History WMG / MegamanX

[[WMG: Should the series continue, it will address Zero's return in ''X6']]

* So... the crashing of Eurasia caused the worlds to split into two parallel worlds? Like in the ''Film/SuperMarioBros'' movie?

Zero's malevolent super form and original berserker attitude are influenced by the Evil Robot, and every single act of hatred and destruction on the planet Earth since his crash-landing has been precipitated indirectly by him so that it could breed Evil Energy and restore him to life. It's possible when Wily made Zero, the Evil Robot used him as a replacement body, but was never strong enough to fully take over, putting Zero in a deranged state of bloody incoherent madness. Wily put the restraining program on him not just as a means of keeping him from betraying him, but because he knew from analysis and use of the Evil Energy that the Evil Robot was a million times more deadly than any of his other creations combined, even Bass, and if it gained control of Zero, it would be anarchy. Wily somehow tried to "shelve" the Evil Robot's personality but failed, and put a fail-safe mechanism on Zero's capsule so that in case he died, Zero would continue his mission of revenge in his stead. However, Zero grew so bellicose that he would attack everything and everyone -- all because the Evil Robot needed him to stir up carnage to rejuvenate his remains. Sigma punched a protective cover on Zero's helmet, which caused his fist to make raw contact with the Evil Robot and either transfer to him like a parasite and erode his mind, or steal his power while the robot went all but dormant in Zero. However, in ''X5'', contact with the Maverick Virus gave the Evil Robot new life until Zero was defeated. He could've been implanted in Omega from there, or Lumine, Weil, any number of villains, really. In the end, the Evil Robot will somehow procure a new body and attempt to exterminate all of planet Earth, forcing the current Mega Man to do battle with a nigh-unstoppable evil force. Finally, the Evil Robot could've been a scientist or machine created by some unknown force for evil and rebelled, a robot that experimented/was infused with Evil Energy and became power-mad, suffered exposure to it, or is out to [[KillEmAll kill everything]] [[AbsoluteXenophobe out of fear]] of a [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann universe-ending crisis a la Spiral Nemesis-style]]. Okay, mind: shut off now. This is getting crazier by the second!

* Even in the pre-reboot games, it wasn't revealed until ''X2''[='=]s events that Sigma became a virus, and it wasn't until some time after ''X2'' that awareness of the virus spread enough for Doppler to announce a treatment for it. None of the Mavericks in ''X1'' served Sigma from being corrupted by the virus (like Storm Eagle following Sigma after losing to him in a duel), which is notable here since none of their backstories were changed for MHX. Sigma's lack of a "I'll return" message could be a case of {{You Should Know This Already}} (that is, the player is familiar enough with Mega Man X to know that Sigma comes back after his death in ''X1/MHX'').

[[WMG: The [[StreetFighter Hadouken and Shoryuken capsules]] in the first two X games are canon.]]

Serges, being connected to Wily, started the process to remind Zero of his original nature. Before ''X2'' Zero had nothing to say on Wily, but after ''X2'' is when he really recognizes him.

The fanbase tends to assume that Serges and Isoc are both Dr. Wily, and that a mind transfer happened between the two at some point. It's also totally reasonable to assume that Wily made a host of robot copies of himself, just in case some of them got killed off. There could be dozens of them! Maybe even Master Albert from ''ZXA'' is one too, given his Wily-inspired name and the trademark red eyes he shares with Serges and Isoc.

** That was my thought, as well. [[AdultFear What's worse for a parent]] than knowing that [[NotGrowingUpSucks your kids will never grow up]], never be able to think for themselves, and never be able to survive on their own once you're gone? Light felt immensely guilty for essentially [[AndIMustScream condemning Mega Man and Roll to this existence]], [[MyGreatestSecondChance and created X as a way to make up for it.]] Back in the day, it wasn't uncommon for players unfamiliar with X's backstory to mistake him for a "grown-up" original Mega Man. My guess is that [[IntendedAudienceReaction this was exactly what Dr. Light was going for]], and why he based X so heavily on Rock's design: if Rock was a normal human boy, X would be that same boy as an adult.

Vile's habit of [[ForTheEvulz property damage and torture]] may stem from the fact that his suffering circuit was attached to something that was simultaneously outdated and made for war, he could have trouble trying to understand the signals, or actually remove them. We can't see his face, so they could have repaired his body armor by using a spare Sniper Joe. Not to mention he has a [[FoeYay a thing for X]], which means he needed an expanded backstory for X besides blind AxCrazy tendencies to "always" hate him. Wrap it up with his [[MiniMecha Ride Armor]] to get his CombiningMecha fix as his replacement for Treble, and there you go.

