History Awesome / MegaManX

* A meta example: the ''[[CompilationRerelease Mega Man X Legacy Collections]]'' include all of the main series 'X' games, which is good by itself. What's more subtly awesome is that Creator/{{Capcom}} is including ''X7'', unanimously considered the worst in the series and the game that single-handedly ''[[FranchiseKiller killed]]'' its own franchise, within the package. A lesser company would have swept that game under the rug and pretend it never happened, making it into "Mega Man X Legacy Collection Minus That One Game". And yet here Capcom is, owning up to their mistake and allowing others to play a game that so many others have riffed on. With this and ''VideoGame/MegaMan11'' on the horizon, it seems they're finally finding their footing again, at least with their Blue Bombers.

* A villainous one in X8: [[spoiler:The moment Lumine reveals he has pulled one over on '''Sigma.''']]

* One for X by way of {{RetCon}}: With the debut of [[VideoGame/MegaMan11 Megaman 11]], Rock is the first of Dr. Light's robots to use the Double Charge Shot. However, for Rock it's a potentially dangerous move, since he's over charging his buster with the Double Gear system: he can't handle the recoil and he has to fire both shots. X on the other hand can handle the move just fine, even hold the second shot in reserve.

* One for X by way of {{RetCon}}: With the debut of ''[[VideoGame/MegaMan11]]'', Rock is the first of Dr. Light's robots to use the Double Charge Shot. However, for Rock it's a potentially dangerous move, since he's over charging his buster with the Double Gear system: he can't handle the recoil and he has to fire both shots. X on the other hand can handle the move just fine, even hold the second shot in reserve.

* From [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uewln1kANo the flashback of Sigma and Zero from X4]], Sigma (TheHero at that time) is fighting the Maverick Zero. This is a CMOA for Sigma at first, as he gains the upper hand. But then Zero quickly turns the tables by breaking Sigma's arm off ''with his own''. Before that, he also tries to fight Sigma, who holds a lightsaber, WITH A [[VideoGame/FinalFight GODDAMN PIPE!!!]]

* ''Day of Sigma'' begins with a confrontation with a berzerk Mechaniloid. Mechaniloids in this universe are all-but-indestructible HumongousMecha typically used in large-scale construction. X is given the job of delivering the first punch. He does it by [[ItsRainingMen jumping out of a chopper thousands of feet in the air]] and [[DeathFromAbove firing a fully charged X-Buster shot in free fall.]] Not only does the shot [[ImprobableAimingSkills land a direct hit on the Mechaniloid]], it ''slams'' the Mechaniloid into the ground and ''buries it under what's left of the building it was occupying.'' What's more impressive is X accomplished this at his most basic level.
* After a HopelessBossFight with Vile and his HumongousMecha, he grabs X and picks him up...and then you hear the sound of a blaster charging. A blast fires from offscreen, blows the arm of Vile's suit ''clean'' off, and Zero dashes up to you, coolness [[EstablishingCharacterMoment well established]].
** Later on, it gets reversed. Vile and X tangle again. X loses again. Zero saves him again, [[spoiler:but in doing so sacrifices himself to destroy Vile's Ride Armor. This fills X with a righteous fury and makes him uber-pissed off.]] Bye, Vile.
** Zero does it again in X3, against the rebellious Mac; this time he temporarily becomes a playable character.

'''X''': I'll finish this. Right here, ''right now!'' '''[[BadassBoast I WILL DEFEAT YOU, SIGMA]]!'''

* It's pretty badass how in X3, X has grown powerful enough to nonchalantly blow apart Vile's new, improved Ride Armor and then blow up Vile himself, specially after the latter's "[[DeathTrap Hahaha, I have caught you in my trap, you can't escape!]]" speech.
* In ''X2''...Sigma confronts X at the final stage with a black Zero, only for it to be easily destroyed by the real Zero, [[spoiler:just BackFromTheDead.]]

