Vile

Vile, or VAVA (ヴァヴァ Vava) in Japanese version, is a character of the Mega Man X series. He used to be a Maverick Hunter prior to the first X game and was ranked SA-class and was a member of Sigma's 17th Elite Unit prior to his commander's rebellion against humanity. He appeared in a few games of the series as a boss character and was being playable for the first time in Maverick Hunter X, a remake of the first Mega Man X for the PlayStation Portable.

Character
Vile is a very arrogant, violent and rude character. Though he used to be a member of the Maverick Hunters, he didn't accept orders from anybody except himself which often resulted in fierce arguments with his commander and (eventually) to his own arrest and labeling of being a Maverick.

Because of an inrepairable shortcut in his electronic brain, Vile developed a strange passion for hunting down Mavericks and totally annihilating them and causing as much damage as possible on the territory. This also includes innocent bystanders and comrades alike.

In all incarnations of the character, Vile holds a deep grudge against X and looks down on him because for him, X is a weak character and doesn't deserve that much attention.

Mega Man X / Maverick Hunter X
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Mega Man Xtreme
Vile makes a small appearance in the opening stage of the game. Said level is a digitalized version of the Central Highway stage from the original Mega Man X. He serves as the boss of this stage and is again seen riding his Ride Armor. In this game, he is errorously refered to as "VAVA", which is actually his original Japanese name. He was destroyed/deleted by X.

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Mega Man X8
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Arsenal
Main article: Vile's weaponry

Vile is notorious for using a varity of weapons, hidden within his body. His most significant weapon however, is his trademark shoulder cannon, the Front Runner.

In the Maverick Hunter X remake, Vile is able to acquire more than 50 different weapons, divided into three main categories (shoulder mounted weapons, hand mounted weapons and leg mounted weapons) and each of them is again divided into three subcategories. These weapons vary from standard laser blasters, projectile weapons to launchers. His default weapons in Maverick Hunter X are the Front Runner, an energy based cannon on his shoulder which can be fired in three directions, a vulcan machinegun with limited range and a grenade launcher mounted into his knees.

Trivia

 * It's a common tale amongst the Mega Man community that the character's name was changed from VAVA to Vile for the North American release of Mega Man X because Capcom was afraid of being sued by LucasFilm because of the character's resemblence to Boba Fett, a character from the Star Wars universe. This was due to Vile's resemblence to Boba Fett's mandalorian helmet (T-visor) and because his Japanese name can also be spelled "BABA" (the letters B and V are spelled and written the same way in Japanese).
 * Vile makes a small cameo appearance in Mega Man Zero 2 as one of for "haunting spirits" that attack Zero if he is grabbed by Phoenix Magnion.
 * Vile appeared in Mega X, the 26th episode of the Ruby Spears Mega Man cartoon. He came from the future along with Spark Mandrill to steal Lightanium from Dr. Light's newly opened Plasma Power Plant to finance Sigma's war against humanity. He was voiced by [Insert Actor].