Mega Man X (series)

The Mega Man X series made its debut in December of 1993 on the Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).

Story
The series is set in the 22nd century, almost one-hundred years after the events of the first Mega Man series. The story revolves around Mega Man X, the final creation of Dr. Thomas Light, who is discovered by world-renowned archaeologist Dr. Cain and used to create an advanced race of robots known as "Reploids" (called so because they are literally replicas based on the design of X). However, not long after their creation, some of the Reploids begin to go "Maverick" and attack humans. Because of this, Dr. Cain is asked by the council to put a stop to this, and as such, forms a special unit to stop these "Mavericks" known as the "Maverick Hunters." However, the leader of the Hunters and Dr. Cain's creation, Sigma, goes Maverick himself, taking many of the Hunters with him. Thus, the "Maverick Wars" begins to take shape...

Mega Man X games
The list of games in order of the events that happen in them.


 * Mega Man X (began in June 4, 21XX, according to the Journal of Dr. Cain)
 * Mega Man Maverick Hunter X (remake of the first game)
 * Mega Man X2 (six months after the first game, as shown in the opening scene)
 * Mega Man Xtreme
 * Mega Man X3 (several months after Mega Man X2, as shown in the opening scene)
 * Mega Man Xtreme 2
 * Mega Man X4 (After Mega Man Xtreme 2)
 * Mega Man X5 (Several months after Mega Man X4)
 * Mega Man X6 (Three weeks after Mega Man X5, as shown in the opening scene)
 * Mega Man X7 (A long time after Mega Man X6)
 * Mega Man X8 (21XX, possibly late in the century)
 * Mega Man X: Command Mission (22XX, a side story set outside of the main storyline)

Trivia

 * The Mega Man X series was the first spin-off based on the original Mega Man series. The X series is perhaps the closest series to the original in terms of characters and gameplay, featuring some characters from the original series such as Dr. Light. Many enemies from the classic series also make appareances here, albeit mostly in new forms.
 * It is well known Megaman creator Keiji Inafune got inspiration from many manga series and music, being Astro Boy (mostly for the original Megaman) one of the few acknowledge ones, a probable inspiration for the X series (at least until MMX3) might be Casshan (Casshern), the many comon elements include the robot rebolution, the "one againts the world" and "a diferent robot" themes and even Sigma shares some similitudes in the desing field with Casshan antagonist Braking Boss, also on the MMX3 game, X can get a golden armour power-up, possibly being a Saint Seiya tribute
 * As for the rest of the X series inspiration, might posibly be Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3: Star Dust Cruzaders, sharing the misterious "long gone" antagonist hiding in the shadows, a quite similar to the OVA adaptation battle scene with Zero and the antagonist (MMX4) and many Small character resemblance in some enemies (Being Dark Dizzy quite similar to Dio Brando and Axel The Red to Kakyoin Norikai)