Dr. Wily

Dr. Wily
Dr. Wily as he appears in Mega Man 10.
Universe	Mega Man
Debut	Mega Man (1987)
Smash Bros. appearances	SSB4 Ultimate
Most recent non-Smash appearance	Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics (2024, cameo)
Console/platform of origin	Nintendo Entertainment System
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Article on Wikipedia	Dr. Wily

Dr. Albert Wily (Dr.ワイリー, Dr. Wily) is a character from the Mega Man series by Capcom, serving as the main antagonist of the classic series games.

Origin

Dr. Wily piloting the Wily Capsule in Mega Man 7.

Dr. Albert W. Wily is the main antagonist of the classic Mega Man series. Formerly a respected scientist and colleague of Mega Man's creator Dr. Light, the two had a falling out after his inventions and experiments were deemed unethical and dangerous. Years later, a vengeful Wily would reprogram six of Dr. Light's robots, which Mega Man eventually fought and defeated. Since then, he has created his own robots and built many fortresses, where he acts as the final boss. As a running gag throughout the classic series, Dr. Wily always ends up on his knees and begs Mega Man for mercy after he is defeated, although most of the time he manages to escape. His creation of Zero and the virus within him also makes Dr. Wily indirectly responsible for the events of the Mega Man X series, with repercussions in the Mega Man Zero and Mega Man ZX series as well.

An alternate universe version of Dr. Wily exists in the Mega Man: Battle Network series, named Lord Wily. Originally the best friend of the late Tadashi Hikari (this universe's version of Dr. Light), they had a falling out after Wily's robotics research was pushed aside in favor of Hikari's computer science research, which eventually led to advancement of the internet into a functioning Net Society. A vengeful Lord Wily then devotes his life to creating viruses to corrupt and destroy the Net Society. However, all of his attempts were challenged and thwarted by Hikari's grandson, Lan Hikari, and his NetNavi MegaMan.EXE. Wily's career would reach a climax in Battle Network 6, as he witnessed the characters Colonel and Iris sacrifice themselves to save Net Society. Moved by this act of selflessness, Wily denounces his evil past and vows to use his genius only for the betterment of Society. These efforts would advance the internet even further and eventually lead into the Mega Man: Star Force series.

Dr. Wily's first appearance inside the Wily Capsule was in Mega Man 4, and since then, it has been part of his final battle in all main series games (with the exception of Mega Man 11), using different designs and attack patterns. The Wily Capsule he uses for his Assist Trophy role in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is specifically the one from Mega Man 7. Much like in Ultimate, he attacks by teleporting to random spots in the stage and firing four elemental orbs, which spread around Mega Man before flying towards him, as well as launching electricity downward that spreads across the ground. Unlike in Ultimate, he does not have a spinning ram attack. The elemental orbs can use fire, electricity, or ice; while electric orbs merely damage Mega Man, fire orbs cause him to temporarily burn in place and take constant damage, and ice orbs freeze him. The Wily Capsule in Mega Man 7 is notably one of the most difficult bosses in the Mega Man series, as it is only vulnerable to a few weapons, all of which deal minimal damage, while its elemental orbs deal high damage to Mega Man and are very hard to dodge.

In Super Smash Bros. 4

Dr. Wily appears as a trophy in both versions of the game.

Trophy

Dr. Wily's trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Dr. Wily's trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Dr. Wily

A mad scientist from the Mega Man series who develops deadly robots to try and take over the world. He's not above stealing the robots made by other scientists and modifying them for his own evil ends, either. Dr. Wily has a tendency to beg for forgiveness when Mega Man inevitably defeats him; those tears don't look all that genuine, honestly...

A mad scientist from the Mega Man series who develops deadly robots to try to take over the world. He's not above stealing the robots made by other scientists and modifying them for his own evil ends, either. Dr. Wily has a tendency to beg for forgiveness when Mega Man inevitably defeats him, but those tears don't look all that genuine, honestly...

