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SYSTEM	YEAR	GENRE	RATING
PSX/PC	2001	Traditional	70%
ALSO KNOWN AS
Rockman X6

For a description of what these stats mean, see the Stat Explanation page.

Open Menu: No

Charge Up: Yes

Lose Charge: Only when firing

Horizontal Recoil: About 1 block *

Vertical Recoil: 2 to 3 blocks *

Shots On Screen: Yes

Fall Off Ladder: No

* If the character is wearing armor, recoil is less than half these values.

X’s Weapons

Uses: ? Obtained From: Ground Scaravich Appears In: MMX6  GROUND DASH Forms boulders which X tosses. Charged, forms a large boulder like what Ground Scaravich was using. This weapon can break or move the blocks found in the Recycling Area and elsewhere: brown ones are destroyed, gray ones move one space when pushed, blue ones move as far as they can when pushed, and red ones explode when struck. Stand directly next to a block and press the special weapon fire button to merely push the block rather than firing boulders at it. Pushing uses no weapon energy but will not function if the weapon has no energy.

Uses: ? Obtained From: Shield Sheldon Similar To: Mirror Buster Appears In: MMX6  GUARD SHELL Reflects certain shots. Uses weapon energy for every shot that is reflected; putting it up doesn’t cost anything. You can position the shield over X’s head or under his feet by pressing the appropriate direction on the control pad before pressing the special weapon fire button. Charged, forms four shells on the corners of the screen which move with X and shoot when you press the special weapon fire button.

Uses: ? Obtained From: Blizzard Wolfang Appears In: MMX6  ICE BURST Forms a small ice boulder on the ground that X can stand on. When charged, X flashes for a short duration, during which time dashing creates ice spikes which go up and down.

Uses: ? Obtained From: Blaze Heatnix Characteristics: Full-screen Appears In: MMX6  MAGMA BLADE A normal Saber swipe except it shoots a fireball from the blade. When charged, it causes a lot of fireballs to sweep in from the left of the screen, covering the screen. This attack can be interrupted as well but only while X is first pulling it off; once the fireballs are in motion X can be hit and they will still continue.

Uses: ? Obtained From: Metal Shark Player Appears In: MMX6  METAL ANCHOR Up to two anchors bounce around on the ground. Charged, brings down a meteor shower, but the attack is interrupted if X is hit.

Uses: ? Obtained From: Rainy Turtloid Appears In: MMX6  METEOR RAIN Creates a water bubble that goes up then down. When charged, the bubble goes off the top of the screen and then bubbles rain down at an angle like a meteor shower.

Uses: ? Obtained From: Infinity Mijinion Appears In: MMX6  RAY ARROW A short orange ray that moves slightly downward and then breaks off into a 90 degree angle when it strikes a wall. You can determine whether it moves up or down along the wall by pressing that direction on the control pad when you fire. Charged, it fires several vertical laser beams across the screen around X similar to Dynamo’s weapon.

Uses: ? Obtained From: Commander Yammark Characteristics: Multidirectional Appears In: MMX6  YAMMAR OPTION Forms three little dragonflies around you. Press the special weapon fire button to have them shoot. This doesn’t use any additional energy. If the dragonflies hit enemies bodily they will damage them but they will also be damaged and eventually destroyed. You can replace missing dragonflies at any time by pressing the special weapon button again, although you’ll consume weapon energy for every fly created. The charged variation of this weapon is identical to the regular except the dragonflies will fire automatically for a short time (after which they return to normal, non-charged state) and they shoot in diagonal directions.

Zero’s Techniques

Uses: 0 Obtained From: Rainy Turtloid Motion: Down + special weapon button Appears In: MMX6  ENSUIZAN Zero does a circular slash. This can be done either in the air, or while ducking (because you have to press down to execute it).

Uses: ? Obtained From: Shield Sheldon Motion: Select off subscreen Similar To: Mirror Buster Appears In: MMX6  GUARD SHELL Same as X’s weapon; select it off the subscreen and it will auto-activate when you return to the game. (You can even switch to another weapon and still have the shield active.)

Uses: ? Obtained From: Blizzard Wolfang Motion: Up + jump Appears In: MMX6  HYOROGA Zero sticks to ceilings if he super-jumps into them (press up and jump while on the ground). This is actually rather amusing. While he is on the ceiling use the normal Saber attack button to shoot icicles downward. This is what consumes weapon energy (just super-jumping is free). You can also dash from your position up there. Note that Zero cannot stay on the ceiling indefinitely; he’ll fall off after a short span of time. You can also get down early by pressing the jump button.

Uses: ? Obtained From: Metal Shark Player Motion: Down + Saber while in air Appears In: MMX6  RAKUKOJIN Zero down-stabs with a metallic spear. When he hits the ground this weapon produces a small explosion and releases an anchor that is similar to X’s version of the weapon.

