History Headscratchers / MegamanX

* Did they ever explain how Vile came back in ''X8''? He just kinda shows up in the intro and no questions are asked. It almost sounds like he got resurrected prior to ''X8'' and has been showing up regularly for a while, by how casually X and Zero treat his appearance.

** Possibly, but it might have to do with her popularity. The reason she appeared in Xtreme 2 is that the staff felt bad for what happened to her in X4. It might be why she didn't explode in the challenge mode - she's too popular to go out like that.

* So, Reploids are defined by their complete free will and advanced thought processes. However, not all Reploids are created the same - while many of them are built like humans, there are also Reploids specifically built like animals or plants or what may have you. Because of their free will, do there exist procedures to transform one's mechanical body into another form, akin to gender-based transitioning? Was Chill Penguin a humanoid Reploid who decided to get his body converted into that of a penguin's? Or if he was "born" a penguin, would he be able to get converted into a humanoid? Would these procedures even be legal? What kind of impacts would this have on Reploid society? How far does their supposed free will go?

* In Mega Man X: Legacy Collection's X Challenge mode, sometimes, if you defeat Iris, instead of her simply blowing up and lying on the floor, the ghost of Colonel will appear and take her away. Also, defeating the entire mode on the Hard Difficulty will unlock a poster of Iris. Is Capcom trying to toss us a hint here as to Iris' possible return to the series?

** I've pondered this as well, and I wonder if it is partially to do with "Choice vs. Programming". Redips chose to turn Maverick so he could rule over everyone else as a God. In so doing, any information he gave the others would likely have a very strong bias towards defeating Epsilon and the Cadre to further his ends. Epsilon, on the other hand, appears to have been subject to some sort of programming issue, if I read the error message back in Lagrano correctly. (If I did read it correctly, he was probably programmed by a distant cousin of the technician who programmed G0-T0 in KnightsOfTheOldRepublic 2.) It almost seems like he was programmed with some kind of order that caused him to go off the deep end (and likely take any connected Reploids with him), something that his programming would find impossible to achieve without causing a rebellion. If it was something as innate as programming, then the higher-ups could likely annotate the records associated with him in such a manner. As for the Supra-Force Missile, remember that the Rebellion knew quite a bit about the movements of the Resistance (as the trap in Giamala Mine can show). I wouldn't be surprised if Epsilon had plants/spies/sympathizers in relatively good positions in the government who could feed him useful information. Couple that with the damage the Hunters have been doing to the Rebellion Army's operations, and I wouldn't be surprised if Epsilon and Co. were getting a wee bit desperate. Not to excuse them, but you know what they say about desperate times...

** Basically, in the MMX world, 'reploid' has become a generic term. Just like how 'droid', even though it's derived from 'android' meaning 'human like' is used to mean all robots in ''StarWars'', even the ones that look like dumpsters. To the average people of the MMX world, 'reploid' just means 'sentient, free-willed robot', the same way all tissues are Kleenex and all copy machines are xeroxes.

** In X4, Sigma built a battle body seemingly on the fly for the final battle, so he probably had something made just in case. Another thing to consider is distance; Sigma being beamed to earth from an orbiting station after the battle is over is nothing compared to being on a moon base that was jamming communications. That and fan speculation is that Sigma's viral form was too damaged from the events of X3-X6 for him to survive much longer.

* How is Sigma gone for good after his defeat ''X8''? So he died on the moon with nothing to jump into, in ''X4'' he was left without a body in the middle of space. He already survived being stuck in the middle of nowhere before, so how would doing the same thing again being any different?

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** X is charging his hand with X-Buster energy to augment a melee attack--a skill he'll later adapt into many of the examples listed in the series' GameBreaker page. He isn't the first to do this, either; Mega Man also used Buster-charged kicks and punches in the rare occasions that he's been in melee combat.

** It's probably a "laser" sword the same way a "light" saber is--that is, not a laser at all, but more likely some sort of plasma-based weapon.

** It is also possible that Sigma sees himself as a {{Trickster Mentor}} to X, if his potential is as [[InformedAttribute good as everyone says]] then sigma [[INeedYouStronger would definetly want him to develope it at his fullest]] as both a proof of Reploid superiority towards humans and as something all other reploids should have, and so [[TrainingFromHell he pushes X to his absolute limit]] [[TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential so he can constantly surpass said limit]] and eventually turn him into his Dragon, if X succeeds then his potential is true and worth keep developing, if he fails and dies, then his potential wasn't so limitless and it was better to get rid of that fake messiah who was getting in his way, [[XanatosGambit either way Sigma wins]], as how he was planing to convert X to his side or transfer his potential to other reploids, [[DidntThinkThisThrough well...]]

* Ok, so all reploids are supposed to be imperfect copies of X and his technology. X was made near indistinguishable from humans and is therefore an android. Now explain to me please, the non-human characteristics almost all boss mavericks have. I mean several bosses can pass for humans and only have animal heads like Slash Beast, Flame Stag, Commander Yammark, etc. But then we have Armored Armadillo, Wire Sponge, Sting Chameleon, Web Spider, etc. who don't even look remotely human other than being bipedal.

