MegaMan Volnutt

Mega Man Volnutt, Rock Volnutt (ロック・ヴォルナット) in the Japanese version, originally known as Mega Man Trigger, Rockman Trigger (ロックマン・トリッガー) in the Japanese version, is a video game character and the protagonist of the Mega Man Legends series.

As Mega Man Trigger
A long time ago, MegaMan Volnutt was known as Mega Man Trigger. Trigger's primary function was as a Purifier Unit (Irregular Hunter in the Japanese version) on a synthetic planet called Elysium (or Heaven in the Japanese versions), a place that housed what is called the "Master System". The purpose of the Master System was to watch over the Carbons (essentially the equivalent to humans, though artificially created) on Terra (Earth). His job as a Purifier Unit was to eliminate any Aberrant Units (Irregulars in the Japanese version) that threatened the Master System. Trigger was also always close to the the Master throughout his tenure as a Purifier Unit. One day, the Master requested MegaMan to travel with him to Terra so he could see the Carbons, even through the Master could not survive long outside of Elysium. They used a shuttle pod and landed in Calbania Island, where the Master compares the life of the Carbons with Elysium, and realizes that while he lived in luxury for 3000 years, Elysium was cold and sterile, while the Carbons are happy even with hardship, pain, aging, and subsequently dying, and decides to give Mega Man the final command to destroy the Master System to make things right again. Before dying, the Master gives his genetic code sample to protect Mega Man, and orders him to delete all data in Elysium's library.

After the Master's death, MegaMan Trigger tried to fulfill his dying wish. The units from the System tried to stop Trigger, thinking he became an Aberrant Unit. As time went by, Yuna (Mother Unit of Terra) decided to take a neutral position, neither helping nor fighting against Trigger. Frustrated with Yuna's decision, Sera (Mother Unit of Elysium) traveled to Terra herself to stop MegaMan, and the two fought each other to a standstill, expending all their energy. Trigger's original body was almost totally destroyed in the fight, and all his parameters had to be reset to heal (similar to formatting a hard drive), transforming him into a baby without any memory of the past. To avoid his memory being wiped out and make sure Sera would never find the Master's genetic code, Trigger transferred his essential data files to Data. Yuna took the opportunity to seal both inside stasis fields, with MegaMan and Data being sealed inside a ruin in Nino Island and Sera with Geetz in Forbidden Island, where they stayed for a long period.

As Mega Man Volnutt
Several years later, Barrell Caskett was researching the ruins in Nino Island without the Guildmaster's permission, and found a diamond-shaped object near the entrance. When he touched the object, it melted away and awoke Mega Man and Data from their suspended animation. As Barrell had broken into the ruins without permission he could not reveal where he had found them, so he took the two under his care. Barrell's granddaughter Roll Caskett insisted on naming the baby after one of her favorite video game characters, so the child was named Mega Man Volnutt (In the Japanese version, Barrell named him Rock to make a pun with Roll). Mega Man was raised as Barrell's adopted grandson and as soon as he was old enough he embarked on the life of a Digger, searching for Refractors and other resources for the Caskett family as well as defeating Reaverbots in his many adventures.

Mega Man Legends
After exiting a digout in a tower, the Flutter began to malfunction and crashed on Kattelox Island, where the first game take place. MegaMan helped to protect the island from the attack of the Bonnes, a pirate family searching for legendary treasure supposedly hidden in the ruins of the island, and that if its seals are broken, a terrible disaster will occur. Before facing the pirates, Mega Man meet Tron Bonne and helps her escape from the dog Paprika, and she develops a crush on him. The island's city mayor, Amelia, is a old friend of Barrell and gives them a Digger's License to allow them search the ruins for parts to fix the Flutter. By Amelia's request, MegaMan also investigates the ruins of the island to learn about its past and if the legends are true, fighting against the Bonnes and Reaverbots during his search. When the Main Gate is opened, he meet MegaMan Juno, a mysterious person that knows about his past, and is captured by him while he prepares to eliminate all persons in the island with Eden. MegaMan is freed by the Bonnes, and he fights against Juno to save the island. After Juno's defeat, Data reveals he knows about MegaMan's past but can't reveal it to him yet, but when the time comes, he will tell him everything, including his mission. The game ends with MegaMan and his family leaving the island with the Flutter.

Mega Man Legends 2
In the second game, Barrell goes with his friend Verner Von Bluecher to the Forbidden Island inside the airship Sulphur-Bottom in hope to find the Mother Lode, but the airship is stuck in the storm of the island when it's attacked by Gatz and "Matilda". MegaMan and Roll go to Calinca to find a way to enter the island to rescue the people in the airship and discover if the person that attacked it is Roll's missing mother. Roll plans to create a Dropship and visit the Junk Shop in Calinca, but they meet Joe, a person with amnesia that was also creating a Dropship, and after Mega Man and Roll save him, he gives his Dropship to them. After traveling through Forbidden Island, MegaMan accidentally freed Sera and Geetz from their seal, which also ceased the storm of the island and avoided the Sulphur-Bottom from crashing. They where taken inside the Sulphur-Bottom, where Geetz says they need to obtain four keys to unlock the Mother Lode. Bluecher request MegaMan to obtain the keys, and he has to fight against Reaverbots and pirates to obtain them. After all keys are in the airship, Sera takes the keys and goes to Elysium, and Geetz fight against MegaMan. Geetz explodes, causing heavy damage to MegaMan, who is repaired by Yuna and Data. During his repair, MegaMan recovers part of his memories as Trigger that where stored on Data, and goes to Elysium to stop Sera from using the Carbon Reinitialization Program. At the end of the game, MegaMan is left trapped on Elysium with Yuna and Sera, with the enigmatic Elder System beginning to reactivate. Roll and Tron began working on a rocket to rescue him.