Uses: ? Obtained From: Infinity Mijinion Motion: Giga Attack Characteristics: Full-screen Appears In: MMX6  REKKOHA Giga Attack. Lots of arrows stream down from above. Hits the entire screen.

Uses: 0 Obtained From: Ground Scaravich Motion: Up + Saber while in air Appears In: MMX6  SENTSUIZAN Zero slashes downward at an angle and smacks the ground hard (or, more typically, swan-dives himself straight into a pit). Do yourself a favor and don’t get this one if you plan to play as Zero for any length of time. This weapon can be used to destroy/move blocks similar to X’s Ground Dash weapon. I wouldn’t suggest breaking red ones with this, however, since Zero will most likely be caught in the explosion.

Uses: 0 Obtained From: Blaze Heatnix Motion: Up + Saber Similar To: Ryuenjin/Ryuenjein Appears In: MMX6  SHOENZAN This is an upward flaming Saber jab.

Uses: ? Obtained From: Commander Yammark Motion: Up + special weapon button Characteristics: Multidirectional Appears In: MMX6  YAMMAR OPTION Same as X’s except you have to press up and the special weapon fire button to active. Zero can fire the options by merely pressing the Saber attack button; he doesn’t need to use the weapon fire button.

Also Known As: Life Energy Appears In: MMX1, MMX2, MMX3, MMX4, MMX5, MMX6, MMX7, MMXI, MMXII  ENERGY PELLET The yellow spheres refill your life meter. The small ones only recover a small amount of health, but this can begin to add up. They will also fill your Sub-Tanks if your life meter is full.

Appears In: MMX1, MMX2, MMX3, MMX4, MMX5, MMX6, MMX7, MMX8, MMXI, MMXII  ENERGY CAPSULE These globes are the same as energy pellets except that more energy is refilled.

Appears In: MMX1, MMX2, MMX3, MMX4, MMX5, MMX6, MMX7, MMXI  WEAPON ENERGY PELLET The colored pellets are weapon energy. They refill your current weapon when picked up. If you aren’t equipped with a weapon or your weapon is full, the energy goes to another weapon that needs it.

Appears In: MMX1, MMX2, MMX3, MMX4, MMX5, MMX6, MMX7, MMX8, MMXI, MMXII  WEAPON ENERGY CAPSULE These are the same as weapon energy pellets except that more energy is refilled.

Also Known As: Spare Body Appears In: MMX1, MMX2, MMX3, MMX4, MMX5, MMX6, MMX7, MMX8, MMXI, MMXII  1-UP Extra lives. If you have one of these when you bite the dust, you’ll be given another chance at the stage.

Appears In: MMX1, MMX2, MMX3, MMX4, MMX5, MMX6, MMX7, MMXI, MMXII  HEART TANK This increases the maximum health of the character who picks it up. Effectively these make your energy meter longer.

Appears In: MMX1, MMX2, MMX3, MMX4, MMX5, MMX6, MMX7, MMX8, MMXI, MMXII  SUB-TANK These are permanent containers that can be used to store spare energy and carry it around until it is needed. They are reusable and can be refilled as often as necessary. To fill a Sub-Tank, acquire energy when your energy meter is full, and the energy will go to your tank instead. Tanks which are not completely full may still be used, but they won’t restore much of your energy. A full tank, on the other hand, will always completely refill your health no matter how large your energy meter is.

Appears In: MMX4, MMX5, MMX6, MMX7, MMX8  WEAPON SUB-TANK This tank operates exactly like a Sub-Tank except it stores weapon energy and refills weapons instead of your life energy. Quite useful particularly when you’re in fortresses or fighting boss battles.

Appears In: MMX4, MMX5, MMX6, MMX7  EX TANK Although it has the appearance of one, this isn’t really a tank at all; it’s an item that gives you 4 extra lives instead of 2 whenever you start or continue. You don’t have to fill it or use it; just possessing it is enough for its effects to take place.

Appears In: MMX5, MMX6  BUSTER PLUS This seems to increase the power of X’s shots.

Appears In: MMX6, MMX8, MMXII  D.BARRIER Stands for Double Barrier—this lengthens your invincibility time after you take damage.

Appears In: MMX6, MMX8  D-CONVERTER Damage converter. Converts damage that you suffer to weapon energy.

Appears In: MMX5, MMX6, MMXII  ENERGY SAVER Special weapons use less energy.

Appears In: MMX6  ENERGY UP This increases the size of your special weapon meters, which basically increases the number of times you can fire each of your weapons.

Appears In: MMX5, MMX6, MMXII  HYPER DASH Your character dashes faster.

Appears In: MMX6  HYPERDRIVE This item increases your defense for a brief time.

