History YMMV / MegamanX

* BetterThanCanon: Yoshihiro Iwamoto's manga adaptations of ''X1'' through ''X4'' feature slightly different character moments and lore, some of which fans prefer over the bare-bones story of the games proper. This is especially true with characters like Bit, who has little to no personality to speak of in-game, but is one of the most fun characters in the manga.

** Wheel Gator is this in the [[WebAnimation/YouTubePoop YouChewPoop]] community, due to his memetic theme song and awesome design.

* PopularWithFurries: As expected in a series where you fight robotic Funny Animals known as Reploids/Mavericks. Of the Mavericks, Armored Armadillo and Sting Chameleon are the most popular, though special mention must go to Neon Tiger for having his own Wikifur article.

* WoobieSpecies: The humans. Despite the fact that very few humans appear on-screen, they are mentioned whenever they get their lives turned upside down by Reploid unrest. At the beginning, not only are Reploids quickly beginning to out-populate humans, but then Sigma goes ahead and [[FantasticRacism declares war]] to genocide them. The resulting Maverick Wars rage for ''years'' - Repliforce stages a military coup to get away from them, then Sigma and Dynamo initiate a ColonyDrop that ''decimates'' the Earth and forces humanity underground. Once the Reploids finally clean up the mess years later, it's no surprise that they want to build the Jakob Elevator to live on the moon! But they can't even have ''that'', as the New Generation Reploids hijack the project for their own purposes. If you wanna include ''Command Mission'', the humans also help build Giga City only to be banished by the Rebellion Army. Then the humans get a day in the shade for the ''Zero'' series, where the Reploids are the ones who are discriminated against, until Dr. Weil starts killing humans off too! It's only when humans and Reploids are made indistinguishable in the ''ZX'' series that the humans get off okay.

* WoobieSpecies: The humans. Despite the fact that very few humans appear on-screen, they are mentioned whenever they get their lives turned upside down by the chaos of the Reploids. At the beginning, not only are Reploids quickly beginning to out-populate humans, but then Sigma goes ahead and [[FantasticRacism declares war]] to genocide them. The resulting Maverick Wars rage on for ''years'' - Repliforce stages a military coup to get away from them, then Sigma and Dynamo initiate a ColonyDrop that utterly ''decimates'' the Earth and forces humanity to escape underground. Once the Reploids have finally cleaned up the mess years later, it's no surprise that they want to build the Jakob Elevator to go live on the moon! But they can't even have ''that'', as the New Generation Reploids hijack the project for their own purposes. If you wanna include ''Command Mission'', the humans also help build Giga City only to be banished by the Rebellion Army. The humans get a day in the shade during the ''Zero'' series, where the Reploids are the ones who are discriminated against, until Dr. Weil starts killing humans off too! It's only when humans and Reploids are made indistinguishable in the ''ZX'' series that the humans get off okay.

** ''All of humanity''. Despite the fact that very few humans appear on-screen, they are mentioned whenever they get their lives turned upside down by the chaos of the Reploids. At the beginning, not only are Reploids quickly beginning to out-populate humans, but then Sigma goes ahead and [[FantasticRacism declares war]] to genocide them. The resulting Maverick Wars rage on for ''years'' - Repliforce stages a military coup to get away from them, then Sigma and Dynamo initiate a ColonyDrop that utterly ''decimates'' the Earth and forces humanity to escape underground. Once the Reploids have finally cleaned up the mess years later, it's no surprise that they want to build the Jakob Elevator to go live on the moon! But they can't even have ''that'', as the New Generation Reploids hijack the project for their own purposes. If you wanna include ''Command Mission'', the humans also help build Giga City only to be banished by the Rebellion Army. The humans get a day in the shade during the ''Zero'' series, where the Reploids are the ones who are discriminated against, until Dr. Weil starts killing humans off too! It's only when humans and Reploids are made indistinguishable in the ''ZX'' series that the humans get off okay.

* FriendlyFandoms: With ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''. Some of the earliest examples of this are the many crossover sprite comics and sprite animations with Sonic and X in the early 2000s, thanks to the popularity of the ''Mega Man'' sprite-sharing website Sprites Inc. The most popular crossovers included ''VideoGame/FinalFantasySonicX'', ''WebAnimation/SonicsQuestForPower'', and even ''WebAnimation/SuperMarioBrosZ'' to some extent. This alliance finally made its way into official material with the ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' in its "Worlds Collide" arc.