Mega Man Legends 3
Mega Man will appear in the upcoming Mega Man Legends 3, where he is still stuck in Elysium.

Personality
This version of Mega Man has lived two completely different lives. This is in contrast to all his other incarnations in the other series where he lives only one life and one basic role throughout the duration of the series. His first life as MegaMan Trigger is quite similar to that of the Maverick Hunters in the Mega Man X series where his role on Elysium was to protect the Master System from Aberrant Units as well as serve as the Master's special assistant. Thus, Trigger was one of the greatest and highest ranking Purifier Units, much like X was as a Maverick Hunter.

On the other hand, his second life as MegaMan Volnutt is actually closer in similarity to another key aspect of both the original Mega Man and X. MegaMan Volnutt does not like fighting and only does so as a last resort (as evidenced by his regret for "not taking it easy" on the Bonnes in the first game, when they fall after Focke-Wulf's defeat). Other than that however, MegaMan Volnutt is simply another Digger in search of adventure, Refractors, and other treasure just like all the rest on Terra.

Abilities
Being able to exchange and customize parts of his body, MegaMan is able to use a variety of robotic armaments and abilities.


 * Interchangeable weapons: MegaMan can equip a variety of different weapons for different purposes and situations. His default weapon is the Mega Buster, a standard cannon mounted from the left arm. With modifications from Roll Caskett, he can replace his right arm with a number of other weaponry. Roll can build new weapons to him using parts that he finds.


 * Body equipments: MegaMan can equip upgrades to his main body for easier tasks, such as battle and traveling purposes. Such additions include built in roller skates for higher speed, helmets, different levels of body armor, and upgrading the amount of damage the body can take.


 * Shield system: The game depicts MegaMan with a barrier system (shown by a blue capsule bar on the game screen) that lowers enemy damage and recoil. However, the bar is limited in power, and when decreased entirely without time to recharge, must be repaired by a recovery item.


 * Strength and speed: Unlike other members of the Mega Man series, MegaMan is not able to wall kick or perform dash maneuvers. His default speed is on par with a healthy, athletic human, and his strength is proportional to his size.

Namco × Capcom
In Namco × Capcom, Mega Man Volnutt appears alongside Roll Caskett as a playable team with their opposition being MegaMan Juno. The game takes place during 20XX, in which is the same time period as the classic series, but the characters from the Mega Man Legends series are from the future. In this game, the Flutter is able to travel through space and MegaMan is a Class A Digger that searches ruins in other planets.

Mega Man and Roll first appears in Chapter 21, when the Flutter suddenly crashed into the Third Moon, and they are attacked by its defenses, which included several Reaverbots and MegaMan Juno. The two and the Digger Taizo Hori are rescued by the party and joins them, using the Flutter to escape the Third Moon when Hiryu set it to explode in the beginning of Chapter 23.

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom
In Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars, Mega Man Volnutt appears as a playable character, along with Zero and Roll. His theme music is the "Flutter vs. Gesellschaft" from the first game. In his ending, he located a black red-eyed, skull-shaped treasure (actually the Dokuro Stone, a stone from Yatterman that grants wishes) that the Reaverbots were guarding, and managed to procure it before Boyacky, Tonzura, and Doronjo did.

In the Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes version of the game, Mega Man appears in Yatterman-1's ending, where he is wearing a blue mask and is identified as Yatterman-6. In the Wii version Mega Man has a mini-game where Servbots get in and out of four boxes, and players must guess how many Servbots are inside their box.

Other playable appearances
Mega Man Volnutt is a playable character in the mobile phone games Rockman DASH: Great Adventure on 5 Islands! and Rockman DASH Golf.

Cameo appearances
Mega Man Volnutt has a cameo appearance in the ending of The Misadventures of Tron Bonne and appears in the mobile phone game Kobun Flies? when playing as Data. He also appears in the background of the Running Battle mode from Pocket Fighter and has two cards in SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters 2 Expand Edition. Volnutt also appears in Tron Bonne's ending in Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds.

Trivia

 * The name Volnutt is probably derived from the words bolt and nut.
 * In all three Mega Man Legends games, Mega Man is said to have 14 years, even through the second game takes place one year after the first.
 * Mega Man is called "Rock Volnatto" in the Japanese instruction manual of Mega Man Legends 2.


 * Susan Roman, who voiced Amelia in the first Mega Man Legends, did the voice of Mega Man in Mega Man Legends 2.


 * Though MegaMan Volnutt wears his armor almost all the time, in the opening sequence of Mega Man Legends 2, MegaMan is shown without armor and wearing normal clothes.


 * Volnutt is one of two Mega Man incarnations to not appear in all instalments of his series (the other one is Copy X, who isn't involved in half of "his" series and was only a copy of the original Mega Man X after all), through he has a cameo appearance in the ending of The Misadventures of Tron Bonne.