Mega Man X, commonly known as "X", was created by
Dr. Thomas Light an unknown number of years after the
Mega Man series. Fearing that his life's work and
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masterpiece"]magnum opus[/ame] would be destroyed by fearful human beings, Light sealed X away in a diagnostic capsule for over 30 years of testing to make sure he would not choose an evil path in life. It is unknown what had happened to him during these years, but Dr. Light presumably died and left his diagnostic experiments unfinished. X's capsule was eventually uncovered by an archaeologist named
Dr. Cain almost 100 years after X's creation. With X's help, Cain created a legion of new robots that replicated X's [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_will"]free will[/ame]; these robots were called "Reploids" (
Repliroids in Japan). For a time, everything seemed calm and peaceful.
However, a virus began spreading that caused Reploids to turn against humans (later discovered to be originated by Dr. Wily implanted in Zero and transferred to Sigma). This was because X's circuitry was duplicated imperfectly. These Reploids were dubbed "Mavericks" (
Irregulars in Japan), and a force called the Maverick Hunters (
Irregular Hunters) was formed to combat them. The Maverick Hunters were originally led by Sigma until he, too, became a Maverick. Because of his betrayal and eventual declaration of war against the humans, X took it upon himself to join the Maverick Hunters and current leader
Zero, another powerful robot (created by the evil Dr. Wily), on a mission to save Earth from Sigma.
Beat Megaman X for 46 Game Club Points!!!
Here is an example of the ending:
Play Mega Man X »
Super Nintendo and select ArcadeOX Score Mode to receive credit for mastery.
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Megaman 2 and
Megaman 3 and another
Megaman 3
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