History YMMV / MegamanX

** The entire "Maverick" thing. The series' Maverick conflicts are often caused by viruses, but as for ''X1'', ''X4'', and ''X8'', there's very little to suggest the rebellions were anything besides political. This is compounded severalfold by the fact that in the ''Zero'' series (same universe, just a century later), the heroic Resistance are branded as Mavericks by a tyrannical dystopia; it flips the script, and poses the "Mavericks" as good guys.

** X is ''not'' Mega Man. He is his successor, 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 misconception (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''.

** Zero's saber slash sound in the PS1 games never gets old.
** In the PS2 games, the three Hunters all got their own unique dash and jump sound effects. Zero's is definitely the coolest, but none of them are slouches.

** Marty, a mermaid Reploid in the ''Rockman X'' manga series, is popular for her cute design, romantic tension with X, and ActionGirl moments. It helps that she was one of the only female characters in the series for years, at least until ''Command Mission'' or the navigators in ''X8''.

** Marty, a mermaid Reploid in the ''Rockman X'' manga series, is popular for her cute design, romantic tension with X, and ActionGirl moments. It helps that she was one of the only female characters in the series for years, at least until the ''Command Mission'' or the navigators in ''X8''.

** Marty, a mermaid-based Reploid who becomes X's {{Love Interest|s}} in the manga, was introduced before the release of ''VideoGame/MegaMan9'', which included mermaid Robot Master Splash Woman. The original Mega Man is sometimes {{shipp|ing}}ed with her.

** The sound of Zero's buster charging before he saves X at the start of ''X1''.
** The SNES sound of X's buster charging is quite wonderful to hear.
** In the SNES games, that extra-loud hit sound whenever you land the final shot on a Maverick.

** The term Reploid canonically stands for "Replica Android". While many assume this is in reference to them being replicas of X, this is never actually stated, and according to other media such as "Rockman X The Novel: Irregulars Report" the term is meant to refer to their replication of human-level cognition, or "replicas of humans". This would also answer the question on whether or not X and Zero can technically be considered reploids.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Ever since Magma Dragoon in ''X4'', there hasn't been a single Maverick boss to actually influence the plot beyond their stage. When you've got interesting characters like the tragic Spiral Pegasus, the scheming Metal Shark Player, and the cryptic Snipe Anteator, you can't help but wish they were more actively involved in the story.

** The term Reploid canonically stands for "Replica Android". While many assume this is in reference to them being replicas of X, this is never actually stated, and according to other media such as "Rockman X The Novel: Irregulars Report" the term is meant to refer to their replication of human-level cognition, or "replicas of humans".

** X wasn't originally a member of the Maverick Hunters. The game manual states X was a lab aide to Dr. Cain for a long time, only to request to join Zero when Sigma's rebellion began. Only by the start of ''X2'' is he a full-fledged Hunter hire. Of course, the intro to the ExcusePlot spin-off ''VideoGame/MegaManXtreme'' 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.

** It's common belief that the reason why the ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' characters aren't around in 21XX is because Zero killed all of them a hundred years prior. This is actually just a fan theory that has been disproven by official documents and Keiji Inafune. What helped this one along was the ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'', which was ''hugely'' popular with the Mega Man fandom in the 2000's, based an entire story arc on the theory.

** It's common belief that the reason why the ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' characters aren't around in 21XX is because Zero killed all of them a hundred years prior. This is actually just a fan theory that has been disproven by official documents and Keiji Inafune.

