As much as I love the PSP, especially since I still have a working one and I still play games on it even now... it is a shame that Maverick Hunter X was a PSP exclusive. I think if they had made it for the PS3 or even PS4 (I know it wasn’t out at the time) instead there might have been more of an audience for the remake, and we would have seen an X2-6 remake series. Can you imagine a GOOD version of X6.... that would have been an amazing way to fix that mistake of a game.

Genius generosity, except that it has to take an eternity between final boss attempts to refill your subtanks, even more if you have 4 empty ones that need refilling? Personally, I think the subtanks you have should just fill on their own when the final boss starts, so you don't have to waste time mind-numbingly grinding. Grinding. In a sidescolling shooter.

It is anything but genius. It's tedious.

Hey. Be nice. He doesn't even sound like Walken, he just has a noticeable accent.

Honestly man I don't even see that as an insult! Christopher Walken is awesome

Cannot unhear.

He’s the king of the jungle.

You kidding, he covered it years ago now

Thanks man! I hope you didn't misunderstand the review because I think Mega Man X is a great game. The graphics and level design are more personal preferences and I think I stated that in the video. They are very well-made, I just find them a bit underwhelming, but that's again, just a subjective matter. The one glaring, more serious problem I see in this game is the Mavericks. Many of them seem to be designed around the use of the dash, which you don't have from the start. Launch Octopus is a nice example of a boss where you are clearly handicapped without the dash because of his attacks that suck you in. Armored Armadillo is also a big offender because you need the Electric Spark to remove his shield and he does a fuck ton of damage to you. I guess what I am trying to say that about half of the eight main levels aren't viable options for a newcomer to take on first. What cements for me that this was an issue is that the dash was made a default power-up from X2 and onwards whereas the rest wasn't, and X2 has its bosses overall more balanced around a vanilla X with no weapons and upgrades. I feel this was possibly a flaw carried over from Classic Mega Man, which from what I recall (it's been two years since I've played any of them seriously so excuse me if I'm off the mark here), has this problem to a much bigger degree. By X2, most of the X games seem to have smoothed over this quirk and X1 kinda feels like it's a stepping stone to that end goal; it addressed the boss issue but didn't entirely fix it yet. That's what I think, anyway. :)

wtf is with your ingrish doe.

7「STAND」 DAD Maybe he is North american

Armored Armadillo isn't that hard without the dash considering all his moves and attack patterns are predictable after a couple of tries, I actually like how it becomes a matter of timing your charge shot and shooting the level 2 shot with good timing while he's shooting at you so that he's unable to block. The only ones that I find notably difficult without the dash are Chameleon and Octopus, but then again I've beaten this game like 12 times.

Augh, yeah, I tried doing some no-boots runs, and the way Octo soaks you up while you're absolutely helpless just completely bothered me away from it. Eventually I tried it again, though, and just used a debug hack to turn boots on and off for bits like that. I really want to make my custom version/mod someday, because it will ultimately include a menu option that lets you turn armors off and back on after you obtain them! :x

I thought he was referring to the hadouken? lol

Maybe he was. I don't consider the Hadoken one of the games weapons, I consider it more of an Easter egg. I always found it too clunky and unreliable to be very useful anyway. I thought he was referring to the charged Chameleon Sting, which allows the player to breeze right through the games toughest platforming sections.

The Hadoken is required to get 100% completion, so one could consider it both a weapon and a silly easter egg. And as a one-hit kill on any boss, it was definitely worth getting proficient at. It had the highest damage output of any weapon. That said I thought he was referring to the Chameleon Sting as well, it's easily just as overpowered. It doesn't take as much effort to obtain either, so it could be considered even more broken.

I think it's charged Sting Chameleon because it doesn't require 100% health to use =\

It's a bit broken, but it seems like they were expecting the player to take on the Chameleon as one of the last bosses. Like the review said, he's a bit of a pain the earlier on you try to tackle him. Also, by the time you get to the Sigma levels, it's really obvious they understand the power of the charged Sting. There are a couple of segments that seem like they're literally intended to soak up its weapons energy.

I always beat Sting Chameleon first, without dash boots. I love the sting weapon too much.

I do chill penguin. Every time.

Storm Eagle is also fairly easy without the dash, if you have proper timing and wall-hop instead of wall-jump.

You can't, he was invincible lol

Invincibility frames: Are we jokes to you?

Glad you found the channel, man! I hope you enjoy it!

+Shadsilvson11 I've never really given that any second thought, probably because Vile still doesn't have a health bar the second time you face him. That said, I can see how this would be an issue. Mega Man X can definitely have some frustration and tediousness to it, but not to the point all the fun is sucked out in my opinion.

trial and error, that's just how games were back then. you get your shit pushed in, you grit your teeth, you try again.

locke103 doesn’t mean it’s good.

