History Trivia / MegaManMaverickHunterX

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The game was only released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable, which itself wasn't incredibly popular. It didn't even see a re-release with the rest of the ''X'' series in the ''Mega Man X Legacy Collection'', despite the OVA ''The Day of Σ'' being included.

** This game was originally going to be the first out of a ContinuityReboot for ''Mega Man X1'' through ''X6'', however due to the poor sales of the first game, the project was CutShort, and we'll probably never know how the creators intended to take the series through each storyline.

** Inafune thought about making Zero the second playable character, but decided Vile would be the more interesting option due to being a more villainous character, and Zero being too predictable of a choice of character.
** Most concept art for the eight Mavericks features two designs: their final redesign, and a design that more closely resembles their original SNES look. It's unclear if these were taken seriously at some point in development or were simply tests.

* TalkingToHimself: Both Vile and Sting Chameleon are voiced by the same actor in both the English ''and'' Japanese dubs (Roger Rhodes and Creator/HiroshiShimozaki, respectively). They even share a brief conversation in Vile's campaign. Flame Mammoth and Sigma also share the same English VA (Gerald Matthews), but don't share a scene together.

* ActorAllusion: Probably unintentional since it's only the [[Creator/MarkGatha dub actor]], but in ''The Day of Sigma'', X's glowing hand attack resembles the [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Shining Finger]].

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The game was only released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable, which itself wasn't incredibly popular. It didn't even see a re-release with the rest of the ''X'' series in the ''Mega Man X Legacy Collection'', despite the OVA "The Day of Σ" being included.

** Most concept art for the eight Mavericks features two designs: their final redesign from in-game, and a design that more closely resembles their original SNES look. It's unclear if these were taken seriously at some point in development or were simply tests.

** Inafune thought about making Zero the second playable character, but decided Vile would be the more interesting option due to being a more villainous character.

** Inafune thought about making Zero the second playable character, but decided Vile would be the more interesting option due to being a more villainous character.

* FanNickname: In Japan, the game's title "イレギュラーハンターX" ("Irregular Hunter X") is sometimes shortened to "イレハン" ("Irehan").

* ActorAllusion: Probably unintentional since it's only the [[Creator/MarkGatha dub actor]], but in ''The Day of Sigma'', X's glowing hand attack resembles the [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Shining Finger]].
* FanNickname: In Japan, the game's title "イレギュラーハンターX" ("Irregular Hunter X") is sometimes shortened to "イレハン" ("Irehan").

* AuthorsSavingThrow: While the game does introduce a new Navigator, she takes a very unobtrusive role, only speaking to X for certain cutscenes instead of interrupting gameplay as past games have done in the ''X'' series.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Much like with ''VideoGame/MegaManPoweredUp'', the decision to release the game on the PSP, which was having a slow start, pretty much resulted in the game's status as AcclaimedFlop. If the game had been released on any other console, it probably would've done much better.
** Being released in a saturated period when almost ''eight'' other ''Mega Man'' games were out didn't help its chances either.