** The [[http://www.destructoid.com/wow-that-mega-man-x-ios-game-is-offensive-218287.phtml iOS port]] of the first game. Not only does it load less smoothly than the SNES version (despite the system being more powerful), it contains poorly redrawn graphics, generic text, and a lot of the artwork cribbed from ''the PSP remake of the game'', which they could have released a modified port of instead. But here's the kicker: ''[[BribingYourWayToVictory you can buy all the weapons and health boosts with real money]]'', without acquiring them the proper way, from the very beginning of the game. This was considered a bad look during a time period where Capcom wasn't treating the ''Mega Man'' series well.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Some fans portray Vile as secretly sexy under his helmet and try to {{slash|Fic}} him with X (despite trying to kill him multiple times), and that Dynamo is a lovable goof who joins the Hunters and is paired with Alia (despite nearly destroying the world with a ColonyDrop). Lumine also gets this treatment to some extent.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Some fans portray Vile is secretly sexy under his helmet and try to {{slash|Fic}} him with X (despite trying to kill him multiple times), and that Dynamo is a lovable goof who joins the Hunters and is paired with Alia (despite nearly destroying the world with a ColonyDrop). Lumine also gets this treatment to some extent.

** Whenever ''X3'' is brought up, expect to see much discussion on which has the better soundtrack, the SNES version or the [=PSX=]/Saturn version.
** 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 in a powder-keg primed to explode regardless of who, when, why, what, where, or how it was triggered.

* ContinuityLockout: Zero's ending in ''X6'' is said to take place after the very end of the X series. However, Zero's presence in ''X7'' and ''X8'' is highly confusing to most fans because the status of Zero's ''X6'' ending is only revealed AllThereInTheManual in the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero Official Complete Works''.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Fangirls like to think that Vile is secretly sexy under his helmet and try to {{slash|Fic}} him with X (despite trying to kill him multiple times), and that Dynamo is a lovable goof who joins the Hunters and is paired with Alia (despite nearly destroying the world with a ColonyDrop). Lumine also gets this treatment to some extent.

* AngstWhatAngst:
** In ''X8'', it is revealed that the New Generation reploids (and by extension, Axl himself) were built via the manipulations of [[BigBad Sigma]], [[RoboFamily who considers them his children]]. This bothers Axl roughly a thousand times less than Zero's similar origin eats at him; in fact, he's the only one of the three not driven into a HeroicBSOD by this "BreakThemByTalking" done soon after. It helps that:
*** Sigma and Lumine don't press the point (when Axl outright asks Lumine whether Sigma's influence will affect his sanity, Lumine dismisses him), unlike what Sigma does with Zero.
*** Zero was having nightmare visions of a certain crazy, eyebrow-waggling old scientist even before Sigma started playing with his head.
*** Zero's history comes with a SuperpoweredEvilSide. Axl has no such problems.
** Axl has a lack of angst over being forced to kill his adopted father in ''X7''. In his defense, Axl didn't really deal the killing blow. He just beat the guy in a fight. It was Red's decision to set the place to blow if he lost and to go down with it.
* AntiClimaxBoss:
** Dr. Doppler in ''X3''. His attack pattern is almost insultingly easy, though his ability to [[HealingShiv absorb your attacks]] can make the fight seem harder than it is.
** Iris in ''X4''. Compared to Double in X's route, Iris isn't terribly difficult. Justified as Iris was never meant to be a fighter and the project that spawned her and Colonel, spawned the two for a reason. [[note]]They were originally one and the same reploid meant to replicate the paradox X had with {{technical pacifis|t}}m, but Iris' innocence and pacifism doesn't go well with Colonel's spirit of combat and honorable nature, so they were SplitAtBirth.[[/note]]
** X in ''X5''. You realize how inconvenient [[ChargedAttack charge attacks]] are when they ''telegraph '''every move''' X makes as a boss''. You'll also realize why it's important to ''move'' while charging.
** Zero in ''X5''. Also like X, the battle isn't very spectacular because Zero's AI makes him spam his easily avoided (with some practice anyways, but you're certain to get some) Giga Attack over and over again. This results in a decidedly unspectacular battle.
** Sigma in his ''X6'' form, especially since he's fought after [[ThatOneBoss Gate]] (and his [[ThatOneLevel goddamned]] [[NoOSHACompliance laboratory]]). Subverted for his second form, however.
* AssPull: A rather infamous one in ''X6'', where finding Zero in any stage's optional route has him tell X, "I hid myself while I repaired myself." {{Subverted|Trope}}, however, in an overlooked scene if Zero finds one of the Armor Capsules, where he fully admits he doesn't know what happened and implies it was probably [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic someone else]]. [[ContinuityNod Not unlike Light himself stepping in to repair X at the end of]] ''[[ContinuityNod X5]]''.

