Mega Man Timeline (Classic)

This is a comprehensive timeline for the classic Mega Man, Mega Man X, Mega Man Zero, Mega Man ZX, and Mega Man Legends series. All of these series occur in a timeline that deviate from that seen in the Mega Man Battle Network and Mega Man Star Force series.

Please note that no two Mega Man series has an official bridge between them. All explanations and stories are theories or fan-made and do not belong on this timeline. Reboots, such as Mega Man Powered Up or Mega Man Maverick Hunter X, or licensed games, such as Mega Man for the DOS operating system or Rockman Strategy are also not canon, as the reboot series of neither the Classic not the X series continued and licensed games are not found in official timelines by Capcom. The Archie Comics Mega Man series has no canon bearing on the official video game timeline as well.

Mega Man timeline

 * 1) Mega Man series (20XX)
 * 2) Mega Man X series (21XX)
 * 3) Mega Man Zero series (a few centuries later)
 * 4) Mega Man ZX series (a century after the Zero series)
 * 5) Mega Man Legends series (several thousand years later)

20XX (classic Mega Man)

 * In their youth, Doctor Albert W. Wily a Doctor Thomas Light studied at the Robot Institute of Technology, where Dr. Wily made a prototype of the Double Gear System which pushed a robot to their absolute limits. His research is shut down due to its danger, and as a result Wily and Light began a conflict that would last several years.
 * Sometime later, Dr. Light creates a prototype robot that was meant to think and feel on its own.
 * On May 25th 20XX, Dr. Light pioneered robots that were able to communicate and understand at a near-human level as well as assisting humans with their advanced systems. Among them were Rock and Roll. Two very peaceful robots created specifically to be Dr. Light's lab assistants. With these revolutionary adventures of his, Dr. Light gained much recognition in the field of science, causing his then-colleague at the time Dr. Wily to become jealous, to the point of deciding to hijack six of Dr. Light's creations and use them to begin taking over the world. Rock, containing a strong sense of justice, volunteers to be converted into a battle-robot capable of not only rescuing Dr. Light's creations, but stopping Dr. Wily in the process. And after a quick conversion, Rock was turned into Mega Man.