History Videogame / MegaManZX

* LocomotiveLevel: Buckfire's stage, where the Hunters are transferring Biometal Model A to Legion for the reward only to be attacked by Mavericks seeking to reclaim it (and in Grey's scenario, finish off the Detective escapee), which overlaps with TraintopBattle as it is specifically happening on top of a train. Interestingly enough, it's a plot point. The fight causes so much damage to the train that it's grounded on the way to Legion, prompting the Sage Trinity to give the Model A Mega Man the mission to repair the train and finish the journey. Indeed, [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration going back to the train before repairing it shows it still stuck there]].

* LocomotiveLevel: Buckfire's stage, which overlaps with TraintopBattle as it is specifically happening on top of a train.

* LocomotiveLevel[=/=]TraintopBattle: Buckfire's stage.

* BittersweetEnding: More on the "sweet" than the "bitter", but ''Advent'' ends with the heroes triumphant, having saved the world from Master Albert, seemingly destroying Model W ''truly'' once and for all, and having come to terms with their pasts and intending to face the future with hope and see all the wonders the world has to offer, thus completing their character arcs. However, their victory didn't come without sacrifices and multiple questions of certain characters' survivals [[UncertainDoom are still up in the air]] [[spoiler:plus one of the apparent {{Big Good}}s Master Thomas is revealed to have malevolent intentions in TheStinger and is partnering up with the surviving four enemy Mega Men for another scheme]].

** ''Advent'' has Dogu the Giant, a massive Mechaniloid that certainly looks intimidating and has a decent array of moves and they hurt, but it's slow and telegraghed enough that they're easily avoidable. Tellingly, this is the only boss Grey/Ashe are required to beat in their regular forms.

** 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 the Mega Man 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.]]

** 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.]]

* BittersweetEnding: More on the "sweet" than the "bitter", but ''Advent'' ends with the heroes triumphant, having saved the world from Master Albert, seemingly destroying Model W ''truly'' once and for all, and having come to terms with their pasts and intending to face the future with hope and see all the wonders the world has to offer, thus completing their character arcs. However, their victory didn't come without sacrifices and multiple questions of certain characters' survivals [[UncertainDoom are still up in the air]] [[spoiler:plus one of the apparent {{Big Good}}s Master Thomas is revealed to malevolent intentions in TheStinger and is partnering up with the surviving four enemy Mega Men for another scheme]].

* {{Bookends}}: In ''Advent'', Grey/Ashe will wake up in the infirmary of the Hunter's Camp after defeating the boss of the intro stage. After [[spoiler:defeating Dr. Albert and blacking out inside of Ouroboros,]] both of them will wake up inside the infirmary for the final cutscene.

* LeftHanging: ''Advent'' left at least 4 major [[SequelHook loose ends]] across both games unanswered: ([[spoiler:Ciel's fate before the events of ''ZX'', Prometheus and Pandora's fates after the confrontation in Master Albert's undersea base, and Model Z's fate post-HeroicSacrifice are unknown; and Master Thomas positions himself to be the next BigBad]]). This was in vain, as Capcom [[ScrewedByTheNetwork pulled the plug on the series]], and we're not likely to see the third game anytime soon.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfSidequests: The game has many sidequests and quest chains. It's {{justified|Trope}}, though, as the main character is a delivery person. The same can be said of ''Advent,'' at least where Ashe is concerned - she's a licensed hunter and has been since she was found after a maverick attack. The majority of the sidequests she does involve explicitly going into dangerous, maverick-infested territory to get goods for others, and she can take bounties on the respawning Pseudoroids.

** Lazarus and Nicol, the first npcs shown on screen in ''ZXA'', get a few of these. One of the first things Lazarus says is "Now that your appetites are whet for booty...", followed in short order by Nicol's "We always go in from the back and end up messing it all up."

** 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. Completing the story with both Grey and Ashe will also unlock the [[BossRush Boss Battle Mode]] against ''every'' boss in the game.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[FunWithAcronyms Meta-Encapsulated Granule Awareness]] System, in case you were wondering.]]

* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Zigzagged. While no Biometal or weapon is exclusive to one character, official art shows Vent favors the [=ZX-Saber=] while Aile prefers to use the [=ZX-Buster=]. However, Vent in official art is the one who prefers using Models Hx (the DualWielding swordsman) and Fx (the GunsAkimbo [[MoreDakka Knuckle Busters]]), while Aile prefers Models Lx (who despite being the "feminine" Mega Man has exclusively a [[BladeOnAStick halberd]]) and Px (who uses kunai [[FlechetteStorm by the truckload]]). Averted in Advent, where Model A only gives guns and so our 2 new protagonists use them.

* WhipItGood: Rospark's weapon.

Two centuries after the fall of Neo Arcadia, the wars between humans and Reploids have finally ended. A new government called Legion has formed, which grants humans cyborg bodies (now called Humanoids) and Reploids limited lifespans to make the two races nearly indistinguishable from one another. Even so, the wilderness is full of dangerous robots called Mavericks, forcing the remaining society to band together to keep them out. The origins of these Mavericks are unknown, though it turns out to be a dark secret rooted in ancient conflicts...

It consists of two games:

''Mega Man ZX'' is another entry in [[Franchise/MegaMan Capcom's flagship series]], set after the events of ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' and developed by Creator/IntiCreates, the same team behind the ''Zero'' series. This time around, the characters are [[HenshinHero Henshin Heroes]] and the gameplay is {{Metroidvania}}.

