History Videogame / MegaManZX

* ThrowTheMookAtThem: ''ZX Advent'': A partial example -- Hedgeshock can summon robot mouse flunkies. She can normally be hurt by anything, but there's an achievement for using nothing but the mouse flunkies to hurt her -- by knocking them at her with the right powerup.

* SequelSeries: The ''ZX'' series is set centuries after the conclusion of the ''Zero'' series.

* RagnarokProofing: In ''Advent'', if you take a certain quest, you can find some surviving old "artifacts" like the L Tank and the Yashichi from [[Videogame/MegaManClassic a distant past]] despite the world going through multiple global-scale disaster.

* [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Dropped A Bridge On Them]]: Being popular characters from the Zero series, the 4 Guardians were included as Biometals in this series. However, you have to be ''dead'' before you can be a Biometal, so the Guardians were [[RetCon abruptly declared]] to have died at the end of ''Zero 3''. Apparently by ''[[StupidSacrifice standing too close to Omega when he blew up]]''.

** The missions in each game require you to travel to the location where the mission takes place, unlike other ''Franchise/MegaMan'' games where you're just teleported there. Unfortunately, you don't get good hints as to where these places are in ''ZX'', making it very easy to get lost in the {{Metroidvania}} world. Even worse, if you have the tools or keys to access a level, absolutely nothing is stopping you from playing through 95% of it even if you're not on the appropriate mission... except for the locked boss door, making it possible to struggle through a level for naught if you got lost and wandered into it by accident. ''Advent'' [[AntiFrustrationFeatures recertifies this]] with a more accurate mini-map that shows where you need to go even if you haven't actually explored that area yet in order to show you're on the right track.

* HumanHardDrive: Protectos serves this role, like ''Zero 1's'' Ganeshariff.

* MarathonBoss: In ''Advent'', Buckfire, Hedgeshock, and especially Vulturon and Queenbee lean into this (by Mega Man standards anyway) if you're chasing their gold medals. Buckfire and Hedgeshock have the same reason, but different causes, that being that you're required to only damage them with attacks that only get one point in per hit, and each of them have different hangups. For Buckfire you need to use Model P's touch screen kunai, which is awkward to use, though you can dash without transforming. For Hedgeshock you have to use your non-Megamerged form's gun, which is more straightforward than Model P's kunai, but you can't dash or sink in water without transforming first. Vulturon is a different beast altogether, as he requires that you take him out only damaging him with Model A's Giga Crush. Problem - That can only be used while your Biometal gauge is full, and it eats the entire gauge, on top of not being in a hurry to recharge. Compounding the problem is that it ''still'' does that even if you've increased its length, so the more Biometal upgrades you have, the longer it's going to take to snatch that gold medal since increasing its capacity does nothing to its recharge rate, the only saving grace to the situation being that damage against the things that Vulturon likes to summon doesn't count, so you can blow them up in whatever way you find most convenient. It's very telling that Vulturon's bronze medal requires you to allow the fight to last for at least two minutes since it's being impossible to get the gold medal without qualifying for the bronze medal as well. Queenbee is slightly different in that her Gold Medal ''only'' requires never harming her beehive armory and always attacking her actual body, but in practice the only move in the game that can safely harm only her main body while attached to her beehive is the Giga Crush, and everything previously applied to Vulturon applies here as well. It should also be mentioned that the beehive has a ''massive'' hitbox of its own and Queenbee's main body is right on top of it, and she likes to hug the top of the arena and even when descending barely provides enough space to properly aim for her main body without hitting the beehive. Again, though, like Vulturon you're free to deal with her missiles and bee drones however you want.

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning:
** Model ZX has a multi-hitting spinning saber attack. Model L also has one as well, and can be done indefinitely by ButtonMashing, and can pass MercyInvincibility. [[UselessUsefulSpell It can only be done underwater, though.]]
** Hedgeshock of ''ZXA'' also has a rolling dash attack, akin to Franchise/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}}.
** Purprill in ''ZX'' can turn into an energy shuriken that spins so fast it looks like a disc.

