How Many Robot Masters Did Wily ACTUALLY Create?

I know this rule wasn't clearly stated in the video, but I am only counting Robot Masters that had a numerical code/serialization attached to them. That's why (SPOILERS, if you care that much), Zero, for example, was counted, but not King. That's why I leave some of those up to your interpretation. There really isn't a definitive template that makes a Robot Master in the Mega Man series, so we'd be here all day discussing potential Wily-made machines if I didn't give myself some restrictions. Hope that makes sense.

Sources:
~ Windii's Stuff:

Track Listing:
~ Tengu Man's Stage - Mega Man & Bass (SNES)
~ Cut Man's Stage - Mega Man
~ Metal Man's Stage - Mega Man 2
~ Stage Select - Mega Man 2
~ Shadow Man's Stage - Mega Man 3
~ Bright Man's Stage - Mega Man 4
~ Gravity Man's Stage - Mega Man 5
~ Junk Man's Stage - Mega Man 7
~ Galaxy Man's Stage - Mega Man 9
~ Get the Punk Out - Mega Man 10
~ Overdrive Scramble (Special Stage) - Mega Man 9
~ Dr. Wily Capsule - Mega Man 10

Games Shown (in no particular order):
~ Mega Man: Powered Up
~ Mega Man 2
~ Mega Man III (Rockman World 3)
~ Mega Man 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, & 11
~ Mega Man V (Rockman World 5)
~ Super Adventure Rockman
~ Mega Man & Bass
~ Mega Man X4

How did it take me so long to make a video with even less production value than the last?

[crystalqueen]

Honestly, I actually like how Wily only made about 1/3 of the total Robot Masters in the series, it really shows how despite his desire to be better than Dr Light, he's far too willing to take shortcuts and just steal other people's work, seemingly only learning from this mistake with Zero, who I can imagine Wily spent most of his life working on, including all of his twilight years

[msgameandcake]

The original story behind Aqua Man's creation in 8's instruction manual is that he is a failed attempt at creating Frost Man, incapable of properly freezing the water in his systems, and thus made into a water-based robot master. Naturally, this would also make Aqua Man a Wily creation.

Apparently, later sources retcon this fact, making him a stolen and modified robot instead. This may be on account of Frost Man's backstory being that he was made from spare parts left over from Clown Man's modification. This would imply that there were SO MANY spare parts from Clown Man's modification Wily was able to not only make Frost Man, but managed to fail to make Frost Man the first time around and, as a result, make Aqua Man too.

[juanman]

My headcannon on the DWN fiasco is that Wily's legal robot registration patent is notably cheaper than everyone else's, and also he just lets everyone freely choose to do it, making the process really practical and simple, making it so everyone uses the DWN numbers to save money and time, even Light gives Wily the rights when they do jobs together, and as a manufacturer, this also gives him some monetary benefits which he uses for his future inventions, part of the reason he gets spared a lot, even after all the things he did, is because without him, everyone has to pay a lot more for the other official legal robot registration patents, it's the perfect plan.

[TheFatestPat]

Wily may have stolen a bunch of the Robot Masters, but you do have to appreciate all the work he did to turn them into combat machines. It's like taking one of those singing Chuck E Cheese robots and turning it into Iron Man with a mouse head.

[gravethestampede]

I mean he still created 100% of his many fortresses, flying capsules, and space stations. So that must count for something

[sigmaposting]

Better than Sigma's track record. As far as I'm aware, he's only confirmed to have created Dark Necrobat.

[SandwitchZebra]

Somewhat unrelated but I’ve always liked Zero’s “DWN No. INFINITY” designation. The number zero is about the furthest you can get from infinity, so it kind of highlights how Zero ended up the opposite of what Wily intended.

[Predator]

Dr Wily is the kind of guy to immediately label them all under his name once they agree to join. At least he’s able to turn things like Dentists into War Machines

[oguzhangungor]

Honestly, it just makes you realize how much of a hard time Wily must have had building his army with his non-existent budget. Heck, the fact that Bass and Zero are able to go toe-to-toe with their rivals (X and Classic MM) despite being built on budget speaks volumes about Wily's genius and adaptability. Heck, Zero, despite his unfinished build in X1, was much stronger than X and was easily able to catch up after his completion at the hands of the X-hunters.

[paires]

Zero was his redeeming factor. He out done himself creating that beast of a robot. Good job tho.

[springssprangyard]

Every time budget or cheapness is mentioned I have to chuckle, it's such a priceless idea the evil genius had to deal with limited funds... and it resulted in some of the funniest robots. It only makes Wily more likeable imo hahaha. Great vid!

[juliocesar]

I didn't stop to actually count how many robots Wawee did, I always thought it wouldn't be more than 20, but he actually made over 30? That’s impressive, he sure is a genius, he could help so much the entire world, but..

