Mega Man X8

Mega Man X8 is a game of the Mega Man X series released for the PlayStation 2 from 2004-05. It returned the series to its 2D platforming roots, included fully translated FMV sequences, and was well-received by fans. The game was later ported to the PC in South Korea and Europe and was available for download via "digital purchase" from GameSpot in 2005-06.

Mega Man X8 was the first game in the series not to be available in Japan first.

Release Dates
PlayStation 2:


 * North America: December 7, 2004
 * Europe: February 11, 2005
 * Japan: March 10, 2005

PC:


 * South Korea: January 1, 2005
 * Europe: November, 2005

GameSpot Digital Purchase:


 * Worldwide: March 8, 2006

Story
The humans have by now grown weary of Reploids becoming Maverick. So someone came up with the solution to colonize in space, while another decided to create a new breed of Reploid, combining a bit of X, Zero, and (unfortunately) some from Sigma and others. But once more, some Mavericks came about. And they are now chasing after the humans. To make matters worse, some of the Mavericks have the same copy ability as Axl.

Mavericks

 * Dark Mantis
 * Bamboo Pandamonium
 * Earthrock Trilobyte
 * Gigabolt Man-O-War
 * Avalanche Yeti
 * Burn Rooster
 * Gravity Antonion
 * Optic Sunflower

Armor
Mega Man X8 combines the one-part-at-a-time feature of X1-X4 with the multiple armor feature of Mega Man X5 and Mega Man X6. With the first capsule that X finds, Dr. Light bestows the Neutral Armor upon him. When selecting the Neutral Armor, X is given the choice to mix-and-match the parts he finds onto the Neutral Armor. They come in four sets: The Standard Parts, which X begins the game with; The Icarus Parts; The Hermes Parts; and the Ultimate Parts, secret parts accessed through a code or by completing a certain task.

When all of the Icarus Parts or Hermes Parts are equipped at once, the armor is named accordingly, and a special feature is added to the full armor. While equipping the Icarus Armor, X can perform the Giga Crash, and while equipping the Hermes Armor, he can perform the X-Drive.

Enemy Guide
List of Mega Man X8 Enemies

Walkthrough
Click here to see a step-by step walthrough for the game.