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Encyclopedia > Bass (character)
Mega Man Robot / Reploid
Bass
Bass
Bass
Type Robot Master
Model Number SWN-001
Weapon Bass Blaster, Bass Buster, Variable Weapons System
Loyalty Dr. Wily (sometimes)
First Appearance Mega Man VII

Bass (known as "Forte" in Japan) is a fictional video game character and the opponent of Mega Man. Bass is a brutal and self-sufficient robot obsessed in beating Mega Man and thus proving that he is the strongest one in existence. His only loyal follower is his robotic pet-wolf, Treble (Gospel in Japan), Rush's evil equivalent, who can become a flying armor. Mega Man firing his weapon while in Shadow Mans stage from Mega Man 3 (NES). ... File links The following pages link to this file: Bass (character) ... In the Mega Man original series, a Robot Master is a special kind of robot or android that possesses a very advanced level of artificial intelligence. ... Dr. Wily - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Mega Man VII (Rockman 7 in Japan) is a video game that is a part of the Mega Man Classic series. ... The word forte, in its most common use, refers to something at which a person excels. ... Mega Man is a video game character and the star of the main Mega Man series created by Capcom. ...


Bass's name originates from Bass (most of the main robots in the series are named after musical terms), and Treble's name originates from Treble. His Japanese name, Forte, also has musical origins. He wears a black armour with two large bat-like ears, and has characteristic purple marks on his face. His eyes were black in his earlier appearances, but they became red in Mega Man & Bass. Bass (IPA: [], rhyming with face), when used as an adjective, describes tones of low frequency. ... Treble is a term applied in music to the high or acute part of the musical system, as opposed to the bass, the lower or grave part. ...


In the English-language version of Mega Man 8, Bass's name was pronounced incorrectly ([bæs], as in a fish instead of [beɪs] as in the musical term).


Mega Man

He was first introduced in Mega Man 7 (SNES, 1995) as a potential ally. Later in the same game, he double-crossed Mega man, and was revealed to be a creation of Dr. Wily. Bass has also appeared in Mega Man 8 (Sony PlayStation/Sega Saturn 1997) and as a playable character in Mega Man and Bass (Nintendo Game Boy Advance 2003; originally released as Rockman & Forte for the Super Famicom in 1998). In Megaman 2 The Power Fighters, Dr. Wily reveals that Bass is made from a new element called Bassnium, which is the source of his power. The European SNES design is identical to the Super Famicom. ... Dr. Wily - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The original PlayStation was produced in a light grey colour; the more recent PSOne redesign sports a smaller more rounded case. ... The Sega Saturn (Japanese: セガサターン, Sega Saturn), a video game console of the 32-bit era, was released on November 22, 1994, in Japan and May 1995 in the United States; 170,000 machines were sold the first day of the Japanese launch. ... The Game Boy Advance is a best-selling handheld. ... This article should be merged with Super Nintendo Entertainment System The Super Famicom design differed from that of the American SNES, though the controllers are almost the same. ...


MegaMan Battle Network

Bass is a mysterious AI navi who roamed the deepest recesses of the internet, seeking to do battle with the strongest opponents. His past is intertwined with that of Tadashi Hikari. It is soon learned that Bass was created by Cossack, whom he saw as a father. But due to Alpha, Bass was blamed for the malfunctioning of several devices and was seemingly destroyed by SciLab Elite Corps. Since that day, though, he vowed to destroy humanity as he has the scar inflicted upon his chest.


He soon crossed paths with MegaMan several times, and soon Bass's origins would be known by Wily, who was in hiding after the first LifeVirus was destroyed. Wily learned of Bass's ability to absorb the power of anything he touches, and realized he could be the key to reawakening Alpha. Since finding him could be really hard, he decided to have someone make clones of Bass for him, so he found Sean across the Net and convinced him to form the netmafia Gospel and make an army of Bass clones. Lan and his friends had managed to stop Gospel, but Bass had learned of Wily's plan and he wasn't at all pleased. He confronted Wily, and Wily gave Bass an offer he can't refuse: if he helps Wily awaken Alpha, Bass will be given ultimate power. Bass grudingly agreed, impressed only by Wily's will to sacrifice himself to destroy everything. Bass managed to get Alpha before MegaMan could, and in Alpha's core the data form of Wily commanded Bass to absorb the Guardian Program and he did. MegaMan then fought Bass and won, and Alpha consumed Bass along with Wily.


After Alpha was destroyed, Bass was back where he started: crawling through the Internet, near death, until he came across a remnant of Gospel. He merged with it and became something much, much different. He lost his memory, believing he exists only to fight, and he is only healed by glitch-causing bugs. As such, he faced MegaMan on various occasions. But though it all, Bass still remains active, ever seeking more and more power to exact his revenge.


Strangely enough, Bass has later appeared in new forms other then Bass GS (Fusion between Bass and Gospel). In Megaman Battle Network 4, he appeared with barely no memory, but he had completly different moves, in this game he attacked with darkness attacks. In Megaman Battle Network 5, Bass didn't technically appear at all. However, you were able to fight him, by fighting the shape-shifting Lord Of Chaos.


MegaMan NT Warrior

When Wily broke apart PharoahMan's data, and extracted its Ultimate Program to serve as the basis of Grave Virus Beast (Gospel in Japan), some pieces of data broke off from the remains of PharoahMan in the process. One of these formed itself into the being known as Bass. However, Bass had no recollection until he abducted MegaMan and learning of origins, has "awaken".


He tried to consume the data of the Grave Virus Beast for the Ultimate Destruction Program to be whole, only to be consumed himself. But when MegaMan destroyed the Virus Beast and restored all the NetNavis, Bass took residence in the Kid Grave android. He left, vowing revenge against the world. He later resurfaced to revive ShadeMan and tried to absorb MegaMan and ProtoMan when Duo came to Earth, only to be easily defeated by Slur. Bass's current location is unknown.


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