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'''Mega Man X: Mavericks''', commonly abbreviated as just '''Mavericks''', is a series of fan games made by [=Maddrex77=]. Programmed in UsefulNotes/RPGMaker, it's based on the ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' series while drawing elements from just about every other ''Franchise/MegaMan'' game series.
'''Mega Man X: Mavericks''', commonly abbreviated as just '''Mavericks''', is a series of fan games made by [=Maddrex77=]. Programmed in UsefulNotes/RPGMaker, it's based on the ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' series while drawing elements from just about every other ''Franchise/MegaMan'' game series.
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# '''Mavericks - Final Strike Vol. 1''' was announced as in development on Oct. 21, 2021.
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# '''Mavericks - Final Strike Vol. 1''' was announced is the first of a two-part follow-up. The threat of Evil Energy turns out not to be quite over yet as the debris from Wily's space station crash lands on Earth. The Maverick Hunters find themselves with some new allies as their old foes the X-Hunters make a comeback, lead by Dr. Wily's other ultimate creation: Bass. Announced as in development on Oct. 21, 2021.
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* AnIcePerson: Tidal Whale, Frost Walrus, Frost Man, Blizzard Wolffang, Bifrost the Crocoroid and Blizzard Buffalo.
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Special weapon descriptions will gain you a hint as to what Maverick they do extra damage to. In that sense, for the fourth game, you can have Alia examine a stage and give you recommendations as to what types of weapons to bring.
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Special weapon descriptions will gain you a hint as to what Maverick they do extra damage to. In that sense, for the fourth game, you can have Alia examine a stage and give you recommendations as to what types of weapons to bring.
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* AnIcePerson: Tidal Whale, Frost Walrus, Frost Man, Blizzard Wolffang, Bifrost the Crocoroid and Crocoroid, Blizzard Buffalo.
Buffalo and Avalanche Yeti.
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Special weapon descriptions will gain you a hint as to what Maverick they do extra damage to.In that sense, for For the fourth game, you can have Alia examine a stage and give you recommendations as to what types of weapons to bring.
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Special weapon descriptions will gain you a hint as to what Maverick they do extra damage to.
* CantDropTheHero:
** X must always be in the party in ''Final''.
** X and Zero are both required for ''Final Strike''.
** X must always be in the party in ''Final''.
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* ShockAndAwe: Crystal Snail, Dynamo Man and Jupiter.
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** In the fourth game, [[spoiler:Gate is never mentioned again after Alia says he'll be okay. Likewise, if you rescued Ciel or not, nobody makes mention of her again, though the opening crawl for the fourth game subverts this by saying she did return to the future with the rest of the ''Zero'' cast.]]
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** In the fourth game, [[spoiler:Gate is never mentioned again after Alia says he'll be okay. Likewise, if you rescued Ciel or not, nobody makes mention of her again, though the opening crawl for the fourth game subverts again. ''Final Strike vol. 1'' subverted this by saying she revealing that Ciel did return to the future with the rest of the ''Zero'' cast.cast and Gate took up working with the Hunters after his recovery.]]
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* ThisIsADrill: Ground Man.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Proto Man]] is reprogrammed to attack the heroes in the second opening stage.
* CallBack: The cutscene between [[spoiler:Proto Man and Bass]] is modeled after the scene between Dr. Doppler and Vile in ''VideoGame/MegaManX3''.
* CallBack: The cutscene between [[spoiler:Proto Man and Bass]] is modeled after the scene between Dr. Doppler and Vile in ''VideoGame/MegaManX3''.
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* HeelFaceTurn:
** Gate has reformed and begins working for the Maverick Hunters to atone for his actions while he was corrupted.
** Dynamo also joins up, at least partially because he owed them one for accidentally saving him from Gate's time machine.
* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: Bosses no longer used {{Fixed Damage Attack}}s.
* {{Nerf}}: Duo lost his ability to use boss weapons from the previous game. [[spoiler:Proto Man]] also lost this compared to the original games, though it could be handwaved by his technology being out of date.
** Gate has reformed and begins working for the Maverick Hunters to atone for his actions while he was corrupted.
** Dynamo also joins up, at least partially because he owed them one for accidentally saving him from Gate's time machine.
* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: Bosses no longer used {{Fixed Damage Attack}}s.
* {{Nerf}}: Duo lost his ability to use boss weapons from the previous game. [[spoiler:Proto Man]] also lost this compared to the original games, though it could be handwaved by his technology being out of date.
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* MythologyGag: Exposure to Evil Energy turns Ground Man into a vicious and militarized HumongousMecha resembling his original self. Of course, his sprite in this form is ripped from one [[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork6 GroundMan.EXE]].
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* MythologyGag: Exposure to Evil Energy turns Ground Man into a vicious and militarized HumongousMecha resembling his original self. Of course, his sprite in this form is ripped from one [[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork6 [[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork6CybeastGregarAndCybeastFalzar GroundMan.EXE]].
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* BonusBoss: The later three games each have at least one guarding a level-building easter egg.
** Mavericks 2: Carnage Force 0 (original) or Maoh the Giant (remake).
** Mavericks 3: Phantom, Leviathan and Copy X.
** Mavericks 4: Mega Scorpio and Maha Ganeshariff.
** Mavericks 2: Carnage Force 0 (original) or Maoh the Giant (remake).
** Mavericks 3: Phantom, Leviathan and Copy X.
** Mavericks 4: Mega Scorpio and Maha Ganeshariff.
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* BrutalBonusLevel: The Nightmare, which is where [[spoiler:Ciel]] is held captive. You're required to dismantle all 30 Mavericks from the original trilogy in rapid succession, and their stats have been scaled up to the point in progression when the area can be unlocked. Defeating them and Maha Ganeshariff, however, boosts everyone's stats up to level 99, making all other enemy encounters completely irrelevant except to gather Zenny for skills.
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* MythologyGag: Exposure to Evil Energy turns Ground Man into a vicious and militarized HumongousMecha resembling his original self. Of course, his sprite in this form is ripped from one [[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork6 GroundMan.EXE]].
* ScarredEquipment: The Ultimate Armors are available from the start, but their respective skills have been damaged from repeated use & Gate's shenanigans and will malfunction at inopportune moments. Gameplay-wise, this translates to a number of regular and boss enemies being outright immune to damage from these skills.
