Mega Man 10

Mega Man 10 is a side-scrolling platform game following the gameplay formula established by prior Mega Man games. The player is initially tasked with completing an octet of levels, which can be completed in any order. Each of these 2D side-scrolling stages contains obstacles and traps to overcome and enemies to shoot. Various power-ups such as health and weapon ammunition can also be found or picked up from defeated enemies.

The end of the stage presents a boss battle with a Robot Master. Victory over the boss will earn the player its special weapon, which can be used throughout the remainder of the game. An in-game shop allows the player to use screws picked up in the stages to buy extra lives, energy tanks for refilling health and weapon power, and other useful items.

A virus known as "Roboenza" suddenly begins infecting robots worldwide, causing those infected to malfunction and hamper human life. A month after the outbreak begins, the android Mega Man's sister Roll becomes afflicted with the virus and eight of the infected robots, dubbed "Robot Masters", go rouge and attempt to take over the world. Dr. Albert Wily, a prior nemesis of Mega Man and a brilliant robotics designer, comes to Mega Man for assistance in recovering a machine he created, which is capable of making a cure for the virus, from the Robot Masters. Mega Man agrees to help Wily and sets out to stop the eight robots alongside his brother Proto Man, who realizes the severity of the situation and decides to assist him.

Upon defeating four of the Robot Masters, the duo manage to recover Wily's machine which creates a prototype medicine for Roll. The duo then defeat the remaining four robots, afterwards however it is revealed that Mega Man has contracted Roboenza and that Wily created the virus, having only developed a cure to entice robots to work for his bidding. Roll ends up giving her prototype medicine to Mega Man, which cures him allowing himself to head to Wily's fortress with Proto Man to collect enough medicine for those infected. The duo storm Wily's stronghold and battle him in the fortress and his space station until coming out victorious.

The game was co-developed by Inti Creates and Capcom, who had also collaborated on the downloadable console game Mega Man 9 in 2008. Both games share "retro" 8-bit graphics and sound, resembling the first six games in the original Mega Man series for the NES. Producer Keiji Inafune, who was involved with nearly the entire franchise, stated that choosing such a "retro" style for Mega Man 9 was a huge, overwhelming success for the developers. The team decided that for the tenth installment, they should listen to both old-school gamers and former Mega Man players who have not recently played video games.

Specifically, this meant adding the easy mode due to complaints about the extreme difficulty of Mega Man 9. The only challenge with creating the game, Inafune explained, was to meet the ever-increasing expectations that come with yet another installment. The box art for Mega Man 10 is a tribute to, and inspired by, that of the original Mega Man. The game was released as a digital title via Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network (PSN) and WiiWare respectively.

Christian Svensson, Capcom's Senior Vice President of strategic planning and business development, stated that the company was pleased with the sales of Mega Man 10. The game has received generally favorable reviews, with aggregate Metacritic percentages of 81, 79, and 78 on WiiWare, XBLA, and PSN respectively. IGN's Colin Moriarty praised its gameplay, challenge mode, and the addition of Proto Man as a playable character, which he said adds more depth to the game. Moriarty expressed disappointment in its short length however, citing other games in the series with two ending castles (Mega Man 4 through Mega Man 6).

com's Jeremy Parish gave the game a B grade, calling it fun, but stating that it fails to capitalize its predecessor in a meaningful way, claiming overly similar gameplay, uninspiring level design, and forgettable music. The game was also given a physical release along with four other Capcom titles from different franchises in the Capcom Essentials Pack for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Mega Man 10 was later released on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC as part of Mega Man Legacy Collection 2, which also made a slight change of allowing the player to unlock all of the former downloadable content without making any purchases. A digital version was later released on the Nintendo Switch in 2018.