- "I feel a strong sense of justice within you..."
- ―Duo
Duo (デューオ Dyūo) is a character from the original Mega Man series. He appears to be an extraterrestrial space police robot with a strong sense of
justice with the mission to eliminate the Evil Energy. His left hand glows to absorb and destroy the Evil Energy, and his head possessed a radar for detecting the precise location of Evil Energy.
Appearance[]
Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters was Duo's first appearance, though it takes place after Mega Man 8. He is the new fourth playable character in the game, likely added to promote Mega Man 8 which would be released later in the year. He arrived back at Earth due to Wily trying to misuse the stolen Alien Energy, causing Duo to refer to Wily as a "deplorable creature" in disgust. His partner that he receives from Eddie is Beat.
Trivia[]
- In the first cutscene of Mega Man 8, when Duo is fighting the robot Wily got the evil energy from, his design is quite different from what is seen elsewhere. Though barely visible, except when Mega Man found him, the silhouette reveals the upper torso was different. The book R20 Rockman & Rockman X Official Complete Works has artwork of Duo confirming his original form. It's possible that his body was heavily damaged when he crashed into Earth and Dr. Light reconstructed it using different parts.
- Much like Duo, the Evil Robot has a large hand. However, for the evil robot, this is his right hand, while for Duo, it is his left. This symbolizes that the two mirror each other, one being good and the other evil. As a result, some fans refer to the Evil Robot as "Oud".
- It is worth noting that the fan nickname of the Evil Robot, as well as being Duo's name spelled backwards, is also a musical term. An oud is a Middle Eastern string instrument similar in structure to a mandolin.
- Being a alien robot, there is the possibility that Duo possesses free will, a thing that Robot Masters of Earth, in the year of 20XX, don't possess the capability for. His ambition to fulfill his duty of wiping out evil energy, however, renders this possibility moot.
- Duo was originally intended to be a robot created by Dr. Cossack. Despite the later change of his backstory, his design still holds certain elements of Russian origin. This is referenced in Mega Man Gigamix, where following the destruction of his first form, Duo was reconstructed by Cossack rather than Dr. Light to fight the Stardroids.
- Duo was planned to appear in the Mega Man event from Otoranger.
- According to the prologue of Rockman 2: The Power Fighters Soundtrack, Duo's height is approximately 3 meters.