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I agree that X needs an article,a nd I agree about some of the content here - personality, history, armor upgrades, etc. However, none of the text presented here is original material. About 3/4 of it was lifted verbatim from Reeve's site and the remainder is cut-and-pasted from other articles on Wikipedia (mostly stuff I wrote, but it's GFDL so I care less except that it really should remain where I wrote it or be moved, not coexist in multiple locations). -- Boco XLVII 1 July 2005 21:38 (UTC)
Shouldn't this article just be called "X (character)"? At least in the U.S. games (this article is on the U.S. Wikipedia), he's only known as X, no "Mega Man" prefix. -—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.42.160.53 ( talk • contribs) .
The character's name is X (Without prefix). This articule should be called "X (Megaman X character)" instead "Megaman X (Character)". -- Nrs1022 ( talk) 18:13, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
Seeing as Copy X is a different character from the Original X altogether, should this article really go into detail on Copy X's Seraph Armour and Angelic Form? I think it should be stripped out and replaced with a brief mention of Copy X. Wolf ODonnell 14:08, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
Although there is a lot of good work here, this article falls well short of the featured article criteria and significantly short of the good article criteria. The biggest problem is that it does not meet the conditions of WP:FICT - it seems to be written almost entirely from within the point of view of a fictional universe. It also fails to meet the conditions of WP:LEAD - not enough context is provided in the introductory paragraphs. An additional problem is that it doesn't meet WP:REF or WP:RS.
To give you an example of what is seriously wrong at the moment, "X was created by Dr. Light in the year 20XX and sealed in a capsule for diagnostic testings" is silly - X was created by Keiji Inafune! And it certainly shouldn't be described that way in the "history" section... Further, the introduction doesn't even mention that X is a video game character. You could read this article as far as "weapons and abilities" without realising it's not about a cartoon character!
Some ideas that could help:
To help you along, here are 3 really useful links:
You also need to consider your references carefully. Whenever a claim like "In the manga by Iwamoto, X is somewhat less of the heroic image he is in the games" is made that needs a specific citation - who believes that he appears less heroic in the manga? "X has shown the most development of any character" doesn't say which characters he is being compared to and is, again, a subjective opinion that needs a specific citation. The references section is not correctly formatted. All external links used as references should have (as much as this is possible) the author, date copyrighted, and without fail the last date the URL was accessed (e.g. a good example of a linked reference would be this:
The link to www.gamefaqs.com needs to link to the specific subpages used in the article. A fansite doesn't reach WP:RS unless it is only being used to cite the opinions of fans - i.e. to describe the way fans have reacted to the character.
It might be a good idea to look at Spoo, which became a featured article. Read through and look for all the "encyclopedic" qualities of the article - not just the humour, but the fact that it had extensive inline references, all the references were reliable, authoritative sources, not just fan-sites (see Wikipedia:Reliable sources), it was written from the point of view of "this" universe, it considers in depth the process by which the idea was created, and it looks at the real-world impact of it. This shows that there is no reason an article on a fictional topic can't make it all the way to featured article status, but you have to do a lot of work, including extensive research, to get there! TheGrappler 19:05, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
I've little opinion of the new content being inserted into this article, but it seems unecyclopediac due to several points. I'd like the user in favor of this content to discuss this beforehand and see what some other editors think about it. - Zero Talk 14:53, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
Your content is poorly written, and if I had time, I would go in improve it. It lacks flow, even considering what it is. As for the new content, fine I'll add it here and see what people think. Let me say this: what is here is rather bland and bias. You speak highly of the character, but fail to mention anything negative that has been attributed to the character, or the controversies that exist. They are controversies for a reason, but you've either not mentioned them, or have already assumed a position.
Contraversy
Two-Canons
With the release of Mega Man X: Maverick Hunter X, two seperate (yet not-destinct) canons were created for the character; the latter replacing the former. However, as is the case of the Butterfly Effect, all events that proceed Mega Man X1 are invalid in the new canon (until officially stated otherwise). Nevertheless, many fans consider Maverick Hunter X more of a replacement and that everything that follows is still valid.
The Original or Not?
While it is more so clear (not definate) that X is a seperate entity of the original Mega Man in the new canon (Maverick Hunter X), such is not the case in the original canon. There is evidence for both cases, most arguing in favor of the two being seperate, nothing has been officially stated or derived.
Limitless Potential
Despite it being an impossibility, many believe X to have the characteristic of limitless potential. While in the reboot of the canon, Maverick Hunter X, the characteristic is explicitly stated, in the original series there exists only one vague reference from a character that is not the position to make such a claim. Conflicting claims were made by Zero in the Mega Man Xtreme 2. As it stands, X fails to have this characteristic in the first vision of the series, but such claim cannot be made for the reboot (again however, such a characteristic is theoretically impossible)
What Happens to the Armors?
Nothing has been released about what occurs with the older X armors. Many theories have been purposed, the most accepted (and logical) is that over time the armors are integrated into his basic template via data transfer, leaving the armors obsolete.
Hypocracy of Character
Despite claiming to be a pacifist, X is quick to launch attack oppose to finding various other forms of conflict resolution. Such an inner conflict was added to give the character more dynamic, but is often only used to allow the viewer/player to sympathize with the character, which when looked at in depth, causes the viewer to see the character's actions as contradictive and hypocritical. Despite believing in pacifistic ideals, X fought over a span that ranges between 100-300 years, albeit, with a brief recess during the events between and concluding in X6 and X7, in the first canon respectively. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zero X Marquis ( talk • contribs)
1. It isn't known whether he was created first (it could have been Zero) or whether he is the most complicated of all reploids; Zero is unable to be analyzed as well. 2. He doesn't have limitless potential; depending on what you consider canon or not (if MHX replaces X1 in canon then yes, if not, then no, and this is not yet known). 3. They have never explicitly stated that Zero has become hardened in battle, or whether he was hardened before. That said, it seems that many of the personality points are taken from the manga, which is not canonical.
