Solar Man

Solar Man (ソーラーマン) is a Robot Master from Mega Man 10. He has the ability to create ultra-high temperature artificial sunlight, using it to attack by shooting energy straight out of the top of his head. He is also able to block and absorb attacks with his artificial sunlight to increase the power of his attacks.

Solar Man worked in an artificial sunlight research facility before he went berserk from Roboenza. Since he and his coworkers spend so much time cooped up in the lab, he developed his own “Solar Workout” plan which is slowly gaining recognition.

Strategy
Solar Man jumps around the room firing Solar Blaze from his head. He occasionally tilts his head towards the player, aiming to absorb Buster shots in order to power the Solar Blaze.

On Easy Mode, his Solar Blaze starts at its weakest form and he only throws one fireball at a time.

On Hard Mode, his Solar Blaze is always at its most powerful form, and he also has a new attack in which he shoots three Solar Blazes into the air that fall at the player's position at the time.

His weakness is Water Shield. Not only does it cancel out his attacks, it also can hit him multiple times if used properly. It will also reduce the size of his Solar Blaze. He becomes extremely easy this way.

Damage Data Chart
Displays the amount of damage in units that Solar Man will receive from each Special Weapon in Mega Man 10.


 * *For Proto Buster, the first is normal hit; the second is charged up.

Stage description
Solar Man's stage is an artificial sun that (according to concept art) floats high above a city. It strongly uses two central gimmicks, consisting of vertical and horizontal stretches avoiding the fire spewing Changkeys, and conveyor belts that the player can either use for speed or be slowed down by them.

On Easy Mode, many pits and gaps are protected by floating platforms, there are increased amounts of pickup items and fewer enemies are present.

On Hard Mode, the Changkeys appear in larger and harder to avoid areas, strong enemies like the Oshitsu Osarettsu appear on some conveyor belts, along with Searchies altering the conveyor belt direction appearing. Swalloweggs appear on some climbing sections, along with a single Tsurare Stamp before the boss shutter. Pickup items are less generous, and more enemies are present.

Stage enemies
Enemies that appears in Solar Man's stage.


 * Mid-boss: Suzak & Fenix
 * Changkey
 * Sola 0
 * Waltriot
 * Yonbain
 * Oshitsu Osarettsu (Hard Mode only)
 * Searchy (Hard Mode only)
 * Shotom (Hard Mode only)
 * Swallowegg (Hard Mode only)
 * Tsurare Stamp (Hard Mode only)

Other media
Solar Man had a brief appearance in the manga Rockman 10 -Extra F-.

Mega Man (Archie Comics)
Solar Man appeared as part of the Robot Master army under Dr. Wily and Dr. Eggman in the Worlds Collide crossover between the Mega Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Sonic Universe lines by Archie Comics. He notably joined a number of other fire-based Robot Masters (Heat Man, Pharaoh Man, Magma Man, Burner Man, and Flame Man) in attacking Blaze the Cat. Despite their power, however, the pyrokinetic cat proved mightier, turning their powers into a fiery tornado that swept away her attackers.

Trivia

 * Solar Man apparently has no visible head in his sprite, along with red hands instead of white, and his feet are also red instead of white.


 * Due to color limitations, his eyes in his mugshot are orange instead of green like in the artwork.


 * Solar Man's weapon, the Solar Blaze, seems to be a combination of both of Pharaoh Man's weapons: the Pharaoh Shot and the Pharaoh Wave. Like the first, it is a sun-type attack that is thrown by the player.  However, it cannot be charged like the Pharaoh Shot. Instead, it can split, sending two fire waves forward and backward from the splitting point, much like the Pharaoh Wave.
 * Solar Man is the first Robot Master who originally invented an exercise program prior to being turned evil by Dr. Wily in some way or another (Roboenza in Solar Man's case), the second being Bounce Man who was stolen and reprogrammed by Wily.