Bass

Bass (フォルテ) 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. A notable aspect of his personality he showed in Mega Man & Bass was that he seemed to have some degree of respect for humans, since they created robots.

In Mega Man 7, he pretends to be against Wily and be good to steal plans of the Super 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. Bass is the sub-boss of the first two Wily stages. Despite Bass having later shown to be rebellious against Wily, he does save Wily's life in the ending.

In Mega Man 8, Bass fights against Mega Man in the third level of the Wily Tower. Although Mega Man warned him not to, Bass used Evil Energy to power up his attacks.

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 studying to improve and create a robot that has more strength than 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).

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Mega Man: Battle and Chase:
 * Vehicle: Treble Darkstar (Gospel Darkstar)
 * Body: Treble Body (Gospel Body)
 * Engine: Double Engine
 * Wing: Accl. Wing (Accel. Wing)
 * Tire: Almighty Tire (All Mighty Tire)

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

 * Although he's a recurring enemy of Mega Man, Bass never actually appears as a main stage boss. Instead, Mega Man always fights him as a mini-boss.
 * Bass is one of many of the characters who have music-inspired names.
 * In Megaman 7 and the Power Battle games, Bass plays very much like Megaman, the only real difference is that rather than Sliding, Bass can Air Dash. He has the capabilities of firing a (Albiet different colored) Charged shot, much like Megaman.
 * In Megaman and Bass, Bass is rehauled to make his gameplay inherently different from Megaman. While Megaman can slide to reach into smaller crevices for secrets, Bass can Dash and double jump. Bass's Treble Adapter also allows him to fly where he likes while it lasts. Bass's buster was modified to make him different from Megaman, and instead of being able to charge, he fires weak (yet fast) shots repeatedly, in 1 of 7 directions.
 * The aforementioned abilities (rapid fire, multi-directional) of the Bass Buster is similar to the shooting abilities of the Mega Man X character, Axl.
 * This aforementioned gameplay difference in Bass makes stages easier for Bass, while making bosses harder. This is due to Bass's ability to utilize Dash jumps and Double jumps, but on Bosses, they take one hit and go into a flashing "invincibility" state, so Bass can only fire one weak shot at a time, while megaman can charge.
 * In Megaman 9, Bass blueprints can be spotted in Wily's computer after defeating him. However, Treble was nowhere to be found.
 * Bass has a similar personality to Vile from the Mega Man X series. The two of them both have a rivalry with one of the Mega Mans, are both extremely cocky and arrogant, and only fight for the sake of themselves. However, Bass happens to be a lot more sane than Vile is.