History VideoGame / MegaManX5

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''Mega Man X5'' is the fifth entry in the ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' series, released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation on November 2000 in Japan, February 2001 in North America, and August 2001 in Europe. It was originally intended as the [[GrandFinale series finale]], but this plan was changed by [[ExecutiveMeddling greater powers]].

* ShoddyKnockoffProduct: The Fourth Armor recreated by Alia isn't a perfect replica, lacking the ability to provide infinite weapon energy, the fully powered Plasma Charge Shot, and having no Nova Strike at all. However, it is the only armor capable of charging special weapons before you find the Ultimate Armor, and fills the JackOfAllStats role in X's wardrobe.

* ShoddyKnockoffProduct: The Fourth Armor recreated by Alia isn't a perfect replica, lacking the ability to provide infinite weapon energy, the fully powered Plasma Charge Shot, and having no Nova Strike at all. However, it is the only armor capable of charging special weapons, and fills the JackOfAllStats role in X's wardrobe.

** Albeit one that takes a bit of EpicFail; if you get all the orbs in Squid Adler's stage, open the door and then somehow fall down the hole to continue...you can't get back up to it. And the orbs don't respawn once the door has been opened. So if you do that and then save, a piece of the Falcon Armor is lost forever, plus all the other upgrades that require it.

* BagOfSpilling: Averted for once; X still has the Fourth Armor if you start a new game with him. Played straight however if you start the game with Zero as X will sustain an injury that destroys the Fourth Armor during the opening stage.

** Repliforce from the [[VideoGame/MegaManX4 previous game]] gets referenced in this game quite a bit by some of the game's bosses. Like with Launch Octopus however, these references also end up getting lost, getting mistranslated into "Reploid Air Force". The ''Legacy Collection'' release fixed this as well.

* CulturalTranslation: In the original English localizations of ''X5'', the bosses' names were plays on current and former members of Music/GunsNRoses.

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** Tidal Whale's stage music is a remastered version of Bubble Crab's from ''VideoGame/MegaManX2''; however, Whale had an original theme before it was scrapped. The U-555 is also a bit similar to the miniboss in Crab's stage.

*** In Burn Dinorex's stage, if you pick the upper route when the path branches, you'll face a miniboss that's highly reminiscent of the Mecha Dragon from ''VideoGame/MegaMan2''.

** Throughout the fortress are green Ride Armor enemies with shields, filling the role of Sniper Joe.

** Sigma's OneWingedAngel is similar to Gamma from ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'', especially the arms. [[spoiler:This crosses into FridgeBrilliance territory when you take into consideration that it was [[PredecessorVillain Dr. Wily]] who made this body.]]

** Dark Necrobat is a reploid created by Sigma for his Maverick army, but defected from Sigma and ran away. As a result, Necrobat is the only one of the eight bosses to have a Sigma insignia under his health bar.

* MightyGlacier: X with the Gaea Armor: It's bulky and limits X's moves a lot, but it gives him more firepower and can charge shots much faster, and its Giga Attack creats a huge fireball in front of him that deals decent damage; however, he's unable to use special weapons. It also lets him climb walls without sliding down, and gives him immunity to spikes, making it a lot easier to obtain items such as the Heart Container in Crescent Grizzly's or Shining Firefly's stage,

** Because of the [[ContinuitySnarl confusing chronology]] of the multiple endings in the series context, the Legacy Collection achivement for getting them all is named "[[LampshadeHanging Time Paradox]]".

* TheRemnant: Spiral Pegasus and Burn Dinorex were affiliated with Repliforce from ''X4''. Likewise, Dark Necrobat was one of Sigma's forces but then hid himself.

The gameplay twist for ''Mega Man X5'' is the DoomsdayClock, which the player must race against to complete their plans and repel Eurasia. Each Maverick holds a MacGuffin for the Enigma mission or the Shuttle mission, and defeating them grants the player a part to increase their chances of success. Note that it only ''increases chance'' -- the player's success always has a hint of randomness to it. Besides this, the game plays largely the same as ''Mega Man X4'' but with some changes: a boss level system that effect the challenge of each boss, a Power-Up Parts system to grant the characters buffs, and ''two'' unique sets of Armor Parts available to X. The entry is also notable for finally giving X and Zero (or any ''Mega Man'' playable character for that matter) the ability to [[YouHaveResearchedBreathing crouch]].

''Mega Man X5'' is the fifth entry in the ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' series, released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation on November 2000 in Japan, February 2001 in North America, and August 2001 in Europe. It was originally intended as the [[GrandFinale series finale]], but this plan was changed by [[ExecutiveMeddling greater powers]]. The entry is also notable for finally giving X and Zero (or any ''Mega Man'' playable character for that matter) the ability to [[YouHaveResearchedBreathing crouch]].

