Rockman Shadow

Rockman Shadow (ロックマン・シャドウ), or R-Shadow, is the leader of the group of Robot Masters called "The Dimensions", and the final boss of the game Rockman & Forte: Mirai kara no Chōsensha. He is said to be a powerful, wicked person, holding an obsession with causing chaos and destruction.

Story
Rockman Shadow and the Dimensions are first seen attacking Symphony City, a city where people and robots lived in peace. Rockman (Mega Man) took off to the scene, and at the same time Dr. Wily sends Forte (Bass) to investigate. Because of the circumstances, the two team up to fight against Rockman Shadow and the Dimensions. After defeating the Dimensions, Rockman and Forte confront Rockman Shadow in a duel to the death. Rockman Shadow reveals that he came from the future, and briefly tells them about Quint, a remodeled Rockman from the future who was previously defeated. During Rockman's storyline, he claims to be another modified version of Rockman from the future, and says that he came back in time to stop Dr. Wily by destroying all robots at an earlier point. However, in Forte's storyline, he instead claims that he was another Rockman robot created at that time, and asks Forte to join him and prove to the world that they are the strongest force imaginable. While Rockman discovers afterward that R-Shadow's motive is a lie, Forte concludes that he was also made by Dr. Wily.

After his defeat, Rockman Shadow admits that after Quint's destruction, he was the only robot left. He states that he rebuilt himself to increase his strength, and desired to devastate the world. As he learned he would be unstoppable in his own time period, he traveled back in time to find someone that could put an end to him: the strongest challengers, Rockman and Forte. With that, he leaves the victor with words of advice in his dying breath.



While the game depicts his "death" and burial after his defeat at the hands of Rockman or Forte, he is shown in a photograph with the main cast in the end, sans helmet. Whether this picture was just to represent the cast of the game or if it is part of the game's story is unknown.

Strategy
Rockman Shadow fights by jumping to the middle of the room and then sliding (like Rockman) to the other side. If the player is next to or try jumping over him, he will shoot a fast-moving laser that just goes off the screen. After half of his HP is gone, he will disappear and appear above the player on a robot like Sakugarne and dive down at the player, sitting on the floor before repeating. Between the dives four rocks will come down to hit the player. When he loses ¾ of his HP, he begins to fly at the player with a sword. When he swings and stops moving, 3 sparks fan off forward and backward from him.

Mega Man (Archie Comics)
Rockman Shadow made a brief cameo in the Archie Mega Man comic series in issue 20. Though unnamed and mistakenly identified as Quint by Mega Man, he claims that he will no longer live in "Mega Man's Shadow," hinting his true identity.

Trivia

 * CoroCoro Comic once featured official artwork of Rockman Shadow and Dangan Man in an article of Rockman & Forte: Mirai kara no Chōsensha.
 * Rockman Shadow is the second known enemy that Mega Man buries, the first one being Quick Man's burial after sacrificing himself to save Mega Man in Super Adventure Rockman.