Shade Man

Shade Man (シェードマン) is a Robot Master built to look like a vampire. He originally was an attraction robot from the haunted house of an amusement park, but was stolen and modified for combat by Dr. Wily. Wily installed sound wave equipment intended to control human minds, but due to a wiring error, it instead generated powerful destructive sound waves that are used as a weapon called Noise Crush.

Shade Man likes dark places and to hang on ceilings, and although he's based on a vampire, he fears ghosts and spiders. He wants to be a singer and practices hard to improve his poor singing voice, to the point that he's always with a microphone. Like a vampire, he drinks oil out of robots.

Strategy
Shade Man flies across the top of his room and attacks with Noise Crush. When Noise Crush hits a wall, it will return to him and charge his next sound wave attack. If the player uses Noise Crush against him in Wily's Castle, he'll just absorb it and send stronger waves back. Unfortunately, the player can't do the same with their waves when equipped with his weapon. Shade Man can also attack by diving to drain his enemy's power like a vampire and using a petrifying stare. In Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters he can summon Bubble Bats. His weakness is Wild Coil in Mega Man 7, Slash Claw in Mega Man: The Power Battle and Rolling Cutter in Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters.

Data
Stage description: Mystery! The Horror

Mega Man & Bass CD data


Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters data
Dr. Light: His "supersonic waves" reflect on the wall. Aim at his wings! Cut them to pieces!

Rockman Battle & Fighters data

 * Power Battle: ゆうえんちのおばけやしきようにつくられたものをかいぞうしたロボットで、はかいおんぱをはんしゃしてこうげきするのがとくい. くらいばしょがすきだが、じつはおばけとクモがにがてだったりする. とくしゅぶきはクラッシュノイズじゃ.
 * Power Fighters: ＰＢにもとうじょうしたシェードマンはロックマン７にとうじょう. そらをじゆうにいどうでききゅうこうかしながらこうげきしてくる. とくにとくしゅぶきのクラッシュノイズにはじゅうぶんきをつけるのじゃ

Stage enemies

 * Sub Boss: VAN Pookin
 * Sub Boss (secret): Proto Man
 * Astro Zombieg
 * Batton M48
 * Cyorown
 * Gilliam Knight
 * Ragger
 * Sniper Joe 01
 * True Shield Attacker

Damage Data Chart
Displays the amount of damage in units that Shade Man will receive from each Special Weapon in Mega Man 7.
 * *For Mega Buster, Wild Coil and Noise Crush, the first number is the damage done when the weapon is fired normally; the second number is damage done when the weapon is charged up.


 * *For Freeze Cracker, the first number is when the shot is whole; the second number is after it splits.

Manga
Shade Man appears in the manga Mega Man Gigamix and Rockman 7.

Mega Man (Archie Comics)
Shade Man also appears as part of the Robot Master army "time-cloned" by Dr. Wily and Dr. Eggman in the Worlds Collide crossover arc. During the battle between the Robot Masters and the heroes working with Mega Man and Sonic the Hedgehog, Shade Man notably attacks and mocks Shadow the Hedgehog.

Trivia

 * A special Easter Egg occurs when the player holds down the "B" button while selecting his stage and continues to hold it until the stage begins. The music of the stage selected screen and the stage changes to the main theme from the "Ghosts 'n Goblins" game series. However, this only works before Shade Man is defeated.
 * Shade Man's stage is a homage to the game Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts for the SNES, resembling the first stage.
 * Shade Man has a cameo appearance in the opening scene of Mega Man 8.
 * There is a portrait of Wily wearing traditional vampire clothes in Shade Man's stage. If the Rush Search is used underneath it, the Energy Equalizer can be found.
 * His likes and dislikes are references to vampires. Tomato juice is sometimes mistaken for blood, and garlic is one of the vampire's weaknesses.