Mega Man

Mega Man (known in Japan as Rockman) is a robot created by Dr. Light and the titular protagonist of the Mega Man video game series. Originally created to be Light's lab assistant, Dr. Wily taking over six of Light's robots led Mega Man to be converted into a battle robot to fight Wily and stop him from taking over the world as well as achieve everlasting peace.

In the Mario series, Mega Man has only made appearances in the Club Nintendo comics, and is set to be a playable third-party guest character in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U.

Club Nintendo comics
Mega Man's first appearance in Mario-related media is in the German Club Nintendo magazine comic "Super Mario: Die Bescherung". The comic shows him with several other characters at Mario and Luigi's Christmas party.

His first and only major appearance was in the 1993 comic "Super Mario: Die Verwandlung", where he serves as Dr. Light's assistant. Besides taking care of the doctor and welcoming his visitors, Mega Man also drives the car they use for catching Wario.

Mega Man is also mentioned in the comic "Super Mario: Mario im Wunderland". When Mario and Toad meet Kirby, the latter explains that he wants to see the wizard so that he can wish to look like Mega Man.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U
After twenty years of not appearing in any Mario-related media, Mega Man appears a playable guest character in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and the upcoming Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, as the third third-party character to be confirmed as a playable character.

Mega Man's appearance and aesthetics in this game are based on his appearance in the NES titles, possessing a moveset centered around shooting as his opponents; he can use the Mega Buster to fire multiple single shots as his standard attack, and use the Charge Shot as a side smash attack. His only melee attacks are the slide as his strong down attack, which made its debut in Mega Man 3, and the Mega Upper as his strong up, a move introduced in Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters which later appeared in Marvel vs. Capcom.

Much of Mega Man's moveset is based around the special weapons obtainable in the classic Mega Man series. His special moves include Metal Blade, Crash Bomber, and Leaf Shield from Mega Man 2 as his neutral special, side special, and down special respectively, and Rush Coil from Mega Man 3 as his up special. His dash attack is the Top Spin, a move from Mega Man 3. His up smash is the Spark Shock and his down smash is the Flame Blast, from Mega Man 3 and Mega Man 6, respectively. His aerial attacks include Slash Claw from Mega Man 7 as his back air, Flame Sword from Mega Man 8 as his front air, Air Shooter from Mega Man 2 as his up air, and Hard Knuckle from Mega Man 3 as his down air. His grab is the Super Arm from the original Mega Man. His Final Smash is Mega Legends, which involves Mega Man summoning his other incarnations to his side and all blasting opponents.

Palutena's Guidance

 * Viridi: Hey, look! It's Mega Man!
 * Pit: Is that really him? It is really him! WOW!
 * Viridi: I hope he busts out his Mega Buster!
 * Pit: I wanna see his Charge Shot!
 * Palutena: Flame Blast!
 * Viridi: Leaf Shield!
 * Pit: Rush Coil!
 * Palutena: Metal Blaze!
 * Viridi: Spark Shock!
 * Pit: Air Shooter!
 * Palutena: Crash Bomber!
 * Viridi: Slash Claw!
 * Pit: Flame Sword!
 * All: HARD KNUCKLE!

Trivia

 * Mega Man series creator Keiji Inafune took some level of inspiration from Mario when designing his own series.
 * Mario appears in a French commercial for Mega Man 2.
 * Mega Man shares his Japanese name with one of the DinoRiders.
 * In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Mega Man's original name is "Mega" in Dr. Light's trophy description; however, most sources instead call him "Rock" to match his sister Roll.