This article also uses a lot of cliched hyperboles, that don't really apply: "series follows in against his never-ending fight against Mavericks and the right to protect humanity." - it clearly does end.
The speculation about him having a "human soul" as it were due to him having emotions is illogical. Having emotions doesn't mean you have something as existential as a soul, and that's even when you appeal to most definitions of a soul (which is vague as is).
I'm taking out this "human soul" bs because its never stated in any form of the series or books. (its self-imposed prose) As well as the limitless potential note. It is only said by cyber peacock that he has such potential in X4, (which has no barring to make such a claim). And in any case, the quote was later retconned by Zero in Xtreme 2 when he describes X's potential as unknown. Zero X Marquis 18:47, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
Actually, the soul text has been edited to something that is reasonable since I've last read it, so I'm going to leave it as is Zero X Marquis 18:49, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
"Though X, believing that power corrupts, has made it a point to relieve himself of any and all upgrades discovered in each episode of the series, he has kept the ability to dash short distances at a high speed - gained in the first game." The part about relieving the armor needs citation... not saying such does not exist, but up until now I have only seen theories that have posed what is done with the armor pieces. Zero X Marquis 23:53, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
Okay, I'm going to post the things that I think need to be changed, and the reasons for them:
I have recently reviewed this article & found that it meets the criterion for being a good article. So I have promoted it to GA status. My congratulations to all the contributors for doing a fine job.
Cheers
Srik e it( talk ¦ ✉) 01:54, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
Wow, this section has some problems. I'll break them up into headers for individual discussion. - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 17:41, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
The Light Armor and Giga Armor have overtly fanon names. I don't have a big problem with fanon as long as it's really, really common fanon; can those names be sourced to anything approaching a reliable source, preferably a site without "Mega," "Rock," or a reference to a robot master in the name?
Without a source, we're probably better off just calling them Mega Man X armor and Mega Man X2 armor. - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 17:41, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Currently, there's both a sprite and a scanned artwork for each image; this isn't kosher, as neither is actually discussed in the prose. Personally, I'd prefer a screenshot that showed a special ability of the armor, but, failing that, do we want scanned art or sprites, since we really can't have both? - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 17:41, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Is there a reason we have to explain the specific abilities of every single part in this article? This is approaching game-guide levels, and isn't encyclopedic for the same reason that the Robot Master abilities were removed from Wikipedia. - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 17:41, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Wouldn't a better place for the armor abilities be the game articles, instead of this article? These abilities are, usually, limited to one single game. On the upside, it gets this stuff out of this already-lengthy article. On the downside, a couple of armors appear in multiple games. I'm indifferent. - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 17:41, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
“ | While fans still appreciated the light and fun tone of the original Mega Man, the original 8-Bit NES system began to fade into obscurity on the face of its successor, the Super Famicom. Along with the improved graphics engine, Keiji developed a darker character design and plot, and according to him, he believes that such designs will continue with each new generation of technology. In line with the new "X" series developed, two characters were created, one being the main character of Mega Man X, and the inclusion of his partner, Zero. [1] | ” |
I don't see how this interview supports this paragraph. Can someone help me out here? - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 18:37, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
“ | In line with the new "X" series developed, two characters were created, one being the main character of Mega Man X, and the inclusion of his partner, Zero. | ” |
“ | Along with the improved graphics engine, Keiji developed a darker character design and plot, and according to him, he believes that such designs will continue with each new generation of technology. | ” |
“ | Along with the improved graphics engine, Keiji developed a darker character design and plot, and according to him, he believes that such designs will continue with each new generation of technology. | ” |
Can you copy/paste a specific quote that backs this claim up?
(As for the Zero-is-X's-partner thing, I think that can be sourced to the games themselves.) - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 20:17, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Okay. Next step, I'm going to move to using the cite.php style on the refs, so look out for edit conflicts. Sorry about ref converter scrambling everything; I'm not sure what the heck happened.
By the way, whenever I remove something referenced, if and only if I'm still working on the whole article it means I've set it aside to move it elsewhere in the article; otherwise I'll take it to talk with a mention of why I removed it (like above). - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 20:49, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Um. Where are you working? The whole article needs a ton of tightening prose-wise, but I don't want to step on toes. Want me to hold off until you're done with references, or is there a section in particular you're working on? - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 20:49, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
The X series I'm comfortable with. I only came in on Neo Arcadia out of a sense of bloodymindedness when I was challenged to rewrite one of those articles to an out-of-universe perspective.
By the way...
“ | The truth was that Sigma became infected with a computer virus deemed the " Maverick Virus" (which originated from Zero), leading many other reploids to follow him. | ” |
I forget; was this from the MMX manual, or was it revealed in another game? I know that the revelation that the virus originated with Zero is from X4 (although I think X3 hinted at it), but I forget if the original manual mentioned the virus at all. - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 21:22, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
I fixed the refs in Mega Man X#Video Game History. Looks like someone was using the same name for multiple different references, which doesn't work very well. - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 21:47, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
You saved over my plot summary rewrites, but didn't actually mention where the Sigma Virus is first introduced. :/
What claims does Rockman X4 X to Z Kouryaku File back up, so I can place it somewhere relevant? - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 21:57, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
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Done up to X3 and {{ Cite video game}} is in use up to X5, and I'm gonna call it a night. X4 has a tangled plot (that's about where it starts getting more complicated than "Here's the guy who's secretly Sigma's pasty, ZOMG HE'S SIGMA'S PATSY, Sigma gets shot in the face, end"), and I have stuff I'd rather be doing offline.
Anything jump out as problematic for the plots of X through X3? I'm gonna be really annoyed if I go without any reply here, but come back tomorrow and see a wholesale revert with no explanation outside of the edit summary. - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 22:57, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Bonus thought: I was thinking of moving the Xtreme sections down to real-world chronological order (so, after X3), since they're not story-heavy and are lightweight as far as retcons go. They'd be phrased "Xtreme fills in the time between X and X2 with blahblahblah" or something like that, so the in-universe order would still be conveyed, but I really thing out-of-universe chronology is more important than in-universe. - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 22:57, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
“ | X has arguably shown the most development of any character in the series. His inner conflict about fighting has always been a nagging doubt.
