Mega Man Volnutt

Mega Man Volnutt is the main protagonist from the Mega Man Legends games.

Mega Man Volnutt is the youngest to don the armor of Mega Man, but like the others, he has a heart of pure gold. He is a geneticly and cyberneticaly altered human, and has a digger suit that his caretaker Barrell gave him.

Appearance
Volnutt has a brown messy neck-length hair and has green eyes.

Personality
This version of Mega Man has lived two completely different lives. This is in contrast to all his other incarnations in the other series where he lives only one life and one basic role throughout the duration of the series. His first life as Mega Man Trigger is quite similar to that of the Maverick Hunters in the Mega Man X series where his role on Elysium was to protect the Master System from Aberrant Units as well as serve as the Master's special assistant. Thus, Trigger was one of the greatest and highest ranking Purifier Units, much like X was as a Maverick Hunter.

On the other hand, his second life as Mega Man Volnutt is actually closer in similarity to another key aspect of both the original Mega Man and X. Mega Man Volnutt does not like fighting and only does so as a last resort (as evidenced by his regret for "not taking it easy" on the Bonnes in the first game, when they fall after Focke-Wulf's defeat). Other than that however, Mega Man Volnutt is simply another Digger in search of adventure, Refractors, and other treasure just like all the rest on Terra. He also cares deeply about Roll and does his best to keep her happy, especially when she is despairing about her parents. Roll also cares about Mega Man, to the point of stating in her diary that she secretly loves him.

Abilities
Being able to exchange and customize parts of his body, Mega Man is able to use a variety of robotic armaments and abilities.
 * Interchangeable weapons: Mega Man can equip a variety of different Special Weapons for different purposes and situations. His default weapon is the Mega Buster, a standard cannon mounted from the left arm. With modifications from Roll Caskett, he can replace his right arm with a number of other weaponry. Roll can build new weapons to him using parts that he finds.


 * Body equipments: Mega Man can equip upgrades to his main body for easier tasks, such as battle and traveling purposes. Such additions include built in roller skates for higher speed, helmets, different levels of body armor, and upgrading the amount of damage the body can take.


 * Shield system: The game depicts Mega Man with a barrier system (shown by a blue capsule bar on the game screen) that lowers enemy damage and recoil. However, the bar is limited in power, and when decreased entirely without time to recharge, must be repaired by a recovery item.


 * Strength and speed: Unlike other members of the Mega Man series, Mega Man is not able to wall kick or perform dash maneuvers. His default speed is on par with a healthy, athletic human, and his strength is proportional to his size.

Trivia

 * The name Volnutt is probably derived from the words bolt, nut and volt.
 * In all three Mega Man Legends games, Mega Man is said to be 14 years old, despite the second game taking place one year after the first.
 * Mega Man is called "Rock Volnatto" in the Japanese instruction manual of Mega Man Legends 2.
 * Susan Roman, who voiced Amelia in the first Mega Man Legends, did the voice of Mega Man in Mega Man Legends 2.
 * Though Mega Man Volnutt wears his armor almost all the time, in the opening sequence of Mega Man Legends 2, Mega Man is shown without armor and wearing normal clothes.
 * Volnutt is one of two Mega Man incarnations to not appear in all installments of his series (the other one is Copy X, who isn't involved in half of "his" series and was only a copy of the original Mega Man X), though he has a cameo appearance in the ending of The Misadventures of Tron Bonne.
 * In the manual for Cannon Spike, the image of Mega Man Volnutt appears on the section related to Mega Man, even though the game is actually talking about classic Mega Man, not Volnutt.
 * Mega Man Volnutt is the only Mega Man incarnation who is rarely seen with a helmet, with several artwork and crossover appearances depicting him without one. However, the player can equip one on him in both Legends games, and the North American and European box art of Mega Man Legends 2 shows him wearing one.
 * Mega Man Volnutt is the only Mega Man incarnation who doesn't explode upon death. However, he was originally going to feature an explosive death while Mega Man Legends was under development, but was removed likely due to Volnutt being considered the most "human" Mega Man at the time.