Yellow Devil MK-II (イエローデビル Ｍｋ－Ⅱ Ierō Debiru Mk-II, MK-II being also written as "Mark 2") is an upgraded version of the Yellow Devil that appears as the boss of the second Wily Castle stage in Mega Man 3. It is later succeeded by Yellow Devil MK-III.
Mega Man 3[]
Attack Pattern[]
As with the previous model, Yellow Devil MK-II first starts the fight by coming from the left as segmented body parts. The pattern is different than before, having 24 parts that move in the same way every time, but the body parts come out at a slower rate. Once fully formed, Yellow Devil MK-II's eye forms and will attack by firing shots at the player. Like the original Yellow Devil, it can only be damaged from the eye. The main differences are that due to MK-II's new build, the eye is always at the same spot every time, but the eye shoots 3 projectiles, one at a time, before splitting part. From here on out, MK-II's next body attack will be dependent on which side of the screen he's on. If coming from the right side, he will do his initial pattern from the beginning to go to the left. If coming from the left side, however, he will utilize a new attack that chunks all the body parts into 5 columns and compacts those columns into a single body part. These 5 compacted body parts will bounce from left to right in short arcs, and reform MK-II on the right side. The only way to dodge these body parts reliable is to slide under them as quickly as possible. Do NOT hang out on the right when this attack is occurring, as the contact hitbox will appear early and hit the player for 8 damage (a 4-hit kill). Once the bouncing attack is finished, MK-II waits a little bit longer before shooting his eye shots.
Here is the pattern:
| 24 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 2 |
| 23 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 5 |
| 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 6 |
| 22 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| 19 | 14 | X | 4 | 1 |
Weaknesses[]
Yellow Devil MK-II is weak against Hard Knuckle, which can defeat him in five hits. Shadow Blade also does considerable damage to it, and as its speed is higher that the Hard Knuckle, it can be used to defeat Yellow Devil MK-II faster. Since Yellow Devil MK-II has no i-frames, Shadow Blades can be used to potentially defeat MK-II in one cycle before he can split apart a second time. However, this strategy requires more skill to pull off.
Damage data chart[]
Amount of damage in units that Yellow Devil MK-II receives from each Special Weapon in Mega Man 3.
Mega Man 3[] | |||||||||||
| Mega Buster | Needle Cannon | Magnet Missile | Gemini Laser | Hard Knuckle | Top Spin | Search Snake | Spark Shock | Shadow Blade | |||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Other media[]
Mega Man Megamix[]
Yellow Devil MK-II appears in the story Metal Heart from the manga Mega Man Megamix and Rockman Remix. In the manga, his body was created by Dr. Wily and can take any shape, but his brain was taken from a broken toy robot that Wily found in a junkyard. All he can say is sounds with the letter "M".
When MK-II was activated, he didn't obey Wily and left his hideout. Wily orders his Robot Masters from Mega Man 3 to bring him back, and if not possible, destroy him. They fight against Yellow Devil MK-II in the streets, and it calls the attention of the population. Dr. Light and some of his robots were in the same city for the party commemorating the installation of the new Mother Computer, and they notice the commotion. Mega Man goes to the local and joins the Mega Man 3 Robot Masters to stop Yellow Devil MK-II, and it is scared when Mega Man attacked near his head, digging a tunnel underground to escape and going out of sight.
Yellow Devil MK-II in Mega Man Megamix
The party moved to the central control building to see if the Mother Computer can locate the Yellow Devil, and once there, it suddenly appears in front of them and moves upstairs. Mega Man and Shadow Man manage to follow him, but the other are left behind by the building's security system. Mega Man and Shadow Man battle against the Yellow Devil while its moving up, and Shadow Man is damaged near the Mother Computer's room. Dr. Light noticed the security system was acting strange, as it closed in on them and not for the intruder, the Yellow Devil MK-II. Light asks Auto to access the Mother Computer, and discovers it is emitting a "SON" signal, which he doesn't understand. He then asks Roll to search for data about the Mother Computer's previous job, and discovers the Mother Computer used to be the main control computer of a toy company. Wily says he used the brain of a toy robot he had found, and Light notices SON is actually the English word son (the manga was originally released in Japanese), and the Yellow Devil is actually a kid trying to see his mother. They ask Mega Man and Shadow Man to stop attacking him; however, Shadow Man was not able to hear them and stayed true to Wily's orders, attacking the Yellow Devil's eye with a Shadow Blade. It collapsed and was destroyed. The same Shadow Blade also hit the Mother Computer with the attack, cutting off the energy of the city.
Because of the damage, the Mother Computer could no longer be used as a Mother Computer, and the old one was placed back. Dr. Light repaired the new Mother Computer and the toy robot's brain, and placed them together as the control computer of a park.
The park computer has a cameo appearance in Rockman Gigamix vol. 3 during the fight of Mega Man against Sunstar.
Mega Man (Archie Comics)[]
The Yellow Devil MK-II also appears briefly in Issue 46 of the Mega Man comic book by Archie Comics. He appears in Wily's Castle after Mega Man has faced Break Man but before he has challenged the Doc Robot. The two battle briefly battle in Issue 47, with Mega Man quickly dispatching Yellow Devil MK-II with a shot to the eye with the Hard Knuckle, with Rush also sinking his teeth into the eye at Mega Man's command for good measure.
The Yellow Devil MK-II later appeared with several other Devil robots in the Short Circuits of Issue 55.
Other appearances[]
Yellow Devil MK-II had a brief appearance in the manga Rockman: Blues' Resurrection.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Yellow Devil MK-II also appeared in the Mega Man 3 LCD game by Tiger Electronics, where he is called Vengeful Villain.
| The "Devil" series robots | |
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| Yellow Devil • Yellow Devil MK-II • Yellow Devil MK-III • Black Yellow Devil • New Yellow Devil Green Devil • Twin Devil • Petit Devil Yellow • Petit Devil Green • Block Devil • Dark Moon • Grey Devil Shadow Devil • Rainbow Devil • Lava Demon • "Steel Devil" • Chaos Devil | |