Months after vanquishing Dr. Wily, Mega Man receives troubling reports of global chaos—erratic weather patterns, communication breakdowns, and cascading industrial failures plague civilization. Dr. Light traces the source to a sabotaged worldwide supercomputer system and suspects Dr. Wily's involvement, particularly when waves of rogue robots emerge to terrorize populated areas. Recognizing the telltale signature of Wily's interference technology disrupting the network, Light enlists Mega Man once more to neutralize the robot threat and restore order before society collapses completely.