* ScarredEquipment: The Ultimate Armors are available from the start, but their respective skills have been damaged from repeated use & Gate's shenanigans and will malfunction at inopportune moments. Gameplay-wise, this translates to a number of regular and boss enemies being outright immune to damage from these skills.
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# A fifth game, '''Mavericks 4: Rise of the X-Hunters''' was announced as in development on Oct. 21, 2021.
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# A fifth game, '''Mavericks 4: Rise of the X-Hunters''' - Final Strike Vol. 1''' was announced as in development on Oct. 21, 2021.2021.
# '''Mavericks - Final Strike Vol. 2''' was announced on Mar. 23, 2023.
# '''Mavericks - Final Strike Vol. 2''' was announced on Mar. 23, 2023.
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* EleventhHourRanger: Duo shows up for the final game.
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* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:Ciel.]]
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* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:Ciel. Rescuing her is optional.]]
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* SeriesFauxnale: The end of this game was pretty heavily implied to be the last of the series with all the bad guys defeated and all the major plot points nicely wrapped up. It wasn't until the announcement of a fifth game years later that it was this.
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* SeriesFauxnale: The end of this game was pretty heavily implied original intended to be the last of the series with all the bad guys defeated and all the major plot points nicely wrapped up. It wasn't until the announcement of a fifth game years later that it was this.
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* CuttingOffTheBranches: The opening cutscene confirms Ciel was rescued in the previous game.
* CuttingOffTheBranches: The opening cutscene confirms Ciel was rescued in the previous game.
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* AnAxeToGrind: Mino Magnus.
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** In the fourth game, [[spoiler:Gate is never mentioned again after Alia says he'll be okay. Likewise, if you rescued Ciel or not, nobody makes mention of her again.]]
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* ContractualBossImmunity: Status effects actually could work on bosses in the first game, but this trope was played straight for all games afterward with a few exceptions.
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* UselessUsefulSpell: Status effects actually could work on bosses in the first game, but this trope was played straight for all games afterward with a few exceptions.
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* ALoadOfBull: Mino Magnus and Blizzard Buffalo.
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* StandardStatusEffects: You have poison (virus), paralyzation and berserk. The first game also had blind and sleep, but those were later phased out.
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* StandardStatusEffects: StatusEffects: You have poison (virus), paralyzation and berserk. The first game also had blind and sleep, but those were later phased out.
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** A number of fortress bosses ended up getting changed out or swapped around when the first three games were remade. Most notably, this happened to one of the main Maverick bosses in the second game's remake with Crystal Snail ended up getting replaced by Storm Owl.
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* HurlItIntoTheSun: Inverted. [[spoiler:In the original release, Sigma's boast before the final battle claimed he could somehow drop the sun onto the Earth. The remake quietly removed this.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:The title screen of the first game.]]'''Mega Man X: Mavericks''', commonly abbreviated as just '''Mavericks''', is a quadrilogy quintet of fan games made by [=Maddrex77=]. Programmed in UsefulNotes/RPGMaker, it's based on the ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' series while drawing elements from just about every other ''Franchise/MegaMan'' game series.
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# '''Mavericks Final''' is the GrandFinale, serving also as a CompilationRerelease and an UpdatedRerelease. Following some time after the stinger for Mavericks 3, Gate is trying his hand at world domination again. To prevent X and Zero from stopping him, he uses a time machine to send them back in time to relive the last three games once again. Eventually, the duo return to the present to find Gate has put his plans into motion. With his old allies and a new one by his side, X will need all of his powers and skills to find the true cause of the Maverick resurrections and put a stop to it once and for all.
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# '''Mavericks Final''' is the GrandFinale, GrandFinale on the initial arc, serving also as a CompilationRerelease and an UpdatedRerelease. Following some time after the stinger for Mavericks 3, Gate is trying his hand at world domination again. To prevent X and Zero from stopping him, he uses a time machine to send them back in time to relive the last three games once again. Eventually, the duo return to the present to find Gate has put his plans into motion. With his old allies and a new one by his side, X will need all of his powers and skills to find the true cause of the Maverick resurrections and put a stop to it once and for all.all.
# A fifth game was announced as in development on Oct. 21, 2021.
# A fifth game was announced as in development on Oct. 21, 2021.
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* TheStinger: Every game has one after the credits that sets up the next game. The fact that the fourth game doesn't have one cements its status as the GrandFinale.
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* TheStinger: Every game has one after the credits that sets up the next game. The fact that the fourth game doesn't have one cements its status as the GrandFinale.ending its current arc.
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* DivergentCharacterEvolution: X and Zero now gain different weapons from each boss instead of each having the same one.
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* DivergentCharacterEvolution: X and Zero now gain different weapons from each boss instead of each having the same one.
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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Present across all four games with the resurrected Mavericks due to the game's writing style, but most apparent in the first game due to boss dialogue being constrained by the use of ''VideoGame/MegaManX8'' voice clips. Notably, Mino Magnus goes from simple-minded and speaking so slowly [[TheFriendNobodyLikes it annoys the other Einherjar]] to a SmugSnake with a normal voice that taunts X with the knowledge of his fate in the ''Zero'' series.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler:Hidden Phantom and Fairy Leviathan don't get to learn that the X they serve is a copy, the former due to loitering around in Cyberspace after his initial destruction and the latter due to not being taken along for the ride with Copy Zero. As such, when they ''do'' jump back to the present, they're little more than indoctrinated sycophants of Copy X, and the lack of knowledge costs them their lives]].
* SparedByTheAdaptation: The Four Guardians avert their fate between ''Zero 3'' and ''Zero 4'', presumably following the original draft of what happened in the interim where their absence in the latter game is merely due to overwork. [[spoiler:Subverted with Phantom and Leviathan, who become indoctrinated servants of the revived Copy X and are destroyed by Zero and their own siblings in the process]].
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* UnexplainedRecovery: Copy Zero's dialogue makes it clear he comes from post-''Zero 4'' with only a quick line that he "barely survived" the ending of that game. [[spoiler:Dr. Weil, when questioned how he survived as well, handwaves it by practically saying "You survived; why couldn't I?".]]