* FriendlyFandoms: The ''Mega Man X'' series had a ton of crossover sprite comics and sprite animations in the early 2000s, thanks to the popularity of the ''Mega Man'' sprite-sharing website Sprites Inc. The most popular crossovers were with ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'', such as ''VideoGame/FinalFantasySonicX'', ''WebAnimation/SonicsQuestForPower'', and even ''WebAnimation/SuperMarioBrosZ'' to some extent.

** Sigma using TheVirus to turn Reploids Maverick (which could be considered MindRape) is already pretty horizon-crossing from the start of the series. If not that, then his MacrossMissileMassacre against Abel City, killing countless humans and reploids, in ''The Day of ∑'' from ''VideoGame/MegaManMaverickHunterX''.
** He really starts crossing it in ''X3'', ''X4'', and ''X5''. In ''X3'', he corrupted Doppler and halted an effort that was leading to end to the Maverick Wars. In ''X4'', he manipulates the Repliforce into fighting the Maverick Hunters, causing the events of the whole game, and in the end tries to decimate the Earth with the Repliforce's KillSat. His biggest is in ''X5'', when he spreads the Maverick Virus across the planet and plans a ColonyDrop with the infected Eurasia just to get Zero to go Maverick, and dialogue with X shows him saying that he figured the Maverick Hunters would keep the planet from being completely destroyed, but he clearly doesn't care about the damage caused even if it wasn't world ending.

** Who is ''really'' to blame for the events of the X series? Dr. Light? Or Dr. Cain? On one hand, people blame Light for even coming up with the idea of giving Robots free will in the first place, citing that [[AIIsACrapshoot the results were predictable]], regardless of intentions. On the other hand, people place the blame on Dr. Cain for not taking ''nearly'' as many precautions when making the Reploids as Light did with X, [[JustThinkOfThePotential only looking at the results and not taking into consideration the consequences of not properly testing them]]. [[TakeAThirdOption A third camp]] places blame on ''both'', saying that Light should have known not everyone would follow his safety standards and that Cain should have paid more attention to the amount of work Light put into X. It can be argued that neither are to blame- they both had their faults, but it wasn't until Sigma was infected by Zero that things went bad, and ''that'' wouldn't have happened if Sigma didn't screw around in their original fight, which gave Zero an opening. A 4th camp believe that while Light and Cain both had the best of intentions they either overlooked or underestimated certain variables that were completely beyond their ability to control ultimately resulting a powder-keg primed to explode regardless of who, when, why, what, where, or how it was triggered.

** Who is ''really'' to blame for the events of the X series? Dr. Light? Or Dr. Cain? On one hand, people blame Light for even coming up with the idea of giving Robots free will in the first place, citing that [[AIIsACrapshoot the results were predictable]], regardless of intentions. On the other hand, people place the blame on Dr. Cain for not taking ''nearly'' as many precautions when making the Reploids as Light did with X, [[JustThinkOfThePotential only looking at the results and not taking into consideration the consequences of not properly testing them]]. [[TakeAThirdOption A third camp]] places blame on ''both'', saying that Light should have known not everyone would follow his safety standards and that Cain should have paid more attention to the amount of work Light put into X. It can be argued that neither are to blame- they both had their faults, but it wasn't until Sigma was infected by Zero that things went bad, and ''that'' wouldn't have happened if Sigma didn't screw around in their original fight, which gave Zero an opening.

* PopularWithFurries: As expected in a series where you fight robotic Funny Animals known as Reploids/Mavericks. Of the Mavericks, Armored Armadillo and Sting Chameleon are the most popular, though special mention goes to Neon tiger for having his own Wikifur article.

* UnnecessaryMakeover: Alia's redesign after ''VideoGame/MegaManX8'' has been rejected by many fans since they see it as an unnecessary attempt to make her a MsFanservice despite already being attractive and a change that undermines her role as a scientist and a major Maverick Hunter. Ironically, hers is the only ''X8'' redesign that stuck for future material such as ''[=X DiVE=]''.