** Thanks to the ''Maverick Hunter X'' remake, how in control is Sigma? Is he a bloodthirsty CompleteMonster? Is he an unfortunate [[AlasPoorVillain victim]] of the Maverick Virus? Is he a philosophical EvilutionaryBiologist testing X for the good of all Reploids?
** 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: 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 specifically is subjected to 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. Given his backstory, it's certainly possible being faced with the threat of his life's purpose taken from him caused him to snap.

** Dr. Light, regarding Zero. Does he really have no idea 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, due to the ridiculous placement of some of his armor capsules.
** Vile: [[AxCrazy psychopath]] who wants to kill X to [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou get even]], or a cynical RebelliousSpirit who isn't all that different from the heroes?

** The Rebellion 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 a [[NobleDemon comrade]]. Their leader might have a point that using force really might be the only way for a group of Reploids to be heard.

* GoodBadBugs:
** Dashing at an enemy while firing a normal shot dealt double damage in ''X'' and ''X2'', which was fixed in the third game and beyond.
** In ''X8'', Zero (and Layer) can ''fly!'' [[labelnote:Note]]Contrary to popular belief, this isn't limited to the PC version of the game, as the [=PS2=] version uses both the D-Pad and the left stick for movement, so the glitch can be performed using both. The ''X Legacy Collection 2'' version of ''X8'' however fixed this bug.[[/labelnote]]
** In ''X4'', standing on Colonel's saber swing area when he fires his {{Sword Beam}}s doesn't do any damage.
** Vile in ''Maverick Hunter X'' can use his shoulder or leg weapons to stop his descent, allowing him to move horizontally through the air. Use a weapon with low enough energy requirements and you can practically levitate into places early that would normally require a late game weapon upgrade for. This might be a case of ThrowItIn, as stopping Vile's descent using the weapon drops is the only way to avoid getting hit by X and Zero during [[BulletHell a certain attack phase]].

* ItWasHisSled: Almost anyone remotely familiar with ''Mega Man'' knows that Zero was created by Dr. Wily, a twist not revealed until ''X5''.

* LoveToHate: Sigma in ''X4'' and ''X5'' for manipulating the Repliforce into staging a coup against the Maverick Hunters and his involvement with the Eurasia Colony incident.

* MemeticBadass: The Green Biker Dude from ''X2'', purely for popping a wheelie right before dying.
* MemeticBystander: The Green Biker Dude. He only appeared in the background of ''X2'''s intro scene, riding a Ride Chaser, popping a wheelie, and then gets shot at and explodes.

** The Repliforce War is for the unseen previous commander of the Maverick Hunters as said commander resigned in disgrace following the end of the conflict, resulting in Signas becoming the new commander.
* MorePopularSpinoff: At the beginning, the ''X'' series was seen as more appealing than the Classic series, but this is not as evident now due to the divisive nature of the later games.

* PlayTheGameSkipTheStory: While none of the games have truly ''bad'' stories, none of them are very good either. Only ''X1'' and ''X4'' have truly solid plots, while the rest range from overly-complicated messes to borderline {{Excuse Plot}}s. ''X8'' and ''Maverick Hunter X'' sought to rectify this, but whether they succeeded or not depends on who you ask.

** In ''X4'', the poor voice acting ruins what is supposed to be a legitimately affecting scene between Zero and Iris. Though this one crosses with NarmCharm because of how poorly delivered the entire death scene is. It strengthened Zero as a character, because people will NOT forget it.