Do you seriously think it's more frustrating? Even with the absurdly vast amount of options the series give you? You barely can choose how to handle things in the classic series. In the X series you can cheese almost everything with advanced strategies or upgrades, which is greart for starters

It's in flame mammoth

I was born in 1994 but i played this game in like 2005 i was so stupid i couldn't even know he can climb walls and other stuff i played this game like this then i suddenly figure out every single thing after so many tries i able to end this game once for all really loved this game till today one of the best games of all time

I keep getting requests for the Zero series, lol. Must mean the games are good. I'll get to them eventually, but I want to finish the X series first and also not dedicate my entire channel to Mega Man, obviously. :)

lol Understandable. I would frankly go as far as saying they're the best part of the Megaman series, though I know some will disagree. I actually got into Megaman after I randomly bought the first Zero game used cause it was cheap.

How can a game be flawed if it's within the top of its genre 20+ years after release?

Get ready to get your ass beaten. It's not exactly the hardest game in the world but it will get you on your first run. It gets better as you become adjusted to the stages though. Also, grinding sucks. Period. It's probably its only "flaw". It appears you never got around to it though :(

+Luke Jones Yeah, with the Leg Armor you can dash under Armored Armadillo's projectiles, making the fight a lot more doable. Without the dash, though, Mega Man X is a serious flick in the nuts. I often hear it is considered one of the most well-designed games of all time, but I fail to understand why. Hell, I think Mega Man X2 is better designed; smoother in terms of progression and more fair. Mega Man X is a great game, an absolute classic and an important installment in the Mega Man franchise, but whenever I read all the sequels are inferior I kinda scratch my head.

+Retropolis Zone I believe the intro stage is the reason people say it's one of the most well designed games of all time. The intro stage shows you everything you can, or will later do, without actually saying much and spamming boring tutorial messages. It would be easier to explain it with visuals, but I'll try to without 'em and trust your memory of the stage. The second you begin to walk in the intro stage, an enemy small enough to jump over comes rolling towards you. This shows a new player that some enemies can be passed without actually shooting the buster and taking the risk of receiving damage. Then when you take a few more steps to the right, you see a larger enemy, which shows one that some obstacles can only be passed by destroying them. After that, you come across the enemies in the air, which shows the player they can combine these two things. Now let's skip ahead to the first of the two mini-bosses. After you destroy the bee, the road you're on falls down and you're seemingly stuck in a pit. Here's the thing: you run to the right side where a ridiculously narrow drop that's not much wider than X's body is and once you go down it, you see that X can slide down walls. You then experiment with this new discovery and immediately learn you can wall jump. Then right after you exit the pit, you can test your new found abilities by getting the health at the bottom of the next pit if you desire. Now let's go to the end of the level, after you lose to Vile. Right before Vile destroys X, you see a huge blast come from the left side of the screen. A second later, you see Zero DASHING into the fight. When Zero talks to X, he tells him you WILL become as strong as me, therefore implying one can do everything Zero does. (charged shots & dash) Let's not forget the amazing atmosphere the intro stage created, which is something later games lacked. To add more to the claim, I believe this tutorial method helps the player connect with X. The game doesn't treat the player like they're an idiot that is incapable of experimenting with the few buttons on the controller. Instead, the game throws you into a problematic, yet simple situation and forces you to learn how to deal with it as if the player were X. X is a robot that isn't meant to be a fighter, but he has to be one. So even X is completely ignorant of his own abilities as he storms the bases, just like the player. I hope I explained this well enough. There's a guy on this site with the name Egoraptor and he made a video about this and many other things that made the game so great. So if you want a more thorough explanation of everything in my post and why others believe X1 is superior, I suggest you look up his Megaman X video. Oh, and you actually don't need the leg upgrade to beat the game.

Watch out, you'll get attacked if you aren't careful saying MMHX isn't a great game!

I’m pretty sure everybody agrees

carlos valencia damn :0

carlos valencia Me too, it isnt that hard, you just need to know the patterns of its rolling attack, and the timing of his shots and armor reflections

Master R And have a lot of time at your disposal and patience

I have too. It's easy if you spam lemons, but rather obnoxious.

Meee toooooo. Yeah, it's one of those things you do once just to say you did it. Even when I'm doing "buster only" runs, I still feed that 'dillo a single spark at the beginning of the fight.

DaGa BrokenHeart maybe it's the 3D that looks like megaman Powered up that make it look childish

old 3ds models can't run SNES games due to the hardware

The PS2 X collection got rid of the slowdown in X1and X2 and it helps the gameplay and just makes the games run smoother. It doesn't hinder anything

MrHatoi i agree with you about the slowdown.

+KamenRiderGumo Collecting is an investment, but it can be very satisfying!

+Retropolis Zone you forget about hadouken bônus..... but nice video

+Emilio Duarte I didn't forget about it; I just didn't wanna spoil it wide open. :)

well I gues at this point every body knows.... even those who didnt play

+Emilio Duarte I suppose, but it's also not important to mention for a review. Only if you're That One Video Gamer, haha.

+Ghaleonh41 Thanks man. Yes, I do plan on doing the other X games in the future, but there are so many games to look at as well. ''The Arranged OST''? From what source? OCRemix or something?