* UnintentionalUncannyValley: Gamma Sigma in ''X5''. Seeing its pre-rendered face in a game full of traditional sprites adds to its creepiness.
* UnnecessaryMakeover: Alia's redesign after ''VideoGame/MegaManX8'' has been rejected by many fans since they see it as an unnecessary attempt to make her a MsFanservice despite already being attractive and a change that undermines her role as a scientist and a major Maverick Hunter.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks:
** Later versions of ''X3'', such as in the ''X Collection'', used the Saturn/PS1/PC version of X3, replacing the synthesized SNES music with arranged versions, and the classic X sound effects were completely replaced. Not everyone was happy about that. Thankfully, the ''Mega Man X Legacy Collection'' included the original SNES version of ''X3'' instead of the enhanced version.
** The 3D graphics that replaced the original game's sharp sprites in ''Maverick Hunter X'' displeased some. [[{{Misblamed}} The reason for the replacement was probably Sony's policies, which strongly discouraged 2D sprite-based graphics, though]].
** Quite a number of people aren't too fond of the Music/GunsNRoses-inspired names of the Mavericks in ''X5'' as compared to their original intended names. Tellingly, ''Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2'' reverted some of the Maverick names back to the original Japanese names, with others recieving direct translations of their Japanese names. Though there's also a vocal part of the fanbase who've [[SoBadItWasBetter grown to prefer the cheesy reference names and aren't happy about them being reverted]].

** ''All of humanity''. Despite the fact that very few humans appear on-screen, they are mentioned whenever they get their lives turned upside down by the chaos of the Reploids. At the beginning, not only are Reploids quickly beginning to out-populate humans, but then Sigma goes ahead and [[FantasticRacism declares war]] to genocide them. The resulting Maverick Wars rage on for ''years'' - Repliforce stages a military coup to get away from them, then Sigma and Dynamo initiate a ColonyDrop that utterly ''decimates'' the Earth and forces humanity to escape underground. Once the Reploids have finally cleaned up the mess years later, it's no surprise that they want to build the Jakob Elevator to go live on the moon! But they can't even have ''that'', as the New Generation Reploids hijack the project for their own purposes. If you wanna include ''Command Mission'', the humans also help build Giga City only to be banished by the Rebellion Army. And this anti-human conflict goes on throughout all of the ''Zero'' series too! It's only when humans and Reploids are made indistinguishable in the ''ZX'' series that the humans get off okay.

** X and Zero (especially the latter) go through a lot of undeserved suffering in their fight to save the world from the Maverick Virus. Their friends are betraying them or dropping dead left and right, until the two are forced to face ''each other'' too. Even then, after the Maverick Wars they're going to deal with the chaos of the ''Zero'' series too...

** X and Zero (especially the latter) go through a lot of undeserved suffering in their fight to save the world from the Maverick Virus.
** Some of the Mavericks that were infected or deemed Maverick, most notably those of the wrongly accused Repliforce in ''X4'' (regardless of the irresponisibily of its leaders).
** Iris in ''X4''. All she wanted was peace between the two forces, yet this sweet innocent girl got thrown into two forces fighting for their beliefs and she's torn in which side to pick, leading to [[spoiler:her brother Colonel getting killed by Zero, and her going past the DespairEventHorizon before too being killed by Zero]].
** Honestly, ''all of humanity''. Despite the fact that very few humans appear, they are often mentioned whenever they get their lives turned upside down by the antics of the Reploids. At the beginning of the series, not only are Reploids quickly beginning to out-populate humans, but then Sigma goes ahead and [[FantasticRacism declares war]] on them. This sparks a conflict that goes on for ''years'' - Repliforce stages a military coup to get away from them and escape to space, then Sigma and Dynamo initiate a ColonyDrop that utterly ''decimates'' the Earth and forces humanity to escape underground. Once the Reploids have finally cleaned up the mess years later, it's no surprise that they want to build the Jakob Elevator to go live on the moon. But then they can't even have ''that'', as the New Generation Reploids go Maverick and hijack the project for their own purposes. If you wanna include ''Command Mission'', the humans also help build Giga City only to be forced out by the Rebellion Army. And this anti-human conflict goes on throughout all of the ''Zero'' and ''ZX'' series too!
* {{Woolseyism}}: The name change for Bit and Byte in ''X3'' changing them from an obscure mythological reference into something memorable, if not a bit goofy.