[1] Over time, he's turned this conflict into a sense of duty towards fighting Mavericks, that wouldn't exist were it not for Dr. Cain's attempt to copy him. Still, he remains compassionate. His rank in the Hunters remains a B Class rank despite his great skill, simply because of this conflict. Despite being B Class, he has amazing power.
No mechanics or programmers can fully understand his inner workings. He's one of the most complicated of all robots, despite the fact that he is the original; Light's design is superior to Cain's interpretation. With his great remorse for Reploids comes great trust, sometimes too much so. He trusted Mac and Magma Dragoon, both of whom betrayed him. He first shows a bit of mistrust in Mega Man X4, in which he questions the integrity of Colonel and asks him to disarm. In Mega Man X5, he shows more distrust, being wary of all the Reploids he faces on his hunt for the Enigma and Shuttle parts, even if he's not sure that they're infected. [2] He's grown in maturity and ability to distinguish a need for distrust. Still, he shows great compassion for those he must destroy, and especially those who were needlessly destroyed. [3] He's seen it several times, and while other Hunters have grown cold to witnessing this, X has not. He remains compassionate no matter what. [4] |
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Pure original research (analysis sourced only to primary sources). This needs to be sourced to a secondary source, or the analysis needs to be ditched. - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 02:01, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
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Sorry, but I'm too busy right now to do so, and if anyone has any free time, that would be swell. This infomation comes from Tim over at Mega Man Network, which is from an offical source book entitled "Rockman Zero Complete Works". This infomation retcons a sizeable amount of past information, and much of the articles surrounding these characters need to be changed to reflect the new information.
- Zero is not the original carrier of the virus. Hell, Dr. Wily didn't even engineer the thing. - Dr. Light created the virus as a means of pacifying his creation, X. This "virus", which in actuality is called a "suffering circuit", keeps X calm and creates his hatred of violence. - Zero was built as a pure raging homicidal maniac, so we can just infer that Wily completely circumvented the Rules of Robotics with his creation. - Zero got the virus at some point*, and it does to him what it does to X, in that it suppresses his violent tendencies and makes him "good". Zero becomes a Hunter as Sigma's mental state deteoriates (I think it's inferred, if not stated, that Sigma gets the virus from X. How he becomes the carrier and eventually the virus itself is either not explained or not translated yet). - The reason Mavericks become they way they do is because they can't handle the program in its raw form. They go insane because of it, which circles back to the potential cause for irregular behavior being some sort of design defect that X and Zero don't have because they are the originals. - Zero is sealed away at some point in the X series era. - Zero's copy body is made during this timeframe, and his memories transferred (the mysterious scientist in X6's ending?) - Zero wakes up in his copy body to help X fight in the Elf Wars. - Weil, as we know, finds Zero's body and builds Omega around it, because Zero is "immune to the virus". Perhaps that cleansing worked? - Dr. Weil had corrupted the Mother Elf in his own way of doing good, because he wanted the Elf to destroy everyone he considered evil. Omega, who he created using the original body of Zero (that part wasn't retconned, thankfully), went overboard and killed 90% of Reploids/60% of humans instead. Elf Wars blamed on Weil, citizens of Neo Arcadia illegally banish him, yadda yadda. - Guardians are killed at the end of Mega Man Zero 3, destroyed in Original Zero's explosion. Mother Elf shielded Zero and returned him to the Resistance Base. - Zero 3 was initially slated to be the end of a three-game arc. Zero 4 was created, presumably as a way to bridge MMZ to ZX by killing Zero and setting it up for Models Z and X to be Live Metals with the other four Guardians (point explained below). - Oh yes, Ciel and Weil's ancestors were once bitter rivals.
the link to the thread where this infomation is given is: http://megaman.retrofaction.com/community/index.php?showtopic=3368&st=0&#entry68000 Zero X Marquis 19:34, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
The source given doesn't offer anything in connection to what is presented. I will remove the info if there is no explanation.-- Neofcon ( talk) 20:21, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
The article link directs to the wrong site, and the actual Mega Man Network doesn't have this interview up anymore. Anyone have a copy or another source? SpeedBurner ( talk) 19:44, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
Mega Man X was never given an English or Japanese voice actor in Mega Man X, X2, or X3. It was probably in the Japan-exclusive commercials for those games. --8 June 2009 13:02 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.205.85.43 ( talk)
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Mega Man X (character)'s orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.
Reference named "playmag":
I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 19:12, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
![]() | Hello Tintor2. After completing my preliminary copyedit I always ask questions about the article to ensure that my edit reflects the intended meaning and is clear in doing so. Please reply to each point by indenting below each one like you would a conversation; items will be struck out once they have been answered. Please ping me with {{ U}}, {{ ping}}, or {{ re}} as I have a lot of items on my watchlist. My copyediting process can be found here. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 06:04, 18 June 2020 (UTC) |
His team-up with Zero was also praised due to their different and complementary skills.Emphasis added. Sounds unnatural, so I've currently switched it to partnership.
Kaji (credited as Rippa H.K) illustrated the protagonist X but had a difficult time with the initial design.To confirm, the following sentence,
He was presented with much more freedom than he was accustomed to, due to the SNES's larger palette of colors when compared to the NESis the reason why he had a difficult time with designing the character.
Early illustrations of X made him look like a "cold-blooded killer", which led artists who tried to make him look like a more caring character in later games.Partly edited already. Just to clarify, they thought he looked "too evil" to be the protagonist and decided to soften his looks? Was his personality left intact or did that change too?
Since the series' beginning, Haruki Suetsugu was impressed by the handling of the relationship between X and Zero.Who's Suetsugu? I couldn't find an earlier mention of him in the article.
Another armor based on the Ultimate's design was made for X to wear in the Mega Man X collections' Challenge Modes.Boldly edited. Just making sure the new armor was found in multiple Challenge Modes and not just one.
