Wave Man

Wave Man (ウェーブマン) is an amphibious combat Robot Master created by Dr. Wily to take over the water quality administration in Mega Man 5. He is very sentimental, making him cry easily or have violent fits of rage, and is anti-social and rather likes to keep to himself. Wave Man is not good at close-range combat, preferring to attack from distance. His main weapon, the Water Wave, can make a water pillar appear from the ground in the enemy's current location, and he can launch harpoons from his right arm. Unlike Bubble Man, Wave Man has good mobility on both land and submerged in water.

Mega Man 5
Wave Man's attack pattern is using Water Wave to create a water pillar, firing a harpoon and then jumping towards Mega Man. The water pillar also acts as a shield, defecting shots when struck. To avoid the pattern, the player must stay out of the way of the water pillar and jump fast over the harpoon to make it miss, and slide to the side Mega Man has more space to make Wave Man miss his jump. Afterwards, he will be vulnerable for a short time to attacks. Wave Man is weak to Charge Kick, and it can be used to go through the harpoons, but not through his Water Wave. Wave Man can be destroyed with seven hits from Charge Kick.

Mega Man Megamix Profile
Though Wave Man was mainly constructed with underwater combat in mind, he was given additional features and equipment that would allow him to be just as effective when fighting out of water. His Water Wave forces highly pressurized water in the ground, which travels through underground channels, pipes, and sewer lines to erupt elsewhere as a pillar of rushing water. This attack is based on Pascal's Law, which states that when pressure is applied to a contained liquid, its volume remains uncompressed while the pressure is conveyed undiminished throughout the liquid and to the surfaces of its container.

Stage enemies
Enemies in Wave Man's stage:
 * Sub-boss: Octoper OA
 * Gas
 * Giree
 * Irucan
 * Rider Joe
 * Teckyun
 * Twin Cannon
 * V

Mega Man
Wave Man appeared in the episode "20,000 Leaks Under the Sea" from the Mega Man animated series.

Mega Man: Upon a Star
The Mega Man 5 bosses have short appearances fighting against Mega Man or helping Wily in the three episodes from the OVA Mega Man: Upon a Star.

Mega Man Megamix
In the manga, Wave Man appeared in the story "Holiday of Soldiers", where the eight Robot Masters from Mega Man 5 have part-time jobs in an amusement park to earn money for Dr. Wily. Wave Man works as the head cleaner of the park, and calls himself "Wave Blue" on the job to avoid being recognized as one of Wily's robots.

Other appearances
Wave Man also appeared in the manga Rockman 5 and Rockman 4Koma Great March.

Trivia

 * Wave Man's stage in the Game Gear Mega Man has Gravity Man's music instead, while Wave Man's music is played in the game over screen.


 * In Mega Man 3 for DOS, there is another Robot Master called Wave Man.


 * In Mega Man Megamix vol 2, Wave Man is in the team know as "THE HOURLY PAY SQUAD: PART-TIMERS!!!"


 * Wave Man and Crystal Man are the two Robot Masters from Mega Man 5 to not have a NetNavi counterpart in the MegaMan Battle Network series.