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* UnexplainedRecovery: UnexplainedRecovery:
** Copy Zero's dialogue makes it clear he comes from post-''Zero 4'' with only a quick line that he "barely survived" the ending of that game. [[spoiler:Dr. Weil, when questioned how he survived as well, handwaves it by practically saying "You survived; why couldn't I?".]]]]
** It's left unclear how [[spoiler:Copy X returned after being scrapped by Weil's ExplosiveLeash in ''Zero 3'', along with how he managed to drag the destroyed Hidden Phantom along with him]].
** Copy Zero's dialogue makes it clear he comes from post-''Zero 4'' with only a quick line that he "barely survived" the ending of that game. [[spoiler:Dr. Weil, when questioned how he survived as well, handwaves it by practically saying "You survived; why couldn't I?".
** It's left unclear how [[spoiler:Copy X returned after being scrapped by Weil's ExplosiveLeash in ''Zero 3'', along with how he managed to drag the destroyed Hidden Phantom along with him]].
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* DifficultySpike:
** In the second game, Frost Man's stage is where things start really getting bad, as the enemies have much more health and hit significantly harder.
** For the fourth game, it's when you go after the Stardroids for similar reasons. Luckily, you have access to the Ultimate Armors to balance it out. The final fortress stage also ramps it up.
** In the second game, Frost Man's stage is where things start really getting bad, as the enemies have much more health and hit significantly harder.
** For the fourth game, it's when you go after the Stardroids for similar reasons. Luckily, you have access to the Ultimate Armors to balance it out. The final fortress stage also ramps it up.
* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:While Sigma is the driving force for the bulk of the games, it's Dr. Wily who brought him back and worked behind the scenes to take advantage of the situations.]]
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* LateArrivalSpoiler: The OpeningCrawl of each game usually recaps whatever key plot points were revealed at the end of the previous game to set it up.
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* LateArrivalSpoiler: The OpeningCrawl OpeningScroll of each game usually recaps whatever key plot points were revealed at the end of the previous game to set it up.
* AbledInTheAdaptation: Mino Magnus speaks quicker and more elegantly than in his home game.
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* ClippedWingAngel: [[spoiler:Dr. Weil's final form doesn't hit as hard, is vulnerable to your weakest weapon and you're back up to full health. It's justified in that you just blew up his new battle body, so he's essentially fighting you with what remains of his current one that was damaged in the explosion.]]
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* UnexplainedRecovery: Copy Zero's dialouge makes it clear he comes from post-''Zero 4'' with only a quick line that he "barely survived" the ending of that game. [[spoiler:Dr. Weil, when questioned how he survived as well, handwaves it by practically saying "You survived; why couldn't I?".]]
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* UnexplainedRecovery: Copy Zero's dialouge dialogue makes it clear he comes from post-''Zero 4'' with only a quick line that he "barely survived" the ending of that game. [[spoiler:Dr. Weil, when questioned how he survived as well, handwaves it by practically saying "You survived; why couldn't I?".]]
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* BeeAfraid: Blast Hornet.
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** In the fourth game, X is so sure that Sigma is behind Gate's plans that he's he already starts asking the bosses about it before reaching the fortress. [[spoiler:He's right, of course, but Sigma was only brought back thanks to the Stardroids, who were under the leadership of the real bad guy behind it all: Dr. Wily.]]
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* NeverShallTheSelvesMeet: Averted. X-era Zero has no problems interacting with Zero-era Zero. You can even have both of them in the party at the same time in the fourth game.
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* PlayingWithFire: Magma Dragoon, Burn Dinorex, Blaze Heatnix, Flame Mammoth and Fire Man.
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[[caption-width-right:350:The title screen of the first game.]]'''Mega Man X: Mavericks''', commonly abbreviated as just '''Mavericks''', is a quadrilogy of fan games made by [=Maddrex77=]. Programmed in VideoGame/RPGMaker, it's based on the ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' series while drawing elements from just about every other ''Franchise/MegaMan'' game series.
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# '''Mavericks''' is the first game in the series. Thirty years have passed since the wiping out of all Mavericks and the Hunters are little more than peacekeepers. That changes when Zero disappears on an investigation and previously defeated Mavericks start popping up across the world. X must get his butt into gear, defeat the Mavericks and save the world...and maybe Zero while he's at it.
# '''Mavericks 2: Resurrection of the Repliforce''' is the second game. Two years after the first game, the Repliforce has also been restored and they're up to their old tricks of a Reploid-only nation, as well as a dish of revenge. It's up to X and Zero to save the day again, but with [[TheLostLenore Iris]] among the restored, how far will Zero go to amend [[MyGreatestFailure his biggest regret]]?
# '''Mavericks 3: Zero's Revenge''' is the third installment. After Zero turned evil after the previous game, Maverick activity has taken an uptick as he and Sigma make their plans to finally conquer the world. As X struggles to keep the world safe, help arrives in the form of Zero...the Zero from the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' era. Both allies and enemies are seeking to use the current events to change history and X must work with these new friends to stop Sigma and hopefully save the present Zero.
# '''Mavericks Final''' is the GrandFinale, serving also as a CompilationRerelease and an UpdatedRerelease. Following some time after the stinger for Mavericks 3, Gate is trying his hand at world domination again. To prevent X and Zero from stopping him, he uses a time machine to send them back in time to relive the last three games once again. Eventually, the duo return to the present to find Gate has put his plans into motion. With his old allies and a new one by his side, X will need all of his powers and skills to find the true cause of the Maverick resurrections and put a stop to it once and for all.
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The games can be downloaded [[https://megaman-x-mavericks.webnode.com/ here]]. [=Maddrex77's=] Website/YouTube account can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqZ755Hp6Zc3S1QPsoYRpxA here]].
!!Tropes for the Mavericks games
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* ActuallyFourMooks: The majority of field encounters will have more than one foe.
* AfterCombatRecovery: Starting from the second game, beating a boss or mini-boss will give you full LE and WE.
* AnIcePerson: Tidal Whale, Frost Walrus, Frost Man, Blizzard Wolffang, Bifrost the Crocoroid and Blizzard Buffalo.