The staff noted X's characterization was previously covered in doubts [...]What is "doubts" referring to? X having doubts, his characterisation was dubious, something else?
According to Ito [...]Who's Ito? I don't think he was mentioned before. I'm guessing he's from the cited source?
X was first voiced in Japanese by Megumi Ogata, who considered this a first generation part of her career alongside other series like Yu-Gi-Oh!.Emphasis added. What is a "first generation part" mean in this context?
Sakurai described X as a serious character who "hesitates and agonizes, but always keeps fighting. I still recall those feelings when acting as X. He is always fighting, not just against Mavericks but also something inside himself that he can't avoid."Partly edited already. I'm thinking about making this a separate quote from the rest of the prose so that pronouns are being used correctly. What are the two or three sentences before the quote?
He battles against Mavericks to protect humans.I'm thinking about combining this sentence with the following one (
He was created by Dr. Thomas Light sometime in 20XX.Is that why he was created by Dr. Light?
In the first game of the series, X is defeated by the Maverick Vile but is rescued by Zero.What was the first game called again? Might be nice to remind readers.
By Mega Man X5, X can appear as a boss character in the final stages if the player uses Zero who is considered dangerous for being infected by Sigma.Who's infected by Sigma? Zero or X?
While he continues facing Mavericks infected viruses in Mega Man X6 [...]Are the Mavericks infected by viruses or are the viruses infected by Mavericks?
X also appears in the spin-offs Mega Man Xtreme facing Maverick Hunters have partnered with a computer genius named Middy [...]X is the one who joins forces with Middy?
Zero was chosen to represent the "Mega Man" franchise over Mega Man or X himself in Marvel vs. Capcom 3, as director Ryota Niitsuma thought he had more variation in his moves.It's interesting, but it's not about X. It's probably better off in an article about Zero, but it could possibly be kept if it's combined with the following sentence,
X himself also appears in Zero's ending.What do you think?
A DLC costume with the look of X.This sentence looks orphaned; I'm not sure what sentence this is supposed to connect with.
However, they aimed not to take the Command Mission incarnation which explored a stronger version than the regular X.Emphasis added. In what way is this new X "stronger"?
GameSpot disliked the design of the trio of main characters by X8 due to the noise they tend to make.What noise is this referring to? Clashing colours, fan reactions?
It also considered X's armors from X6 to be the best ones in the series, citing the stylish pattern of the Shadow Armor that makes him do ninja techniques while the Falcon Armor was cited as useful based on its powers.Is this necessary detail? I could tweak it, but as it is right now it sounds awkward.
X's addition to the Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite cast has proven to be popular according to Polygon who noted that, while people were excited with his inclusion and giving his series a new installment, he was poorly treated in the game's demo where he was defeated by the antagonist Ultron Sigma.While I see the video in the source, this could be more neutral in wording. Capcom is giving him a new installment? I would call it a trailer instead of a demo, but this seems like an unnecessary detail.
Nintendo Life called his design a "more mature and gritty design" since Capcom's original Mega Man was getting tiring due to the team producing multiple games for his series.How was the original Mega Man getting tiring? The art team was getting fed up with the character design?
Electronic Gaming Monthly found X's actions too repetitive in the series by the third title.Emphasis in original. Are we talking about X's actions that he performs gameplay-wise or his actions in the story?
Looking forward to your answers soon! — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 06:04, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
@ Tenryuu: Thanks for the copyedit. The thing with the original Mega Man series and the early X games is that there was not too much narrative until they started adding cutscenes with X4 where Mavericks were either some sort of anarchists or guys who went insane with a virus. Tintor2 ( talk) 17:32, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
@ Tintor2: Looks like everything's in order and you've gone and revised some more. I'll consider my side of things to be done. See you around! — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 01:52, 20 June 2020 (UTC) @ Tenryuu: Thanks. Tintor2 ( talk) 14:10, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Hello, I'm a user from the Mega Man wikia. This page should be moved to "X (Mega Man)" since "X" is the name of the character. "Mega Man X (character)" should be used as a redirect.
Keiji Inafune already confirmed that his name is just X and not Mega Man X in a Q&A in reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1n57hs/comment/ccfinr3/
Many English fandoms and the Japanese Wikipedia are also following this usage:
https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/X
https://capcom.fandom.com/wiki/X
https://rockman-x-dive.fandom.com/wiki/X
https://www.ssbwiki.com/X_(Mega_Man)
jp:エックス (ロックマンシリーズ) "X (Rockman series)"
For more info read the talk page for X in the Mega Man fandom:
https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/Talk:X#X's_name 190.21.37.224 ( talk) 09:17, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
Support he keeps the X single name in the Zero series too. Maybe the Dive game is more clear Tintor2 ( talk) 20:02, 11 July 2022 (UTC)
In some cutscenes from the first game as well as the character select screen of X4, X is fully called Mega Man X. On the other hand, future installments liked Xover simply left him as X so I added the mention in the lead with the reference. Tintor2 ( talk) 19:29, 21 March 2023 (UTC)
I'm okay with this article being called X but I still think the mention of "Mega Man X" and "Rockman X" being being mentioned as alternate should be mentioned in the lead. Several games call him Mega Man X (X4 and X5) call him both Mega Man X and Rockman X (depending on language) when choosing to decide the character. Still, that time I added the alternate name with the reference, I was reverted by an anon. Tintor2 ( talk) 19:29, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
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Stay tuned.-- TeenAngels1234 ( talk) 20:28, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
@ Tintor2: That's all for now :).-- TeenAngels1234 ( talk) 21:47, 14 May 2023 (UTC) @ TeenAngels1234: Thanks for the review. Tintor2 ( talk) 22:00, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
@ Tintor2: That's all.-- TeenAngels1234 ( talk) 22:23, 14 May 2023 (UTC) @ TeenAngels1234: Revised everything from creation. Tintor2 ( talk) 23:11, 14 May 2023 (UTC) GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
Okay, then. Sorry again for the delay. I have been extremely busy. Good work. Good sources, good prose, good exposition. Passing.
