I think that the robots in Mega Man 10 were built by Wily and given jobs, only to go rogue when roboenza came about. I mean, roboenza is apparently making the robots violent, right? Why didn't Roll go violent? Why did only 8 robots go violent, and they were all DWN?
Mega Man 6 is also a bit fishy...
MM10 takes place a month after the intial outbreak, Roll probably got infected near the end of this month and was thus still suffering earlier symptoms.
Or it could very well have to do with her older version of AI working differently with a virus intended for newer systems.
As for just 8 robot masters and Wily serial numbers, I got a theory for that.
The games don't actually show the whole scale of world domination or fighting that goes on in these schemes. Mega man's role is to wade through strongholds to defeat the robot master leaders; world militaries are fighting the hench-robots right outside the base and those attacking the general populace.
These robots are immune to bullets and plasma weaponry is too heavy and has too much recoil for a human to use. Fighting them is actually a really tough job and going after the leaders themselves is suicide especially when considering the hazards on the way.
All this considered, perhaps there were more than 8 in MM10 but the army actually managed to defeat a few of them.
And as part of the policy regarding the processing of these types of mishaps, governments must have official names (serial numbers) and full information on the robots' production. Usually they were all built in one place, but not so in MM6 and MM10.
Given their notoriety in helping Wily's schemes (and being eliminated by Mega Man), naming them DWNs is actually perfectly acceptable and simple.
I don't know. I could buy the Mega Man 6 robots were stolen by Wily, but I think YD might be right about the MM10 being built by Dr. Wily and then placed in society until the outbreak began. My evidence: The hidden track in the Rockman 10 Image Soundtrack. Granted, I can't understand what's said in it, but I think that Dr. Wily may have been activating his robots. He even says there names as well.
I'm wondering what happened to the old robot masters. Sure, the MM9 ones were reprogrammed, but what happened to the others? Were they ever reprogrammed for their original use, or are they just sitting in Wily's basement?
Plus, what about the MM6-10 ones? Were they given back to their owners or not?
They might still be working for Dr. Wily. After all, specific robot masters were fightable in Power Battle and Power Fighters. Plus, the Mega Man Killers (excluding Quint because he's lame) returned in Mega Man 10 and Cut Man returned as a secret boss in Mega Man X8.
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