** Most people see X as either a strong but doubtful hunter who truly wants peace, or a spineless wimp who relies on Zero to save his ass at the slightest hint of danger.
** Sourcebook info states that Dr. Light created a "suffering circuit" to enable X to examine moral matters more deeply. Does this mean X is putting himself through all this because he truly wants to make the world a better place for human and reploid alike, or did the 30 year testing phase in his capsule enslave him to Dr. Light's ideals? (At least the OVA clears this by showing that, while he hesitates sometimes, he fights Mavericks out of his own choice.)

** The fact that there's a certain amount of DependingOnTheWriter to characterization in this series doesn't help. Compare X in ''X7'' and ''Command Mission'', for instance.
** Repliforce: Villains? [[TheWoobie Innocents declared villains by a government too quick to judge them?]] [[HonorBeforeReason Dangerous morons with incredible firepower that needed to be stopped?]] Or a balance of all three interpretations? Well-intentioned soldiers who made a foolish mistake and were too proud to admit it when faced with the shock of the world's leaders finding them inefficient at best, and Mavericks at worst?
** Colonel himself can be subjected to quite a bit of this. In X's story, his decision seems to be made out of nothing but foolish pride. In Zero's, however, he's clearly shocked and outraged that the government would suspect him of being Maverick, and later in the story, honestly seems to believe that war is their only option, sometimes to a delusional extent. Given his backstory, it's certainly possible being faced with the threat of having his life's purpose taken from him caused him to snap.
** Iris, Zero's romantic interest, varies from a [[IncorruptiblePurePureness saint]], a seemingly sweet person who is [[{{Yandere}} secretly crazy]], and truly sweet yet naive girl who just wants everyone to get along.
** Dr. Light, regarding Zero. Does he really have no idea as to who created Zero, or is he [[CannotSpitItOut just hiding it from him and/or X]]? There's also the recurring idea that he's messing with X for his own amusement due to the ridiculous placement of some of the capsules. [[EpilepticTrees This is probably not canon.]]
** Thanks to the first game's remake, is Sigma just a Maverick infected by Wily who wants to dominate the world, or is he just staging a rebellion to test X's abilities in the interest of the good of the Reploids?
** Vile: A [[AxCrazy psychopath]] who wants to kill X to [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou get even for his defeat]], or is he a cynical RebelliousSpirit who isn't all that different from the heroes?
** The entire "Maverick" thing. Canonically it's caused by viruses, but especially in the first and fourth games, there's very little to suggest that it was anything other than what it looked like on the surface: a rebellion. If that's what it was, were they necessarily bad? This is compounded severalfold by the fact that in the Zero series (same universe, just a hundred years or so later), the Irregulars are a genuine robot rebellion (and the good guys) against a tyrannical society which seems to hate all reploids, and the leader of their enemies is a copy of X.
*** Fanon popularly puts up a dividing line between "infected" Mavericks and just regular reploids who are criminals. What becomes of the latter falls into this as well -- are they shot on sight in a display of FantasticRacism?
*** Furthermore, there is a big case of WhatCouldHaveBeen due to the extra characterization in ''Maverick Hunter X''. Chill Penguin states that he follows Sigma effectively because of a bribe. Storm Eagle actually challenged Sigma and lost, so he's working with Sigma against his will. If the remakes continued, the "Regular vs Infected Maverick" angle may have been explored in canon.
