History Main / XMakesAnythingCool

* The GirlsLove manga ''Manga/HayateCrossBlade'' (where the X is pronounced "cross").

** And the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20050908234534/http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29713 less-desirable XX]].

* Speaking of Wolverine, there's the Franchise/XMen as a whole. Because ex-men just doesn't sound cool enough.

** Moira [=MacTaggert=]'s prisoner, the mysterious Mutant X, who turned out to be [[spoiler:her son, AKA Proteus]]. The name was dusted off in the '90s for the comic book starring Havok trapped in a ParallelUniverse, and [[Series/MutantX an unrelated TV series]] Marvel had ''some'' hand in (''Series/{{Alphas}}'' is sort of a SpiritualSuccessor).

* Creator/{{Atlus}}' fairly obscure HackAndSlash game ''VideoGame/MakenX'' is a twofer. The eponymous Maken is a sentient demon sword wielded by the game's heroine, while the "X" in the title can be chalked up to RuleOfCool. Then, when the game was ported from the [[UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast Dreamcast]] to the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, it was retitled ''Maken Shao''. [[BilingualBonus Among other reasons]], this is because there was already an "X" in the title (魔剣Ｘ), so the "爻" character[[labelnote:*]]"shao" in Cantonese[[/labelnote]] used in the new title (魔剣爻) [[VisualPun is meant to resemble a "XX"]].

* The UsefulNotes/DSiWare game ''VideoGame/PhotoDojo'', known as ''Photo Fighter X'' in Japan.
* Before its release, the code name of the first UsefulNotes/PlayStation was PS-X, short for [=PlayStation=]-eXperimental. (This is why you'll often see [=PS1=] titles designated with "PSX" when mentioned.) Later, Sony released a digital video recorder with integrated [=PlayStation=] and UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 hardware, called PSX.

* The UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis CDX was an all-in-one console that could play both cartridge and CD games, and also served as a (not very) portable audio CD player. The Genesis also had the 32X add-on.

* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'': The Japanese version of ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Super Street Fighter II Turbo]]'' is called ''Super Street Fighter II X'' (likely changed due to the fact that the letter X could be confused with the Roman numeral for ten). This is the reason why the letter "X" appears when a Super Combo is used in the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance version, as well as why the ''Super Turbo''-like fighting style in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha 3'' is called "X-ism".

* The UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 and its successor PC-FX.

* The Japan-only UsefulNotes/GameBoy game ''X'' and its [=DSiWare=] sequel [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lfPZ75XcpQ X-Scape]]
* The early online adapter for the Genesis and the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]], the UsefulNotes/{{XBAND}}.

* The UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} line of game consoles is the highest profile example in all of video gaming. Its ancestor, the 8-bit UsefulNotes/{{MSX}} computer line, invoked this trope all the way back in the 1980s. Apparently the single X lost its luster, though, so they [[SequelEscalation added another one]] for the 2017 and 2020 editions, the UsefulNotes/XboxOne X and UsefulNotes/{{Xbox Series X|AndS}}.

** The UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} falls under this trope as well. Microsoft realized that "[=DirectX=] Box" just didn't sound all that catchy. The Xbox is, essentially, just a computer with streamlined [=DirectX=] support[[note]]It's actually more complicated than that, as while the Xbox is an [=x86=] machine, it deviates significantly from a run of the mill IBM compatible.[[/note]], one of the reasons why it and its successor are touted as being "developer friendly."
*** And of course, there's the UsefulNotes/XboxOne X. When not even two X'es are cool enough. Followed by the UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesX (though that one has an alternate, the Series S).

** The codenames for the Xbox 360's processor and GPU are the Xenon and Xenos, respectively. The UsefulNotes/PlayStation3's GPU is the RSX.

** Sinclair UsefulNotes/ZX81 and it's more successful cousin, the UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum.
** UsefulNotes/SharpX68000 and its predecessor X1.

** In ''Series/KamenRiderSaber'', Saber's SuperMode is named Xross Saber (pronounced "Cross", but with an X for coolness points).

** Series/KamenRiderGotchard uses CardsOfPower ranked from 1 to 10. The Rank 10 cards are heavily associated with [=Xes=], incorporating them into the names and designs of the characters they depict.

** [=SpaceX=], short for Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

* The logo of the [[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootballPower5Conferences Big 12 Conference]] in US college sports consists of a stylized Roman numeral "XII"... but the conference {{insist|entTerminology}}s on being referred to in print as "Big 12", not "Big Twelve" or (shudder) "Big XII".

->'''Leela:''' You're blackmailing me?\\
'''Bender:''' 'Blackmail' is such an ugly word, I prefer 'extortion'. The 'X' makes it sound cool.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', "[[Recap/FuturamaS2E16AnthologyOfInterestI Anthology of Interest I]]"