** Fighting Iris in the ''[[CompilationRerelease X Legacy Collection]]'' since, once she summons Colonel, X is basically fighting a [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stand User]].
* NarmCharm: Silly as Vile's tantrum's in ''Maverick Hunter X'' may be, the fact that he'd blow away potential comrades over a comment that was made in response to his own insults, or because he didn't like a guy's face is ''terrifying'', and those cases are the few where he actually ''has'' any reason at all!

* OneSceneWonder: Again, the Green Biker Dude from ''X2''.

* PlayerPunch:
** So the series finally allowed Zero to be fully playable? Iris dies. In fact, she was probably introduced into the story just to ''invoke'' the trope to Zero.
** Zero ends up being a major player punch when he kamikazes Vile in the first ''X'' game. And it also seems that X himself channels the player punch by breaking out of an electrocage, having his health refill and his weapons restored. Then it comes up again after defeating Vile with the conversation, and gift, that will gives X if he didn't get the buster upgrade. The ''Maverick Hunter X'' remake makes the scene hit even harder.
* PlayTheGameSkipTheStory: While none of the games have especially ''bad'' stories, none of them are very good either. Only ''X1'' and ''X4'' have truly solid plots, while the rest range from overly-complicated messes to borderline {{Excuse Plot}}s. ''X8'' and ''Maverick Hunter X'' sought to rectify this, but whether they succeeded or not depends on who you ask.

** While "disaster" might be too strong a term, the ''[[CompilationRerelease Legacy Collection]]'' versions of the games suffer from very noticeable input delay (with ''X1'' having it the worst), and the Steam version launched with a bug that could to lead to significant framerate drops and slowdown (though this could be fixed with a simple tweak). Mind you, the games are still perfectly playable this way (this is still largely a PolishedPort), but compared to the original versions, the controls simply aren't as responsive or tight. In addition, just like the ''Legacy Collection'' for the Classic Series, the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch version only has the first four games on cartridge with the other four being included via a download code (unless you bought the [[NoExportForYou Japan-exclusive]] ''5-in-1 Box'').

** The aforementioned ReplacementScrappy Axl gets this in ''X8'' when he delivers a ShutUpHannibal to the BigBad with bullets. He also has a less annoying voice, a better personality, and a [[DivergentCharacterEvolution different playstyle that wasn't a weaker version of X's]], making him a fun character to use (having infinite ammo for his special weapons helped).
** Alia as well in ''X8'', due to having a more tolerable voice and being a hidden playable character. ''X6'' did the first step by making most of her dialogs optional and more pertinent, and giving her some backstory.

** Playing as Zero from ''X4'' onwards, especially Black Armor Zero. He's a lot more mobile than X and his saber has better DPS, but he takes more damage from attacks than X does and he has very few ways to attack from a distance, leaving him much harder overall to master.
* TheScrappy: Axl was a ReplacementScrappy for [[OutOfFocus X]] in ''X7''. He gets better in ''[[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap X8]]'', in terms of both gameplay and character.

* TheScrappy:
** Lifesaver, for instigating the fight between X and Zero in ''X5''. Amusingly enough, [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome he's nowhere to be seen]] in the following three games.
** You are ''not'' going to like [[ThatOneBoss fighting]] [[MesACrowd Infinity Mijinion]].
** Axl was a ReplacementScrappy for [[OutOfFocus X]] in ''X7''. He gets better in ''[[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap X8]]'', in terms of both gameplay and character.
** Flame Hyenard from ''X7'', because of his annoyingly repetitive voice clips: "Burn to the Ground! Burn to the Ground! Burn!".

** Rescuing hostages, especially in ''Mega Man X6'' and ''X7''. Not only do they possess important parts that are {{Permanently Missable|Content}} if you screw up, but rescuing them can be a LuckBasedMission at times as well.
** The aptly-named Nightmare System in ''X6''. Whenever you complete a level, two other stages become affected by the Nightmare Phenomena, which amounts to making those stages much worse to put it lightly. For starters, giant metal blocks that crush you against floors or ceilings, pitch-blackness over the stage, or even fireballs coming at you.

