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A Wily Stage (ワイリーステージ)[1] is a recurring type of stage in the Classic era. They are the final stages of the game, taking place once all of the Robot Masters have been defeated. While they vary in name and appearance, they are all fortresses used by Dr. Wily as bases for his operations, and are the settings of all his showdowns with Mega Man. They share a common theme, incorporating a giant skull design, Wily's signature "W" insignia, and often a random pipe sticking off the side. The most common type of Wily Stage is the Wily Castle (ワイリー城),[1] though Wily has used a variety of fortresses.
Wily Stages are almost always the final stages visited by the player, sometimes preceded by another set of penultimate stages. There are usually four Wily Stages, each with a boss or Boss Attack, though the exact number of stages varies between games. Wily Stages always must be played in a sequential order, in contrast with the Robot Masters that can be chosen from the Stage Select, and are sometimes displayed on a map showing progress through the fortress. Beating Dr. Wily triggers the game's ending, which often shows the fortress exploding.
In the Games
Mega Man
In the original Mega Man, the Wily Stages are located in Dr. Wily's Robot Manufacturing Plant (Dr.ワイリーのロボット大工場).[1] It is indicated to be a robot factory rather than a traditional fortress in supplementary sources, though its outward appearance is never shown in the game and it is only referred to as "the final stage" in the game's English manual. It can be accessed by selecting Dr. Wily on the stage select screen after defeating all six of the game's Robot Masters, leading to a short cutscene of Wily boarding the Wily Capsule before the game teleports Mega Man to the fortress. Like most later fortresses, it is already divided into four individual stages, though it lacks a map. It also notably requires the Magnet Beam from Elec Man Stageto conquer, which can be missed, making the stages impossible to complete.
The score bounty for completing the fortress is always set at 200000, unlike the randomised scores for beating the Robot Master stages. Its ultimate fate is unknown, as it is not shown to be destroyed following Wily's defeat in this game.
In the remake Mega Man Powered Up, it is instead called Castle Wily in the English version.
Stage | Description | Boss |
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Wily Stage 1 | A stage that starts outside and continues inside the fortress. The Magnet Beam is required. | Yellow Devil |
Wily Stage 2 | A tower that features rematches with Cut Man and Elec Man near the beginning. | Copy Robot |
Wily Stage 3 | A sewer stage. | CWU-01P |
Wily Stage 4 | A stage ending in rematches with Bomb Man, Fire Man, Ice Man and Guts Man before the boss, who must be fought in a set order. | Wily Machine 1 |
Mega Man 2

The Wily Stages in Mega Man 2 are set in the very first Wily Castle.[1] It is the first game to display a map before each stage, with stages indicated by dots and the apparent final boss marked by a skull. After beating it, a previously hidden second skull-marked stage appears on the map for the true final boss fight, a tradition kept by later fortresses.
Stage | Description | Boss |
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Wily Stage 1 | Mecha Dragon | |
Wily Stage 2 | Picopico-kun | |
Wily Stage 3 | Guts Tank | |
Wily Stage 4 | A stage with fake floors and a revisit of mechanics from Crash Man Stage. | Boobeam Trap |
Wily Stage 5 | A teleporter room with Robot Master rematches before the Wily Machine. | Wily Machine 2 |
Wily Stage 6 | A long drop and ominous corridor with harmful liquid dripping from the ceiling, leading to the true final boss fight. | Alien |
Mega Man 3

In Mega Man 3, the Wily Stages are in a new Wily Castle.[1] It is unlocked after beating all of the Doc Robot stages and Break Man. After a cutscene at Dr. Light's lab that reveals Wily stole the peace-keeping robot Gamma, Mega Man heads straight to the fortress to defeat him.
Stage | Description | Boss |
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Wily Stage 1 | Kamegoro Maker | |
Wily Stage 2 | Yellow Devil Mk-II | |
Wily Stage 3 | Holograph Mega Mans | |
Wily Stage 4 | A short stage introducing Junk Golems, followed by a teleporter room with Robot Master rematches. | Teleporter room |
Wily Stage 5 | A small room with weapon refills before dropping down to the Wily Machine. | Wily Machine 3 |
Wily Stage 6 | A small room with weapon refills before the final confrontation with Wily, now piloting Gamma. | Gamma |
Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge
In Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge, the Wily Stages are divided between a Wily Castle on the ground and a new Wily Station (ワイリーステーション) in outer space,[1] which would go on to become a theme in the Game Boy games.
Stage | Description | Boss |
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Wily Stage 1 | A long stage ending in a teleporter room. The teleporters lead directly to boss fights with Quick Man, Bubble Man, Flash Man and Heat Man instead of being rematches with the Robot Masters previously fought in the game. Beating all four unlocks a fifth teleporter, which leads to Enker. | Enker |
Wily Stage 2 | Another long stage set on a space station hovering above the fortress rather than the fortress itself. | Wily Machine I |
Mega Man 4

In Mega Man 4, Mega Man proceeds to the Wily Castle[1] after beating all the Dr. Cossack's Citadel stages and the cutscene revealing Wily as the true villain. The environment around the fortress resembles that of the earlier citadel, suggesting that it may be located in Siberia just like it, but this is never made clear. It is also located near train tracks, which Mega Man uses to return home after the fortress explodes, a callback to the train ride seen in the intro of the game.
Stage | Description | Boss |
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Wily Stage 1 | A Metall-themed stage, featuring all the variations from previous stages and ending in a large Metall boss. | Metall Daddy |
Wily Stage 2 | Takotrash | |
Wily Stage 3 | A short stage and teleporter room with Robot Master rematches before the Wily Machine. | Wily Machine 4 |
Wily Stage 4 | A short corridor with Imorms leading to the final boss. | Wily Capsule |
Mega Man II
In Mega Man II, the Wily Stages are again divided between a Wily Castle and a Wily Station.[1]
Stage | Description | Boss |
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Wily Stage 1 | Dr.Wily sets a trap for Mega Man, forcing him to beat four more Robot Master stages to progress. A teleporter room leads to Hard Man's,Top Man's, Magnet Man's and Needle Man's stages. Finishing all four opens up a hole in the ground, leading down to the Quint fight. | Quint |
Wily Stage 2 | A strange stage full of melting clocks, alluding to the game's time travel plot. It ends in a final boss with three phases. | Wily Machine II |
Mega Man 5

