Light is the evil mastermind behind these latest catastrophic incidents and it’s up to Mega Man to clear his creator’s name. Wily appears on television to proclaim that Dr. Light is stunned to recognize that some of the robots rioting on the TV screen are his own creations. Whilst many people suspect that this is another plot from Dr. Wily’s creations and Mega Man is born.Set after the events of Mega Man 8, multiple riots have sprung up all over the world. Light outfits one of his domestic robots 'Rock' to fight Dr. Wily, plots for world domination and creates his own robot army to take over mankind. In the year 200X, as the advanced science of the era has created industrial robots that co-exist with humans.