** The Rebellion / Liberion Army of ''[[VideoGame/MegaManXCommandMission Command Mission]]'': Initially they seem to be a bunch of greedy, power-hungry sociopaths who cruelly oppress and subjugate everyone in Giga City -- until you find that a few of their members (namely the Cadre) are surprisingly fair and honorable people, and the fact that they're the project of unethical experiments as well as being manipulated by TheManBehindTheMan. Even Ferham, the seemingly sadomasochistic [[TheBaroness Baroness]], has a genuinely tender moment with [[NobleDemon a fellow comrade]]. Their leader might even have a point that using force really might be the only way for a group of {{r|idiculouslyHumanRobots}}eploids to be heard. Despite all the horrible things they've done in the game, they're a hard lot to figure out, which is even reflected in the game when they're posthumously deferred Maverick status.
** Despite what many of the Reploids they encounter say, neither X, Zero, or even Axl are ever shown to adopt a "shoot first" approach. More often than not, they ask them to surrender peacefully, are refused, and thus are forced to kill the Reploid in self-defense. However...some lines from Zero among others imply the Maverick Hunters prefer their officers to eliminate their target without wasting time. Is this policy because innocent humans and Reploids are in danger at the time and take precedence over violent Mavericks? Because each and every Maverick the Hunters have encountered have refused to surrender anyway? Because of the danger a possibly viral Maverick or [[ISurrenderSuckers one feigning surrender]] presents? Or is their a racist anti-Reploid agenda behind it?
** The humans themselves, particularly the government. Not helped by the fact that humans rarely get their own views, or even ''appearance'', shown in game (the only human we see, Dr. Cain, even disappears after ''X4''). Are they well-meaning, seeing the Reploids as equals and valuing the hard work they do, or do they refuse to see the distinction between them and the Mechaniloids (which are literal machines) and are only happy as long as the Reploids do what they want, as Sigma believed? As for the trust issues, are they simply being ProperlyParanoid about them given their capabilities, or are they fanatical bigots like Weil, who felt the entire race "got off too easy" because of what the Mavericks did, and willing to take extremes to control them?
** Did Sigma go maverick because of the virus or did he become maverick of his own free will? The main continuity confirms the former, while the ''[[VideoGame/MegaManMaverickHunterX Maverick Hunter]]'' remake implies the latter. There's honestly probably room for both origin stories. Sigma was designed to be the leader of the Maverick Hunters, where we see him in ''The Day of Σ'' OVA. Dr. Cain most likely instilled him with an inherent admiration for the reploids he was meant to command. [[WildMassGuessing Perhaps the virus corrupted that admiration, turning Sigma in to an Anti-human]] EvilutionaryBiologist. ''X8'' implies that it was indeed both. When confronted by Zero, Sigma explains that the virus set him on his current path; but when confronted by X, he reveals that it was X's dedication to justice that first got him thinking about how imperfect the world was. In other words, X inspired Sigma to think about the world's ills while the virus prompted him to act on those thoughts.
*** Let's also consider the theory that the Virus itself is derived from the Evil Energy seen in VideoGame/MegaMan8. According to Duo, Evil Energy feeds off the evil in a person's heart and magnifies it until it spreads to others. Perhaps Sigma was already headed towards rebellion even before being infected, and the Virus simply gave him the last push he needed to go full Maverick? When [[VideoGame/MegaManX4 Sigma fought Zero]] he toyed around, despite his job was to take out Mavericks ASAP, when he could've used his beam saber and won right away. Sigma was already arrogant, which supports the Virus giving him a push.