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Special weapon descriptions will gain you a hint as to what Maverick they do extra damage to. In that sense, for the fourth game, you can have Alia examine a stage and give you recommendations as to what types of weapons to bring.
* AscendedGlitch: When the bosses started using {{Fixed Damage Attack}}s in the third game, it would cause an approximate amount of their remaining HP to show up by accident. The creator left it in since it was handy for the player to gauge their progress.
* AstralFinale: Space is the place for the boss lairs. The latter half of every game from the second onward is entirely set in space.
* BackFromTheDead: All the games are themed around past Mavericks coming back to life.
* BagOfSpilling: Played straight for the second and third games, but played ''with'' for the last game, where you can access all your boss weapons and Ultimate Armors from the previous games at the start. Still no cash, items or levels, though.
* BearsAreBadNews: Grizzly Slash and Bamboo Pandemonium.
* BigDamnHeroes
** In the third game, this happens every time a new party member arrives.
** At the start of the fourth game, Duo arrives just in time to destroy the time machine.
* BlowYouAway: Air Man, Storm Owl, Spiral Pegasus, Storm Eagle and Hyper Storm H.
* BonusBoss: The later three games each have at least one guarding a level-building easter egg.
** Mavericks 2: Carnage Force 0 (original) or Maoh the Giant (remake).
** Mavericks 3: Phantom, Leviathan and Copy X.
** Mavericks 4: Mega Scorpio and Maha Ganeshariff.
* BossBanter: Except a few pre-battle lines and usually some closing ones with your bosses.
* BossRush: Aside from the classic rushes associated with the series, there are a few variations.
** The third game had two optional boss rushes, one against the Doc Robots and the other against a predetermined boss selection, for the purposes of extra level grinding. Both of these were removed when the game was remade.
** The fourth game has a hidden boss rush that pits you against every Maverick boss from the first three games and one new boss. [[spoiler:The next to last stage also has a boss rush against the major bosses of the previous three games.]]
* BossWarningSiren: In fine ''X'' series tradition.
* TheCameo
** One of Dark Iris' attacks brings back Magna Centipede.
** Metal Shark Player's clone attacks creates copies of Wood Man, Hard Man and Shield Sheldon.
* CharacterPortrait: Usually one per character, though some will have two for different forms such as X's armors or Sigma's different bodies.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome:
** The Maverick Hunters must've had some serious layoffs in the three decades between the offical games and this series, as only X, Zero and Alia seems to be on the payroll aside from some {{Red Shirt}}s in the third game. Douglas, Lifesaver, Layer, Pallette and Signas are all gone without explanation. Axl is given an explanation in the second game, implying he fell in the line of duty.
** A number of fortress bosses ended up getting changed out or swapped around when the first three games were remade. Most notably, this happened to one of the main Maverick bosses in the second game's remake with Crystal Snail ended up getting replaced by Storm Owl.
* DifficultySpike:
** In the second game, Frost Man's stage is where things start really getting bad, as the enemies have much more health and hit significantly harder.
** For the fourth game, it's when you go after the Stardroids for similar reasons. Luckily, you have access to the Ultimate Armors to balance it out. The final fortress stage also ramps it up.
* DishingOutDirt: Stone Man and Uranus.
* DoppelgangerAttack: Split Mushroom and Gemini Man.
* DyingAsYourself: Tidal Whale and the General briefly return to their senses just before they perish.
* EarlyGameHell: You start each game with no money, no items and only one special move to your name. And the first game didn't even give you a special move. Once you whack a boss and start getting some gear, things become more manageable.
* EquipmentSpoiler: Since all your equipment is purchasable from the start, you'll see that you get Zero back in the first game and that [[spoiler:Harupia and Fefnir]] join in the third.
* FeatheredFiend: Storm Owl, Cyber Peacock, Storm Eagle and Blaze Heatnix.
* FixedDamageAttack: Bosses tend to use attacks that can't miss and deal a preset amount of damage.
* {{Foreshadowing}}
** The fact that Mino Magnus, a boss from ''Zero 4'', is among the line-up is an eyebrow raiser in the first place. In the boss rematch, he makes it clear he's not quite working for Sigma and he knows much more about Zero than he did previously.
** The fact that classic Mega Man bosses are among the line-up instead of just X series bosses hints that someone from the past is looking to make a comeback.
* GameOverMan: Sigma in the first game, Vile for the final game.
* HijackedByGanon: Sigma being in these games is such a gimmie, there's no point in spoilering it. That being said...
** In the third game, [[spoiler:Sigma is working with Dr. Weil. Sigma ends up getting taken out and Dr. Weil becomes the sole bad guy for the rest of the game. Then we find that Dr. Weil had been possessed...]]
** In the fourth game, X is so sure that Sigma is behind Gate's plans that he's already starts asking the bosses about it before reaching the fortress. [[spoiler:He's right, of course, but Sigma was only brought back thanks to the Stardroids, who were under the leadership of the real bad guy behind it all: Dr. Wily.]]
* HumongousMecha: Some of the bigger bosses will often act as fortress guardians.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: The OpeningCrawl of each game usually recaps whatever key plot points were revealed at the end of the previous game to set it up.
* ALoadOfBull: Mino Magnus and Blizzard Buffalo.
* MakingASplash: Rainy Turtloid and Bubble Crab.
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Sigma is eventually confirmed to be working under Dr. Weil, who in turn is being possessed by Dr. Wily.]]
* NeverShallTheSelvesMeet: Averted. X-era Zero has no problems interacting with Zero-era Zero. You can even have both of them in the party at the same time in the fourth game.
* NoCureForEvil: Averted for some foes.
** Magnet Man and Jet Stingray can absorb the player's health to restore themselves. Other minor foes can do this as well.
** [[spoiler:Hydra Sigma from the remake of the first game has RegeneratingHealth that is very hard to chip down. Unless you manage to poison the core.]]
** Dynamo Man, like in his home game, can also heal himself.
* NonstandardSkillLearning: Aside from PowerCopying, you can buy new moves from the store. This was pretty much required for the first game, which had X's special weapons function as equippable weapons than skills.
* OneHitKill: This is limited to field obstacles like spike pits and crushers. The second game had some real nasty Gabyoalls that required frame perfect movement to get past. They were heavily {{nerf}}ed in every game since to just doing contact damage.
