CWU-01P

"Intruders...bad. Eliminate...intruders..."

- CWU-01P

CWU-01P is an aquatic robot from the first Mega Man game. A smaller version of it, M-445, appeared later in Mega Man 2. Aquatic robots with similar appearance and names (but with unknown connections with CWU-01P and M-445) appear in later games, including an armored version in Mega Man 4 (M-422A), an exploding version in Mega Man 6 (SRU-21/P), and a mini version of CWU-01P in Mega Man 7 (CFN-24). Its original function was for water purification. In Mega Man: Powered Up, it speaks in a voice and manner similar to that of a security drone.

Types of CWU-01Ps


CWU-01P
CWU-01P is the name of seven aquatic robots that roll through the room inside of bubbles and shoot three bubbles at the enemy. The seven are the same, except that they have different speeds and different colors in the circle on them. They appear one by time, and when one CWU-01P is defeated, the next will be faster. Each CWU-01P defeated removes 4 HP from the total HP.

In Mega Man Powered Up, there is only one CWU-01P that reforms its bubble multiple times. The bubble must now be penetrated before the player can actually do any damage to the machine, similar to the Green Devil. On the easiest difficulty setting it goes around in a tight circle in the middle of the room and shoots bullets at regular intervals. On harder difficulty settings it gains a sweeping laser attack that brings down Guts Blocks in order to crush the player; these blocks can be thrown by using the Super Arm. In addition, the circle it follows is wider, and it breaks the Guts Blocks it collides with. Its weakness is still Super Arm, but hitting CWU-01P with Thunder Beam will stun it briefly. Oil Slider is also highly effective against the bubble, as Oil Man points out that water and oil don't mix. 

M-445
M-445 is a smaller and slower version of CWU-01P with spikes. It descends slowly down from the ceiling, but once it is level with the player, it flies towards him/her in a wave pattern. It appears in Bubble Man's stage in Mega Man 2 and in Mega Water S' stage in Mega Man: The Wily Wars. 

M-422A
M-422A is a lot like the M-445 except instead of following Mega Man, it drops down to try and grab him. The M-422A is also armored and invincible to all weapons. It is found only in Dive Man's stage.



SRU-21/P
SRU-21/P is a small, exploding enemy that was originally created to defend water areas. It appears in Centaur Man's stage in Mega Man 6. They drop from above, flip on the water's surface and then explode. When they explode they send three pieces of debris outward from their domes.



CFN-24
CFN-24 is an orb-like enemy in Mega Man 7. It appears in Burst Man's stage only. A replica of Burst Man's level is in Wily's castle but this particular enemy doesn't show up in the third area. If shot at or touched, it will explode, and the explosion does some damage to Mega Man. It appears to be some sort of underwater mine. There are 2 types: a blue one that bobs up and down underwater, and orange ones, which always float at the waters surface (ironically enough, it only appears on the second purple chemical stage, and also, to make it harder the chemicals are floating up and down).



Other media
CWU-01P appears in the Mega Man comic with its appearance from Mega Man Powered Up.

Similar enemies
Enemies similar to CWU-01P and its relatives.
 * Hirarian 427
 * Puyoyon
 * SW-525