl into said enemy. Both are immediately activated upon contact.
In Mega Man X8, DNA Cores can only be dropped by humanoid enemies. It is a crystal-like elongated hexagonal pyramid that allows Axl to temporarily transform into the defeated enemy. The player can choose when activate it.
Metal[]
Metal (メタル Metaru) is the currency from Mega Man X8, which is used to create Chips in Hunter Base's lab.
It also has a variation named Rare Metal (レアメタル Rea Metaru) that unlocks a new Chip in the lab. Rare Metals have two versions, the default shaped a large Metal, and one shaped like a capsule that unlocks a weapon for Zero in the lab. The latter is also known as Zero's Special Rare Metal[7] and Zero's Weapon Capsule (ゼロの武器カプセル Zero no Buki Kapuseru).[8]
Attack Energy[]
Attack Energy (アタックエネルギー Atakku Enerugī) is an item from Mega Man X8 that fills the Attack Gauge. Once it is full, the player can use a Double Attack.
Soul Item[]
Soul Item (ソウルアイテム Souru Aitemu) is an item from Mega Man Xtreme 2. Soul Items are DNA Souls that can be collected and exchanged by Parts in the shop. They appear in two varieties, Life Soul and Energy Soul, which have the same recovery effects of the Life Energy and Weapon Energy. In addition, a large Soul Item drops from boss, which has no recovery effect.
Force Metal[]
Force Metal is a substance in Mega Man X: Command Mission that can be equipped to Reploids to grant them new abilities. However, they have an Erosion property that can be harmful to Reploids in large quantities.
Mega Man Zero series[]
Energy Crystal[]
An Energy Crystal, known as Energen Crystal (エネルゲン水晶 Enerugen Suishō) in Japan, or E-Crystal (Eクリスタル Ī Kurisutaru) for short, is a substance that was first mentioned in the Mega Man X series and appears as an item from the Mega Man Zero series, serving as an energy resource for Reploids. In the games it is used to grow Cyber-elves, and occasionally as a currency. They are also used as the currency in the Mega Man ZX games and are used to repair Biometals in the first game.
Cyber-elf[]
A Cyber-elf (サイバーエルフ Saibā Erufu) is a unique feature of the Mega Man Zero series that can be used to heal, empower, or otherwise support the player. In Mega Man Zero and Zero 2, Cyber-elves can be found by defeating enemies and bosses, or in a special type of container called a Cyber-elf Box (サイバーエルフボックス Saibāerufu Bokkusu) which must be first broken open. In Zero 3, they are instead found inside Secret Disks. In Zero 4, the player receives their single Cyber-elf, Croire, from Alouette.
Secret Disk[]
A Secret Disk (シークレットディスク Shīkuretto Disuku) is a disk that contain data for the Databases in Mega Man Zero 3, Mega Man ZX, and Mega Man ZX Advent. In Mega Man Zero 3, the Mod Cards 31 and 66 can change the appearance of the Secret Disks. In the Mega Man ZX series, they come in four categories: Boss (Enemy Mega Men, Pseudoroids and the intro and final bosses), Enemy A (stronger-than-average or special story event enemies, mainly mid-bosses), Enemy B (weaker, common enemies) and Other (mostly allies and NPCs), each with its own code letter (B, M, E and O respectively).
Parts Panel[]
Parts Panel (パーツパネル Pātsu Paneru) is an item from Mega Man Zero 4 that can be collected to obtain the Parts used to create Chips.
Other items[]
Role-playing games[]
- List of Mega Man Legends items
- List of Mega Man Legends 2 items
- List of The Misadventures of Tron Bonne items
- List of Mega Man X: Command Mission items
- List of Mega Man ZX items
- List of Mega Man ZX Advent items
- Battle Chip
- Power Up Items
- List of Mega Man Battle Network items
- List of Mega Man Battle Network 2 Key Items
- List of Mega Man Battle Network 3 Key Items
- List of Mega Man Battle Network 4 Key Items
- List of Mega Man Battle Network 5 Key Items
- List of Mega Man Battle Network 6 Key Items
- List of Mega Man Network Transmission Items
- Battle Card
- List of Mega Man Star Force Key Items
- List of Mega Man Star Force 2 Key Items
- List of Mega Man Star Force 3 Key Items
Gallery[]
- See also: Items/Gallery
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ Rockman Virtual Console site and Rockman 3 instruction manual
- ↑ English game manual, Mega Man 4. Pg. 11.
- ↑ Family Computer Kanpeki Kōryaku Series #121 Rockman 6: Shijōsaidai no Tatakai!! Hisshō Kōryakuhō
- ↑ Comic BomBom Special #99: Ketteiban - Rockman 7 & Rockman X3 Chōhyakka
- ↑ Rockman 8: Metal Heroes PlayStation Hisshouhou Special
- ↑ Mega Man 11 manual
- ↑ Mega Man X8 instruction manual
- ↑ Rockman X8 Kyūkyoku Complete Guide