* OpeningScroll: All of the games open with one.
* PermanentlyMissableContent:
** Anything you passed up in a stage in the first game, since you couldn't reenter them at all.
** Fortress stages in all games can't be reentered after completing them.
* PlayingWithFire: Magma Dragoon, Burn Dinorex, Blaze Heatnix, Flame Mammoth and Fire Man.
* PlotHole:
** Zero is able to recognize the Mega Man era boss in Mavericks 3 and the remake of Mavericks 2, but not in the original or remake of Mavericks 1 or any of the returning ones in Mavericks Final.
** X mentions Dr. Light in the ending to Mavericks 2, but when Duo mentions him near the start of Mavericks Final, X doesn't quite remember who he is.
* PowerCopying: In classic Mega Man tradition. Note that not everyone has this ability.
* PreexistingEncounters: Aside from a pair of stages in the first game, you can see every enemy clearly in the field.
* RareCandy:
** Chips can be used to buff your stats permanently. This is more or less required in the first game, where stats can't get anywhere near the cap with just leveling.
** Every game has an easter egg, either hidden or guarded by a bonus boss, that gives all party members five levels. The third game also include Life-Ups, going by their old name of Heart Tanks, that gave the party a boost of one level. The fourth game gave you one that maxed out all your party members levels.
* ShockAndAwe: Crystal Snail, Dynamo Man and Jupiter.
* SlidingScaleOfGameplayAndStoryIntegration
** Special weapons run off a shared WE pool instead of each having their own ammo count. Zero also uses the exact same special weapons as X despite his Command Arts system normally giving him different moves from X's Variable Weapons System.
** Duo can use special weapons due to having a Variable Weapons System from ''Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters''. On the flip side, Fefnir and Harupia lack one and can't learn attacks from bosses.
* StandardStatusEffects: You have poison (virus), paralyzation and berserk. The first game also had blind and sleep, but those were later phased out.
* TheStinger: Every game has one after the credits that sets up the next game. The fact that the fourth game doesn't have one cements its status as the GrandFinale.
* SpaceElevator: The Jakob is still in use and plays a role in the third and fourth games.
* TimeSkip: The first game takes place thirty years after the last ''X'' game, while the second takes place two years after the first.
* UndergroundMonkey: Enemies in the fortress levels are the same as in the regular levels, just with a new paint job and boosted stats.
* UselessUsefulSpell: Status effects actually could work on bosses in the first game, but this trope was played straight for all games afterward with a few exceptions.
* WantonCrueltyToTheCommonComma: The writing tends to go a bit overboard on ellipsis.
* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse:
** By the end of the third game, [[spoiler:both X and Zero note that the Mother Elf seems familiar somehow, but this is never addressed after.]]
** In the fourth game, [[spoiler:Gate is never mentioned again after Alia says he'll be okay. Likewise, if you rescued Ciel or not, nobody makes mention of her again.]]
* AWizardDidIt: Any changes to the original games when they were remade can be handwaved by Gate saying he was going to make a few alterations to make the redos harder on the heroes.
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[[folder: Tropes for Mavericks 1 and its remake]]
* AnAxeToGrind: Mino Magnus.
* BadassInDistress: Zero.
* BeeAfraid: Blast Hornet.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first game was a far different beast than its follow-ups. Only a few of these features were retained when the game was remade.
** There wasn't an introduction stage and all ten Mavericks are available to choose from the start.
** You couldn't re-enter a stage after beating it.
** Stat growth was much smaller and it wasn't possible to hit the level cap.
** Special weapons were treated as equipable weapons for X. Skills could only be acquired by purchasing them.
** The levels used a top down view like in classic [=RPGs=].
** Most BossBanter was voiced and comprised of recycled clips from ''X8''.
** There were no armor pieces to collect.
** E-Tanks came in variable sizes instead of one.
* WilyWalrus: Frost Walrus.
* WolverineClaws: Neon Tiger.
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[[folder: Tropes for Mavericks 2 and its remake]]
* BittersweetEnding: Very much on the bitter side. [[spoiler:Repliforce is defeated, but Sigma finally has Zero on his side and is ready to go all out of attacking Earth. X and Alia are left with no clue how to save Zero and can only wait for Sigma's next attack. TheStinger provides a small ray of hope with the reveal that the future Zero is coming back to help out.]]
* DuelBoss: [[spoiler:X must face the final boss alone due to Zero leaving the party.]]
* GiantSpider: Web Spider.
* IdiotBall: [[spoiler:We wouldn't have a final boss fight or a third game if Zero hadn't decided to run off at the last possible moment to save Iris from what was an obvious trap.]]
* MetaTwist: The remake pulls a few fast ones on previous players.
** In Cyber Peacock's stage, the area where you could initiate the easter egg area trigger is mandatory instead of optional. You also encounter Dynamo there instead of at Split Mushroom's stage.
** [[spoiler:After beating Dark Iris, the game throws you into a new fight against Black Zero.]]
* MushroomMan: Split Mushroom.
* MutualDisadvantage: Web Spider and Cyber Peacock, as well as Frost Man and Magma Dragoon, are weak to each other's weapons.
* SequelDifficultySpike: This game is ''much'' harder than the previous or following games. Enemies hit very hard, one-hit kill field obstacles are in every stage and the bosses have some crazy endurance. It's telling that the original game had a second version released just to tone it down some. The remake put it more in line with the reasonable difficulty of the other games, but it's still hard compared to them.
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[[folder: Tropes for Mavericks 3 and its remake]]
* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:After defeating Omega, X tries to save Zero before he dies, but there's no way to get him back to Earth for adequate repairs and the other party members are ready to accept Zero's death to ensure Omega's destruction. Suddenly, the Mother Elf - which wasn't mentioned at all - arrives to heal Zero and take him back for full repairs.]]
* GiantEnemyCrab: Bubble Crab and the Kanigance.
* HeadsIWinTailsYouLose: You have to beat Sigma to clear the opening stage, but the post-fight dialogue makes it sound as though Sigma won.
* RevengeOfTheSequel: It does say "revenge" right there in the title.
* SavageWolf: Blizzard Wolfang.
* SinisterScythe: Sigma is using his ''X4'' body here, so he brought this back as well.
