Dr. Wily (Dr.ワイリー Dokutā Wairi), also known as just Wily (ワイリー Wairi), is the main antagonist of the Mega Man Battle Network series. Though not the primary enemy in every game of the series, Wily's actions and influences is the catalyst of every threat Lan Hikari and MegaMan face in the mainline series and Mega Man Network Transmission. He is the father of Dr. Regal and the surrogate father of Baryl.
Appearance[]
Dr. Wily is seemingly an elderly man with gray hair, gray mustache, gray eyebrows and a monocle on his right eye. Wily wears a light gray robe, gray pants and brown shoes.
Personality[]
Wily is a truly devoted villain, driven by madness, greed, and rage from his failure to defeat MegaMan and the Hikari family, who continue to stand in his way. This insanity seems to grow more violent over time, as his plots become more haphazard, and his regards to the sanctity of life drift away completely. He is, however, very persistent, as he is able to walk away from any setback and start anew.
This hatred seems to have lapses as Wily has also been able to take a retrospect on his failure raising his son, and he brings it upon himself to assist in stopping his evil plan. After his Cybeast scheme fails, Wily finally decides to reform.
Background[]
In the past, Dr. Wily was a brilliant and ambitious scientist with a son. He was a leading expert in robotics and was one of the top researchers alongside his good friend, Tadashi Hikari, who specialized in networks. The two worked together in SciLab, developing SoulNet, a way to link human emotions through a network, combining their two professions to bring peace for the world. However, the project was stop dead in its tracks as they did all their technology could do, entrusting the rest of it to his and Hikari's son in the future.
One day, in order to win an international competition, SciLab chose Hikari's research to fully support, cutting off Wily's research entirely. This made Wily furious and he left the facility. This begins his hatred of Net society, eventually leading him to be kicked out of the science community. His wickedness and resentment would also rub off on his son, as Wily would regret years later on not raising him right.
As Wily begins to plan his revenge towards Net society, a Netopian commander, Baryl's father scouted him. Wily then lived in Netopia researching military robots. This made him hold off on his revenge. A few years pass and the commander went off to battle in another country, he entrusted Wily with raising Baryl. In his time in Netopia, Wily built a "perfect Navi" just for Baryl, Colonel.EXE.
More years pass and Wily received a distressing letter, informing him the commander had died. This loss reawakened his sadness and anger, returning his desire for revenge. He threw away his kindness and became a "mad scientist" out for revenge. Wily took Colonel and separated his kindness and electronics control program. He then goes to train Baryl soldier data given by the commander to train him into a better soldier than his father ever was. This all happened about 20 years before the start of Mega Man Battle Network 6.