Line #10 Awesome/MegaManZX


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5	* Ashe gets her own moment of awesome and EstablishingCharacterMoment at the beginning of ZX Advent. She jumps straight off her ship, and lands at the back of the Raider's fleet, having fallen ''at least a kilometer'' - and she's human, though with a few mechanical enhancements (the protaganists in every other sub-series are robotic, except the BN/Star Force guys). Talk about being cocky. After her comrades remark that she should have waited until they were at the ''front'', she simply fights her way through a force of mavericks across the fleet, takes out a boss, all doing this with a simple blaster pistol, encounters Prometheus, and is backed up by her fellow hunters. Though, they get their asses kicked, which is understandable. But Ashe ''survives'' against the series' resident PsychoForHire, and is implied to have survived a ''multi-kilometer drop'' afterwards. Talk about an ActionGirl.
6	** The other hunters also get one directly afterwards, when you discover that they not only survived, they stole the Biometal ''right out from under Prometheus's nose.'' [[RedShirt Red Shirts]] they aren't.
7	** It should be stressed, ''these are the first ten minutes of gameplay.'' We're ''introduced'' to Ashe being an unstoppable force who tears her way through mavericks and a giant mechaniloid. Considering all the things Prometheus is capable of, the fact Ashe tells him off without breaking a sweat ''and lives to tell about it'' establishes her as one of the best ''Mega Man'' protagonists, period.
8	*** Really, every time you beat a boss with Ashe or Grey without using Model A or A-Trans, that's practically a CMOA for you.
9	* When Grey/Ashe encounters Albert in the lair with all the Model Ws, it becomes the CMOA for Prometheus and Pandora, as Prometheus mocks Albert, and kills him then and there, and then gives off an awesome speech about Albert being scum, the Game of Destiny being a complete and pointless farce, and Pandora and his new plan to destroy everything. Then, Albert gets his ''own'' crowning moment when Prometheus and Pandora's anger and hate are absorbed into Model W, and Albert teleports in, remarking that they both ended up as [[UnwittingPawn Unwitting Pawns]] for his plan. There's a reason why Albert is a Magnificent Bastard.
10	** Besides the "Just as I planned" quote... The similarities between Albert and [[Manga/DeathNote Light]] are staggering.
11	* Barring the special TransformationSequence in Advent, Vent/Aile gets one in ZX after Serpent merges with the Model W Core and goes on about the Game of Destiny. A bit of a lecture from the six Biometals and a ZX Megamerge later, Serpent tells him/her that it's time to decide which of them gets to rule the world. The response? "I don't care about ruling the world! If you're the Mega Man destined to rule the world, then I'm the Mega Man that's destined to save it!" Cue the final boss battle and all the asskicking that comes with it -- including the entire destruction of Slither Inc. HQ.
12	* The battle with Prometheus and Pandora in the Undersea Volcano stands out. Ashe or Grey go toe-to-toe with Prometheus and Pandora...and unlike in their fights with Vent and Aile, the two ''fully'' utilize teamwork to overwhelm our plucky hero. Despite that, no one comes out a clear winner in the end - which also establishes just how much Ashe and Grey have grown, especially in comparison to Vent and Aile. In all those previous battles, the duo left because they were either bored or had already accomplished their mission, not because they were beaten. This time, despite double-teaming Model A, Model A ''manages to bring the fight to a standstill.'' Rock on, Model A.
13	* Right at the end of ZX Advent, Albert and the protagonists get ''their own ones''. He's beaten, on the floor, and Ashe/Grey tells him off in their own way. Albert's reply? "You can have your peace... And rot in it!" (The quote itself and what comes before varies between characters.) Then he ''explodes''. What a way to go.
14	* One for the BigBad of ''ZXA''. Albert is hard enough on normal mode, but can be somewhat made easier with [[GameBreaker Chronoforce's Time Bomb.]] The developers apparently ''knew'' about this trick, and, for the hard mode of Albert's fight, and ''only'' the hard mode of Albert's fight, the boss has the ''perfect'' counter for Time Bomb. It's Time Bomb. That's right, when Albert said his A-Trans was perfect, he didn't just mean he had the powers of the Mega Men; he had the powers of all the ''Pseudoroids'' too. If you use Time Bomb on him, he will ''instantly'' throw one right back at you, cancelling the effect. You can't cheat through this fight, making it a true test of everything the player has learned playing this game.
15	* When Grey/Ashe approaches the FinalBoss door, the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Enemy Mega Men]] intercept them. Then Aile/Vent come to the rescue, telling Grey/Ashe to proceed while [[YouShallNotPass s/he holds off all four of them at once.]]
16	** And after Grey/Ashe defeats Albert, he/she collapses. In the outside, Model X tells Aile/Vent to help Grey/Ashe out of the place. S/he hesitates, but then Model Z demerges from her/his body, [[MoreHeroThanThou telling her/him to go help Grey/Ashe]] and using his hidden power to suppress the Enemy Mega Men's Biometals, making them fall to their knees. Even as a biometal, Zero is still a badass.
17	-->'''Model Z''': [[JokerImmunity Today's not my day to meet my maker.]]
18	* The secret ending of ''ZXA'' reveals you were all pawns in Master ''Thomas's'' game.
19	* Canon or not, is nobody going to mention the [[BlatantLies lovely]] fight with Omega Zero in ZX? It's a CMOA for both parties.
20	** The fight itself has to be extrapolated on given how brutal it is...''for both parties.'' Omega Zero is an utter ''beast'' who will not stop attacking, and his AI is incredibly clever - he will attempt to corner you, because when cornered it's entirely possible for him to pull out a series of moves that are impossible to dodge. It is theoretically possible to beat him without taking damage, and the best way to do so is to ''stand in front of him'' as much as possible, baiting out his attacks. And that's when the player realizes that for all his power and skill and speed, Omega Zero is ''a GlassCannon.'' No matter who wins, it's going to end quickly, and it's going to be ''glorious,'' either as a result of Omega Zero pulling out beautiful combos or the player taking all they've learned through the ''Zero'' series and this game and pulling out a win against the original body of Dr. Wily's ultimate creation.

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