* SpoilerTitle: So, um, Zero's getting revenge here. Just so you know.
* UnexplainedRecovery: Copy Zero's dialouge makes it clear he comes from post-''Zero 4'' with only a quick line that he "barely survived" the ending of that game. [[spoiler:Dr. Weil, when questioned how he survived as well, handwaves it by practically saying "You survived; why couldn't I?".]]
* TheUnintelligible: The Red Devil speaks only in "bumo" like in ''VideoGame/MegaManPoweredUp''.
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[[folder: Tropes for Mavericks Final]]
* EleventhHourRanger: Duo shows up for the final game.
* ArbitraryHeadCountLimit: You can't have more than four party members at a time.
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Many of the Evil Energy empowered bosses are basically larger versions of their original selves.
* BrainUploading: [[spoiler:How Dr. Wily survived all the centuries after the classic Mega Man era.]]
* CantDropTheHero: X must always be in the party.
* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:Ciel.]]
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Okay, the majority of the bosses make sense, but [[spoiler:why in the heck is [[VideoGame/MegaManStarForce the Crimson Dragon]] helping the bad guys again?]]
* GoombaStomp: Due to the tendency of the bosses to be much larger than usual, this is used to attack for several of them.
* LaterInstallmentWeirdness:
** You have all your party members from the start and can pick which ones to take into a stage.
** You don't get special weapons from beating bosses, but you can use all the previous special weapons and choose the ones you want before a stage.
** Stages are unlocked via a ''VideoGame/MegaManAndBass'' system where beating one boss opens up paths to certain others.
** There are no armor capsules to hunt down.
* MadeOfEvil: Evil Energy, as the name implies.
* ScaryScorpions: Mega Scorpia.
* ThisIsADrill: Ground Man.
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[[caption-width-right:350:The title screen of the first game.]]'''Mega Man X: Mavericks''', commonly abbreviated as just '''Mavericks''', is a quadrilogy of fan games made by [=Maddrex77=]. Programmed in VideoGame/RPGMaker, it's based on the ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' series while drawing elements from just about every other ''Franchise/MegaMan'' game series.
[[folder: Games in the Series (contains spoilers)]]
# '''Mavericks''' is the first game in the series. Thirty years have passed since the wiping out of all Mavericks and the Hunters are little more than peacekeepers. That changes when Zero disappears on an investigation and previously defeated Mavericks start popping up across the world. X must get his butt into gear, defeat the Mavericks and save the world...and maybe Zero while he's at it.
# '''Mavericks 2: Resurrection of the Repliforce''' is the second game. Two years after the first game, the Repliforce has also been restored and they're up to their old tricks of a Reploid-only nation, as well as a dish of revenge. It's up to X and Zero to save the day again, but with [[TheLostLenore Iris]] among the restored, how far will Zero go to amend [[MyGreatestFailure his biggest regret]]?
# '''Mavericks 3: Zero's Revenge''' is the third installment. After Zero turned evil after the previous game, Maverick activity has taken an uptick as he and Sigma make their plans to finally conquer the world. As X struggles to keep the world safe, help arrives in the form of Zero...the Zero from the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' era. Both allies and enemies are seeking to use the current events to change history and X must work with these new friends to stop Sigma and hopefully save the present Zero.
# '''Mavericks Final''' is the GrandFinale, serving also as a CompilationRerelease and an UpdatedRerelease. Following some time after the stinger for Mavericks 3, Gate is trying his hand at world domination again. To prevent X and Zero from stopping him, he uses a time machine to send them back in time to relive the last three games once again. Eventually, the duo return to the present to find Gate has put his plans into motion. With his old allies and a new one by his side, X will need all of his powers and skills to find the true cause of the Maverick resurrections and put a stop to it once and for all.
[[/folder]]
The games can be downloaded [[https://megaman-x-mavericks.webnode.com/ here]]. [=Maddrex77's=] Website/YouTube account can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqZ755Hp6Zc3S1QPsoYRpxA here]].
!!Tropes for the Mavericks games
[[folder: Tropes Across All Games]]
* ActuallyFourMooks: The majority of field encounters will have more than one foe.
* AfterCombatRecovery: Starting from the second game, beating a boss or mini-boss will give you full LE and WE.
* AnIcePerson: Tidal Whale, Frost Walrus, Frost Man, Blizzard Wolffang, Bifrost the Crocoroid and Blizzard Buffalo.
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Special weapon descriptions will gain you a hint as to what Maverick they do extra damage to. In that sense, for the fourth game, you can have Alia examine a stage and give you recommendations as to what types of weapons to bring.
* AscendedGlitch: When the bosses started using {{Fixed Damage Attack}}s in the third game, it would cause an approximate amount of their remaining HP to show up by accident. The creator left it in since it was handy for the player to gauge their progress.
* AstralFinale: Space is the place for the boss lairs. The latter half of every game from the second onward is entirely set in space.
* BackFromTheDead: All the games are themed around past Mavericks coming back to life.
* BagOfSpilling: Played straight for the second and third games, but played ''with'' for the last game, where you can access all your boss weapons and Ultimate Armors from the previous games at the start. Still no cash, items or levels, though.
* BearsAreBadNews: Grizzly Slash and Bamboo Pandemonium.
* BigDamnHeroes
** In the third game, this happens every time a new party member arrives.
** At the start of the fourth game, Duo arrives just in time to destroy the time machine.
* BlowYouAway: Air Man, Storm Owl, Spiral Pegasus, Storm Eagle and Hyper Storm H.
* BonusBoss: The later three games each have at least one guarding a level-building easter egg.
** Mavericks 2: Carnage Force 0 (original) or Maoh the Giant (remake).
** Mavericks 3: Phantom, Leviathan and Copy X.
** Mavericks 4: Mega Scorpio and Maha Ganeshariff.
* BossBanter: Except a few pre-battle lines and usually some closing ones with your bosses.
* BossRush: Aside from the classic rushes associated with the series, there are a few variations.
** The third game had two optional boss rushes, one against the Doc Robots and the other against a predetermined boss selection, for the purposes of extra level grinding. Both of these were removed when the game was remade.