*** I'm not arguing design aesthetics or programming features, I'm arguing over semantics. Reploids are "Replicant Androids" because they are imperfect replicas of X, who is an android, which makes them androids as well. Android is defined as a robot that is built to look and act like a (male) human with the female androids being gynoids. So true named reploid villians can be counted on both hands and one foot. Sigma, Serges, Agile, Doppler, Bit, arguably Byte as well, Colonel, General, Iris, Double (in disguise), Dynamo, Gate, Red, Lumine, and Hi-Max. The heroes are more likely to be true reploids and usually unnamed characters fit the bill as well. But the number of maverick bosses that don't look human (more like anthromorphs) far outnumber the fifteen listed that are human looking.

*** I don't know much about robotics practises, but I'm pretty sure that Dr. Light wouldn't be able to convince Cossack to study X for that long. Think about this: if you were a scientist, especially a younger scientist (say, in your 30's), and an old, OLD colleague came up to you asking about whether you'd be interested in taking on a full-time, 30 year project they couldn't finish, how would you feel about it? You wouldn't agree to do it, and even if you did, you wouldn't be happy. You could either help your friend, and take on a lifetime of their own work that they'll undoubted get all the credit for in the end anyway, or you could politely refuse and say you're busy with a project of your own. After all, you may well be working on a new robot or something else. What about that? Your project will almost certainly have a greater chance of success in the future than this shady-sounding business; you're not going to throw everything away for a pipe dream! Besides, imagine if you were Cossack. He doesn't just have a career to uphold, he also has a daughter to raise. He needs to know where the next meals are coming from, and he needs to know exactly what to do to buy those meal. Work like this wouldn't have a guaranteed payoff attached to it - after all, who's going to pay him when Light's dead? If he considered doing a favour to an old friend, he still has to think about his family.

* Every single thing about Zero coming back to life in X6 is just insane. First off, him even being there at all opens up enough [[PlotHole plot holes]] to rip the space-time continuum in half. The epilogue of X5 shows that he's still dead three years later, while X6 takes place three ''weeks'' later. You ''might'' be able to HandWave this by saying he sealed himself before then (which would lead into VideoGame/MegaManZero). Of course, for that to work, it would mean that X6, X7, and X8 all took place within those three years. I haven't played X7 or X8 yet, so I'm not sure if that could be true. But then there's the issue of ''how'' he survived. He says that he... repaired himself? Okay Zero, that's cool, except for the fact that ''you got ripped in half three weeks ago'' (and it's even shown in the freakin' intro of X6 itself). Yes, X was ripped in half too, but Dr. Light had to save him. There is no way Zero could have repaired himself. Even he isn't ''that'' BadAss... is he? I don't think X6 is really that bad of a game, but after starting it [[MindScrew I just don't know what the hell is going on anymore.]]

* How do laser swords know when to stop?

*** Zero faced Sigma's first and second forms, allowing him to have his plot-important conversation with Sigma, while X faces Sigma's final forms deep in the core of Final Weapon, which allows him to witness General's Heroic Sacrifice.

** X is charging his hand with X-Buster energy to augment a melee attack. He isn't the first to do this, either; Mega Man also used Buster-charged kicks and punches in the rare occasions that he's been in melee combat.

*** The only known members of the 00th unit either defected or were corrupted by the Maverick Virus. Kinda a bad track record for both teams...

*** I suppose so, yeah. Although I wonder who was leading the Hunters during X3 and X4. I don't think it was ever stated anywhere ...
*** Dr. Cain led the Maverick Hunters after Sigma went Maverick for X1 through X3. By X4, he had retired/passed away and someone else, most likely a Reploid, had taken over. After the Repliforce debacle, that person resigned and Signas stepped in and has led the Hunters ever since.

*** It could be a reference for something. Capcom never really was too good with names concerning the X series.

** More direct explanation: X is charging his hand with X-Buster energy to augment a melee attack. He isn't the first to do this, either; Mega Man also used Buster-charged fists in melee combat.

** It's the "limitless potential" Sigma (Or was it Light?) was talking about moments before. Also doubles as a nice reference to GGundam, intentional or otherwise; especially considering X was voiced by Domon in that movie.

*** Then your arguing is pointless because that is simply not the definition that the series uses. Reploid just refers to them having the same mental processes and free will as X. It has nothing, in universe, to do with physical design. That's your answer, and the answer's already been stated.

*** Why didn't Dr Light himself work on X? His hologram is, at the very least, a replica of his astounding intellect. Similar to Wily, Light should be able to create a robot clone to continue his work. Plus he has Auto to help, and given X3 Auto managed to live long enough for it

** Less hokey explanation: X is charging his hand with X-Buster energy to augment a melee attack. He isn't the first to do this, either; Mega Man also used Buster-charged fists in melee combat.

** More technical explanation: it's likely part of X's upgraded Variable Weapon System. In addition to allowing X to use special weapons, it can manipulate X-Buster energy to enable Hadoukens, Shoryukens, and Nova Strikes, among other OneHitKill GameBreaker abilities.

*** I'm not arguing design aesthetics or programming features, I'm arguing over semantics. Reploids are "Replicant Androids" because they are imperfect replicas of X, who is an android, which makes them androids as well. Android is defined as a robot that is built to look and act like a (male) human with the female androids being gynoids. So true named reploid villians can be counted on both hands and one foot. Sigma, Serges, Agile, Doppler, Bit, arguably Byte as well, Colonel, General, Iris, Double (in disguise), Dynamo, Gate, Red, Lumine, and Hi-Max. The heroes are more likely to be true reploids and usually unnamed characters fit the bill as well. But the number of maverick bosses that don't look human (more like anthromorphs) far outnumber the fifteen listed that are human looking.