Mega Man X

The Mega Man X series is a continuation of the Mega Man series of games in the 22nd century. Being set 100 years after the classic Mega Man games allows a new stories and characters to emerge. One such character is Mega Man X. He is actually Dr Light's (mentioned in the last post) last robot. Mega Man X (X from now on) is discovered by an archaeologist named Dr. Cain who uses him to create Reploids, which are generally robots based off of X with complete free will. Unfortunately, some of these robots become hostile and X must do something about it.



The new design of Mega Man, Dr Light's last robot

The first game was Mega Man X on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) in 1993. here is a list of the Mega Man X games in chronological order within the story (the years are when they were first released):

• Mega Man X (1993)
• Mega Man Maverick Hunter X (Mega Man X Remake) (2005-2006)
• Mega Man X2 (1994)
• Mega Man Extreme
• Mega Man X3 (1995)
• Mega Man Extreme 2
• Mega Man X4 (1997)
• Mega Man X5
• Mega Man X6
• Mega Man X7
• Mega Man X8 (2004)
• Mega Man X:Command Mission (Side story set later in the series)

Being on more powerful consoles than the classic Mega Man games, much better graphics were possible for the series and technical feats such as faster gameplay (the screen would now scroll instead of having to wait for the next screen to load each time you leave the edge of the screen) and new abilities and characters.


Zero - A new character added in Mega Man X, originally intended to be the new design for Mega Man, but was too different to be used.

Here is a video by Egoraptor describing the differences between the two series of Games and how generally Mega Man X is an overall improvement and challenges the player.

References:

General information (http://megaman.wikia.com/wiki/Mega_Man_X_(series))

Game features of Mega Man X (http://www.megamanxcorrupted.com/game-features/)

Information on Mega Man Maverick Hunter X  (http://megaman.wikia.com/wiki/Mega_Man_Maverick_Hunter_X)

Sequelitis:Mega Man Classic Vs Mega Man X(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FpigqfcvlM)

Some interesting facts about the Mega Man series (http://didyouknowgaming.com/search/mega+man)