* AndroidIdentifier: The game is set in a future where humans and reploids are indistinguishable from each other, with the former augmenting themselves with robotic implants and the latter developing more finite lifespans. As a result, to be able to distinguish the two, reploids are given a bright pink triangle on their foreheads.

** This is turned UpToEleven (bordering in AmbiguousRobots) for the Reploids, as they're designed to become more like humans, and from the other side, humans are augmented with machinery. The only thing that differentiates humans and the newest generation of Reploids is the [[FacialMarkings inverted red triangle on Reploids' head]].

* TransformationSequence: Vent and Aile in the first game get two for each, one for Model X and another for Model ZX. The second game turn this UpToEleven, for Vent, Aile, Grey, ''and'' Ashe. Most notably Aile, whose transformation seems to be a ShoutOut to typical MagicalGirl transformations. Hers can take about a minute and a half.

''Mega Man ZX'' is another entry in [[Franchise/MegaMan Capcom's flagship series]], set about two centuries after the events of ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' and developed by Creator/IntiCreates, the team behind the ''Zero'' series. This time around, the games are {{Metroidvania}}s. The wars between Human and Reploid have finally ended through the process of modifying both races until they're completely indistinguishable from one another. Even so, the threat of Maverick attacks still remains, although the cause of these outbreaks are entirely different.

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* HappyEndingOverride: Downplayed to the ''Zero'' series. ''Zero 4'' ends with [[spoiler:Zero's HeroicSacrifice to kill Dr. Weil]], which brings humans and Reploids together at long last after centuries of fighting. ''ZX'' shows that Mavericks and world-destroying threats are still around, but the 200 years of relative peace between the series is all but stated to be some of the best times for humans and Reploids to live in, and things never get as dark in ''ZX'' as they did in ''Zero''.

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* CreatorThumbprint: Arguably, but many characters listed in the character sheet (and even most [=NPCs=]) have FingerlessGloves, big anklets and bracers, [[UnusualEars headphone-like ears]], and [[FutureSpandex black latex-like skin-tight suit that covers all of their skin]] (except for the face). This can be traced back to ''Zero'' series.

* MechanicalLifeforms: The "humanoids" is the FanNickname for both humans and Reploids in the game, since they're nearly indistinguishable. See RidiculouslyHumanRobots and {{Transhuman}} below.

* CastOfSnowflakes: ''Advent'' adheres to this trope (except for the hunters when in uniform, and that's kinda justified), and Inti Creates went the extra mile and made almost every NPC character look completely different, and even gave them all amazingly elaborate designs. Yes, even the ones who have no importance whatsoever besides talking to you.

*** ''ZX'' needed you to un-merge before getting to talk normally to civilian [=NPCs=], otherwise they'll mistake you for a maverick and won't say anything helpful. ''Advent'' does away with this mechanic; presumably due to Biometal becoming more publically well-known, neither your humanoid nor Megamerged states will scare anyone, and you'll automatically undo your A-Trans if you try to talk to an NPC while under its effects.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Purprill of ''ZX''.

* [[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY It Is Pronounced ZEX]]: Rockman ZX (ロックマンゼクス Rokkuman Zekkusu).