* AlluringAnglerfish: Lurerre from ''ZX'' is mostly shown as a [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent robotic mermaid]], but the "mermaid body" is actually her lure -- her big, fish body is offscreen most of the time, and sometimes appearing to launch a strong attack.

** ''Advent'' includes a minigame based on the NES ''Mega Man'' games. And then ''VideoGame/MegaMan9'' came out, done by the same developer, Creator/IntiCreates.
** There's also more foreshadowing on the Game of Destiny (which is then fully revealed in the second game) in the first game, mostly in Aile's storyline with Prometheus cryptically stating he wants to see if she's worthy of being a part of the "game" before fighting her, Pandora saying all Mega Men must fight until only one remains, and Serpent all but states their battle was destined for the right to obtain Model W and the world.

* TriangRelations: A minor one, mostly stemmed from this dialogue:
-->'''Prairie''': Aile. I know it's a little late for this, but...I'm so sorry that I didn't tell you about Giro and his mission to watch over you. Please believe me when I say that we didn't want to deceive you. Giro's face always lit up so much when he talked about you...Giro...He loved you very much.\\
'''Aile''': Prairie, did you have feelings for him?\\
'''Prairie''': W-what!?\\
'''Aile''': Hahaha! Maybe [[LovingAShadow Giro]] [[{{Expy}} resembles]] [[VideoGame/MegaManZero someone you cared about]]. Every time you talk about him, you look so happy. Don't worry, I won't hold it against you if you did like him. It's thanks to all of you that I'm finally able to fight for what's important.\\
'''Prairie''': Aile...
** ShipperOnDeck: From the dialogue above, they seem to ship each other with Giro.

* LighterAndSofter: Compared to ''Zero'' and ''X'', but not quite to the levels of ''Classic''. Genocide and social Darwinism are still regular topics, but the art is much more colorful and the music much cheerier than its immediate predecessors. The tone and themes are also very different--while the last two series taught that WarIsHell, ''ZX'' argues for [[ScrewDestiny creating your own fate]].

* ''Mega Man ZX'', starring [[PurelyAestheticGender Vent/Aile]], an orphaned Humanoid who was taken in by the courier Giro after a Maverick raid. They discover the power of [[TransformationTrinket Biometal]] by Megamerging with Model X, and join the peacekeeping Guardians to save the other Biometals before they are used by Serpent, a [[VillainWithGoodPublicity popular]] ([[CorruptCorporateExecutive but evil]]) CEO, to unlock the evil Model W and pursue divine evolution.
* ''Mega Man ZX Advent'', which takes place four years after ''ZX'' and stars Grey/Ashe (the former a Reploid, the latter a Humanoid). They team up with the Biometal Model A to uncover their mysterious past and fight four rival Mega Men who seek to empower Model W just as Serpent once did. Pulling the strings of it all is Master Albert, the original creator of Model W who seeks to destroy the world and reset it as its god.

* ''Mega Man ZX Advent'', which takes place four years after ''ZX'' and stars Grey_Ashe (the former a Reploid, the latter a Humanoid). They team up with the Biometal Model A to uncover their mysterious past and stop Master Albert, a rogue member of the world's ruling triumvirate out to use Model W to destroy the entire world so he can reset it as its god.

Two centuries after the fall of Neo Arcadia, the wars between humans and Reploids have finally ended. A new government called Legion has formed, which grants humans cyborg bodies and Reploids limited lifespans to make the two races nearly indistinguishable from one another. Even so, the wilderness is full of dangerous robots called Mavericks, forcing the remaining society to band together to keep them out. The origins of these Mavericks are unknown, though it turns out to be a dark secret rooted in ancient conflicts...

* ''Mega Man ZX'', starring Vent and Aile, a pair of orphaned Humans who are taken in by a courier service named "Giro Express" after its owner, the reploid Giro. And are tasked with recovering a quartet of [[TransformationTrinket Biometals]] by a peacekeeping force known as Guardian, before they fall into the hands of Serpent, a [[VillainWithGoodPublicity popular]] ([[CorruptCorporateExecutive but evil]]) CEO looking to find the Biometals to further his own divine evolution.
* ''Mega Man ZX Advent'', which takes place four years after ''ZX'' and stars Grey and Ashe (the former's a Reploid, the latter's an augmented human like Vent and Aile), who team up with the Biometal Model A to uncover their mysterious pasts and stop Master Albert, a rogue member of the world's ruling triumvirate out to pull what Serpent tried in the last game, only a thousand times over.

Two centuries after the fall of Neo Arcadia, the wars between humans and Reploids have finally ended. A new government called Legion has formed, which grants humans cyborg bodies and Reploids limited lifespans to make the two races nearly indistinguishable from one another. Even so, the wilderness is full of dangerous robots called Mavericks, forcing the remaining society to band together to keep them out. The causes of these Mavericks is unknown, though it turns out to be a dark secret rooted in ancient conflicts...

Two centuries after the fall of Neo Arcadia, the wars between humans and Reploids have finally ended. A new government called Legion has formed, which grants humans cyborg bodies and Reploids limited lifespans to make the ywo races nearly indistinguishable from one another. Even so, the wilderness is full of dangerous robots called Mavericks, forcing the remaining society to band together to keep them out.

Two centuries after the fall of Neo Arcadis, the wars between humans and Reploids have finally ended. A new government called Legion has formed, which grants humans cyborg bodies and Reploids limited lifespans to make the ywo races nearly indistinguishable from one another. Even so, the wilderness is full of dangerous robots called Mavericks, forcing the remaining society to band together to keep them out.

''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 characters are [[HenshinHero Henshin Heroes]] and the gameplay is {{Metroidvania}}. 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.