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I agree that X needs an article,a nd I agree about some of the content here - personality, history, armor upgrades, etc. However, none of the text presented here is original material. About 3/4 of it was lifted verbatim from Reeve's site and the remainder is cut-and-pasted from other articles on Wikipedia (mostly stuff I wrote, but it's GFDL so I care less except that it really should remain where I wrote it or be moved, not coexist in multiple locations). -- Boco XLVII 1 July 2005 21:38 (UTC)
Shouldn't this article just be called "X (character)"? At least in the U.S. games (this article is on the U.S. Wikipedia), he's only known as X, no "Mega Man" prefix. -—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.42.160.53 ( talk • contribs) .
The character's name is X (Without prefix). This articule should be called "X (Megaman X character)" instead "Megaman X (Character)". -- Nrs1022 ( talk) 18:13, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
Seeing as Copy X is a different character from the Original X altogether, should this article really go into detail on Copy X's Seraph Armour and Angelic Form? I think it should be stripped out and replaced with a brief mention of Copy X. Wolf ODonnell 14:08, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
Although there is a lot of good work here, this article falls well short of the featured article criteria and significantly short of the good article criteria. The biggest problem is that it does not meet the conditions of WP:FICT - it seems to be written almost entirely from within the point of view of a fictional universe. It also fails to meet the conditions of WP:LEAD - not enough context is provided in the introductory paragraphs. An additional problem is that it doesn't meet WP:REF or WP:RS.
To give you an example of what is seriously wrong at the moment, "X was created by Dr. Light in the year 20XX and sealed in a capsule for diagnostic testings" is silly - X was created by Keiji Inafune! And it certainly shouldn't be described that way in the "history" section... Further, the introduction doesn't even mention that X is a video game character. You could read this article as far as "weapons and abilities" without realising it's not about a cartoon character!
Some ideas that could help:
To help you along, here are 3 really useful links:
You also need to consider your references carefully. Whenever a claim like "In the manga by Iwamoto, X is somewhat less of the heroic image he is in the games" is made that needs a specific citation - who believes that he appears less heroic in the manga? "X has shown the most development of any character" doesn't say which characters he is being compared to and is, again, a subjective opinion that needs a specific citation. The references section is not correctly formatted. All external links used as references should have (as much as this is possible) the author, date copyrighted, and without fail the last date the URL was accessed (e.g. a good example of a linked reference would be this:
The link to www.gamefaqs.com needs to link to the specific subpages used in the article. A fansite doesn't reach WP:RS unless it is only being used to cite the opinions of fans - i.e. to describe the way fans have reacted to the character.
It might be a good idea to look at Spoo, which became a featured article. Read through and look for all the "encyclopedic" qualities of the article - not just the humour, but the fact that it had extensive inline references, all the references were reliable, authoritative sources, not just fan-sites (see Wikipedia:Reliable sources), it was written from the point of view of "this" universe, it considers in depth the process by which the idea was created, and it looks at the real-world impact of it. This shows that there is no reason an article on a fictional topic can't make it all the way to featured article status, but you have to do a lot of work, including extensive research, to get there! TheGrappler 19:05, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
I've little opinion of the new content being inserted into this article, but it seems unecyclopediac due to several points. I'd like the user in favor of this content to discuss this beforehand and see what some other editors think about it. - Zero Talk 14:53, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
Your content is poorly written, and if I had time, I would go in improve it. It lacks flow, even considering what it is. As for the new content, fine I'll add it here and see what people think. Let me say this: what is here is rather bland and bias. You speak highly of the character, but fail to mention anything negative that has been attributed to the character, or the controversies that exist. They are controversies for a reason, but you've either not mentioned them, or have already assumed a position.
Contraversy
Two-Canons
With the release of Mega Man X: Maverick Hunter X, two seperate (yet not-destinct) canons were created for the character; the latter replacing the former. However, as is the case of the Butterfly Effect, all events that proceed Mega Man X1 are invalid in the new canon (until officially stated otherwise). Nevertheless, many fans consider Maverick Hunter X more of a replacement and that everything that follows is still valid.
The Original or Not?
While it is more so clear (not definate) that X is a seperate entity of the original Mega Man in the new canon (Maverick Hunter X), such is not the case in the original canon. There is evidence for both cases, most arguing in favor of the two being seperate, nothing has been officially stated or derived.
Limitless Potential
Despite it being an impossibility, many believe X to have the characteristic of limitless potential. While in the reboot of the canon, Maverick Hunter X, the characteristic is explicitly stated, in the original series there exists only one vague reference from a character that is not the position to make such a claim. Conflicting claims were made by Zero in the Mega Man Xtreme 2. As it stands, X fails to have this characteristic in the first vision of the series, but such claim cannot be made for the reboot (again however, such a characteristic is theoretically impossible)
What Happens to the Armors?
Nothing has been released about what occurs with the older X armors. Many theories have been purposed, the most accepted (and logical) is that over time the armors are integrated into his basic template via data transfer, leaving the armors obsolete.
Hypocracy of Character
Despite claiming to be a pacifist, X is quick to launch attack oppose to finding various other forms of conflict resolution. Such an inner conflict was added to give the character more dynamic, but is often only used to allow the viewer/player to sympathize with the character, which when looked at in depth, causes the viewer to see the character's actions as contradictive and hypocritical. Despite believing in pacifistic ideals, X fought over a span that ranges between 100-300 years, albeit, with a brief recess during the events between and concluding in X6 and X7, in the first canon respectively. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zero X Marquis ( talk • contribs)
1. It isn't known whether he was created first (it could have been Zero) or whether he is the most complicated of all reploids; Zero is unable to be analyzed as well. 2. He doesn't have limitless potential; depending on what you consider canon or not (if MHX replaces X1 in canon then yes, if not, then no, and this is not yet known). 3. They have never explicitly stated that Zero has become hardened in battle, or whether he was hardened before. That said, it seems that many of the personality points are taken from the manga, which is not canonical.
