Spike Rosered

"What do you want with me?"

- Axle the Red

Axle the Red, known as Spike Rosered (スパイク・ローズレッド) is a Maverick from Mega Man X5 based on a rose. He originated from a very rare and mysterious mutation between a Reploid, the nature control unit of the jungle, and the Sigma Virus. As a Reploid created from the Sigma Virus, it is believed he can be a threat, and he hid in the jungle, where he found the Orbiter Engine needed for the space Shuttle. When the Maverick Hunters meet him while searching for the Orbiter Engine, he said they would need to fight against him to obtain it, and doesn't care to what happens to Earth as he would be able to steal anything for him during the panic. He doesn't like the Maverick Hunters' actions, citing the Repliforce incident from Mega Man X4 when playing as Zero.

Axle the Red tends to use his spiked-whip and spike ball weapons very well. Also, if he catches you with a whip, he begins to drains your life parameter. It shouldn't be too hard to hit him, even with the clone out. As a rose-based Maverick, he is weak to Mattrex's fire weapons, Ground Fire and Quake Blazer. If the player defeat him, X and Zero obtain the Spike Ball and Twin Dream.

Stage Enemies
Enemies in Axle the Red's stage, Into The Jungle!:
 * Purple Rose
 * Seil Gabyoall
 * Sigma Virus
 * Togeroid

Trivia

 * In the American version, Axle the Red was named after Axl Rose, the lead singer of the rock band Guns N' Roses. It served well the facts that Axle the Red is based on a rose and there's guns (actually cannons) and roses in the background of his stage.
 * The name of his stage theme, "Into the Jungle!", may possibly be a reference to the Guns N' Roses song "Welcome to the Jungle".
 * In a way, he's like Split Mushroom before him, who in turn is like Gemini Man in the original series.