Ever since the announcements of Mega Man X Legacy Collection and Mega Man 11 back in December,It's no secret that Capcom is interested in making Mega Man X9 (if they haven't started on it already).
After the Horror that was X8,fear strikes me whenever I hear of a new entry to the X Series being teased. X8 got tons of things wrong and I fear that Capcom might repeat X8's sins with the Next title.
Here are the 4 ways to keep X9 from being like X8 (ie. terrible):
1 - Give X his series back. X Needs his spotlight back. I don't give 1 Billion Shits if Zero was Supposed to be the Main character in the first place. By that logic,then X6-CM aren't canon,since X5 was supposed to be the final game in the X Series..or atleast the main X series timeline. That might have been what was planned,but the plans have clearly changed. So Don't you dare use That argument.
2 - Fair Level Layouts. No Autoscrolling Levels either. X8 was painful to playthrough Because of these factors. Alternate routes would be nice too,if you have trouble with one path,you can take an easier one.
3 - Keep Sigma the Main Villian. No one likes that little pussweed Lumine.
And 4 - Bring back the Traditional Lives System. Having Continues replace Lives in X8 was really Really annoying.
X8 was trash in terms of fun factor,thanks to the stages. Hell,I still can't progress through the game without a cheat device. But,it did have some good things about it (as overshadowed as they were). Here are the X8 elements that I'd love to see return for X9:
Rapid-Firin' Axl - Admittedly,Capcom made,the formerly lameass,Axl cool in X8,especially with his Rapid Firing guns.
The Z-Knuckle - Had a bitch of a time getting this,but I'm glad I did. The Z-Knuckle is a fun weapon for Zero,that I hope returns for X9 (and is much easier to get).
Tag Teams and Double Team Attacks - The Tag feature goes back all the way to Xtreme 2,but X8 improved upon it by adding Double Team Moves. This should return as well.
Combining Armor Parts - This was the most creative thing in the game. The ability to collect and combine various X Armor parts was sweet. Sure,I couldn't get most of them,but it's a cool concept,nevertheless.
Ladies Day - Make the Navigators Playable Again,Capcom!
Button Codes At Title Screen - Self expainatory. Unlock cool stuff by imputing button codes on the title screen.
Other things that are needed:
- X4-X6 Ultimate Armor
- 16 or 32-bit graphics.
- Mega Man X Amiibo to unlock Special Armors for X.
- Zero Amiibo to unlock Kuro Zero.
- Axl Amiibo to unlock stuff for Axl.
- A Good Story focusing on X and maybe bringing back a Classic Series character. We need more Classic stuff in X.
If Capcom does all of these And also releases the game on the Switch too (in addition to the other consoles),X9 would be pretty damn good. BTW,with all of this talk about individual Mega Man Anniversaries,got me thinking about The Ruby Spears Mega Man 25th Anniversary in 2019. You know I'll be celebrating it Fully.
Well,that's all I have to say about this topic.
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