** The fourth game has a hidden boss rush that pits you against every Maverick boss from the first three games and one new boss. [[spoiler:The next to last stage also has a boss rush against the major bosses of the previous three games.]]
* BossWarningSiren: In fine ''X'' series tradition.
* TheCameo
** One of Dark Iris' attacks brings back Magna Centipede.
** Metal Shark Player's clone attacks creates copies of Wood Man, Hard Man and Shield Sheldon.
* CharacterPortrait: Usually one per character, though some will have two for different forms such as X's armors or Sigma's different bodies.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome:
** The Maverick Hunters must've had some serious layoffs in the three decades between the offical games and this series, as only X, Zero and Alia seems to be on the payroll aside from some {{Red Shirt}}s in the third game. Douglas, Lifesaver, Layer, Pallette and Signas are all gone without explanation. Axl is given an explanation in the second game, implying he fell in the line of duty.
** A number of fortress bosses ended up getting changed out or swapped around when the first three games were remade. Most notably, this happened to one of the main Maverick bosses in the second game's remake with Crystal Snail ended up getting replaced by Storm Owl.
* DifficultySpike:
** In the second game, Frost Man's stage is where things start really getting bad, as the enemies have much more health and hit significantly harder.
** For the fourth game, it's when you go after the Stardroids for similar reasons. Luckily, you have access to the Ultimate Armors to balance it out. The final fortress stage also ramps it up.
* DishingOutDirt: Stone Man and Uranus.
* DoppelgangerAttack: Split Mushroom and Gemini Man.
* DyingAsYourself: Tidal Whale and the General briefly return to their senses just before they perish.
* EarlyGameHell: You start each game with no money, no items and only one special move to your name. And the first game didn't even give you a special move. Once you whack a boss and start getting some gear, things become more manageable.
* EquipmentSpoiler: Since all your equipment is purchasable from the start, you'll see that you get Zero back in the first game and that [[spoiler:Harupia and Fefnir]] join in the third.
* FeatheredFiend: Storm Owl, Cyber Peacock, Storm Eagle and Blaze Heatnix.
* FixedDamageAttack: Bosses tend to use attacks that can't miss and deal a preset amount of damage.
* {{Foreshadowing}}
** The fact that Mino Magnus, a boss from ''Zero 4'', is among the line-up is an eyebrow raiser in the first place. In the boss rematch, he makes it clear he's not quite working for Sigma and he knows much more about Zero than he did previously.
** The fact that classic Mega Man bosses are among the line-up instead of just X series bosses hints that someone from the past is looking to make a comeback.
* GameOverMan: Sigma in the first game, Vile for the final game.
* HijackedByGanon: Sigma being in these games is such a gimmie, there's no point in spoilering it. That being said...
** In the third game, [[spoiler:Sigma is working with Dr. Weil. Sigma ends up getting taken out and Dr. Weil becomes the sole bad guy for the rest of the game. Then we find that Dr. Weil had been possessed...]]
** In the fourth game, X is so sure that Sigma is behind Gate's plans that he's already starts asking the bosses about it before reaching the fortress. [[spoiler:He's right, of course, but Sigma was only brought back thanks to the Stardroids, who were under the leadership of the real bad guy behind it all: Dr. Wily.]]
* HumongousMecha: Some of the bigger bosses will often act as fortress guardians.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: The OpeningCrawl of each game usually recaps whatever key plot points were revealed at the end of the previous game to set it up.
* ALoadOfBull: Mino Magnus and Blizzard Buffalo.
* MakingASplash: Rainy Turtloid and Bubble Crab.
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Sigma is eventually confirmed to be working under Dr. Weil, who in turn is being possessed by Dr. Wily.]]
* NeverShallTheSelvesMeet: Averted. X-era Zero has no problems interacting with Zero-era Zero. You can even have both of them in the party at the same time in the fourth game.
* NoCureForEvil: Averted for some foes.
** Magnet Man and Jet Stingray can absorb the player's health to restore themselves. Other minor foes can do this as well.
** [[spoiler:Hydra Sigma from the remake of the first game has RegeneratingHealth that is very hard to chip down. Unless you manage to poison the core.]]
** Dynamo Man, like in his home game, can also heal himself.
* NonstandardSkillLearning: Aside from PowerCopying, you can buy new moves from the store. This was pretty much required for the first game, which had X's special weapons function as equippable weapons than skills.
* OneHitKill: This is limited to field obstacles like spike pits and crushers. The second game had some real nasty Gabyoalls that required frame perfect movement to get past. They were heavily {{nerf}}ed in every game since to just doing contact damage.
* OpeningScroll: All of the games open with one.
* PermanentlyMissableContent:
** Anything you passed up in a stage in the first game, since you couldn't reenter them at all.
** Fortress stages in all games can't be reentered after completing them.
* PlayingWithFire: Magma Dragoon, Burn Dinorex, Blaze Heatnix, Flame Mammoth and Fire Man.
* PlotHole:
** Zero is able to recognize the Mega Man era boss in Mavericks 3 and the remake of Mavericks 2, but not in the original or remake of Mavericks 1 or any of the returning ones in Mavericks Final.
** X mentions Dr. Light in the ending to Mavericks 2, but when Duo mentions him near the start of Mavericks Final, X doesn't quite remember who he is.
* PowerCopying: In classic Mega Man tradition. Note that not everyone has this ability.
* PreexistingEncounters: Aside from a pair of stages in the first game, you can see every enemy clearly in the field.
* RareCandy:
** Chips can be used to buff your stats permanently. This is more or less required in the first game, where stats can't get anywhere near the cap with just leveling.
** Every game has an easter egg, either hidden or guarded by a bonus boss, that gives all party members five levels. The third game also include Life-Ups, going by their old name of Heart Tanks, that gave the party a boost of one level. The fourth game gave you one that maxed out all your party members levels.
* ShockAndAwe: Crystal Snail, Dynamo Man and Jupiter.
* SlidingScaleOfGameplayAndStoryIntegration
** Special weapons run off a shared WE pool instead of each having their own ammo count. Zero also uses the exact same special weapons as X despite his Command Arts system normally giving him different moves from X's Variable Weapons System.
** Duo can use special weapons due to having a Variable Weapons System from ''Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters''. On the flip side, Fefnir and Harupia lack one and can't learn attacks from bosses.
