relationship outside of being close friends. Development In an interview with members of the development team for Mega Man, they stated that Roll was originally slated as a damsel in distress that Mega Man needed to rescue. They also planned to add a giant, laser-firing version of Roll as one of the game's final bosses, although this was later cut from the game. Merchandise A Nendoroid of Roll was released by Good Smile in 2018, and a 4Inch-Nel figure of Roll Caskett was released by Sentinel in 2019. Popularity Roll has proved popular amongst fans, who have created various Mega Man ROM hacks and fangames to place her in the main role as a female counterpart to Mega Man. In 2013, Roll-Chan, a sprite hack of all six NES Mega Man games was released that replaced Mega Man with Roll and Rush with Tango the Cat. In 2017, a sprite hack for all five Game Boy Mega Man games was with the titleRoll-chan World, based on the Japanese title. The hacks used custom sprite work and also added minor gameplay improvements. Roll was also added to the fangame Mega Man Perfect Blue as a playable character, using her broom to attack. Theresa Romano from The Mary Sue said Roll had been the sole female robot in the franchise's universe to have made a lasting impression on Mega Man fandom. She observed that Roll is notable for her constant character redesigns through the games or the animated series; for Romano, the most memorable iteration was the Ruby-Spears series version whose arm could transform into different household appliances. An article by Christian Garnett of Comic Book Resources listed her alongside other Mega Man characters as one of nine potential echo fighters he wished appeared in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, citing her as one of the characters "that resemble Megaman the most" and noting that she "could have used her red Mega Buster, comical cleaning techniques, and Tango" as apart of her moveset. References Mega Man characters Fictional gynoids Fictional maids Female characters in video games Female characters in anime and manga Female characters in animation Video game characters introduced in 1987 Video game sidekicks Robot superheroes ja:ロックマンシリーズ#ロボット