Cold Man

Cold Man (コールドマン) is an ice-themed Robot Master appearing in Mega Man & Bass. Cold Man was originally created to preserve prehistoric D.N.A. from dinosaurs in his body at absolute zero in Dr. Light's laboratory. King modified him to be a guard robot.

Cold Man attacks by using spiked Ice Walls that he creates by opening the freezer in his belly. He can also cause areas to freeze from a distance. He releases "Cold Mist" enemies from his head to slow the player's movement and get in the way. Cold Man is one of the first three selectable bosses in the game. Defeating Cold Man allows the player to select Burner Man and Pirate Man.

Strategy
Cold Man's primary means of attack is creating his Ice Wall, a spiked, rectangular block of ice, and pushing it toward Mega Man. The block will bounce off of the wall and be destroyed as it slams into the other wall. This means the player must jump over it twice in order to avoid getting hit. After this attack, Cold Man will jump toward Mega Man a tiny bit, then repeat the attack. After a certain amount of damage, Cold Man will start creating Cold Mists before his attack. These enemies will float toward Mega Man, and will render him unable to jump if they make contact. It is a good idea to destroy this enemy before attacking Cold Man. The Mega Buster, Lightning Bolt, and Wave Burner are all fine weapons to use against him.

Stage enemies
Enemies in Cold Man's stage:
 * Mid Boss: Snoler
 * Batton M64
 * "Cold Mist" (Appears with Cold Man during the boss battle.)
 * Dodonpa Cannon
 * Metall SV
 * Monopellern
 * Penpen EV
 * Rabbiton
 * Spinning Gabyoall

Other media
Cold Man and King's other robots appear in the Rockman 8 manga, but with the exception of Pirate Man, they leave shortly after their appearance.

In the manga Rockman & Forte, Cold Man creates a snowfall in summer from the top of a high tower, and fights against Mega Man. After his defeat, Dr. Wily turned Cold Man into a refrigerator and placed him in Auto's room.

Trivia

 * Cold Man is called "Freezer Man" in his early sketch, and his body was more similar to a normal freezer. Perhaps his name was changed to avoid confusion with an already existing Freeze Man from Mega Man 7.


 * Cold Man will gain health if he is attacked by his own weapon, Ice Wall.


 * Cold Man's weakness is Lightning Bolt, but Wave Burner can still do considerable damage to him.


 * Cold Man is one of two ice-themed robots who create ice sculptures, the other being Frost Man. If we count the X series, Chill Penguin also has the same ability.


 * Poler Kamrous from Mega Man Zero 2 uses an attack similar to Cold Man's Ice Wall.


 * The reason Cold Man doesn't like the El Nino effect is because it is a phenomenon that causes the weather to be warmer than usual.