Hard Man

Hard Man (ハードマン) is a Robot Master created by Dr. Light and Dr. Wily that first appeared in Mega Man 3. He has a hard, durable body made of ceratanium, making him very heavy, weighing about three tons. He can fire his hands with his Special Weapon, Hard Knuckle, and he has a compact robot boost that allows him to jump. Due to his excessive weight, he can smash enemies and stomp the ground to cause a tremor. He is a great man that prefers fair and square matches.

Mega Man 3
Hard Man is one of the eight bosses. In battle, he will start shooting two Hard Knuckles at Mega Man, which then will boomerang back at him if he avoided them. The best way to avoid them for the player is to jump over the first knuckle so he fires the other in the air, then jump over the first knuckle again so the second one goes through the air, missing Mega Man. He will then jump at Mega Man's location and stomp the ground, causing an earthquake and making Mega Man to paralyze even if he is in mid-air. The player has to get out of the way to avoid it. He will repeat the pattern over and over.

His weakness is the Magnet Missile, being able to hit him better when he jumps to cause the earthquake. He is also weak to his own weapon, the Hard Knuckle, but it can only be tested on him on the rematch in the Wily Castle, like the other Robot Masters.

Mega Man II
Hard Man is one of the four bosses fought in the Wily Castle. He acts in the same way as Mega Man 3.

Super Adventure Rockman
Hard Man was one of the robots revived by Ra Moon in the Lanfront Ruins, appearing as the second boss of Episode 3. When Mega Man enters a garden-like place in the Temple of the Moon, Hard Man drops from the ceiling and attempts to crush Mega Man. However Hard Man missed and gets his head stuck in the ground, and the player must defeat him. After the battle, he falls to pieces and acid begins to flood the room, melting Hard Man's parts.

Hard Man is later revived by Ra Moon again, but Wily is betrayed by Ra Moon and his robots are attacked, collapsing. They are apparently destroyed alongside the Temple of the Moon.

Rockman Complete Works data
セラミカルチタンをとくしゅかこうしたボディをもつたいじゅうは３トン. ハードナックルは画面はじで、かわそう.

Stage enemies
Enemies in Hard Man's stage.
 * Sub-boss: Proto Man (not present in Game Boy version)
 * Bikky (not present in Game Boy version)
 * Hammer Joe
 * Metall DX (not present in Game Boy version)
 * Returning Monking
 * Pickelman Bull
 * Have "Su" Bee (with Chibees)
 * Wanaan

Damage Data Chart
Amount of damage in units that Hard Man receives from each Special Weapon in Mega Man 3.

Other media
Hard Man appeared in Episode 25 from Ruby Spears' Mega Man animated series, in the Mega Man comic by Archie Comics, in the stories Metal Heart and Asteroid Blues from Hitoshi Ariga's manga Mega Man Megamix and Mega Man Gigamix, in Shigeto Ikehara's Rockman World 2|Rockman World 2 manga and Rockman: Yomigaeru Blues, and in Rockman 4Koma Dai Koushin.

Trivia

 * Bit Man's mugshot from the PC version of Mega Man 3 is an edit of Hard Man's mugshot.


 * Hard Man and Gemini Man are the only two Robot Masters from Mega Man 3 to not have a NetNavi counterpart.


 * The reason why Hard Man dislikes swimming, according to his Mega Man & Bass CD Data, is because he is so heavy that if he tried to swim, he would fall straight to the bottom.

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