Kamegoro Maker

Kamegoro Maker (カメゴローメーカー) is the boss of the first Wily stage in Mega Man 3, an invincible machine that moves on a rail. It releases robotic turtles called Kamegoros into the water and controls them. Five Kamegoros must be destroyed to cause the Kamegoro Maker to self-destruct. As for the Kamegoros, if one is left alone long enough, it will actually shed its shell, turning itself into an explosive projectile and swim faster. The Kamegoros were originally created to verify the quality of water.

As Mega Man destroys a Kamegoro, the health meter of the Kamegoro Maker will deplete much quicker for each one destroyed. The Kamegoro Maker will lose two bars of health for the first Kamegoro destroyed; three bars for the second one; five for the third; eight for the fourth one, and the last Kamegoro will deplete the last ten bars of health for the Kamegoro Maker.

Hits Data Chart
Amount of shots/hits from Special Weapons it takes to destroy each Kamegoro.
 * Spark Shock will freeze the Kamegoro or its shell, but will not do damage.

Other media
Kamegoro Maker and the Kamegoros appear in episode 32 from Captain N: The Game Master as a trap in Wily's castle. The Kamegoros attack with powerful bites and are called "robot turtles" by Wily, and the Kamegoro Maker is a green retractable tube in the wall that releases three Kamegoros, which are avoided by Mega Man by throwing the Shadow Blade in the buttons of the Kamegoro Maker, making it suck in the water and the Kamegoros.

Etymology

 * Kame (カメ) is Japanese for "turtle" and goro (ゴロ) is Japanese for "grounder", a baseball term for a batted ball that rolls or bounces along the ground, a ground ball.

Trivia

 * Kamegoros also appear as enemies in the Mega Man 3 handheld game, where they are called "Turtles".