Appears In: MMX5, MMX6  JUMPER This increases the height (and thus, distance) of your jumps. Extremely useful in this game thanks to its lackluster level design.

Appears In: MMX6  LIFE RECOVER This is basically an Energy Tank that you can use once per stage.

Appears In: MMX6, MMX8  LIFE UP Like a Heart Tank, this increases your maximum health.

Appears In: MMX6  MASTER SABER This seems to give Zero higher damage with his Saber.

Appears In: MMX6  OVERDRIVE For a brief time, every attack you make is fully-powered. But this lasts too short of a duration to be of any real use.

Appears In: MMX6  POWERDRIVE For a short time, your special weapons increase in power.

Appears In: MMX5, MMX6, MMXII  QUICK CHARGE X charges up significantly faster with this part. X only, of course, since only X can charge.

Appears In: MMX6  RAPID 5 Allows X to have five shots on the screen at once (normally it’s only three). This can allow you to shoot more rapidly since you have two additional shots to work with.

Appears In: MMX5, MMX6  SABER EXTEND Whenever you attack while on the ground, the tip of the saber produces an arc of orange energy; this arc travels farther than the saber, and reaches its farthest point when you do a triple-slash combo. Zero only.

Appears In: MMX5, MMX6, MMXII  SABER PLUS The Saber turns cyan and seems to do slightly more damage.

Appears In: MMX5, MMX6, MMX8  SHOCK BUFFER Essentially eliminates recoil (meaning when you get hit, your character doesn’t get pushed backward).

Appears In: MMX5, MMX6  SHOT ERASER Zero can destroy certain shots by slashing them with his Saber.

Appears In: MMX5, MMX6, MMXII  SPEED SHOT X’s shots travel faster, which means he can fire more rapidly.

Appears In: MMX5, MMX6  SPEEDSTER Increases your movement speed and the distance of your jumps. The latter feature is what really makes this item useful.

Appears In: MMX5, MMX6, MMX8, MMXII  SUPER RECOVER Energy items restore greater amounts of your energy meters.

Appears In: MMX5, MMX6, MMXII  ULTIMATE BUSTER Every shot X fires is a fully-powered shot. This means you can’t charge up and you also can’t rapid fire; however firing the fully-powered shots is naturally a lot faster than normal since there is no charge time. Note that this affects special weapons as well—if you’re wearing an armor that allows you to charge special weapons they will always come out charged.

Appears In: MMX6  WEAPON DRIVE I believe this allows you to use special weapons without consuming energy for a short time.

Appears In: MMX6  WEAPON PLUS Special weapons seem to do more damage when you have this.

Appears In: MMX6  WEAPON RECOVER This is the same thing as the Life Recover, except it works on weapons.

HP: ? AT: ? Also Known As: Rockman X Appears In: MMX1, MMX2, MMX3, MMX4, MMX5, MMX6, MMX7, MMX8, MMXI, MMXII, MMXCM  MEGA MAN X Commonly called simply “X,” this robot was built by Dr. Light for reasons unknown. He fights Mavericks to aid both humans and Reploids, but an inner hatred for violence prevents him from being as good of a Hunter as he could be.

HP: ? AT: ? Appears In: MMX1, MMX2, MMX3, MMX4, MMX5, MMX6, MMX7, MMX8, MMXI, MMXII, MMXCM  ZERO A skilled Maverick Hunter who lets nothing hold him back. After being destroyed and rebuilt, Zero fights with X and the other Hunters full time.

HP: ? AT: ? Appears In: MMX1, MMX2, MMX3, MMX4, MMX5, MMX6, MMX7, MMX8, MMXI, MMXII  SIGMA Sigma is one of the Reploids Dr. Cain built from information gleamed from X himself. After going Maverick, Sigma has apparently determined that the human race is inferior to Reploids and must either be enslaved or killed. Like a persistent bug, he always returns even after he is defeated, usually in a new form, since though his bodies are defeated, apparently his programming continues to live on to cause more damage.

Appears In: MMX5, MMX6, MMX7, MMX8  ALIA A Reploid researcher, Alia helps the Maverick Hunters by being their spotter and giving information to them on the field.

Appears In: MMX5, MMX6, MMX7, MMX8  SIGNAS The general of the Maverick Hunters. His personality is one of command authority.

Appears In: MMX5, MMX6  DOUGLAS The mechanic of the group who makes Parts for X and Zero.

Appears In: MMX5, MMX6  DYNAMO This mysterious mercenary has questionable goals and seems to enjoy fighting.

Appears In: MMX6  GATE This researcher has turned his sights on being the leader of the Reploids, which he plans to accomplish with a certain something he uncovered...