* RealityEnsues:
** Quite a bit of this happens in the three years between ''ZX'' and ''Advent.'' So there's some person going around in a super costume fighting Mavericks and Pseudoroids, themselves powered by Biometal, and that person is able to accomplish great feats ''with'' these Biometals? Sure, considering the ''ZX'' series is still recovering somewhat from an apocalypse, communication isn't the greatest, but word was sure to spread, especially when the most prominent person with Biometal is linked to a peace-keeping organization headed by the little sister of the woman who saved the world. Sure enough, once Ashe or Grey get Model A, no one bats an eye (besides Ray, who is somewhat amused by the costume) at their appearance, where before most people would react with fear or bewilderment.
** Additionally, the fact Biometal grants its users incredible powers means that ''other people want in.'' Biometal Model A is actively stolen by raiders looking to make a profit, forcing Prometheus and Pandora to get involved lest their plan get derailed by bit players; it's only sheer luck Model A gets a biomatch with Ashe or Grey. That Biometal Models L, H, F, and P would be targets for theft should have been the first thing on the Guardians' minds.
** Siarnaq, Thetis, Aeolus, and [[SheIsTheKing Atlas]] are all seriously competing to become King of the world. They are all extremists (except maybe Siarnaq; ''nothing'' is known about him besides the fact he's a reploid who was left for dead) who feel that the power Ouroboros offers them is too good to pass up, because that power can be used to force the world to live by their life views. These are as extreme as a ForeverWar, a culling of anyone considered 'stupid,' and ''complete eradication'' of all human life to preserve the seas. Not only that, all four of them have actively worked to spread terror to feed Model Ws. All of them go against Ashe or Grey, lose, and are spared. The ExactWords of the Game of Destiny state that all the other Mega Men ''have to die'' for the last one left standing to become king. So, because Ashe and Grey showed mercy and spared the Mega Men, they'll all repay the hero later for their generosity, right? [[spoiler: Hell no. They all correctly recognize the fact that on an even playing field, none of them can take out Model A, and Model A needs to die for them to get the chance to fight Albert and rule the world. They're perfectly fine with killing each other ''after'' carrying out an alliance focused on killing the hero. Just because they were shown mercy, and just because the hero points out that Albert stacked the deck deliberately in his favor doesn't mean they'll magically decide to become friendly if they have views ''that'' extreme.]]

* GambitPileup: ''ZX Advent'' is a veritable Gambit Casino, due to the number of villainous factions and the fact that none of them particularly like each other. [[spoiler:Specifically, the enemy Mega Men are trying to accumulate Model Ws (as per Master Albert's Game of Destiny) in order to become incredibly powerful. Albert is just using them, however, to feed the Model Ws so that they'll become the Ouroboros. The Mega Men know this, and are planning to backstab Albert, then fight amongst each other until only one remains to inherit Model W. Then there's Prometheus and Pandora, creations of Albert who in the previous game claimed to be the voices of Model W (after pretending to work for that game's BigBad), but are now inclined to destroy everything that Albert made, ''including'' Model W. After the game is beaten on Hard mode, it turns out Master Thomas actually wants to reset the world as well, but in a different manner than Albert, hence why he wanted the latter killed. As for Model W, it stands to gain from ''any of these things happening'', and is probably manipulating the entire cast, given its origin as explained in the first ''ZX'' game.]] [[SerialEscalation You got all that?]]

** In ''ZX Advent'', in addition to the standard "beat the game and unlock Hard Mode", completing the game and obtaining all 24 Medals from defeating the bosses on one playthrough will unlock the option to play [[JokeCharacter Model a]] for any subsequent playthrough with either character. Playing on a completed file puts you right back before the final mission, but you can now access a room in the Raider's airship that [[HolidayMode depending on the month]] will drop special equippable chips.

* CuttingOffTheBranches: The manga adaptations {{ZigZag}}s this trope. In the manga based on ''Mega Man ZX'', Vent is the main character and Model ZX Mega Man with no sign of Aile, but in the manga based on ''Advent'', both Ashe and Grey appear but Grey is the Model A Mega Man. [[spoiler:Also, Aile appears in a bonus chapter of the latter as the ''Model O'' Mega Man.]]

* CuttingOffTheBranches: The manga adaptations {{ZigZag}}s this trope. In the manga based on ''Mega Man ZX'', Vent is the main character and Model ZX Mega Man with no sign of Aile, but in the manga based on ''Advent'', both Ashe and Grey appear but Grey is the Model A Mega Man. [[spoiler:Also, Aile appears in a bonus chapter of the latter as the Model O Mega Man.]]