Mega Man & Bass, known in Japan as Rockman & Forte (ロックマン&フォルテ Rokkuman ando Forute?), is a video game in the classic Mega Man series. It is a "second version" of Mega Man 8, using many of that game's assets, highly similar gameplay, and even two of its Robot Masters. It takes place about a year after the events of Mega Man 8 and before Mega Man 9, being considered a "Mega Man 8.5" both due to its nature and due to a mention in the game's code.[1] It was originally released for the Super Famicom (SNES) exclusively in Japan in 1998, and was later ported to the Game Boy Advance and released worldwide in 2002-2003.