: Mega Man (12/1987)

: Mega Man 2 (07/1989)

A mad scientist from the Mega Man series who develops deadly robots to help him take over the world. He's also not above taking robots made by other scientists and modifying them for his own evil ends. Dr. Wily has a tendency to beg for forgiveness when Mega Man inevitably defeats him, but somehow he never learns.

: Mega Man (12/1989)

: Mega Man 2 (12/1990)

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

As an Assist Trophy

Wily Capsule on Mario Galaxy.

Dr. Wily appears as an Assist Trophy in the form of the Wily Capsule (ワイリーカプセル, Wily Capsule), specifically the form present in Mega Man 7. When summoned, he teleports to random spots above the stage and spreads four orbs around himself, which track opponents' movements before flying towards them. Each orb randomly uses one of three elements, from fire, electricity and ice, with the latter two paralyzing and freezing opponents respectively. Dr. Wily also fires electricity towards the ground, which splits into four orbs that travel alongside it, and rams into opponents while spinning, dealing high damage and knockback. If the Wily Capsule is destroyed, instead of being KO'd immediately, Dr. Wily falls to the ground and begs for forgiveness before despawning. Dr. Wily can't appear in Mementos and King of Fighters Stadium.

Spirits

Dr. Wily appears as a Legend class support spirit and appears as part of the Wily Capsule spirit.

In Adventure Mode: World of Light, Dr. Wily and the Wily Capsule are presumably one of the countless spirits captured by Galeem during his takeover of the universe. Dr. Wily's spirit is located in the Base sub-dungeon of The Light Realm.

Dr. Wily's Spirit Battle uses a Dr. Mario puppet fighter and is fought on the Wily Castle stage. He is fought along eight Metal Mega Man puppet fighters. During the stamina battle, the player must defeat the eight Metal Mega Man fighters before fighting Dr. Mario, referencing the rematches against the eight Robot Masters near the end of most Mega Man games, where defeating all of them will lead up to the final boss battle against Dr. Wily.

During the Wily Capsule spirit battle, the player must fight a Giant Metal R.O.B. puppet fighter, representing Wily Machine 7, and is fought on the Wily Castle stage's Ω form. During the battle, the Wily Capsule appears as the Assist Trophy enemy.

Primary spirit

No.	Image	Name	Type	Class	Slots	Base	Max	Base	Max	Base	Max	Ability	Series
874		Wily Capsule		★★★	3	2683	8071	1073	3228	1610	4843	No Effect	Mega Man Series

Support spirit

No.	Image	Name	Class	Cost	Ability	Series
873		Dr. Wily	★★★★	2	Jam FS Charge	Mega Man Series

Gallery

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  The Wily Capsule's official artwork from Ultimate.

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  Dr. Wily begging in front of Isabelle on Wily Castle.

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  Dr. Wily's homing elemental orbs.

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  Dr. Wily's Electric Spread attack.

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  The Capsule covered by a veil.

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  The Capsule lifting the veil.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ワイリーカプセル, Wily Capsule	—
English	Wily Capsule	—
French	Capsule Wily	Wily Capsule
German	Wily-Kapsel	Wily Capsule
Spanish	Cápsula Wily	Wily Capsule
Italian	Capsula del Dr. Wily	Dr. Wily's Capsule
Chinese	Wily Capsule	—
Korean	와이리 캡슐, Wily Capsule	—
Dutch	Wily-capsule	Wily Capsule
Russian	Капсула Уайли	Wily Capsule

Trivia

• Although Dr. Wily has a trophy on both the 3DS and Wii U versions, he is one of the few non-playable characters in Super Smash Bros. 4 to have different poses in both versions. Wily's 3DS trophy depicts his pose when surrendering at the endings of the original Mega Man games after being defeated, while his Wii U trophy is posed identically to his official Mega Man 9 artwork.