Magma Man

Magma Man (マグママン) is one of the Robot Masters from Mega Man 9 whose period of use had expired and was scheduled to be scrapped.

Magma Man was built to oversee safety operations and manage a geothermal power plant. He is able to withstand incredibly high temperatures and loves to visit hot spas.

The lavafalls in his stage have the same effect as the laser beams from Quick Man's stage in Mega Man 2, the ignited oil in Flame Man's stage, and the laser beams from Turbo Man's stage in Mega Man 7 wherein they cause Mega Man to die instantly.

Strategy
Magma Man moves by jumping while shooting his Magma Bazooka. As long as the flames on his head are ignited, he will fire off charged shots.

His weakness is the Tornado Blow, which not only damages him, but also blows out the flames on his head. Afterwards, Magma Man can only fire normal shots until he recharges.

Stage Information
Magma Man's stage involve two main death hazards:


 * There are a lot of magma pits in this stage. If Mega Man falls in one, he is destroyed instantly.
 * There are also large timed magma pipes, that also destroy Mega Man instantly if he touches them. However, those can be hardened by Concrete Man's Concrete Shot and then destroyed by Splash Woman's Laser Trident.

Stage Enemies

 * Changkey Dragon
 * Fire Totem
 * Jump Roller
 * Popo Heli

Appearance in other media
Magma Man appears in the short Mega Man Megamix manga story "For Whose Sake?" included in the booklet of Rockman 9 Arrange Soundtrack and in Rockman Maniax.

Trivia

 * The first episode of Mega Man: Upon a Star has several (over 20) fire robots called Magma Man that were created by Dr. Wily in Mount Fuji. They aren't related to this Magma Man.


 * Magma Man was the only Robot Master in this game to not undergo a name change and/or redesign during development of Mega Man 9. However, his early designs show him with a more human-like form, including a distinctive head.
 * If Mega Man stands really close to the magma falling in his stage without touching it, a small spark effect can be seen near him.


 * In the ending credits of Mega Man 9, Magma Man is seen using his bazookas to heat up the bottom of a small hot tub that Dr. Light is in.


 * Due to color limitations, Magma Man's eyes are red in his mugshot, when they are actually blue in the artwork.


 * Fire Man, another fire based Light-bot, also has the second-to-last model number.
 * They also both have busters for both hands, and fire erupting from their heads.
 * Because Fire Man cannot reignite himself unless he comes back into contact with fire or lava, he is rather jealous of Magma Man's self-reignition system.

Magma Man