Boss character contest

The boss character contest (ボスキャラ募集) is a contest held by Capcom where fans send ideas for boss characters to appear in the game.

Contests and characters

 * Mega Man 2: The eight Robot Masters. Had 8370 entries.
 * Mega Man 3: The eight Robot Masters. Had 50,000 entries. Some runner up entries received a pencil case and ID card as prize.
 * Mega Man 4: The eight Robot Masters. The winners from this game's contest received a golden Rockman 4 cartridge. Everyone that participated received the booklet Rockman Character Collection.  Had 70,000 entries.
 * Mega Man 5: The eight Robot Masters.  Had 130,000 entries.
 * Mega Man 6: The eight Robot Masters. The only contest from the original series with non-Japanese winners.  Had 200,000 entries.
 * Mega Man 7: The eight Robot Masters. Had 220,000 entries.
 * Mega Man 8: Sword Man, Clown Man, Search Man, Frost Man, Grenade Man and Aqua Man. For this contest a template was given for three of them: One boss character with a sword, one with extendible arms, and one with two heads. Besides the six winners, some submissions are displayed in the game's credits and the Sega Saturn's Bonus Mode. Had 110,000 entries.


 * The Misadventures of Tron Bonne: Although not a boss contest, the Servbot Borer and the Bonne Bazooka were designed by fans.


 * Mega Man Battle Network 2: GateMan.
 * Mega Man Battle Network 3: KingMan, MistMan and BowlMan.
 * Mega Man Battle Network 4: KendoMan, LaserMan and VideoMan.
 * Mega Man Battle Network 5: CosmoMan, FootMan and SwallowMan.
 * Mega Man Battle Network 6: CircusMan, ElementMan and JudgeMan.


 * Mega Man Star Force 2: Kung-Foo Kid.
 * Mega Man Star Force 3: Moon Destroyer.
 * Rockman.EXE Operate Shooting Star: ClockMan.EXE
 * Mega Man Legends 3: Before being cancelled, the Devroom held events for fan content to be included in the game, including the bosses Donner Wels and Calamity and the character Tinker.
 * Rockman ×over: Two contests were held. In the first, the winner was Arcade Man, and besides him, three runner-ups (Tabletman, Zehr, and Daruman) were added as Battle Memory. The second has a Japanese motif.