* In ''VideoGame/MegaManX8'', the final boss is giving a "We're NotSoDifferent" speech, which has X and [[EnsembleDarkHorse Zero]] gritting their teeth as they realize he might be right...until Axl says "screw it" and opens fire, telling him to buzz off, quickly snapping both X and Zero out of the brief HeroicBSOD. Though he was already [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap absolved from TheScrappy]] status for some time, this moment showed just how awesome he'd become.
** Axl has another one, believe it or not, in the ending of ''VideoGame/MegaManX7''. Sigma, barely standing after being defeated, punches Axl through a wall, incapacitating the latter. Before X or Zero could move, [[DiscOneFinalBoss Red]] appears and attacks them. Sigma, seeing his chance, attempts to possess Red when the latter came closer to him. However, Red, who was actually Axl in disguise, shoots him at point-blank range ''while his back was turned'', and the single shot was enough to blast Sigma through a wall himself, and send him plummeting to the ground.
* X's BadassBoast at the end of ''VideoGame/MegaManX6'', in which he claims that he has better things to do than fight Sigma over and over, but if he returns X ''will'' defeat him for good. Of course, then he goes and starts whining in the next game and we get Axl, so yeah.

* In one of ''X6's'' endings, Zero [[spoiler:openly claims that the world is in good (X's) hands, and that X will always be the better hero between the two of them. This is quite impressive, since Zero doesn't even ''think of himself'' as a hero.]] A ''humble badass''.
* In the intro to ''X6'', they show Zero's [[spoiler:crash into the [[ColonyDrop falling Eurasia colony]] in ''X5''.]] That interpretation of the event was even ''better'' than how they showed it in the original. In fact, the original (X5) didn't even ''show the crash''!
* X6 (especially if you don't unlock Zero) was one long Crowing Moment Of Awesome for X. Honestly, continuing with this characterization would have made the remainder of the X series much more tolerable. And Axl probably would be much better favored if (assuming Zero was kept dead) X now needed to take Axl under his wing, like Zero did when ''X'' was a rookie. It'd bring the whole thing full-circle rather nicely, and would set up the X of the ''Zero'' series much better.

'''X''': I'm going to finish this! Right here! ''Right now! '''I WILL DEFEAT YOU, SIGMA!'''''

** Made more awesome by the fact that Sigma was supposed to be KilledOffForReal at this point before [[ExecutiveMeddling the meddling Capcom executives]] stepped in and made Gate revive him in the next game.

* Zero's BigDamnHeroes moment in the intro stage of X1. [[TheDragon Vile]] has curbstomped X in a HopelessBossFight and has him in the death grip of his PoweredArmor. After Vile taunts X, we hear the sound of an X-Buster charging, and then a charged shot blasts off the arm holding X. Cue Zero racing in and saving X's metal hide.

** Zero does it again in X3; this time he temporarily becomes a playable character.
** Later on, it gets reversed. Vile and X tangle again. X loses again. Zero saves him again, [[spoiler:but gets killed by Vile. This fills X with a righteous fury and makes him uber-pissed off. Bye, Vile.]]

** Made more awesome by the fact that Sigma was supposed to be KilledOffForReal at this point before [[ExecutiveMeddling the meddling Capcom executives]] stepped in.
*** Except he WAS killed off for good. If Gate had not intervened, he would not have returned.

* In one of ''X6's'' endings, even if he is Zero [[spoiler:openly claims that the world is in good (X's) hands, and that X will always be the better hero between the two of them. This is quite impressive, since Zero doesn't even ''think of himself'' as a hero.]] A ''humble badass''.

** BlinkDawg considers this an SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic as well.

* In the intro to ''X6'', they show Zero's [[spoiler:crash into the [[ColonyDrop falling Eurasia colony]] in ''X5''.]] That interpretation of the event was one of the few things that the game has done ''right'', and even ''better'' than how they showed it in the original. In fact, the original (X5) didn't even ''show the crash''!
* As bad as the game itself was, X6 (especially if you don't unlock Zero) was one long Crowing Moment Of Awesome for X. Honestly, continuing with this characterization would have made the remainder of the X series much more tolerable. And Axl probably would be much better favored if (assuming Zero was kept dead) X now needed to take Axl under his wing, like Zero did when ''X'' was a rookie. It'd bring the whole thing full-circle rather nicely, and would set up the X of the ''Zero'' series much better.

* After a HopelessBossFight with Vile and his HumongousMecha, he grabs X and picks him up...and then you hear the sound of a blaster charging. A blast fires from offscreen, blows the arm of Vile's suit ''clean'' off, and Zero dashes up to you, [[BadAss coolness]] [[EstablishingCharacterMoment well established]].

* It's pretty {{Badass}} how in X3, X has grown powerful enough to nonchalantly blow apart Vile's new, improved Ride Armor and then blow up Vile himself, specially after the latter's "[[DeathTrap Hahaha, I have caught you in my trap, you can't escape!]]" speech.

