Talk:Mega Man X (series)
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[edit] Megaman X timeline
I need to do some research on the topic, but I believe Inafune has been cited to state that the Megaman X series "officially" ends with X6:
- The X ending alludes to Zero vanishing off to somewhere
- The Zero ending shows Zero entering a capsule provided by an unnamed scientist, where he would remain for about a century.
If the citation is correct, X games beyond X6 are, at best, side plots. The article makes reference to "official game information" helping to tack down where in the timeline Megaman X: Command Mission takes place, and while I don't doubt the sincerity of the author, some links, external or otherwise, would be appreciated.
This jives well with the plot from the first Megaman Zero, as X mentions at the end how he wondered where Zero had gone and how long he had fought the Mavericks alone. It does not, however, firmly establish the time in which Megaman Zero occurs, assuming that there is any firmly established time the Zero series occurs in.
If the X series truly continues with X7, X8, and X: Command Mission, then the earliest that any of these could have occurred, to remain consistent with the end of X6, is sometime on or after 22XX.
Rather than speculate, the article might be improved by pointing out the ambiguity in the timeline until Capcom has officially closed the Megaman X timeline and series of games.
Question: What is a cross-over, as mentioned immediately prior to "Is X really Megaman?"
Also, the article Mega Man X (game character) also addresses the question of whether X and Megaman are the same character, using very similar wording. For the sake of making the article more brief (it is rather long), it might be better to link to that article and trim this one. (I'd do it, but it's 3am and I need sleep)
--216.229.91.101 08:09, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
- Inafune stated that his involvement with the X series ended in X5 and that he had planned the story to end there as well, but then X6 was made and released without his knowledge. The plot of the Zero series takes the later X games into account starting at Z3 where the Elf Wars is described, so there isn't yet a contradiction even if the exact events are unknown.
- Command Mission takes place in 22XX because it says it does. Whether it's a canon game may be disputed, but assume so until proven otherwise, considering it IS a Capcom game (unlike, for example, Rockman & Forte: Challenger From the Future, which was made by Bandai under license).
- A cross-over is better known as a cameo appearance. In fiction, it refers to a character from one series or franchise appearing in a game from a different series or franchise, such as Rock and Roll from Mega Man Classic appearing in the Marvel vs. Capcom series.
- The article Mega Man X (game character) was created less than a week ago by cut-and-pasting information from this and other articles, stripping the sources of that information, by one author who also failed to put it in the correct category or link it anywhere, so I was completely unaware that it existed. Of course, if it exists then it can be linked to thin out this article, sure, but whoever wants to know the source of any of the information there will have a hard time tracking down who originally wrote it. (maybe half of the article was written by me, and a significant portion was plagarised from Reeve's site). I would rather the article be named "X (Mega Man)" but that's just me (the character's name is X, not Mega Man X).
- --Boco XLVII 15:15, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
- X's name is Mega Man X. It is stated in the intro of the first Mega Man X game, where it states "MEGAMAN X SPECIFICATIONS" followed by information of some of X's systems. X is just the short form that everyone in the game calls Mega Man X.
[edit] Megaman X Timeline
The events of "Mega Man X" through "Mega Man X8" take place in the 22nd Century (21XX), 2114 (though Boco LVII and I figure that Dr. Cain probably discovered X a year after the copyright date on his computer, most likely in 2115, thus putting the first revolt at 2119?), but anyhow, the thus far 8 X games say 21XX because they do, and then "Mega Man X: Command Mission" says 22XX, which would probably be sometime in the earlier part of the 23rd Century (2200s or 2210s?). Anyhow, yes it may have been the original intention at one point to end the series with X5 or 6, and in fact that seems obvious so we should not get into that, and yes we know that there is the cutscene with Zero sealing himself in the capsule, but I have read that that scene can be looked at as a foretelling of the future. In otherwords, now that Capcom has made X6, X7, X8, CM, and may make others (I won't be surprised), one can look at the fact that Zero seals himself up for the roughly one century (I think it was 102 years?) as happening after the X series itself is resolved in order to tie up the connection between the X saga and the Zero saga...Well, we'll see what happens! --Yahweh 00:45, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Looking up credits specifically for every game
Seems to me that all X games were credited to be design by Inafune, when this was clearly not the case, he meant for them to end in x5, and he is quoted as not even working in that one, we need a good source of credits, that atleast tell us in which games he did or did not work.
Cauzilo
[edit] Recent edit by User:Casper10
Casper10 posted this:
On 9 August 2006, Nintendo released Mega Man X8 Wireless Play, the first wireless play program, following by Wireless Play Programs of Mega Man X: Command Mission and Mega Man Maverick Hunter X.
Casper10 has a small history of vandalism. Can this added information be verified? --Reploidof20xx (talk) 11:27, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
Found verification for Mega Man X8 at least, but only in a non-official site. http://www.nintendo-ds-lite-pink.co.uk/ 195.194.142.135 11:11, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
