Robot Master of the Week #23: Sword Man

Dizzy · 11-02-2010, 03:08 PM

DWN-059

Sword Man is a combat Robot Master that was built by Dr. Wily to use an ancient sword that he stole from a museum. Unfortunately, Sword Man's sword was way too heavy, so the upper part of the body was fitted with an anti-gravitational device, and as such, both the upper and lower halves of his body can act independent of each other to improve his balance. His main attack is Flame Sword, a attack that envelops his sword with flames for extra damage. Sword Man can also attack by spinning his upper part rapidly to cut enemies, and drops heavy statues. His stage from Mega Man 8 is an Aztec-like area located somewhere in Central Asia, possibly in Kazakhstan.

Appearances
Mega Man 8
Mega Man & Bass (as a data CD)
Rockman Strategy
Rockman 8 (manga)

Theme

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Fun Facts
-During Capcom's Robot Master design contest for Mega Man 8, Sword Man was one of three robots created using a pre-made design template supplied to fans (Clown Man and Search Man were the others). Sword Man's template was known as "Katana Robot."
-His sword seems to lack cutting edges in his artwork, making his dislike of faulty swords somewhat ironic.
-Sword Man is one of the first robot characters to possess a noticeable accented voice (British), alongside Colonel (who is done by the same voice actor who did Sword Man) and Iris.
-One part of Sword Man's theme resembles Mega Man 3's "weapon get" theme.

Robotazy · 11-02-2010, 06:21 PM

Sword Man: A True Gentleman

**X-3** · 11-02-2010, 10:12 PM

The Flame Sword was the hottest MM8 weapon, so that's notable.
(Plasma Grenades were cool too)

Redshirt · 11-02-2010, 10:14 PM

KNIVES FOR HANDS

MeowMan · 11-02-2010, 10:20 PM

Pah, everyone knows that he's the robot replacement for Giant-Knives-Instead-Of-Arms-Man that will appear in SSS/NC Mach 2 Part 13 after he gets hit by a street sweeper.

Vgfian · 11-02-2010, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by X-3

The Flame Sword was the hottest MM8 weapon, so that's notable.
(Plasma Grenades were cool too)

lolpuns.

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Sword Man =

Dizzy · 11-03-2010, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by X-3

The Flame Sword was the hottest MM8 weapon, so that's notable.
(Plasma Grenades were cool too)

I, too, like Flame Sword. Mega Man 8 had the best weapons. Like the Mega Ball.

Flash Bombs were OK, but the blind spot it created was usually annoying. And then there was the Homing Sniper, which sounded like a good weapon, but ended up being basically useless.

^^I'd think MM10's Blade Man would be more suitable, seeing as how he actually has knives for both arms.

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MeowMan Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Las Pegasus Gender: Posts: 6,606 Thanks: 849 Thanked 208 Times in 132 Posts Blog Entries: 46	Pah, everyone knows that he's the robot replacement for Giant-Knives-Instead-Of-Arms-Man that will appear in SSS/NC Mach 2 Part 13 after he gets hit by a street sweeper.