History VideoGame / MegaManX

* SeldomSeenSpecies: Some of the Mavericks fall under this. Some players may not be aware that Infinity Mijinion is based on a water flea, and he makes some [[HypocriticalHumor hypocritical remarks]] about Mavericks being useless fleas.

-->~ '''Message from Dr. Thomas Light, ''Mega Man X'' intro'''

* ''VideoGame/MegaManX7'' ([=PS2=], PC[[labelnote:*]]also Korean-only[[/labelnote]]): ''Mega Man X''[='s=] 3D debut, though X himself spends most of the story [[TenMinuteRetirement sidelined]] in favor of newcomer Axl. Known for the [[PolygonCeiling severe clunkiness of its 3D segments]].

** ''Mega Man X7'' forces shifts between 2D platformer and 3D third-person shooter gameplay throughout the game, [[PolygonCeiling with questionable results]].

* PolygonCeiling: ''X7'' is considered the weakest game of the series largely because of a poor implementation of 3D gameplay. The next game, which was entirely 2.5D, was much better received.

* WickedWasps: Blast Hornet of ''X3''.

** X himself is Light's MagnumOpus, the first truly sentient robot entirely unbound from being ThreeLawsCompliant, giving him tremendous capacity for good and evil while representing a paradigm shift in the relationship between man and robot. X's schematics were so advanced that Dr. Doppler eagerly copied them to produce the Reploids. Unfortunately, Doppler did not put them through the same moral testing programs that X went through, resulting in many of them going Maverick and sparking the Maverick Wars once Sigma was infected by Wily's Zero Virus.

** Parodied in the [[AchivementSystem Hunter Medals]] of the ''Mega Man X Legacy Collections''. There's an achievement for defeating Sigma [[spoiler:and Lumine]] at the end of each game in both collections, each one featuring a title joking about Sigma's defeat only to rise back from the dead in the next game.

** And ''X2'' brings it full-circle (or rather, begins the whole trend) in "''Sekai ga owaru Toki''" ("Moment When the World Ends").

* UrbanRuins: Thanks to the ris

e of the [[KillerRobot Mavericks]], the series contains a few examples:
** The intro level for ''VideoGame/MegaManX1'' takes place in a city under attack by Mavericks.
** Wheel Gator's stage in ''VideoGame/MegaManX2'' takes place in a ship travelling through a half-demolished city.

You can vote on your favorite game in the series [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/crowner.php/BestEpisode/MegaManX?open=all#cwc269b9 here.]]

* ''Mega Man X Collection'' ([=PS2=], GC): A compilation of the first six main games, plus ''Mega Man Battle & Chase''.
* ''Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 + 2'' (UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, PC): The eight main games re-released for modern systems, with the option of buying 1 (''X''-''X4'') and 2 (''X5''-''X8'') separately. Includes the ''Day of Sigma'' OVA and a BossRush challenge mode where you fight almost every Maverick and boss in the series.

* ''VideoGame/MegaManXDive'' ([=iOS=] and Android): A gacha action-platformer spin-off that takes in a cyberspace known as the "Deep Log". Uses a modified engine previously used for ''Maverick Hunter X''. Also features characters from other points in the series.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Spark Mandrill from ''X'' and Soldier Stonekong from ''X7''.

* TechnicolorDeath: Everytime a boss is defeated, of the ChainReactionDestruction variety.

* AbortedArc: the ''Maverick Hunter X'' version of the timeline after poor sales killed off the chance for continuing the story.

* HijackedByGanon: A staple of all games except ''VideoGame/MegaManX8'', where Sigma has the final boss title hijacked ''from'' him.

* ''VideoGame/MegaManXDive'' ([=iOS=] and Android): A gacha action-platformer spin-off that takes in a cyberspace known as the "Deep Log". Uses a modified engine previously used for ''Maverick Hunter X''.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: The Music/GunsNRoses names for the Mavericks in X5. GRIZZLY SLASH! DARK DIZZY! MATTREX! Even Duff [=McWhalen=] is awesome in its own silly way. Some of them might be a bit... less so, however (see UnfortunateNames)

* UnfortunateNames: ''X5'' has The Skiver. While the name is supposed to sound like sky (and being based off Michael "High in the Sky" Monroe), a skiver is also a term used for a slacker or lazy person.

