Special Weapon

Special Weapons (特殊武器) are the weapons that some playable characters from the Mega Man series can obtain. They use weapon energy.

Mega Man and Mega Man X series
Mega Man, Proto Man, Bass, Duo, Mega Man X, and Axl can obtain Special Weapons by defeating Robot Masters or Maverick Reploids in most games from the series. Roll also uses Special Weapons in Marvel vs. Capcom, and Mega Man was shown using the weapon from the Wily Machine in Mega Man II, Onslaught's Magnetic Shockwave in Marvel vs. Capcom, and use more than one Special Weapon at the same time in the Mega Man cartoon and Rockman 5 manga. With the exception of Axl and Roll (alongside Mega Man, Proto Man, and Mega Man X in some media), the armor of all characters change color when equipped with a Special Weapon.

Mega Man Legends series
Roll Caskett can create Special Weapons for Mega Man Volnutt by using objects he find in his adventures.

Mega Man (cartoon)
Mega Man has a internal weapons converter that allows him to copy a Robot Master's weapon by touching him. Proto Man and Mega Man X also used this ability once to obtain the Super Arm and Search Snake. Unlike most games, their armor don't change color when using a Special Weapon, and Mega Man was shown to be able to also obtain data from other things besides weapons, like Robo-Spider's web. Besides the weapons that can be obtained in the games, Mega Man also used the weapons from Dark Man and the Mummy Bot, and once he used two Special Weapons (Gyro Attack and Spark Shock) at the same time.

Mega Man (Archie Comics)
Mega Man's Weapon Copy System allows him to take information found within other robots' data chips, and emulate their special abilities. However, as the system works to adapt them to Mega Man's own limitations, not all weapon emulation is a perfect reproduction of the original abilities. A side-effect appears when Mega Man emulates a weapon. The specialized radiation emitted from the weapons provides a strange reaction with the Light Ceramical Titanium armor, leading to it appearing to change color.

Other main weapons

 * Zero's weaponry
 * Vile's weaponry
 * Biometal
 * Battle Chip
 * Battle Card