Bass

Bass (フォルテ, Forte in Japan) is a Robot Master created by Dr. Wily, who first appeared as an intro-level boss in Mega Man 7. Bass has always had a vendetta against Mega Man, most likely because Dr. Wily programmed him that way.

In Mega Man 7, he pretends to be against Wily and be good to steal plans of the Jet Adapter to create a similar function with Treble, to be able to fuse with him and fly. His weakness in Mega Man 7 is either your standard Mega Buster (because it's all you have at the time) or possibly the Rush Adaptor. A good general strategy is, as always, to charge your shots, dodge his fire as best you can, and then unload your blaster on him.

Bass had turned against Wily in Rockman & Forte (Mega Man and Bass in English), though it's possible that Bass was unaware that King was under the employ of Wily. Bass gets angry when Dr. Wily creates more robots, as he believes he alone is strong enough to defeat Mega Man without Wily's interference.

He appears as a playable character in both of the arcade games (The Power Battle and The Power Fighters). In Bass' ending of Power Fighters, Dr. Wily says that when he was creating Bass, he also created accidentaly "Bassnium" ("Forutenium" in Japanese), a very powerful energy, that he is studing to improve and create a robot that can overdue the strength of both Mega Man and Bass together. Bass says that a "girlie robot" like this would never defeat him. Bass says to Proto Man that after he defeats Mega Man, he will fight him. Proto Man answers that they will never fight each other then, as he says Bass will never be able to defeat Mega Man. Duo says that there is goodness in Bass, which he ignored saying that he only wants to fight.

One of the most common disputes concerning Bass is about the pronunciation of his name; despite the fact that Mega Man 8's voice clips pronounce the name like the fish, the generally accepted pronunciation is like the musical term (which is also supported by the fact that his wolf is called Treble in English releases, which makes a very nice musical pun).

In the Mega Man Battle Network series, Bass is always a secret boss.

Mega Man and Bass CD Data
A robot that Dr. Wily has created to be like Megaman. His final goal is to beat Megaman. "Get lost, loser!" Good point: Emulous Bad point: Vain as a peacock Like: Champion Dislike: Weak robot

Trivia

 * Bass is one of many of the characters who have music-inspired names.