** There's a short prophecy that was introduced at the end of ''X3'', stating that "To save mankind, X must destroy [[spoiler:Zero]]". Two games later, the prophecy was fullfilled, but in a [[ProphecyTwist twisted]] way. The battle doesn't involve the fate of mankind directly (at least in the true/canon ending; the alternate path, however, shows another [[SuperPoweredEvilSide side]]), but instead it's simply about a question of trust between two friends.

* StrangledByTheRedString: Iris appears in ''one'' game (assuming you don't count the ''Xtreme'' series), only for said game to kill her off (there was the prequel, but there's not much in that game regarding their relationship). The end result is that her relationship with Zero feels rushed.
* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''X8'' is often considered a vast improvement to the widely-despised ''X6'' and ''X7''.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Compare [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw The Final Countdown]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWWxFFjQHKQ Infinity Mijinion's stage music]], or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AmN2faZYsQ Neon Tiger's stage music]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVZWXrXXfrI "My Michelle" by Guns n' Roses]].
* ThatOneAttack:
** In ''X5'', Awakened Zero's Genmurei, a gigantic SwordBeam attack that is a OneHitKill and only used if the battle lasted long enough.
** ''X8'''s Bamboo Pandamonium's DesperationAttack, a lunging attack that takes off half the screen, comes off without warning and does ''obscene'' damage.
** Lumine's first form uses the desperation attacks of the eight Reploid bosses, including the one mentioned above. However, there are two attacks that he modified; Avalanche Yeti's attack, which causes gigantic snowflakes that freeze you on contact to rain down, lasts a lot longer, and Lumine can still blast you with other attacks while it's in effect. And then Burn Rooster's attack, which engulfs the walls in flames, never wears off. After it hits the field, you can no longer wall-jump. In his second form, when his health dips low, he uses an attack that opens up a rift in space. If you don't kill him within 30 seconds, you die, game over, no matter how many continues you have.

** The fact that there's a certain amount of DependingOnTheWriter to characterization in this series doesn't help. Compare the whiny X in ''X7'' and with the macho X in ''Command Mission'', for instance.
** 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.
** Zero is seen as either a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, a nice guy with a {{Jerkass}} act because he's been betrayed so many times, or a [[BloodKnight cold-hearted killer]].

* ''[[YMMV/MegaManX1 Mega Man X]]''

** X wasn't originally a member of the Maverick Hunters. The game manual states X was a lab aide to Dr. Cain for a long time, only to request to join Zero when Sigma's rebellion began. Only by the start of ''X2'' is he a full-fledged Hunter hire. 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.

** Martei, a mermaid-based Reploid who becomes X's {{Love Interest|s}} in the manga, was introduced before the release of ''VideoGame/MegaMan9'', which included mermaid Robot Master Splash Woman. The original Mega Man is sometimes {{shipp|ing}}ed with her.

* PlayTheGameSkipTheStory: While none of the games have especially ''bad'' stories, none of them are very good either. Only ''X1'' and ''X4'' have truly solid plots, while the rest range from overly-complicated messes to borderline [[ExcusePlot Excuse Plots]]. ''X8'' and ''Maverick Hunter X'' sought to rectify this, but whether they succeeded or not depends on who you ask.

* PopularWithFurries: As expected in a series where you fight robotic {{Funny Animal}}s, who go by 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. Magma Dragoon is an outstanding example of a Draconic Humanoid reploid who also has a notable fanbase.

* WhatMeasureIsANonBadass: While X is not as popular as Zero because of this, he's also supported by fans who think [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Rock]] and [[VideoGame/MegaManLegends Trigger]] aren't "manly enough".

* PopularWithFurries: As expected in a series where you fight robotic {{Funny Animal}}s, who go by 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.