+Ghaleonh41 Thanks for the link, though it's best not to link in comments anymore. KZfaq sees 'em as spam and filters 'em out till I approve. If you want to contact me about stuff, best to do it on Facebook, Twitter or Skype. :)

Ok, cool. Will do!

I respect that opinion a lot. It's cool seeing people like other games that many dislike.

Gracias, my man. I'm glad you like my videos so much!

Hey, I finally watched it and it's excellent. I will get to your other X videos, eventually. You are a brave man for tackling X6 and talking about it for over an hour.

Thanks! I shall do that. :)

I could imagine why dash jumping would be a little awkward on the psp but the ps2 version seemed just as responsive because the DS2 is just a great controller. You could probably get more awkward with the GC port of the collection.

It wasn't due to the psp controls because it worked perfectly when using a snes emulator. It was specifically the Megaman X maverick hunters psp game that was the problem. Also I played the GC version and had no problem with the controls. Thanks for the input👍🏼

You don't have to press forward twice; it's forward twice or X, which is in the same position as A was on the SNES controller, so it's exactly the same.

Dash wall jumo feels awkward because you have to press jump and dash at the same time, while in the original (and many of its sequels) you can just hold dash before jumping

+Alder613 Not sure if sarcastic or not... :(

Oh, yeah. That WAS sarcasm.

Was this a Mega Man 8 Impression Or You Diction?

+Darkstar263 I am an indecisive person so I can't really say for sure which of the two versions I like better. One day it's the SNES version, while the other it might be the PSP one. What matters most to me is that Maverick Hunter X faithfully recreates the original game and is thus a fine remake; the graphics, music and additional dialog and voice acting all come down to preferences and opinions.

+RodniDemental If you have a PSP, Maverick Hunter X is a good one to recommend, yeah. The graphics and music won't be everybody's cup of tea, but the (story) presentation is much higher quality than on SNES and the gameplay is practically identical. Seeing how you liked Powered Up, though, MHX should be up your ally. :)

Yep... But how would a new player know that?

Ed Kolis He’s a PENGUIN. Do you find penguins more threatening than, say, eagles or armadillos?

No, but I usually try to save Ice Levels in platformers for as long as I can.

+EvilMoonwulf Yeah, might have been better to call it that. The point was that I wrote and voiced this script remembering them as fire balls, haha. Thanks a lot. Mega Man X is definitely worthwhile for platforming/run 'n gun enthousiasts.

Thanks, man!

He didn't. He said he did not want to spoil said ability.

Oh god yes

Ive only played x1 but its one of my favorite games so defenitly yes

Ah, yes, keep firing a boss for 32 hits. Great game design.

Use uncharged shots to avoid him even doing that move. Easier that way.

@@bubbykins4864 May take even longer because he blocks at random. You should dash shot instead.

Why can't anyone beat storm eagle as first pick? I beat him with the X-Buster, Dash Parts, and 1 heart tank several times.

Try beating him without those, you have to be lucky and hope he doesn't blow you with his tornado, as a first stage option and without any other upgrades.

The boss thing is really a flaw. Storm Eagle, Launch Octopus and Armored Armadillo... you are so blatantly handicapped when you take them on as first choices,

You have a chance with Eagle, albeit a slim chance, Octopus is just unbeatable as a first as well, as he can heal himself when he grabs you, and as for Armadillo, you can beat him if you can jump his lasers and roll attacks are avoidable, the only real option as a first choice among the 3 is Armadillo and that is if you've had experience with the game.

Oh yeah, you have a chance with Eagle and Armadillo, but they aren't well designed for a first pick. Armadillo has a ridiculous damage output and you do piss damage to him with a buster. It's literally like a 10 to 1 ratio or something, I think.

Games can handhold and then the opposite is games being unfair/obtuse because reasons. If the Dash not being there by default wasn't an issue, then why was it made a default power-up for every subsequent Mega Man X game? I wouldn't mind the dash not being there by default if it didn't feel like many of the bosses were designed around you having it.

@@RetropolisZone Back then, most of the people that would be playing the original would be coming in from the classic series. Remember how 3 and 4 got lower scores because a new feature supposedly ruined the pacing? So from both a plot and development standpoint, it makes sense for a sequel to have an unlockable from the previous game.

Did I ever say to avoid the SNES version?

28:25 - I know you want to explain to people that there's alternative cheaper version of the game to get over the original since people sell them online for collector's price but there are ways to obtain the original SNES version without paying the hefty price such as a yard sale, a trade or find it at a flea market which usually goes for $10-$25 depending on the seller. Still the real one to avoid is the iOS version, yes it's filled with flashy graphics and extra features but the framerates are sluggish, stages got chop off into sections, the control are awkwards, and there are no changes to any stages regardless of the previous ones you had beaten.

I didn't mean to avoid the SNES version of the game, just the original cartridge unless you're somebody who collects that shit. The Wii and Wii U's Virtual Console releases are the same game and readily available to get your hands on for a palatable price.

For SNES standards it aged damn well imo.