[DeepWeeb]

I believe at one point they should have ditched the whole "Doctor [Name] Number" codename scheme and use a more generic acronym: "RMN" *(Robot Master Number")*
That way it would make sense for each robot to be part of a "series" regardless of their actual creator

[bulba]

Wily really do be rocking that programmer mentality
But seriously though, really, REALLY good and funny video, like holy hell this was some of the best Mega Man content I've seen in a while

[vvlaze]

The section briefly showing the comic page with Ra Thor was actually intriguing enough to get me to bite the bullet and read Archie’s run of Mega Man, so thank you for that, was quite a nice read.

[matti.]

I love how the robots actually created by Wily are usually the ones made from actual garbage.

[LeKornorBros]

You got a few facts mixed up. Search Man is the 4th original Wily Number present in Mega Man 8, and King didn't create Magic Man, but he did create Pirate Man. We do know that King and Rockman Shadow were indeed created by Wily too, despite the lack of proper serial numbers. And to clear out the uncertainty regarding Fake Men, they were reprogrammed police robots. Also, the Dark Man series is a set of Robot Masters, so they should count too, and if we overlook PU's dubious canonicity, Mega Man? is also a possibility.

Other than that, you got all of the most important information right. Not sure why the book doesn't have information on Robot Masters that is available in other official sources, but I digress.

[RichardDong]

This video did so much more correct thought and research into the source material than GameTheory ever did.

[k.w.pillsbury]

Had to re-post this comment for some reason.

Robot Masters with their proper serial numbers. (Excluding the Wily Numbers. If you want to see them, #melo 7904 already hade his own similar list that includes them.

Light Wily Numbers (Using RWN because the devs already made that Logo)
RWN-001: Needle Man
RWN-002: Magnet Man
RWN-003: Gemini Man
RWN-004: Hard Man
RWN-005: Top Man
RWN-006: Snake Man
RWN-007: Spark Man

Ra Moon Numbers (Archie)
SRN-001: Terra
SRN-002: Mercury
SRN-003: Venus
SRN-004: Mars
SRN-005: Jupiter
SRN-006: Saturn
SRN-007: Uranus
SRN-008: Pluto
SRN-009: Neptune
KDN-???: ShadowMan (Mass produced Kuiper Droid)

Doctor Cossack Numbers
DCN-001: BrightMan
DCN-002: ToadMan
DCN-003: DrillMan
DCN-004: PharaohMan
DCN-005: RingMan
DCN-006: DustMan
DCN-007: DiveMan
DCN-008: SkullMan
DCN-009: TundraMan

Doctor Pedro Astil (Archie)
DAN-001: PlantMan

Dr. Noelle Lalinde (Archie)
DLN-001: Tempo/QuakeWoman

King Numbers (Made by King)
KGN-001: GroundMan
KGN-002: PirateMan


Unknown Maker
* Stolen *

MM6
Blizzard Man
Centaur Man
Flame Man
Knight Man
Plant Man
Tomahawk Man
Wind Man
Yamato Man

MM7
FreezeMan
BurstMan
CloudMan
ShadeMan

MM8
TenguMan
AstroMan
ClownMan (Kinda thought so.)
AquaMan

* Virus *
MM10
BladeMan
PumpMan
CommandoMan
ChillMan
SheepMan
StrikeMan
NitroMan
SolarMan

“Recruited”
R&F (MegaMan And Bass)
DynamoMan
ColdMan (Possibly Dr. Light? Nothing Solid on this.)
BurnerMan
MagicMan


MM11 (The Serial Numbers are made up/shortened to keep the three letter convention.)

Nakaume Heavy Machinery
NHM-001: BlockMan
NHM-002: ImpactMan

O.D.A. Electronics
ODA-001: FuseMan

B.B. Bomb Company
BBB-001: BlastMan

Mecha-Chuchets Institute of Robology
MCR-001: AcidMan

Tsubakuro Precision Machining
TPM-001: TorchMan

Joint R&D (Rebound Rubber & Momo's Robot Farm)
RDR/MRF-001: BounceMan (Two Makers.)

Doctor Light Numbers
DLN-000: ProtoMan (Blues)
DLN-001: MegaMan/RockMan (Rock)
DLN-002: Roll
DLN-003: CutMan
DLN-004: GutsMan
DLN-005: IceMan
DLN-006: BombMan
DLN-007: FireMan
DLN-008: ElecMan
DLN-00A: TimeMan
DLN-00B: OilMan
(DLN——: ColdMan? Again, nothing solid.)
DLN-009: ConcreteMan
DLN-010: TornadoMan
DLN-011: SplashWoman
DLN-012: PlugMan
DLN-013: JewelMan
DLN-014: HornetMan
DLN-015: MagmaMan
DLN-016: GalaxyMan
DLN-Infinity: BondMan

Special Wily Number
SWN-000: BreakMan
SWN-001: Bass

[redjirachi]

The real reason Zero doesn't kill everyone was because Wily was arrested for copyright infringement before he could unleash him onto the world