The gameplay twist for ''Mega Man X5'' is the DoomsdayClock, which the player must race against to complete their plans and repel Eurasia. Each Maverick holds a MacGuffin for the Enigma mission or the Shuttle mission, and defeating them grants the player a part to increase their chances of success. Note that it only ''increases chance'' -- the player's success always has a hint of randomness to it. Besides this, the game plays largely the same as ''Mega Man X4'' but with some changes: a boss level system that effect the challenge of each boss, a Power-Up Parts system to grant the characters buffs, and ''two'' unique sets of Armor Parts available to X.

* Dark Necrobat (Dark Dizzy), a former servant of Sigma holding a Fuel Tank. X and Zero both earn [[TimeStandsStill Dark Hold]] from him.

-->-- '''Commander Signas'''

The gameplay twist for ''Mega Man X5'' is the DoomsdayClock, which the player must race against to complete their plans and repel Eurasia. Each Maverick holds a part for the Enigma mission or the Shuttle mission, and defeating them grants the player a part to increase their chances of success. Note that it only ''increases chance'' -- the player's success always has a hint of randomness to it. Besides this, the game plays largely the same as ''Mega Man X4'' but with some changes: a boss level system that effect the challenge of each boss, a Power-Up Parts system to grant the characters buffs, and ''two'' unique sets of Armor Parts available to X.

* Crescent Grizzly (Grizzly Slash), an arms dealer. X earns [[{{Lunacy}} Crescent Shot]] from him, and Zero earns [[SpinAttack Crescent Sword]].
* Volt Kraken (Squid Adler), an ex-Maverick Hunter. X earns [[ShockAndAwe Tri-Thunder]] from him, and Zero earns [[SpinAttack Electric Blade]].
* Shining Firefly (Izzy Glow), a laser researcher. X earns [[EnergyWeapon Flash]] [[PlayerGuidedMissile Laser]] from him, and Zero earns [[SpinAttack Chaos Flasher]].
* Tidal Whale (Duff [=McWhalen=]), a museum curator. X earns [[AnIcePerson Goo Shaver]] from him, and Zero earns [[DashAttack Flying Splasher]].
* Spiral Pegasus (The Skiver), an ex-Repliforce captain. X earns [[TornadoMove Wing Spiral]] from him, and Zero earns [[SpeedEchoes Wind Shredder]].
* Spike Rosered (Axle the Red), a black market thief. X earns [[SpikeBallsOfDoom Spike Ball]] from him, and Zero earns [[SelfDuplication Twin Dream]].
* Dark Necrobat (Dark Dizzy), a former servant of Sigma. X and Zero both earn [[TimeStandsStill Dark Hold]] from him.
* Burn Dinorex (Mattrex), a weapons crafter. X earns [[PlayingWithFire Ground Fire]] from him, and Zero earns [[SwordPlant Quake Blazer]].

* Spiral Pegasus (The Skiver), an air force captain. X earns [[TornadoMove Wing Spiral]] from him, and Zero earns [[SpeedEchoes Wind Shredder]].

This game's eight Maverick bosses each hold a part for the Enigma or the shuttle - unfortunately, they refuse to cooperate out of contempt for the Hunters or due to Sigma Virus infection. They're unique for their Music/GunsNRoses-inspired {{Woolseyism}} [[DubNameChange names]] in the initial English release, which have since been [[{{Retcon}} retconned]] to more accurate names:

* GameMod: The North American [=PlayStation=] release has the Improvement Project by [=DarkSamus993=], a ROM hack that aimed to add some quality-of-life changes to the game such as both Hunters get to keep their respective bonuses regardless who was chosen at the start of the game, Heart Tanks/Life Ups/Weapon Ups are shared by both characters, and completely disabling Alia's hints. This project was incorporated and expanded upon with the Improvement Project Addendum helmed by acediez, which not only restores the missing and altered features from the Japanese version (the title screen art, Maverick names, songs, voices, and unused music), it features a retranslated script, fixes the parts acquisition mechanics, tweaked the RNG mechanics of the Engima and Shuttle, X can use armor parts without completing the set, and various other gameplay rebalancing and quality-of-life changes, bring the project to be comparable to the author's Mega Man X6 Tweaks ROM hack.

* BackFromTheDead: Presumed dead since the Classic ''Mega Man'' series, it's strongly implied that Dr. Wily has returned in some matter to inform Sigma about Zero's connection to the Maverick Virus, as well as somehow build Sigma a new battle body. How Dr. Wily returned and where he is after this game, however, are never explained or explored.

* FightingYourFriend: [[spoiler:No matter what you do, X and Zero end up fighting each other.]]

** Since ''X5'' is supposed to be the final ''X'' series game, the franchise would have gone full-circle with the implication that Dr. Wily is still around. But then the ''X'' series continued on, and there is little to no mention of Wily ever since.

* Spike Rosered (Axle the Red), a black market dealer. X earns [[SpikeBallsOfDoom Spike Ball]] from him, and Zero earns [[SelfDuplication Twin Dream]].