This article also uses a lot of cliched hyperboles, that don't really apply: "series follows in against his never-ending fight against Mavericks and the right to protect humanity." - it clearly does end.
The speculation about him having a "human soul" as it were due to him having emotions is illogical. Having emotions doesn't mean you have something as existential as a soul, and that's even when you appeal to most definitions of a soul (which is vague as is).
I'm taking out this "human soul" bs because its never stated in any form of the series or books. (its self-imposed prose) As well as the limitless potential note. It is only said by cyber peacock that he has such potential in X4, (which has no barring to make such a claim). And in any case, the quote was later retconned by Zero in Xtreme 2 when he describes X's potential as unknown. Zero X Marquis 18:47, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
Actually, the soul text has been edited to something that is reasonable since I've last read it, so I'm going to leave it as is Zero X Marquis 18:49, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
"Though X, believing that power corrupts, has made it a point to relieve himself of any and all upgrades discovered in each episode of the series, he has kept the ability to dash short distances at a high speed - gained in the first game." The part about relieving the armor needs citation... not saying such does not exist, but up until now I have only seen theories that have posed what is done with the armor pieces. Zero X Marquis 23:53, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
Okay, I'm going to post the things that I think need to be changed, and the reasons for them:
I have recently reviewed this article & found that it meets the criterion for being a good article. So I have promoted it to GA status. My congratulations to all the contributors for doing a fine job.
Cheers
Srik e it( talk ¦ ✉) 01:54, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
Wow, this section has some problems. I'll break them up into headers for individual discussion. - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 17:41, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
The Light Armor and Giga Armor have overtly fanon names. I don't have a big problem with fanon as long as it's really, really common fanon; can those names be sourced to anything approaching a reliable source, preferably a site without "Mega," "Rock," or a reference to a robot master in the name?
Without a source, we're probably better off just calling them Mega Man X armor and Mega Man X2 armor. - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 17:41, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Currently, there's both a sprite and a scanned artwork for each image; this isn't kosher, as neither is actually discussed in the prose. Personally, I'd prefer a screenshot that showed a special ability of the armor, but, failing that, do we want scanned art or sprites, since we really can't have both? - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 17:41, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Is there a reason we have to explain the specific abilities of every single part in this article? This is approaching game-guide levels, and isn't encyclopedic for the same reason that the Robot Master abilities were removed from Wikipedia. - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 17:41, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Wouldn't a better place for the armor abilities be the game articles, instead of this article? These abilities are, usually, limited to one single game. On the upside, it gets this stuff out of this already-lengthy article. On the downside, a couple of armors appear in multiple games. I'm indifferent. - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 17:41, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
“ | While fans still appreciated the light and fun tone of the original Mega Man, the original 8-Bit NES system began to fade into obscurity on the face of its successor, the Super Famicom. Along with the improved graphics engine, Keiji developed a darker character design and plot, and according to him, he believes that such designs will continue with each new generation of technology. In line with the new "X" series developed, two characters were created, one being the main character of Mega Man X, and the inclusion of his partner, Zero. [1] | ” |
I don't see how this interview supports this paragraph. Can someone help me out here? - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 18:37, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
“ | In line with the new "X" series developed, two characters were created, one being the main character of Mega Man X, and the inclusion of his partner, Zero. | ” |
“ | Along with the improved graphics engine, Keiji developed a darker character design and plot, and according to him, he believes that such designs will continue with each new generation of technology. | ” |
“ | Along with the improved graphics engine, Keiji developed a darker character design and plot, and according to him, he believes that such designs will continue with each new generation of technology. | ” |
Can you copy/paste a specific quote that backs this claim up?
(As for the Zero-is-X's-partner thing, I think that can be sourced to the games themselves.) - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 20:17, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Okay. Next step, I'm going to move to using the cite.php style on the refs, so look out for edit conflicts. Sorry about ref converter scrambling everything; I'm not sure what the heck happened.
By the way, whenever I remove something referenced, if and only if I'm still working on the whole article it means I've set it aside to move it elsewhere in the article; otherwise I'll take it to talk with a mention of why I removed it (like above). - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 20:49, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Um. Where are you working? The whole article needs a ton of tightening prose-wise, but I don't want to step on toes. Want me to hold off until you're done with references, or is there a section in particular you're working on? - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 20:49, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
The X series I'm comfortable with. I only came in on Neo Arcadia out of a sense of bloodymindedness when I was challenged to rewrite one of those articles to an out-of-universe perspective.
By the way...
“ | The truth was that Sigma became infected with a computer virus deemed the " Maverick Virus" (which originated from Zero), leading many other reploids to follow him. | ” |
I forget; was this from the MMX manual, or was it revealed in another game? I know that the revelation that the virus originated with Zero is from X4 (although I think X3 hinted at it), but I forget if the original manual mentioned the virus at all. - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 21:22, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
I fixed the refs in Mega Man X#Video Game History. Looks like someone was using the same name for multiple different references, which doesn't work very well. - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 21:47, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
You saved over my plot summary rewrites, but didn't actually mention where the Sigma Virus is first introduced. :/
What claims does Rockman X4 X to Z Kouryaku File back up, so I can place it somewhere relevant? - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 21:57, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
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Done up to X3 and {{ Cite video game}} is in use up to X5, and I'm gonna call it a night. X4 has a tangled plot (that's about where it starts getting more complicated than "Here's the guy who's secretly Sigma's pasty, ZOMG HE'S SIGMA'S PATSY, Sigma gets shot in the face, end"), and I have stuff I'd rather be doing offline.
Anything jump out as problematic for the plots of X through X3? I'm gonna be really annoyed if I go without any reply here, but come back tomorrow and see a wholesale revert with no explanation outside of the edit summary. - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 22:57, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Bonus thought: I was thinking of moving the Xtreme sections down to real-world chronological order (so, after X3), since they're not story-heavy and are lightweight as far as retcons go. They'd be phrased "Xtreme fills in the time between X and X2 with blahblahblah" or something like that, so the in-universe order would still be conveyed, but I really thing out-of-universe chronology is more important than in-universe. - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 22:57, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
“ | X has arguably shown the most development of any character in the series. His inner conflict about fighting has always been a nagging doubt.
