Mega Man X | Cheerful Ghost

Get Historical With NESComplex and Mega Man X

Mega Man X is a well loved Super Nintendo game and as such has a dedicated community and was included as one of the games in the recent Super Nintendo Classic lineup. Because of it's status as one of the better entries in the Mega Man franchise, NES Complex dives in and takes another look in an all new retrospective video. The video briefly touches on the original NES Mega Man games and what X may have looked like if the series creator drew him the way he wanted. Spoiler alert, I like what they went with instead.

Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 & 2 Coming July 24th!

We've known for a bit that the Mega Man X collections were coming and now we have the release date, July 24th! If you have a Switch and want every classic Mega Man game the Legacy Collection is coming and now both X Collections as well! I still have yet to take up Mega Man X on the Super Nintendo classic but after I wear out Mega Man 2, i'll get over to it. That said, I have NO idea when that will be as I honestly enjoy just replaying Mega Man 2.

That said...

"The entire X series dashes onto Nintendo Switch! Mega Man X Legacy Collection contains side-scrolling classics Mega Man X, Mega Man X2, Mega Man X3, and Mega Man X4. Continue the adventure with Mega Man X Legacy... Read All

Staring Stoically at Perfection: Mega Man X

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There's a joy to be had in perfection through simplicity. The kind of perfection that comes without dizzying highs. Revolution over evolution, etc. That's what I think of when I think of Mega Man X.

Mega Man 2 was my first NES game (along with SMB and, puke, Operation Wolf) and my imagination was ignited by the setting and concept. There's something elemental to the idea of killing an enemy to get his power. It's why ancient tribes ate the hearts of their enemies. This game allows you eat metallic heart after metallic heart until you have the power of a dozen tribes. Mega Man X perfected what Mega Man 2 started and that's why we chose it for the first episode of Watch... Read All

jdodson Admin wrote on 10/18/2012 at 02:14am

Like you Gary, I started with Mega Man 2 as well. Kind of glad I did because Mega Man 1 was pretty hard. That said, I could go on and on about Mega Man 2 and how much I love it so much.

Mega Man X is a really good game. I like you, dug the little things too. For me, the ability to have a cool ability from the start was pretty awesome. I didn't do much until the shot was fully charged up myself. Wall jumping was a nice addition because I felt like Mega Man jumps were pretty hard as is, now if you don't make it by just a bit you can wall jump to safety.

The music and graphics were good and the game came with more of a story than the others.

My only real negative on this game is the speed Mega Man travels. I would have sped him up a bit because he just felt... too slow? Its a minor gripe for such a good game though.

jdodson Admin wrote on 10/18/2012 at 04:24am

Just found this: Mega Man X cosplay http://imgur.com/a/u1gZE

Gary_Butterfield Post Author wrote on 10/19/2012 at 08:49pm

That slow movement thing might be something I missed in my last playthrough. I do think it looks a little like he runs in place as he moves, which might contribute to that.

jdodson Admin wrote on 10/20/2012 at 01:14am

That may be now that I think about it. If you play it again and it doesn't come to you then awesome, just something I noticed :D

Then again Mega Man was never really fast to start with.

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