Robot Master of the Week #55: Punk

[Dizzy]

RKN-002

Punk (パンク, Panku?) is the second of the Mega Man Killer robots created by Dr. Wily to destroy Mega Man. He attacks using his weapon, Screw Crusher, or turning into a spiked ball. He is a very tough Robot Master, as he causes a lot of damage and none of the weapons from Mega Man III besides the Mega Buster works on him, but in Mega Man V his attacks and defenses are weaker. He appears as one of the downloadable bosses in Mega Man 10, alongside Enker and Ballade.

Appearances
Mega Man III
Mega Man V
Mega Man & Bass (as a data CD)
Mega Man 10
Rockman 4Koma Great March

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Fun Facts
■Punk is named after the music style punk rock.
■In Turbo Man's Japanese CD data, it says Turbo Man dislikes Punk.
■Punk is the only Mega Man Killer to have a NetNavi counterpart.
■Punk's level in Mega Man 10 is somewhat of a remake of the Wily Level of Mega Man III.
■It is unknown why Punk dislikes the PTA, but it may infer that he has a punk-teenager sort of personality, and that he dislikes any kind of authority figures; this example being school teachers.
■Punk and Dark Man 4 have similar body structures.

Also, for the hell of it, check out this pic of him from Nintendo Power:

[1-up Salesman]

Cool. So, Nintendo Power tried to do their own little design? Or was that early art or something?

[Dizzy]

Yeah, Nintendo Power had to do their own art back in the day, and I'm guessing all they had to work off of was the sprite.

[1-up Salesman]

Oh, well that's cool. I personally find both of the designs very interesting.