[1] Over time, he's turned this conflict into a sense of duty towards fighting Mavericks, that wouldn't exist were it not for Dr. Cain's attempt to copy him. Still, he remains compassionate. His rank in the Hunters remains a B Class rank despite his great skill, simply because of this conflict. Despite being B Class, he has amazing power.
No mechanics or programmers can fully understand his inner workings. He's one of the most complicated of all robots, despite the fact that he is the original; Light's design is superior to Cain's interpretation. With his great remorse for Reploids comes great trust, sometimes too much so. He trusted Mac and Magma Dragoon, both of whom betrayed him. He first shows a bit of mistrust in Mega Man X4, in which he questions the integrity of Colonel and asks him to disarm. In Mega Man X5, he shows more distrust, being wary of all the Reploids he faces on his hunt for the Enigma and Shuttle parts, even if he's not sure that they're infected. [2] He's grown in maturity and ability to distinguish a need for distrust. Still, he shows great compassion for those he must destroy, and especially those who were needlessly destroyed. [3] He's seen it several times, and while other Hunters have grown cold to witnessing this, X has not. He remains compassionate no matter what. [4] |
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Pure original research (analysis sourced only to primary sources). This needs to be sourced to a secondary source, or the analysis needs to be ditched. - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 02:01, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
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Sorry, but I'm too busy right now to do so, and if anyone has any free time, that would be swell. This infomation comes from Tim over at Mega Man Network, which is from an offical source book entitled "Rockman Zero Complete Works". This infomation retcons a sizeable amount of past information, and much of the articles surrounding these characters need to be changed to reflect the new information.
- Zero is not the original carrier of the virus. Hell, Dr. Wily didn't even engineer the thing. - Dr. Light created the virus as a means of pacifying his creation, X. This "virus", which in actuality is called a "suffering circuit", keeps X calm and creates his hatred of violence. - Zero was built as a pure raging homicidal maniac, so we can just infer that Wily completely circumvented the Rules of Robotics with his creation. - Zero got the virus at some point*, and it does to him what it does to X, in that it suppresses his violent tendencies and makes him "good". Zero becomes a Hunter as Sigma's mental state deteoriates (I think it's inferred, if not stated, that Sigma gets the virus from X. How he becomes the carrier and eventually the virus itself is either not explained or not translated yet). - The reason Mavericks become they way they do is because they can't handle the program in its raw form. They go insane because of it, which circles back to the potential cause for irregular behavior being some sort of design defect that X and Zero don't have because they are the originals. - Zero is sealed away at some point in the X series era. - Zero's copy body is made during this timeframe, and his memories transferred (the mysterious scientist in X6's ending?) - Zero wakes up in his copy body to help X fight in the Elf Wars. - Weil, as we know, finds Zero's body and builds Omega around it, because Zero is "immune to the virus". Perhaps that cleansing worked? - Dr. Weil had corrupted the Mother Elf in his own way of doing good, because he wanted the Elf to destroy everyone he considered evil. Omega, who he created using the original body of Zero (that part wasn't retconned, thankfully), went overboard and killed 90% of Reploids/60% of humans instead. Elf Wars blamed on Weil, citizens of Neo Arcadia illegally banish him, yadda yadda. - Guardians are killed at the end of Mega Man Zero 3, destroyed in Original Zero's explosion. Mother Elf shielded Zero and returned him to the Resistance Base. - Zero 3 was initially slated to be the end of a three-game arc. Zero 4 was created, presumably as a way to bridge MMZ to ZX by killing Zero and setting it up for Models Z and X to be Live Metals with the other four Guardians (point explained below). - Oh yes, Ciel and Weil's ancestors were once bitter rivals.
the link to the thread where this infomation is given is: http://megaman.retrofaction.com/community/index.php?showtopic=3368&st=0&#entry68000 Zero X Marquis 19:34, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
The source given doesn't offer anything in connection to what is presented. I will remove the info if there is no explanation.-- Neofcon ( talk) 20:21, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
The article link directs to the wrong site, and the actual Mega Man Network doesn't have this interview up anymore. Anyone have a copy or another source? SpeedBurner ( talk) 19:44, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
Mega Man X was never given an English or Japanese voice actor in Mega Man X, X2, or X3. It was probably in the Japan-exclusive commercials for those games. --8 June 2009 13:02 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.205.85.43 ( talk)
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Mega Man X (character)'s orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.
Reference named "playmag":
I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 19:12, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
![]() | Hello Tintor2. After completing my preliminary copyedit I always ask questions about the article to ensure that my edit reflects the intended meaning and is clear in doing so. Please reply to each point by indenting below each one like you would a conversation; items will be struck out once they have been answered. Please ping me with {{ U}}, {{ ping}}, or {{ re}} as I have a lot of items on my watchlist. My copyediting process can be found here. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 06:04, 18 June 2020 (UTC) |
His team-up with Zero was also praised due to their different and complementary skills.Emphasis added. Sounds unnatural, so I've currently switched it to partnership.
Kaji (credited as Rippa H.K) illustrated the protagonist X but had a difficult time with the initial design.To confirm, the following sentence,
He was presented with much more freedom than he was accustomed to, due to the SNES's larger palette of colors when compared to the NESis the reason why he had a difficult time with designing the character.
Early illustrations of X made him look like a "cold-blooded killer", which led artists who tried to make him look like a more caring character in later games.Partly edited already. Just to clarify, they thought he looked "too evil" to be the protagonist and decided to soften his looks? Was his personality left intact or did that change too?
Since the series' beginning, Haruki Suetsugu was impressed by the handling of the relationship between X and Zero.Who's Suetsugu? I couldn't find an earlier mention of him in the article.
Another armor based on the Ultimate's design was made for X to wear in the Mega Man X collections' Challenge Modes.Boldly edited. Just making sure the new armor was found in multiple Challenge Modes and not just one.
