Mildly Frequent Megaman Factsさんのイラストまとめ

Couldn't think of a Megaman game that fit this criteria but it's still CAPCOM so I'll stand my ground that Apollo Justice was a very good game and we could've had a trilogy based on Apollo but we didn't cause "BUT PHOENIX" https://t.co/5J22BmmsKl

In his Powered Up version, when the Proto Shield is hit it is sent flying, forcing the player to having to pick it up again.

Whenever Protoman is playable in a mainline game, he usually is the weakest character healthwise. this is likely to reference his unstable core. as such, the Protoshield is integral to protecting oneself when playing as him.

Alternatively you could just dodge enemy attacks.

Mega Man X7 is a battle between the Maverick Hunters and Red Alert over child custody of Axl

The main cover for issue #12 and #41 of Megaman Archie Comics are references to the european cover art for their respective games (MM2 and MM3)

Megaman 2's european boxart is magnificent tho, I unironically love it.

The Megaman Zero European boxarts are infamous for how... "below average" their quality is (And that logo design is absolutely awful). This is also true for Megaman X7 and X8.