* FandomEnragingMisconception: Calling X "Mega Man" or assuming he's the same one from the NES games is enough to have the more rabid fans immediately point your mistake.

* MemeticMutation:
** The ever popular "WHAT AM I FIGHTING FOOOOOOOOR????!!" from ''X4'', no less due to the really poor delivery of Zero's (and Iris') voice actor. It is, otherwise, a suitably tearjerking scene, especially with the original Japanese voice acting.
** "Take a wild guess!" [[note]]When X demands Split Mushroom to reveal who his boss is, Mushroom responds with this. Cue his LifeMeter appearing with a Sigma logo underneath.[[/note]]
** [[{{WebVideo/Sequelitis}} Riding on cars]]! (Guitar Riff)
*** Also, Mega Man shoots lemons, which has retroactively made its way into the other ''Mega Man'' franchises as well.
** Burn! Burn! Burn to the ground! Burn to the ground! Burn! Burn to the ground! Burn!
*** It's now somewhat an official meme -- just look at this ''[[VideoGame/ExaPico Ar tonelico]]'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK_F00qcRVo video]].
** [[BeamMeUpScotty Although the line wasn't even spoken by any of the characters -- only used in]] [[MissionControl level descriptions]], any parody written after ''X8'' is guaranteed to have X dramatically vow to stop "Sigma...the cause of the entire situation!" This only gets more likely if Sigma is actually not responsible for any situation.
** "[[PrecisionFStrike Damn]]!"
** On this site, there have been times that either of the series' two incarnations of Zero has been compared to ''[[Anime/CodeGeass this]]'' Zero.
** Alia's "upgrade" in X8.
** The Ze-ERO series, a series of [=MADs=] (a rough equivalent of WebAnimation/YouTubePoop) that mainly involves characters from this series, on Website/NicoNicoDouga (and some of it have been exported to Website/YouTube as well). Warning: NSFW.
*** CrackPairing: Said series usually pairs Vile with Misao from ''Manga/LuckyStar'', probably inspired by the latter's "Sugeendatte Va" ImageSong. ([[DontExplainTheJoke Remember]], Vile's name in Japan is VAVA.)
** [[GameplayAndStorySegregation NOT A CHARGE SHOT!]]
** "[[AssPull I hid myself while I tried to repair myself]]." [[note]]A line spoken by Zero in ''X6'', where he describes how he came BackFromTheDead. Between Zero's [[NeverLiveItDown memetic tendency to be really good at dying]] and the really shoddy wording on this line, it's reached a high level of infamy in the fanbase.[[/note]]
*** Obentou.[[note]]The scene that the above quote originates is especially popular in Japan, with many fanarts parodying it. To be specific, the Japanese thinks their facial expression [[{{Narm}} look more appropriate for Zero trying to make X a boxed lunch and X being happy to be given it]]. The meme's name (Boxed Lunch) is from Zero's quote in the meme: "I woke up early and made this boxed lunch for you". The parody is done between two other characters in other fictions, especially with the "Zero" figure being a character thought to be dead (like Zero was in ''X6''). [[/note]]
** "LISTEN TO ME!" - Palette's nagging quote if you set her as your operator in ''X8'', particularly if she finds a secret in a level.
** '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XnKNOyCFlE HIS NAME IS DUFF MCWHALEN!!]]''' [[labelnote:Explanation]]After the removal of ''Music/GunsNRoses'' references in ''VideoGame/MegamanX5'' for ''Legacy Collection'', Duff [=McWhalen=] becomes a meme icon to protest for the name removal, because his original name, GNR reference aside, is just [[SoBadItsGood so stupid it's endearing]]. The video was the most prominent meme evolution, where the narration launches a tirade about his flaws (weak weapon, level being ThatOneLevel, song is a remix of [[VideoGame/MegamanX2 Bubble Crab stage]], and his ''name''), but delivered in such hilarious frustration that the phrase becomes the rallying cry mentioned almost everywhere when Duff is mentioned and made people insist to call him Duff [=McWhalen=] instead of the more default Tidal Whale.[[/labelnote]]
** You've gone Maverick. [[labelnote:Explanation]]A term used to describe a reploid that goes beyond their programming to hurt others that's constantly used by the protagonist in this series and later series like VideoGame/MegaManZero and VideoGame/MegaManZX. Megaman fans like to use it to describe people they've lost respect for in real life or calling people Mavericks for doing the [[DisproportionateRetribution most insignificant things]] with the latter becoming a sort of AscendedMeme with the plot of VideoGame/MegaManZero.[[/labelnote]]

* PopularWithFurries: As expected in a series where you battle robot beastmen. Neon Tiger from ''X3'' is particularly popular, even having his own Wikifur page.

* RelationshipWritingFumble: X and Zero are just friends in canon, but they often act like a bit more. No wonder fans use them as the biggest source of HoYay in the series.

* UncannyValley: Gamma Sigma in ''X5''. Seeing its pre-rendered face in a game full of traditional sprites adds to its creepiness.

** X wasn't always a member of the Maverick Hunters - at first he was like Dr. Cain's lab aide. The manual for ''X1'' states that X requested to help Zero and the Hunters in the field upon Sigma's first rebellion. When their leader Zero dies and someone needs to help finish off the rebellion in ''X2'', X officially joins them. Of course, the intro to the ExcusePlot spin-off ''[[VideoGame/MegaManXtreme Mega Man Xtreme]]'' claims X was part of the Hunters before Sigma subdued Zero, and in the ''[[VideoGame/MegaManMaverickHunterX Maverick Hunter X]]'' continuity he ''is'' a Hunter at the start, so it's clear why this misconception is propagated.
** Similarly, X is ''not'' Mega Man. He is his successor, something like a "Mega Man Version 2" based on the original model. His sapience - his main difference from Mega Man - is such an important plot point that you'd think it'd be clear, but inaccurate journalism and promotional material hasn't helped with the misconceptions (even the English versions of ''X2'' and ''X3'' refer to him as Mega Man). Not even the English voice cast of ''X4'' were aware that Mega Man and X were separate people, hence Ruth Shiraishi's identical performances in ''Mega Man 8'' and ''X4''.