The staff noted X's characterization was previously covered in doubts [...]What is "doubts" referring to? X having doubts, his characterisation was dubious, something else?
According to Ito [...]Who's Ito? I don't think he was mentioned before. I'm guessing he's from the cited source?
X was first voiced in Japanese by Megumi Ogata, who considered this a first generation part of her career alongside other series like Yu-Gi-Oh!.Emphasis added. What is a "first generation part" mean in this context?
Sakurai described X as a serious character who "hesitates and agonizes, but always keeps fighting. I still recall those feelings when acting as X. He is always fighting, not just against Mavericks but also something inside himself that he can't avoid."Partly edited already. I'm thinking about making this a separate quote from the rest of the prose so that pronouns are being used correctly. What are the two or three sentences before the quote?
He battles against Mavericks to protect humans.I'm thinking about combining this sentence with the following one (
He was created by Dr. Thomas Light sometime in 20XX.Is that why he was created by Dr. Light?
In the first game of the series, X is defeated by the Maverick Vile but is rescued by Zero.What was the first game called again? Might be nice to remind readers.
By Mega Man X5, X can appear as a boss character in the final stages if the player uses Zero who is considered dangerous for being infected by Sigma.Who's infected by Sigma? Zero or X?
While he continues facing Mavericks infected viruses in Mega Man X6 [...]Are the Mavericks infected by viruses or are the viruses infected by Mavericks?
X also appears in the spin-offs Mega Man Xtreme facing Maverick Hunters have partnered with a computer genius named Middy [...]X is the one who joins forces with Middy?
Zero was chosen to represent the "Mega Man" franchise over Mega Man or X himself in Marvel vs. Capcom 3, as director Ryota Niitsuma thought he had more variation in his moves.It's interesting, but it's not about X. It's probably better off in an article about Zero, but it could possibly be kept if it's combined with the following sentence,
X himself also appears in Zero's ending.What do you think?
A DLC costume with the look of X.This sentence looks orphaned; I'm not sure what sentence this is supposed to connect with.
However, they aimed not to take the Command Mission incarnation which explored a stronger version than the regular X.Emphasis added. In what way is this new X "stronger"?
GameSpot disliked the design of the trio of main characters by X8 due to the noise they tend to make.What noise is this referring to? Clashing colours, fan reactions?
It also considered X's armors from X6 to be the best ones in the series, citing the stylish pattern of the Shadow Armor that makes him do ninja techniques while the Falcon Armor was cited as useful based on its powers.Is this necessary detail? I could tweak it, but as it is right now it sounds awkward.
X's addition to the Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite cast has proven to be popular according to Polygon who noted that, while people were excited with his inclusion and giving his series a new installment, he was poorly treated in the game's demo where he was defeated by the antagonist Ultron Sigma.While I see the video in the source, this could be more neutral in wording. Capcom is giving him a new installment? I would call it a trailer instead of a demo, but this seems like an unnecessary detail.
Nintendo Life called his design a "more mature and gritty design" since Capcom's original Mega Man was getting tiring due to the team producing multiple games for his series.How was the original Mega Man getting tiring? The art team was getting fed up with the character design?
Electronic Gaming Monthly found X's actions too repetitive in the series by the third title.Emphasis in original. Are we talking about X's actions that he performs gameplay-wise or his actions in the story?
Looking forward to your answers soon! — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 06:04, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
@ Tenryuu: Thanks for the copyedit. The thing with the original Mega Man series and the early X games is that there was not too much narrative until they started adding cutscenes with X4 where Mavericks were either some sort of anarchists or guys who went insane with a virus. Tintor2 ( talk) 17:32, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
@ Tintor2: Looks like everything's in order and you've gone and revised some more. I'll consider my side of things to be done. See you around! — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 01:52, 20 June 2020 (UTC) @ Tenryuu: Thanks. Tintor2 ( talk) 14:10, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Hello, I'm a user from the Mega Man wikia. This page should be moved to "X (Mega Man)" since "X" is the name of the character. "Mega Man X (character)" should be used as a redirect.
Keiji Inafune already confirmed that his name is just X and not Mega Man X in a Q&A in reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1n57hs/comment/ccfinr3/
Many English fandoms and the Japanese Wikipedia are also following this usage:
https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/X
https://capcom.fandom.com/wiki/X
https://rockman-x-dive.fandom.com/wiki/X
https://www.ssbwiki.com/X_(Mega_Man)
jp:エックス (ロックマンシリーズ) "X (Rockman series)"
For more info read the talk page for X in the Mega Man fandom:
https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/Talk:X#X's_name 190.21.37.224 ( talk) 09:17, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
Support he keeps the X single name in the Zero series too. Maybe the Dive game is more clear Tintor2 ( talk) 20:02, 11 July 2022 (UTC)
In some cutscenes from the first game as well as the character select screen of X4, X is fully called Mega Man X. On the other hand, future installments liked Xover simply left him as X so I added the mention in the lead with the reference. Tintor2 ( talk) 19:29, 21 March 2023 (UTC)
I'm okay with this article being called X but I still think the mention of "Mega Man X" and "Rockman X" being being mentioned as alternate should be mentioned in the lead. Several games call him Mega Man X (X4 and X5) call him both Mega Man X and Rockman X (depending on language) when choosing to decide the character. Still, that time I added the alternate name with the reference, I was reverted by an anon. Tintor2 ( talk) 19:29, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
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Stay tuned.-- TeenAngels1234 ( talk) 20:28, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
@ Tintor2: That's all for now :).-- TeenAngels1234 ( talk) 21:47, 14 May 2023 (UTC) @ TeenAngels1234: Thanks for the review. Tintor2 ( talk) 22:00, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
@ Tintor2: That's all.-- TeenAngels1234 ( talk) 22:23, 14 May 2023 (UTC) @ TeenAngels1234: Revised everything from creation. Tintor2 ( talk) 23:11, 14 May 2023 (UTC) GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
Okay, then. Sorry again for the delay. I have been extremely busy. Good work. Good sources, good prose, good exposition. Passing.
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