In Mega Man 5, Mega Man proceeds to the Wily Castle[1] after beating all the Proto Man's Castle stages and the cutscene revealing Wily as the true villain.
Stage | Description | Boss |
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Wily Stage 1 | TBA | Big Pets |
Wily Stage 2 | TBA | Circring Q9 |
Wily Stage 3 | TBA | Wily Press |
Wily Stage 4 | TBA | Wily Machine 5 |
Mega Man III
In Mega Man III, the Wily Stages are again divided between a Wily Castle and a Wily Station.[1]
Stage | Description | Boss |
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Wily Stage 1 | TBA | Giant Suzy |
Wily Stage 2 | TBA | Punk |
Wily Stage 3 | TBA | Wily Machine |
Mega Man IV
In Mega Man IV, this time the Wily Stages are divided between a Wily Station and a Wily Battleship (ワイリー戦艦).[1]
Stage | Description | Boss |
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Wily Stage 1 | TBA | Ballade |
Wily Stage 2 | TBA | Ballade |
Wily Stage 3 | TBA | Bridge |
Wily Stage 4 | TBA | Wily Robo Iron Golem |
Mega Man 6

In Mega Man 6, Mega Man proceeds to the Wily Castle[1] after beating all the Mr. X's Castle stages and the cutscene revealing Mr. X to be Wily in disguise.
Stage | Description | Boss |
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Wily Stage 1 | TBA | Mechazaurus |
Wily Stage 2 | TBA | Tank CSII |
Wily Stage 3 | TBA | Boss Attack |
Wily Stage 4 | TBA | Wily Machine 6 |
Mega Man V
In Mega Man V, the Wily Stages are located in the Wily Star.
Stage | Description | Boss |
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Wily Stage 1 | TBA | Skull Blazer |
Wily Stage 2 | TBA | Boss Attack |
Wily Stage 3 | TBA | Sunstar |
Mega Man: The Wily Wars
In Mega Man: The Wily Wars, there is a new Wily Tower (ワイリータワー) with challenges for Mega Man to face.
Stage | Description | Boss |
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Template:TWWLinks | TBA | Fire Snakey |
Template:TWWLinks | TBA | Iron Ball |
Template:TWWLinks | TBA | Buster Rod G |
Template:TWWLinks | TBA | Wily Machine |
Mega Man 7

In Mega Man 7, the Wily Stages are again set in a Wily Castle.[1]
Stage | Description | Boss |
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Template:MM7Links | TBA | Guts Man G |
Template:MM7Links | TBA | Gamerizer |
Template:MM7Links | TBA | HannyaNED² |
Template:MM7Links | TBA | Wily Machine 7 |
Mega Man 8

In Mega Man 8, the Wily Stages are set in another Wily Tower.
Stage | Description | Boss |
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Template:MM8Links | TBA | Atetemino |
Template:MM8Links | TBA | Bliking |
Template:MM8Links | TBA | Green Devil |
Template:MM8Links | TBA | Wily Machine 8 |
Mega Man 9
In Mega Man 9, Mega Man proceeds to the Wily Castle[1] after beating all the Robot Masters and the cutscene revealing Wily as the true villain.
Stage | Description | Boss |
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Template:MM9Links | TBA | Spike Pushers |
Template:MM9Links | TBA | Mega Mech Shark |
Template:MM9Links | TBA | Twin Devil |
Template:MM9Links | TBA | Wily Machine 9 |
Mega Man 10
In Mega Man 10, Mega Man proceeds to the Wily Castle[1] after beating all the Robot Masters and the cutscene revealing Wily as the true villain.
Stage | Description | Boss |
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Wily Stage 1 | TBA | Weapons Archive |
Template:MM10Links | TBA | Crab Puncher |
Template:MM10Links | TBA | Block Devil |
Template:MM10Links | TBA | Wily Machine 10 |
Template:MM10Links | TBA | Wily Capsule |
Mega Man 11
The Wily Stages in Mega Man 11 are located in the Gear Fortress (歯車城), a rare instance of the castle being explicitly named in the game. As the name indicates, a number of large clockwork gears are used in its design and are visible both on the map and throughout the fortress stages.
Stage | Description | Boss |
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Gear Fortress Stage 1 | TBA | Yellow Devil MK-III |
Gear Fortress Stage 2 | TBA | Mawverne |
Gear Fortress Stage 3 | TBA | Boss Attack |
Gear Fortress Stage 4 | TBA | Wily Machine 11 |
Battle Network era
Although the Mega Man Battle Network games are set in a different timeline, the bases used by Lord Wily's criminal organisation, the World Three, pay homage to the original Wily fortresses, being split into multiple network areas and incorporating skull designs in their real world architecture.
Other Media
1994 animated series
In the Template:MM(as), Dr. Wily's castle is known as the Skull Fortress, owing to the large, golden skull that makes up its entrance. Like the various machines used by Wily throughout the show, it is shown to contain a monitor system that allows him to watch proceedings and communicate with his Robot Masters.
References
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