Hornet Man

Hornet Man (ホーネットマン) is use for herding bees. He uses his bees to pollinate flowers and Sell Honey.

Good point: He's a collector.

Bad Point: He scares people.

He Likes: Plant Man.

He Dislikes: Being under the crust

Strategy
He walks to one side of the arena, flies up and shoots three Hornet Chasers, which follow the player; he then drops to the floor, runs to the other side, and repeats.

His weakness is the Magma Bazooka. Its diagonal fire blasts will destroy all the bees when the center shot hits the center Hornet Chaser. When charged, it will also blast through them toward Hornet Man. Another viable weapon is the Black Hole Bomb which, when positioned properly, will suck in all three Hornet Chasers as they move towards Mega Man, and will then damage Hornet Man as he runs through it to the other side of the room.

Stage enemies

 * Sub-boss: Hanabiran
 * Big Stomper
 * Bokazurah
 * Caricarry
 * Flower Presenter
 * Scissascissor

Trivia

 * Mega Man 9's producer Hironobu Takeshita, revealed that early in games development, Hornet Man was originally intended to be a female robot named "Honey Woman." But, when Keiji Inafune presented his idea of placing a female robot in the ocean as mermaid (thus creating Splash Woman), Hornet Man's design went through many revision, becoming male in the process.


 * In the credits, he is watering a flower field with a few bees and Beat.


 * Hornet Man's attack pattern is somewhat similar to Blast Hornet's, as both move to the far sides of the room to fire their weapons.