* StandardStatusEffects: You have poison (virus), paralyzation and berserk. The first game also had blind and sleep, but those were later phased out.
* TheStinger: Every game has one after the credits that sets up the next game. The fact that the fourth game doesn't have one cements its status as the GrandFinale.
* SpaceElevator: The Jakob is still in use and plays a role in the third and fourth games.
* TimeSkip: The first game takes place thirty years after the last ''X'' game, while the second takes place two years after the first.
* UndergroundMonkey: Enemies in the fortress levels are the same as in the regular levels, just with a new paint job and boosted stats.
* UselessUsefulSpell: Status effects actually could work on bosses in the first game, but this trope was played straight for all games afterward with a few exceptions.
* WantonCrueltyToTheCommonComma: The writing tends to go a bit overboard on ellipsis.
* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse:
** By the end of the third game, [[spoiler:both X and Zero note that the Mother Elf seems familiar somehow, but this is never addressed after.]]
** In the fourth game, [[spoiler:Gate is never mentioned again after Alia says he'll be okay. Likewise, if you rescued Ciel or not, nobody makes mention of her again.]]
* AWizardDidIt: Any changes to the original games when they were remade can be handwaved by Gate saying he was going to make a few alterations to make the redos harder on the heroes.
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[[folder: Tropes for Mavericks 1 and its remake]]
* AnAxeToGrind: Mino Magnus.
* BadassInDistress: Zero.
* BeeAfraid: Blast Hornet.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first game was a far different beast than its follow-ups. Only a few of these features were retained when the game was remade.
** There wasn't an introduction stage and all ten Mavericks are available to choose from the start.
** You couldn't re-enter a stage after beating it.
** Stat growth was much smaller and it wasn't possible to hit the level cap.
** Special weapons were treated as equipable weapons for X. Skills could only be acquired by purchasing them.
** The levels used a top down view like in classic [=RPGs=].
** Most BossBanter was voiced and comprised of recycled clips from ''X8''.
** There were no armor pieces to collect.
** E-Tanks came in variable sizes instead of one.
* WilyWalrus: Frost Walrus.
* WolverineClaws: Neon Tiger.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Tropes for Mavericks 2 and its remake]]
* BittersweetEnding: Very much on the bitter side. [[spoiler:Repliforce is defeated, but Sigma finally has Zero on his side and is ready to go all out of attacking Earth. X and Alia are left with no clue how to save Zero and can only wait for Sigma's next attack. TheStinger provides a small ray of hope with the reveal that the future Zero is coming back to help out.]]
* DuelBoss: [[spoiler:X must face the final boss alone due to Zero leaving the party.]]
* GiantSpider: Web Spider.
* IdiotBall: [[spoiler:We wouldn't have a final boss fight or a third game if Zero hadn't decided to run off at the last possible moment to save Iris from what was an obvious trap.]]
* MetaTwist: The remake pulls a few fast ones on previous players.
** In Cyber Peacock's stage, the area where you could initiate the easter egg area trigger is mandatory instead of optional. You also encounter Dynamo there instead of at Split Mushroom's stage.
** [[spoiler:After beating Dark Iris, the game throws you into a new fight against Black Zero.]]
* MushroomMan: Split Mushroom.
* MutualDisadvantage: Web Spider and Cyber Peacock, as well as Frost Man and Magma Dragoon, are weak to each other's weapons.
* SequelDifficultySpike: This game is ''much'' harder than the previous or following games. Enemies hit very hard, one-hit kill field obstacles are in every stage and the bosses have some crazy endurance. It's telling that the original game had a second version released just to tone it down some. The remake put it more in line with the reasonable difficulty of the other games, but it's still hard compared to them.
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[[folder: Tropes for Mavericks 3 and its remake]]
* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:After defeating Omega, X tries to save Zero before he dies, but there's no way to get him back to Earth for adequate repairs and the other party members are ready to accept Zero's death to ensure Omega's destruction. Suddenly, the Mother Elf - which wasn't mentioned at all - arrives to heal Zero and take him back for full repairs.]]
* GiantEnemyCrab: Bubble Crab and the Kanigance.
* HeadsIWinTailsYouLose: You have to beat Sigma to clear the opening stage, but the post-fight dialogue makes it sound as though Sigma won.
* RevengeOfTheSequel: It does say "revenge" right there in the title.
* SavageWolf: Blizzard Wolfang.
* SinisterScythe: Sigma is using his ''X4'' body here, so he brought this back as well.
* SpoilerTitle: So, um, Zero's getting revenge here. Just so you know.
* UnexplainedRecovery: Copy Zero's dialouge makes it clear he comes from post-''Zero 4'' with only a quick line that he "barely survived" the ending of that game. [[spoiler:Dr. Weil, when questioned how he survived as well, handwaves it by practically saying "You survived; why couldn't I?".]]
* TheUnintelligible: The Red Devil speaks only in "bumo" like in ''VideoGame/MegaManPoweredUp''.
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[[folder: Tropes for Mavericks Final]]
* EleventhHourRanger: Duo shows up for the final game.
* ArbitraryHeadCountLimit: You can't have more than four party members at a time.
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Many of the Evil Energy empowered bosses are basically larger versions of their original selves.
* BrainUploading: [[spoiler:How Dr. Wily survived all the centuries after the classic Mega Man era.]]
* CantDropTheHero: X must always be in the party.
* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:Ciel.]]
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Okay, the majority of the bosses make sense, but [[spoiler:why in the heck is [[VideoGame/MegaManStarForce the Crimson Dragon]] helping the bad guys again?]]
* GoombaStomp: Due to the tendency of the bosses to be much larger than usual, this is used to attack for several of them.
* LaterInstallmentWeirdness:
** You have all your party members from the start and can pick which ones to take into a stage.
** You don't get special weapons from beating bosses, but you can use all the previous special weapons and choose the ones you want before a stage.
** Stages are unlocked via a ''VideoGame/MegaManAndBass'' system where beating one boss opens up paths to certain others.
** There are no armor capsules to hunt down.
* MadeOfEvil: Evil Energy, as the name implies.
* ScaryScorpions: Mega Scorpia.
* ThisIsADrill: Ground Man.
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