* In one of ''X6's'' endings, even if he is Zero [[spoiler:openly claims that the world is in good (X's) hands, and that X will always be the better hero between the two of them. This is quite impressive, since Zero doesn't even ''think of himself'' as a hero.]] A ''humble {{badass}}''.

--> '''Sigma''': I will show you the true potential of Reploids!\\

* From [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uewln1kANo the flashback of Sigma and Zero from X4]], Sigma (TheHero at that time) is fighting the Maverick Zero. This is a CMOA for Sigma at first, as he gains the upper hand. But then Zero quickly turns the tables by breaking Sigma's arm off ''with his own''. Before that, he also tries to fight Sigma, who holds a lightsaber, WITH A [[FinalFight GODDAMN PIPE!!!]]

* In ''VideoGame/MegaManX8'', the final boss is giving a "We're NotSoDifferent" speech, which has X and [[EnsembleDarkHorse Zero]] gritting their teeth as they realize he might be right...until Axl says "screw it" and opens fire, telling him to buzz off, quickly snapping both X and Zero out of the brief HeroicBSOD. Though he was already [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap absolved from TheScrappy]] [[''VideoGame/MegaManX: CommandMission'' status for some time]], this moment showed just how awesome he'd become.

* In ''VideoGame/MegaManX8'', the final boss is giving a "We're NotSoDifferent" speech, which has X and [[EnsembleDarkHorse Zero]] gritting their teeth as they realize he might be right...until Axl says "screw it" and opens fire, telling him to buzz off, quickly snapping both X and Zero out of the brief HeroicBSOD. Though he was already [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap absolved from TheScrappy]] [[''VideoGame/MegaManX:CommandMission status for some time'']], this moment showed just how awesome he'd become.

* In ''VideoGame/MegaManX8'', the final boss is giving a "We're NotSoDifferent" speech, which has X and [[EnsembleDarkHorse Zero]] gritting their teeth as they realize he might be right...until Axl says "screw it" and opens fire, telling him to buzz off, quickly snapping both X and Zero out of the brief HeroicBSOD. Though he was already [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap absolved from TheScrappy]] [[VideoGame/MegaManX:CommandMission status for some time]], this moment showed just how awesome he'd become.

* In ''VideoGame/MegaManX8'', the final boss is giving a "We're NotSoDifferent" speech, which has X and [[EnsembleDarkHorse Zero]] gritting their teeth as they realize he might be right...until Axl says "screw it" and opens fire, telling him to buzz off, quickly snapping both X and Zero out of the brief HeroicBSOD. [[MrDeath This editor]] actually cheered at the scene. It still doesn't [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap absolve him of his status]] as TheScrappy, though.

* The fight with Storm Eagle in Megaman X1 deserves a special mention. Before the fight begins, X hitches a ride on Eagle's CoolAirship, the Death Rogumer, which starts to rapidly ascend. X blasts off the forward guns, climbs underneath the ship and sneaks into the ship itself. A few seconds later, the top half of the airship explodes, prompting Storm Eagle to arrive. When you defeat Eagle, the crippled ship starts falling down towards the Power Plant Stage.
** ''Maverick Hunter X'' dispenses with X crippling the airship prior to the boss fight, but makes up for it with Storm Eagle having one of the more awesome boss banters in the game.

* Two in the intro stage of Megaman X2. The first being the well-known HeroicSacrifice of [[MemeticMutation Green Biker Dude.]] Second during the boss fight with a HumongousMecha several times the size of X...and X winning.
** The latter happens again in Megaman X3.
*** And again in Megaman X4.

* After a HopelessBossFight with Vile and his HumongousMecha, he grabs X and picks him up... and then you hear the sound of a blaster charging. A blast fires from offscreen, blows the arm of Vile's suit ''clean'' off, and Zero dashes up to you, [[BadAss coolness]] [[EstablishingCharacterMoment well established]].
** BlinkDawg considers this a CrowningMusicOfAwesome as well.

* In ''X2''... Sigma confronts X at the final stage with a black Zero, only for it to be easily destroyed by the real Zero, [[spoiler:just BackFromTheDead.]]

