Mega Man ZX: Difference between revisions

It currently consists of two games:

 

* ''Mega Man ZX Advent'', which takes place four years after ''ZX'' and stars Grey and Ashe (the former's a Reploid, the latter's an augmented human like Vent and Aile), who team up with the Biometal Model A to uncover their mysterious pasts and stop Master Albert, a rogue member of the world's ruling triumvirate out to pull what Serpent tried in the last game, only a thousand times over.

 

** Two of the cars from ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]] Battle and Chase'' appear, and the [[Emergency Energy Tank|E-Tank]] makes a triumphant return.

** The operator in Hunter's Camp in ''Advent'' is named Nana, like the operator from ''[[Mega Man X Command Mission]]''.

** The entire Sage Trinity is named after the main scientists of the original series: Master Thomas = Dr. Light, Master Albert = Dr. Wily, and Master Mikhail = Dr. Cossack.

* [[Courier]]: The Giro Express transporters are essentially this.

** Chronoforce looking to "take my time manhandling you" during the [[Boss Rush]] rematch.

** Just about ''everything'' Queenbee says could be subjected to this.

* [[Dual Boss]]:

** Pandora and Prometheus. In the first game they at least have the decency to only attack one at a time, in the second... not so much.

** Prairie may as well be an [[Expy]] of Ciel herself. Then there's also the fact that she is hinted at having romantic feelings for Giro.

** The Sage Trinity are named after characters from previous Mega Man series (Albert Wily, Thomas Light, Mikhail Cossack). {{spoiler|Played straight with Albert, who proves to be evil and treacherous like his namesake, but subverted by Thomas, who turned out to be a not-so-benevolent figure in ZXA's [[The Stinger|secret ending]].}}

* [[Extra Eyes|Extra Eyes Sensors]]/[[Eyes Do Not Belong There|Eye Sensors Do Not Belong There]]: Many of the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|Pseudoroids]] and {{spoiler|Serpent's [[One-Winged Angel]] Form}} have extra sets of eyes somewhere on their bodies, Some are rather hard to notice like Vulturon's<ref> Look at his official artwork and think how he would look without his head.</ref> and some are rather obvious like Lurerre's, the mechanical nature of them means that it is more cool then creepy though... [[Fridge Brilliance|Until]]

* [[Fan Service]]: Okay... so, in a non-sexual way, most of this game is fanservice. However, the Double Megamerge for Aile sure does take its time letting the armor on her legs activate, especially when Vent's just click into place.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Rospark and Queenbee. 'Nuff said.

* [[A God Am I]]: Master Albert.

* [[Goomba Stomp]]: Bifrost's form can be used to crush enemies when you fall on them. Justified, he's frickin ''huge''.

* [[Gradual Regeneration]]: In ''Advent'', the weapon energy is regenerating.

* [[Large Ham]]: Master Albert and Prometheus, by far.

* [[The Law of Conservation of Detail]]: Subverted in ''Advent'' due to its attempts to avert [[You All Look Familiar]], where pretty much everyone you meet has different designs and personalities, except for the guys in uniform, who still act different. In other words, trying to rely on this trope to see who is important is completely pointless for this game. Though of course, as in all Mega Man games, the only ultimately really important ones are the robot animals/things actively shooting you.

* [[Lethal Joke Character|Lethal Joke Form]]: Chronoforce's form in ''Advent''; it can't move at all on land, but is immune to attacks from attacks from above and its charge shot, the [[Bullet Time|Time Bomb]], is [[Game Breaker|quite useful.]] You can even change form after it's activated.

* [[Lethal Lava Land]]: Area K. Also a [[Scrappy Level]] on anything above Easy. Mainly because of [[Advancing Wall of Doom]] and [[Rise to the Challenge]], both involving [[One-Hit Kill]] lava.

* [[Lift of Doom]]: The final level in the first game has a lift section. Unlike most examples, it has no crushing platforms, only spike-lined walls and a lot of enemies.

* [[Lighter and Softer]]: Compared to ''Zero''.

* [[Locomotive Level]]/[[Traintop Battle]]: Buckfire's stage.

* [[Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me]]:

* [[Mega Manning]]:

** Model A takes it further by [[Ditto Fighter|transforming into defeated Bosses.]]

* [[Mercy Invincibility]]: The games have the Extender chip that can extend the invincibility time.

* [[Metroidvania]]: Both of them.

** The Hunters in ''Advent'' (who are arguably [[Expy|expys]] of the Caravaners, also from the ''Zero'' series) notably averts this. In fact, they get a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] at the beginning of the game for surviving against the resident [[Psycho for Hire]], and ''even stole a Biometal out from under his nose.''

* [[Reflecting Laser]]: Ashe's charged shot.

* [[Retraux]]: The ''Mega Man a'' minigame in ''ZXA''. If you're crazy enough, the 8-bit "Model a" can even be unlocked for the main game.

* [[Revive Kills Zombie]]: Advent's final boss has some otherwise hard-to-avoid attacks if not for the fact that transforming into Chronoforce makes you immune to two of them, and another can be easily avoided by using Model H and upward-dashing then hovering over the blue lasers.

* [[Sequel Hook]]: At the end of ''Advent'', {{spoiler|Master Thomas revealing his plans}}.

* [[Sequence Breaking]]: Allegedly, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJEc4vDdNNE it is possible to get into area O long before it is time to].

* [[Shock and Awe]]:

** Model H enables you to control lightning (as well as [[Blow You Away|wind]]). In the second game, Aeolus is its Biomatch.

** [[Super Robot]] fans will happily note that in ''Advent'', the older Vent and Aile bear a suspicious resemblance to [[GaoGaiGar|Evoluder Guy and Mikoto]]. It's all in the hairstyles.

** During Vent's megamerge scene in ''Advent'', [http://fast1.onesite.com/capcom-unity.com/user/wilyweil/4730afb8f31e3b1f914d5d72879256fd.jpg?v=172674 Model ZX's hair] makes it look like he has [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|several glowing wings.]] Before that, his [http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/atomicfuthum/mega-man-zx-20060510013226307_640w.jpg megamerge scene] in the first game resembles a [[G Gundam|certain Gundam]].

** The Sage Trinity are all named after the doctors from [[Mega Man (video game)|the classic series]] (Albert Wily, Thomas Light, Mikhail Cossack), though whether they have any actual relation to the characters is unknown. Interestingly {{spoiler|while Wily's expy is traitorous and evil, [[Subverted Trope|so is Light's]], as revealed in ZXA's [[The Stinger|secret ending.]]}}

** If you select Ashe as the hero, Vent will appear in her storyline. Vent is a french name and read as "Van" (ヴァン). Thus, [[Final Fantasy XII|Vaan and Ashe,]] is the logical conclusion.