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{{EnemyBox
{{EnemyBox
|name= Rokman
|name= Rokman
|jpname= ???
|jpname= ロックマン
|jptrans= ???
|jptrans= Rokkuman
|image= RokmanPict.png|150px
|image= RokmanPict.png|150px
|firstappearance= ''[[Kid Icarus]]'' (1986)
|firstappearance= ''[[Kid Icarus]]'' (1986)
|latestappearance= ''Kid Icarus'' (1986)
|latestappearance= ''[[Kid Icarus]]'' (1986)
|affiliations= [[Medusa]]
|affiliations= [[Medusa]]
|type= Falling
|type= Falling
}}
}}


'''Rokman''' is a foe encountered in the [[Overworld]]. These creatures [[Enemy Tactics#Pounce|fall]] from the sky and are a rich source of [[Heart]]s and experience points, but scoring a hit during its brief attack run can be difficult.
'''Rokman''' (ロックマン ''Rokkuman'') is a foe encountered in the [[Overworld]]. These creatures [[Enemy Tactics#Pounce|fall]] from the sky and are a rich source of [[Heart]]s and experience points, but scoring a hit during its brief attack run can be difficult.


==Characteristics==
==Characteristics==
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==Appearances==
==Appearances==
===[[Kid Icarus]]===
===''[[Kid Icarus]]''===
"''A rock life form. It falls suddenly out of the blue onto Pit's head. Its body is very hard so Pit will receive a lot of damage if it drops on him.''"
"''A rock life form. It falls suddenly out of the blue onto Pit's head. Its body is very hard so Pit will receive a lot of damage if it drops on him.''"
[[Image:Rokman.gif|left]]
[[Image:Rokman.gif|left]]
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===''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]''===
There is a boss who suspiciously looks similar to a Rokman named [[Cragalanche]] that appears in this adventure as a servant of [[Viridi]], but there is no mentioning whether the creature is actually a Rokman or not.
==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The Rokman may be loosely based on Sisyphus, a king of Greek and Roman mythology that suffered eternal punishment by being forced to repeatedly roll a large boulder uphill, only to have it drop back down again.
*The Rokman may be loosely based on Sisyphus, a king of Greek and Roman mythology that suffered eternal punishment by being forced to repeatedly roll a large boulder uphill, only to have it drop back down again.
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