Fake Man

Fake Man (フェイクマン) is a fake police robot that appears as the boss of the "Special Stage" from Mega Man 9 that became available on October 20, 2008. In the game's main content, Fake Man makes an appearance in Dr. Wily's fortress. Wily claims that he was the police robot that arrested Dr. Light, but Proto Man proves correct in assuming that the "Dr. Light" Wily has captive is the robot Wily used to make the fake video released to the press. Thus, Fake Man did not arrest Light, and, in fact, Light was arrested by the real police, who release him once Mega Man delivers the memory circuit to them.

In the "Special Stage", Mega Man must traverse a city landscape and face difficult enemies, one boss, and all of the mini-bosses found in the main content of Mega Man 9 as he makes his way to the lair of Dr. Light's "arresting officer."

Strategy
Fake Man is very agile and uses a revolver style weapon to rapidly fire projectiles at Mega Man. This weapon has the advantage of firing in multiple directions, but is offset by the need to manually reload every six shots, leaving Fake Man defenseless for a short period. Fake Man won't fire his weapon unless Mega Man provokes him, though he will attempt to run into Mega Man regardless of his intent. If Mega Man uses the Jewel Satellite weapon, he can reflect Fake Man's shots back at him for small damage, or deliver a heavy amount of damage to him with the Satellite itself.

Appearance in other media
The police robots Fake Man is based on appear in the short Mega Man Megamix manga story "For Whose Sake?" included in the booklet of Rockman 9 Arrange Soundtrack to arrest Dr. Light.

Trivia

 * Like Doc Robot and Dark Man, it is unknown what Fake Man's serial number is, or if he has one.
 * Another point to note is that there is in fact at least 2 Fake Men as evidenced by the ending scenes of Mega Man 9. Thus, it is likely that Fake Man is more similar to Dark Man or the Doc Robots and do not have a Wily Serial Number. Further evidence is the fact that Mega Man does not receive his power when he is defeated.


 * The mini-boss order in his stage is: Hanabiran, Stone Head, Paozo, and the Changkey Dragon.