Appears In: MMX6  ISOC An investigator who creates a team to look into the Nightmare Phenomenon and put a stop to whatever Mavericks are behind it. He’s not all that he appears on the surface, however.

Appears In: MMX6  HIGH MAX High Max is a warrior who works with Gate and Isoc. He supposedly is looking into Mavericks, but what is his real goal?

Appears In: MMX1, MMX2, MMX3, MMX4, MMX5, MMX6, MMX7, MMX8, MMXI, MMXII  DR. THOMAS LIGHT The creator of X who manifests only as holograms in capsules. His capsules give X upgrades for his struggles ahead.

HP: ? AT: ? Weapon: Magma Blade / Shoenzan Weakness: Ground Dash / Sentsuizan Appears In: MMX6  BLAZE HEATNIX He can raise magma from the floor or lower it from the ceiling. Make sure you’re standing at the same level he is so you won’t get burned. Put out his fire with the Ground Dash / Sentsuizan; try to stand pretty close to him before firing the Ground Dash to ensure you’ll hit.

HP: ? AT: ? Weapon: Ice Burst / Hyoroga Weakness: Magma Blade / Shoenzan Appears In: MMX6  BLIZZARD WOLFANG A fast Maverick similar to Slash Beast, but easy enough to take down with the proper weapon. Use Magma Blade and try to hit him with the fireballs (as Zero just slash with the Shoenzan). X can use the Magma Blade to destroy the ice spikes Wolfang creates in one sweep of the fireballs.

HP: ? AT: ? Weapon: Yammar Option Weakness: Ray Arrow / Rekkoha Appears In: MMX6  COMMANDER YAMMARK One of the few Mavericks that looks like a she, although he’s still called a he. Commander Yammark shouldn’t be very difficult to take down, even without any weapons. You can shoot/slash the bullets his little dragonflies shoot. As X, duck and rapid-fire while they are shooting—you’ll hit the Commander and destroy bullets at the same time. Zero can just slash. Hit him with the Ray Arrow / Rekkoha to make it go even faster.

HP: ? AT: ? Weapon: Ground Dash / Sentsuizan Weakness: Yammar Option Appears In: MMX6  GROUND SCARAVICH This guy is silly. He fights by pushing boulders; as he gets lower in health, he’ll start bringing out progressively larger boulders. You can jump over him while he’s pushing the boulder and hit him from behind, or crouch in a corner and press the fire button constantly to shoot Yammar Option bullets at him and his boulder and blow the boulder to pieces (which leaves you open to hit Scaravich himself).

HP: ? AT: ? Weapon: Ray Arrow / Rekkoha Weakness: Guard Shell Appears In: MMX6  INFINITY MIJINION He’s tiny! This is one of the wackiest battles yet. If you hit him too hard he’ll split, and the duplicate will start forming bubbles and causing all sorts of headaches. Technically speaking Mijinion’s weakness is the Guard Shell; absorb and reflect his shots (anything but the thin purple beam—no you can’t reflect the green bubbles) and he’ll make a special cry when you hit him with the rebound. However I find this doesn’t do enough damage to make it worth it, even when charged. It’s sometimes better to just focus on raw rapid-fire to eliminate bubbles and duplicates as fast as possible. I find the Yammar Option handy here since it gives you extra firepower. Note: You can shoot the glowing small green spheres to form ropes which you can then grab and climb.

HP: ? AT: ? Weapon: Metal Anchor / Rakukojin Weakness: Meteor Rain / Ensuizan Appears In: MMX6  METAL SHARK PLAYER A shark in a pile of junk who’s weak against water. Okay, now I’ve seen everything. At any rate, smack him with the Meteor Rain / Ensuizan to get an interesting reaction. Otherwise try to stay off the ground. Note: Metal Shark Player has been known to resurrect previous Mavericks...

HP: ? AT: ? Weapon: Meteor Rain / Ensuizan Weakness: Ice Burst / Hyoroga Appears In: MMX6  RAINY TURTLOID This guy is huge, and totally invulnerable from the back until you get rid of his defenses. Hit the green gems on his back with the Beam Saber. After that he’ll lose his defense for a short time (until the gems regenerate) during which time you can shoot him anywhere (even while he is spinning) with anything. Frost him with the Ice Burst if you wish. Rinse, repeat.

HP: ? AT: ? Weapon: Guard Shell Weakness: Metal Anchor / Rakukojin Appears In: MMX6  SHIELD SHELDON This robot comes with two detachable half shells. Bonk him in the head with the Metal Anchor / Rakukojin for best results. You’re wise to wait until he tosses his shells away first before attacking. As Zero, aim for slightly in front of the target so that only the blade hits, rather than Zero himself. When Sheldon splits you have to hit the one that’s not flashing. When he forms shells at the four corners of the room, wait until he moves from one shell to the next, then nail him in transit.

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