Shade Man

Shade Man (シェードマン) is a Robot Master built to look like a vampire. He originally was a attraction robot from the haunted house of a amusement park, but was stolen and modified for combat by Dr. Wily. Wily installed a sound wave equipment intended to control human minds, but due to a wiring error, it generates powerful destructive sound waves that is used as a weapon called Noise Crush. Shade Man likes to hang in ceilings and dark places, and although he's based on a vampire, he fears ghosts and spiders. He wants to be a singer, and practices hard to improve his poor singing voice, to the point he's always with a microphone.

Strategy
Shade Man flies in the top of his room and attacks with Noise Crush. When Noise Crush hit a wall, it will return to him and charge his next sound wave attack. If the player use Noise Crush against him in Wily Castle, he'll just absorb it and send stronger waves back. Unfortunately, the player can't do the same with his waves when equipped with his weapon. Shade Man can also attack by diving to drain his enemy's power like a vampire and using a petrifying stare. In Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters he can summon Bubble Bats. His weakness is Wild Coil in Mega Man 7, Slash Claw in Mega Man: The Power Battle and Rolling Cutter in Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters.

Data
Stage description: Mystery! The Horror

Mega Man & Bass CD data
Used to be an attraction robot for a fun house. He is currently practicing a new song for karaoke. "You are history!" Good point: Dandy Bad point: Lazy employees Like: Tomato juice Dislike: Garlic toast

Japanese CD data:

Good point: Dandy Bad point: Always with microphone Like: Tomato juice Dislike: Garlic



Stage enemies
Enemies in Shade Man's stage.
 * Sub Boss: VAN Pookin
 * Sub Boss (secret): Proto Man
 * Astro Zombieg
 * Batton M48
 * Gilliam Knight
 * Kyorown
 * Ragger
 * Sniper Joe 01
 * True Shield Attacker

Trivia

 * A special easter egg occurs when the player hold down the "B" button while selecting his stage and hold it until the stage begins. The music of the stage selected screen and the stage changes to the main theme from the "Ghosts 'n Goblins" game series. However, this only works before Shade Man is defeated.
 * Shade Man's stage is a homage to the game Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts for the SNES, resembling the first stage.
 * Shade Man has a cameo appearance in the opening scene of Mega Man 8.
 * He's the first character to have a thin build, the second being Blade Man. Also, Shade and Blade rhyme.
 * There is a portrait of Wily using vampire clothes in Shade Man's stage.
 * His likes and dislike are references to vampires. Tomato juice is sometimes mistaken for blood, and garlic is one of the vampire's weaknesses.
 * In his artwork, his arm cannon is on his left hand, but in his sprite, it is on his right hand.