* UnwinnableByMistake:
** In ''X6'', Capcom actually included a way to get Zero's Black Armor without the use of a cheat code. However, a design oversight made it impossible to achieve. What did you have to do? Defeat Nightmare Zero when he's at level 4, which you get him at by obtaining 5,000 Nightmare souls. Problem is, getting 3,000 unlocks Gate's Lab, which removes the Nightmare Zero fight entirely and replaces him with Dynamo. Oops! Thankfully, the ''Mega Man X6 Tweaks'' project can fix this oversight (among other things).
** It's seemingly impossible to beat Gate's Lab 2 with Unarmored X or Shadow Armor X due to an air dash-only jump, but you can clear it with either clever use of Blaze Heatnix's weapon (swing the fire blade repeatedly in the air to float over the gap), or by combining BOTH the Hyper Dash and Jumper parts, and then dash jumping off the wall at the absolute lowest possible spot.
* UrbanRuins: Thanks to the rise of the [[KillerRobot Mavericks]], the series contains a few examples:

* CerberusSyndrome: ''X4'' was the point where GreyAndGreyMorality started to shape the conflict and things got progressivly worse for the world at large.

** A stylized Greek Letter Sigma (Σ) for the Mavericks, and Zero's own stylized "Z". It's a surprise that X himself doesn't have one.
** He arguably does have one in his ''X8'' design, but it's in the side of the helmet and might just be a screw or something.

* MonstrosityEqualsWeakness

* WhamEpisode / CerebusSyndrome: ''X4''; well, most of it anyway. [[spoiler:Mavericks that have more to do with politics instead of TheVirus (as was established two games earlier), Iris' death, and [[{{Foreshadowing}} X wondering if he can keep doing the same thing over and over]] (although the last one [[{{Fauxshadow}} was subverted]])]]. The whole thing even ''started off'' with a [=WHAM=]:[[spoiler:''Dr. Wily'' appearing for the first time, and to Zero, ''no less!'']]

** While Repliforce and Nightmare Investigators are both sympathetic in one way or another (Repliforce was framed, some of its members are actually moles working under Sigma, and it's Magma Dragoon who brought down the Sky Lagoon. The Nightmare Investigators were killed off for pretty petty reasons- they're hard to handle and their DNA data was unreadable), they do have their own faults (Repliforce refused to stand down for interrogation and instead they go to their KillSat and they want peace and seclusion out of Earth, it's just that they're breaking the law, and let Jet Stingray and Storm Owl destroy some cities as distractions for their exile. In the Nightmare Investigator's case, the Hunters saw through the ruse created by the Investigatrs the moment Isoc started calling for Reploids to volunteer to help destroy a "ghost" of Zero gone bad, and said "ghost" is actually Gate's own creation).

* KangarooPouchRide: He starts the battle riding a mother kangaroo-shaped battle mech, its cockpit being in its "pouch".

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Music/ThreeDoorsDown If I go Maverick then will you still call me Mega Man?]]]]

* FranchiseZombie: Series creator Keiji Inafune wanted to stop the series after ''X5'', but ExecutiveMeddling forced three more games out of the series, and quality suffered as a result.

* GrandFinale: ''X5''. Callbacks to [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic the earlier series]] and the rest of the ''X'' series, a ClimaxBoss foreshadowed by all four of the previous games, the return of a classic villain, and a potentially apocalyptic plot. A fitting end to the series...Too bad they had to keep making more games.

** Speaking of Guns And Roses Neon Tiger's theme in X3(and Xtreme 2) are remixes of "My Michelle" From Guns N' Roses

''Mega Man X'', the {{darker and edgier}} {{sequel series}} to Creator/{{Capcom}}'s original ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'' series, follows the exploits of the original Blue Bomber's future successor.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Not applied to only one character, but the concept ''as whole'' for the series. In the beginning X was said to be special, not only for being the origin to all Reploids but for being to most ''humane'' out of the bunch, his emotions and potential for growth can be compared to that of any human; in turn other Reploids, and even Zero the other SuperPrototype himself, commented on how they couldn't (or considered a waste to) feel and express themselves like X did. A few games later, this concept seems to be all but abandoned, pretty much all other Reploids and Zero are RidiculouslyHumanRobots, they express themselves and have distinctive personalities like any other human; X now is more of a outspoken pacifist, as opposed to someone who worries because ''he was the only one who could''.

* BeeAfraid: Blast Hornet of ''X3''.