* The cutscene after the FinalBattle in ''X5'': X and Zero, [[spoiler:the latter dying and half his body destroyed,]] were impaled by a decapitated Sigma's [[BreathWeapon Mouth Beam]]. Zero proceeds to destroy Sigma with one [[spoiler:last]] [[ArmCannon Z-buster]] shot. What makes the moment awesome? The spoiler tags tell it all.
-->'''Zero''': How persistent... you are... Die... Sigma...

* In the eighth game, the final boss is giving a "We're NotSoDifferent" speech, which has X and [[EnsembleDarkHorse Zero]] gritting their teeth as they realize he might be right... until Axl says "screw it" and opens fire, telling him to buzz off, quickly snapping both X and Zero out of the brief HeroicBSOD. [[MrDeath This editor]] actually cheered at the scene. It still doesn't [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap absolve him of his status]] as TheScrappy, though.
** Axl has another one, believe it or not, in the ending of ''X7''. Sigma, barely standing after being defeated, punches Axl through a wall, incapacitating the latter. Before X or Zero could move, [[DiscOneFinalBoss Red]] appears and attacks them. Sigma, seeing his chance, attempts to possess Red when the latter came closer to him. However, Red, who was actually Axl in disguise, shoots him at point-blank range ''while his back was turned'', and the single shot was enough to blast Sigma through a wall himself, and send him plummeting to the ground.
* X's BadassBoast at the end of ''X6'', in which he claims that he has better things to do than fight Sigma over and over, but if he returns X ''will'' defeat him for good. Of course, then he goes and starts whining in the next game and we get Axl, so yeah.
* Throughout the ''Day of Sigma'' OVA, X is reluctant to use violence when fellow Reploids are at risk. But after being forced to watch Sigma attack Zero and launch missiles on their own city, he [[BewareTheNiceOnes snaps]], [[ScreamingWarrior screams with righteous fury]], and claws at Sigma's eyes with a [[GGundam Shining]] [[ShoutOut Finger]], permanently scarring him. And this is ''after he was impaled on Sigma's sword''.

* I think it's pretty {{Badass}} how in X3, X has grown powerful enough to nonchalantly blow apart Vile's new, improved Ride Armor and then blow up Vile himself, specially after the latter's "[[DeathTrap Hahaha, I have caught you in my trap, you can't escape!]]" speech.

* In one of ''X6's'' endings, even if he is '''''the''' [[{{Badass}} trope incarnate]]'', Zero [[spoiler:openly claims that the world is in good (X's) hands, and that X will always be the better hero between the two of them. This is quite impressive, since Zero doesn't even ''think of himself'' as a hero.]] A ''humble {{badass}}''.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbDWsCPe2Ig From an album promotional trailer]]. You know [[HolyShitQuotient shit just got real]] when X and Zero start duking it out ''ANIME STYLE!''

* From [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uewln1kANo the flashback of Sigma and Zero from X4]], Sigma (TheHero at that time) is fighting the Maverick Zero. This is a CMOA for Sigma at first, as he gains the upper hand. But then Zero quickly turns the tables by breaking Sigma's arm off ''with his own''. Before that, he also tries to fight Sigma, who holds a lightsaber, WITH A GODDAMN STEEL BAR.

** Zero does it again in X3; this time he temporarily becomes a [[AndTheFandomRejoiced playable character]].

* ''Day of Sigma'' begins with a confrontation with a berzerk Mechaniloid. Mechaniloids in this universe are all-but-indestructible HumongousMecha typically used in large-scale construction. X is given the job of delivering the first punch. He does it by jumping out of a chopper thousands of feet in the air and [[DeathFromAbove firing a fully charged X-Buster shot in free fall.]] Not only does the shot [[ImprobableAimingSkills land a direct hit on the Mechaniloid]], it ''slams'' the Mechaniloid into the ground and ''buries it under what's left of the building it was occupying.'' What's more impressive is X accomplished this at his most basic level.

* ''Day of Sigma'' begins with a confrontation with a berzerk Mechaniloid. Mechaniloids in this universe are all-but-indestructible HumongousMecha typically used in large-scale construction. X is given the job of delivering the first punch. He does it by jumping out of a chopper thousands of feet in the air and [[DeathFromAbove firing a fully charged X-Buster shot in free fall.]] Not only does the shot [[ImprobableAimingSkills land a direct hit on the Mechaniloid]], it ''slams'' the Mechaniloid into the ground and ''buries it under what's left of the building it was occupying.'' What's more impressive is X accomplished this at his most basic level.