History Trivia / MegamanX

** Zero was supposed to be '''the''' Mega Man X, but was instead turned into the secondary character. According to the ''Official Complete Works'' book, Inafune himself made the decision after he finished the design for the main character, deciding people would not relate him to Mega Man because he looked too different. So he had Hayato Kaji design the main character, and instead presented his design as the "side character".

* ThrowItIn: The "splash jump" in ''X2'' was an experiment for a Foot Part that got cut - however, it got left in the game by accident. Yoshihisa Tsuda got in trouble with Inafune for the mistake, and yet it was maintained in the sequel ''X3''.

** Zero was supposed to be '''the''' Mega Man X, but was instead turned into the secondary character. According to the Official Complete Works, Inafune himself made the decision after he finished the design for the main character, deciding people would not relate him to Mega Man because he looked too different. So he had someone else design the main character, and instead presented his design as the "side character".

* CreatorBacklash: Keiji Inafune grew apathetic to the franchise post-''X5'', once Capcom chose to continue the series [[PostScriptSeason past the finale]] without him. And while he had no involvement with ''VideoGame/MegaManX6'', Inafune outright apologized for the game ever happening, showing he was not satisfied with how it turned out. He may have gotten over this when he tried to remake the series with ''Maverick Hunter X''.

* ThrowItIn: The "splash jump" in ''X2'' was an experiment for a Foot Part that got cut - however, it got left in the game by accident. Yoshihisa Tsuda got in trouble with Inafune for the mistake, and yet it was maintained in the sequel ''X3'' and even as an ability chip in the ''Mega Man ZX'' games.

* CreatorsFavorite: Zero, whom Inafune originally designed to be the protagonist, X. He's acknowledged this, even saying that Zero gets to "steal all the good scenes".

* SeriesHiatus: The plot of the series has not seen any progression since the initial release of ''X8'' back in December 2004.

* CreatorBacklash: Keiji Inafune grew apathetic to the franchise post-''X5'', once Capcom chose to continue the series [[PostScriptSeaon past the finale]] without him. And while he had no involvement with ''VideoGame/MegaManX6'', Inafune outright apologized for the game ever happening, showing he was not satisfied with how it turned out. He may have gotten over this when he tried to remake the series with ''Maverick Hunter X''.

* CreatorBacklash:
** Keiji Inafune became apathetic to the franchise post-''X5'', due to Capcom deciding to milk the series for all it was worth. He may have gotten over this when he tried to remake the series starting with ''Maverick Hunter X''.
** While he had no involvement with ''VideoGame/MegaManX6'', Keiji Inafune was obviously not happy with how rushed and sloppy the game turned out. In "Mega Man X: Official Complete Works", he outright apologized for the game ever happening.
* CreatorsFavorite: Zero, being Inafune's original idea for the protagonist that he has to alter slightly. He even says that Zero will "steal all the good scenes".

** ''Maverick Hunter X'' was said to be Inafune's reimagined storyline for the series, with better graphics (as it's on the PSP) and focus on plot and characterization. Unfortunately, it didn't sell well, dooming it to be a StillbornFranchise.

** [[http://www.polygon.com/2013/4/9/4179628/mega-man-fps-maverick-hunter Maverick Hunter]], a ''Mega Man X'' FPS spin-off project that never came to be. The attempt was headed by a few breakaways from Creator/RetroStudios, a.k.a. the people behind ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'', another 2D series gone 3D with stunning results.