History VideoGame / RockmanZXPrequel

* CataclysmBackstory: Ten years ago, a virus named Le Bonheur (French for "happiness") wrought havoc on the world by causing a huge Maverick outbreak, in an event that would become known as the Black Terror. [[spoiler:It was also the precursor to Spectre, and created by Virel after he modified a Cyber-Elf that E.L.F. designed for good into a virus.]]

* CataclysmBackstory: Ten years ago, a virus named Le Bonheur (French for "happiness") wrought havoc on the world by causing a huge Maverick outbreak, in an event that would become known as the Black Terror. [[spoiler:It was also the precursor to Spectre, and created by Virel after he modified a Cyber-Elf that E.L.F. designed for good into a virua.]]

* CataclysmBackstory: Ten years ago, a virus named Le Bonheur (French for "happiness") wrought havoc on the world by causing a huge Maverick outbreak, in an event that would become known as the Black Terror. [[spoiler:It was also the precursor to Spectre, and created by Virel.]]

* ColonyDrop: [[spoiler:Midway into the game, a fleet of ships enters Darkspace to travel unnoticed in the real world, then the lead aircraft dives back into the real world and smashes into the World Government Forces HQ, completely destroying it.]]

* GoldenEnding: Achieved by completing a 100% completion. You are treated to a small scene where [[spoiler:Nett and Elf return to reality, just like Prairie believed.]]

''Rockman ZX Prequel'' is a ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'' fangame created by the Chinese group [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdU_ayeW9ayjY2SQX7WdhQQ Rockman Lab]], set between the events of the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' and ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'' series. Unlike the ''ZX'' series, there are only two playable Biometals. Like ''VideoGame/MegaManX4'', players can choose between two characters, Nett and Elf. Nett uses Model X, while Elf uses Model Z. Both players can obtain EX skills after defeating bosses. Nett can change the property of his second charge shot while Elf can use special commands to perform various techniques. It is also notable for adding two new elements to the [[ElementalRockPaperScissors Lightning-Fire-Ice]] trial, Light and Dark, which are weak to each other.

''Rockman ZX Prequel'' is a ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'' fangame created by the Chinese group [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdU_ayeW9ayjY2SQX7WdhQQ Rockman Lab]], set between the events of the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' and ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'' series. Unlike the ''ZX'' series, there are only two playable Biometals. Like ''VideoGame/MegaManX4'', players can choose between two characters, Nett and Elf. Nett uses Model X, while Elf uses Model Z. Both players can obtain EX skills after defeating bosses. Nett can change the property of his second charge shot while Elf can use special commands to perform various techniques.

** Darkspace is this to Cyberspace. In Cyberspace, Cyber-Elves could propagate and it enhanced your skills. In Darkspace, viruses propagate and power up enemies. Additionally, you have a percent meter that indicates darkness exposure threshold and rapidly climbs to 100%. If the meter maxes out, you begin accumulating damage. Fortunately, Darkspace is rife with auras that you can take cover inside to instantly stop and refresh the meter as long as you stay in them. It replicates the extreme heat mechanic of Sol Titanion's stage from ''Zero 4''.

** Darkspace is this to Cyberspace. In Cyberspace, Cyber-Elves could propagate and it enhanced your skills. In Darkspace, viruses propagate and power up enemies. Additionally, you have a percent meter that indicates darkness exposure threshold and rapidly climbs to 100%. If the meter maxes out, you begin accumulating damage. Fortunately, Darkspace is rife with data clouds that you can take cover inside to instantly stop and refresh the meter as long as you stay in them. It replicates the extreme heat mechanic of Sol Titanion's stage from ''Zero 4''.

* InterfaceScrew: Happens in Gravfox's stage, which flips the player upside-down and right-side-up like Gravity Man's stage in ''Mega Man 5''. Hyperion's stage is also a variant of Sage Harpuia's stage in ''Zero 2'', where the reflection of the player cannot come into contact with any spikes.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Arguably, Virel. He is the persona of V.R.S. and his existence hinges on the spread of viruses. He, unfortunately, has SanitySlippage and begins to harm innocent lives and plot the annihilation of everyone who threatens his deletion because he's just ''that'' desperate to stay alive, and becomes an unsympathetic tyrant that Mother Elf decides to eliminate herself.]]

* SuicideAttack: In a cross between scenarios of ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MegaManZero2]]'', [[spoiler:Brazo tries to kill Virel by self-destructing. [[YouCantThwartStageOne It fails,]] and what remains of Brazo helps Nett and Elf with useful information and gives a final request before he dies. Elf then mercifully turns him into a Cyber Elf, though it wiped away his memory, which, after all the terrible things he did and regretted, is merciful and kind.]]

* SuicideAttack: [[spoiler:Brazo tries to kill Virel by self-destructing. [[YouCantThwartStageOne It fails,]] and what remains of Brazo helps Nett and Elf with useful information and gived a final request before he dies. Elf then mercifully turns him into a Cyber Elf, though it wiped away his memory, which, after all the terrible things he did and regretted, is merciful and kind.]]

A sequel to the prequel, ''Rockman ZX Zeta'', is in the works. It focuses on Girouette and a new character, Cynthia, who meet and gain Biometal Model Z. The Biometal acts as the base for Double Megamerge forms, rather than in ''ZX'', which has Model X as the base. Hyperion and Erebus also return as major antagonists. Plans for a complete release once development ends extend to 2022.

* LetsYouAndHimFight: Naturally, Mega Man Model X and Mega Man Model Z get to fight each other, continuing the tradition set by ''VideoGame/MegaManX5''.

* DefeatEqualsExplosion: As usual, enemies explode when beaten. After you destroy Giganto Bole in particular, his death explosion leaves a hole in the background for you to enter.

* DisappearsIntoLight: [[spoiler:Mother Elf ultimately erases all traces of Virel from existence, with no chance to survive in ANY way. He severely injured Elf and Nett, though, and Nett uses the Key to support the lost function of E.L.F., causing the two to be assimilated into the program.]]

* ADogNamedDog: Tortoise is...an electric tortoise.

* SavedByCanon: [[spoiler:Only Giro, Prometheus, and Pandora survive.]]

* PaletteSwap: The Maverick bosses in this game reuses sprites from the bosses from the ''Zero'' and ''ZX'' series with a new paint job and some changes in their elements and attack patterns.

* AnAxeToGrind: Hyperion battles with a massive axe that can deliver major damage. It is based on the Axeloid from ''VideoGame/MegaManZero4''.

* RetGone: [[spoiler:The consequence of saving E.L.F. is that Elf and Nett are merged with the program and forgotten by everyone. This explains why nobody mentions them in later games. The only one who has some form of recollection is Prairie, who [[ImCryingButIDontKnowWhy gets watery-eyed and thinks there was something important sacrificed to attain peace]] and thanks the heroes. Even when the two return to reality 10 years later, the memories of Nett and Elf that lie within their friends come back very diminished due to their long absence, but there's a HopeSpot that they'll be remembered.]]

* RetGone: [[spoiler:The consequence of saving E.L.F. is that Elf and Nett are merged with the program and forgotten by everyone. This explains why nobody mentions them in later games. The only one who has some form of recollection is Prairie, who [[ImCryingButIDontKnowWhy gets watery-eyed and thinks there was something important sacrificed to attain peace]] and thanks the heroes.]]

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:After a barely alive Virel impales Nett and cleaves Elf in half, Mother Elf appears and finally erases the last traces of Virel. Sadly, she cannot save either protagonist from dying but shows them how to survive by returning to the source of their creation at the cost of being forgotten by everyone.]]