Bass

Bass, Forte (Forute) in Japan, is a robot designed by Dr. Wily.

He was constructed based on research conducted on Mega Man with the intention of matching his power.

Wily makes mention of discovering the energy that powers Bass, Bassnium, the most powerful form of energy on Earth, entirely by mistake.

Despite being created by Wily and being more competent in his abilities, Bass frequently rebels against his creator when he feels Wily is standing between him and defeating Mega Man.

He desires to defeat Mega Man and be acknowledged as the world's strongest robot.

Though he wants to defeat Mega Man, Bass has worked together with him against a common enemy, though usually for his own purposes.

Bass's weapon is the powerful Bass Buster, which functioned similarly to the Mega Buster for his introduction in Mega Man 7, albeit with slightly different shots.

As of Mega Man & Bass, however, the Bass Buster has lost its ability to charge its shots in favor of a drastically increased rate of fire and ability to fire upwards and diagonally.

Unlike the Mega Buster, the bullets do not travel through solid surfaces unless an upgrade is acquired and equipped.

Like Mega Man and Proto Man, Bass can also copy the weapons of Robot Masters, his body changing colors to reflect the weapon currently equipped.

He can also combine with his robotic wolf Treble (Gosuper, Gospel) for the Treble Boost, allowing Bass to take flight and shoot more powerful projectiles from his buster.

Save for a cameo showing a schematic of Bass, Bass is absent in Mega Man 9.

His absence was not explained, although according to the booklet that came with the Rockman 9 Arranged Album, Bass was undergoing some adjustments.

He is playable in Mega Man 10, retaining his dash and rapid-fire, multi-directional arm cannon capabilities (though not his double jump), if additional downloadable content is purchased for the game.

In Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters, Zero makes a cameo appearance, and Wily says that it is a creation that will surpass even Bass itself.

Bass says that he will destroy this creation, and that no other robot is more powerful than he is.

It's not explained what happened to Bass before the events of Mega Man X.

The character is named after the musical term bass.

However, in the Mega Man 8 intro, Mega Man mispronounces his name like the fish rather than like the musical term.

The name is likely related to the rock 'n' roll theme of Rockman and Roll.

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