* Reploid is a portmanteu of replica android: they're replicas of X, who is technically the one true android (Zero may count, unless Wily went off in another direction). However, android just means 'humanlike,' roughly. Early Science Fiction often used the word android for what we would call clones, artificially produced humans, like the ones in ''StarWars''. 'Organic' basically just means molecules with carbon-oxygen bonds (well, for practical purposes) in chemistry. Organic molecules are very, very good at self-sustaining reactions at the molecular level, and nanites are supposed to be ''small'', so taking advantage of those traits makes sense.

[[WMG: Zero's OutOfCharacter grumpiness in ''X7'' is due to HeroicFatigue just like X.]]

Zero has always felt a lot grumpier and less patient in ''X7'' than in the other games (not helped by his VA's dry delivery). It's likely that his cranky demeanor is out of frustration with X's TenMinuteRetirement, or his own form of HeroicFatigue where he is sick of the fighting too.

* This makes sense in ''Mega Man X5'' - many of the bosses who go Maverick due to the Sigma Virus don't immediately claim allegiance to Sigma. For example, if you fight Spiral Pegasus while he's infected, he cries that he will avenge General and Colonel when he fights Zero, showing that he still retains a sense of self and is not as obsessive as someone like Dr. Doppler.

** And before you bring the fact that no one in Repliforce was infected by the time of X4 (repeat: by the time of X4. Spiral Pegasus was infected, but it was in X''5''.), I'll remind you that Colonel and Iris were the only ones that Zero was close to, with Colonel being Zero's rival, and Iris being his LoveInterest.

* I'll be honest with you, I only thought about this theory after reading [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13468215/1/X-Chronicles-3-Doppler-Effect this fanfic]]. There are some differences between the fanfic and this theory:
** 1) Repliforce was not founded at the time,

* [[VideoGame/MegaManX1 Boomer Kuwanger]] and [[VideoGame/MegaManX3 Gravity Beetle]]

* MHX1 (what had happened)
* MHX2: Still similar to X2 where X-Hunters are carrying Zero's body parts, and Sigma coming back. Details added: they were actually making Zero's body from the ground up (with X still holding his control chip), there's a fourth X-Hunter (that was planned back in X2 but didn't make it), Serges showing more hints of being Wily, and him being the one to revive Sigma AND make him a "virus", making them allies. There would also be AnotherSideAnotherStory focused on Zero (or his black clone) who, lacking his control chip, goes on a rampage and destroy the Maverick bosses before being stopped by X or the X-Hunters.
* MHX3: Still similar to X3, with Dr. Doppler discovering the Sigma Virus, then becoming infected and then infect other Reploids into his bosses, as well as resurrecting Vile and Sigma and employing the Nightmare Police. In this game, X and Zero are both playable, but not in the way X3 plays it (Zero as X's "carrier"); either you choose one Hunter to go into the stages (ala X5-X6) or, being closer to X3, always playing with both with you being able to freely switch between them (ala X7-X8). This also means Zero can get boss weapons/techniques. Zero may still be injured (but not dead) after beating the mosquito boss in Doppler Stage 2; I'm also considering it to be the canonical path (you'll see later). Vile Mode makes a return; as he's not wholly loyal to Doppler, he instead goes after X, destroying any Maverick bosses in his way. He might get either X and Zero again as his final boss, or Doppler himself. In the end, Doppler turns good and subdues Sigma's virus form with his vaccine, sacrificing himself in the process.
* MHX4: Now this is where it diverges: It takes after X6's events. Gate found a piece of Zero's DNA in Doppler's lab wreckage, not the Eurasia crash site. Then he uses it to create Nightmares and then spread it across the world for his plan of a better world. This time, as Isoc (who may be Serges... who may be Wily) is announcing the threat of "Zero Nightmare" to the populace, Zero's reputation is in danger... because Zero himself is still alive (think Dr. Light being framed in VideoGame/MegaMan9) and X knows it. Either X and Zero are playable from the start, or like X6, Zero goes into hiding (whether X knows or not; X may even insists he has to hide) and X has to defeat this imposter to clean Zero's name; once ZN is defeated, Zero is playable. The rest of the game proceeds as normal, including Sigma's botched resurrection by Gate (this time it's because it's hard to bring him back when he was defeated by an antivirus). Oh, and Dynamo doesn't appear here, instead being replaced by some other villain (maybe even a new guy).
* MHX5: It follows X4's events, either still with the split between X and Zero's path or be merged together (I don't know how it'll affect Double and Iris fights, so I'm going safe with the former option). At this point, following his defeat in MHX4 (and his deteriorated mind), Sigma decides to just destroy the Earth altogether, manipulating Repliforce for it. (Preferably, Colonel and General could have more variety with their attacks.)
* MHX6: It follows X5's events and mechanics. Also has multiple endings like in X5. (I'm also considering a "Dynamo Mode".) In the end, Zero's wrecked body is salvaged and put into research for his schematics to find the perfect antivirus countermeasures (leading to ''Mega Man Zero'' series).

[[WMG: Colonel refused to surrender out of paranoia, not pride.]]