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Top Man is one of the eight Robot Masters and a minor antagonist in Mega Man 3, as well as one of the four additional bosses in Mega Man II.
Originally created as a helper robot to assist Dr. Light, he was stolen and reprogrammed into a violent Robot Master by Dr. Wily. Top Man has a head that slightly resembles a top, albeit with a humanoid face on the front. His armor is orange and his boots have wheels that allow him to skate around and spin.
In the Ruby Spears cartoon, he has been voiced by Jim Byrnes, and in Super Adventure Rockman, he is voiced by Megumi Tano, who also voiced Elec Man and Crash Man in that game.
While Dr. Light was attempting to fulfill his life-long dream of creating the ultimate peacekeeping robot, Gamma, Dr. Wily inquired on Dr. Light's plans and manipulated Dr. Light into allowing Dr. Wily to get involved. Dr. Light needed eight energy elements to finish creating Gamma and so he created seven helper robots to collect the energy elements. Top Man was the one who was specifically designed for traveling to different planets to collect the energy elements. Dr. Wily betrayed Dr. Light, and stole his seven robots to reprogram them into his Robot Masters. In addition to Shadow Man, who Dr. Wily had previously discovered on his own, Dr. Wily now had eight Robot Masters and was able to finish creating Gamma.
Mega Man 3[]
Dr. Wily assigned Top Man to a base of his own. Meanwhile, Dr. Light sends Mega Man to go stop Dr. Wily from creating Gamma, as the power Dr. Wily would possess with Gamma would be inconceivable. Mega Man must defeat the Robot Masters to obtain their energy elements to keep Dr. Wily from being able to finish creating Gamma. Mega Man infiltrates Top Man's headquarters in order to defeat him, as well as the other seven Robots.
Top Man will attack Mega Man after he enters his room. He will switch from two different attacks during the battle; either throwing three tops at Mega Man, or using his spin attack move. He cannot be harmed while he is spinning. He is weak to Hard Man's Hard Knuckle
After Mega Man defeats Top Man, he learns Top Man's Top Spin technique. This proved essential to defeating Dr. Wily, as when he summons a partially finished Gamma, the player can use the Top Spin to defeat Gamma in three-four attacks. This is possibly due to the fact that Top Man was specifically designed for collecting the energy elements and would have more knowledge regarding them and ultimately becoming the bane of Gamma, the one who needed them.
Mega Man II[]
Top Man returns in this title as an additional boss. His role and boss fight are practically identical to his ones from Mega Man 3. After Top Man's defeat in this game, he never reappears in any canonical Mega Man game as a boss, possibly being canonically defeated for good.
Other Media[]
Super Smash Bros.[]
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Top Man appears as a novice support spirit that makes the fighter start the battle with a Screw attack. His spirit battle is a stamina battle against four Mega Mans on the Ω form of the Distant Planet stage with increased power to their dash attacks.
Gallery[]
Images[]
Top Man's artwork of Mega Man 3
Videos[]
Mega Man 3 (NES) Music - Top Man Stage
Top Man's stage theme.
Trivia[]
Top Man's quote from his CD data in the North American versions of Mega Man & Bass is a reference to Dead Or Alive's hit song, "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)".
Top Man was the only Robot Master from Mega Man 3 to appear in Captain N: The Game Master.
Top man's weakness to Hard Knuckle likely stems from spinning tops easily being knocked down by sustainable forces, like fists.
