The original X game was also my introduction to the entire Mega Man franchise, and the MMX series as a whole is one of my all-time favorites by far. Can't wait to see Johnny tackle it all
For me it was Megaman 8 but I liked the 32 bit so much that it dragged me to the X series and the first I played was 4 and holy shit was it amazing, and that damn music is the reason I always started a new game with X and just chilled in Sky Lagoon
Same here. In fact as a kid I didn't know at first that X was a "sequel series" to a franchise that started on the NES (the SNES was my first system growing up, and while I played my cousin's NES a lot back then he oddly never had any of the Mega Man games), so when I saw Mega Man 7 at my local rental store for the first time my reaction was "wow I didn't know Mega Man X had seven games!" and when I played it I was like "Wait why does Mega Man look like that? And where's Zero?" It was after I started going through that same cousin's collection of Nintendo Power magazines that I realized Mega Man has a whole had been around longer than I knew, and X was technically a different series.
Lil Boulder Same here! It was the first game that introduced to me the concept of being able to choose the order of stages and bosses instead of a linear playthrough like every other game I had played during my earlier years. It was such an alien concept to me that it blew my mind away.
I waited 5 long years for this day. I was in 6th grade when the original Mega Man review came out. I'm gonna be a senior.. Time sure flies by. Btw, when I got a pop up of this vid, I legit shouted "MEGA MAN X!!?" and my whole family was like "What happened!?"
6:49 Something about that echo when you say "FANTASTIC!!" is just so beautiful, seeing you be so passionate about a game is truly wonderful, you're awesome, Johnny.
Ah, it seems like only yesterday the "IT'S STORM EAGLE" thing first took off. Now look how far we've come. Also, where my X2 fans at? Don't underestimate our numbers. There are _dozens_ of us. At _least_ two dozen.
Oh, one more thing about X3 that may be interesting to add in the review. There is a ROM hack X3 made by this guy named Justin3009 called the Zero Project that lets you play as Zero for the entire game. Not just letting Zero overcome his phobia of doors, but make him a fully playable character with his own upgrades, his own dialogue, everything. It's essentially to X3 what Sonic 3 Complete was to Sonic. It apparently also changes other things, like making X's buster upgrade actually useful! Might be worth spreading the word; I think this could help make an otherwise mediocre entry in the series something worthwhile.
and yet everyone forgets that Ryan died to Toadman, FUCKING TOADMAN. Storm Eagle can be challenging without leg upgrade, Toadman just jumps left and right and if you time your shots right, he just stands there and do a wiggle the entire battle...
Omega Coolster that was one of the things that always bugged me, whenever Ryan would try to use storm eagle against Johnny. Regardless of how much health Ryan had, he still died to the easiest boss in all of megaman. He has no right to criticize anyone with how bad they play in a game
YAY time for the X series! =) But... NOOOO, not long now before he slags off X3, which I actually like. =( Still, I survived his lashing of Megaman & Bass years ago, and I'll survive this one too.
I had the honor of watching this at your panel at Too Many Games, and then today we were able to talk with you at the Caddicarus panel. You seem like a genuine guy, and really showed that you earned your fans by just being a cool dude. Thanks for what you do, your stuff is great.
Here's a little info about Mega Man X3 for your eventually review that I think will shed light on why it's not your favorite X game. X3 wasn't actually developed by Capcom, believe it or not. At the time, they were busy porting their development systems from 16-bit to 32-bit, and so they didn't have much time to develop a third Mega Man X for the SNES. Although that didn't stop them from making Mega Man & Bass for the SNES, but I digress. Instead, X3 was outsourced to Minakuchi Engineering. If the name sounds familiar to you, they're the folks who developed the Game Boy Mega Man titles. The only things Capcom handled themselves were the character designs and, get this, the story. Everything else, from the music, to the level design, to the boss AIs, to the weapons and upgrades, to Zero being a worthless addition, were all Minakuchi, and it shows. Fittingly, X3 would be the very last Mega Man game they would ever develop. Here's a little bit of trivia about X1. Did you know the Dash upgrade was actually supposed to be an ability you had from the start? However, to keep things simple and familiar, they decided to make it an upgrade, and the first one you're supposed to acquire, to better ease players in the mechanic. That's why from X2 onward, X has the dash from the beginning. And now for a story about myself and X1. I was first introduced to X1, among many other games, through the emulation scene. One day, a friend of mine from over 10 years ago tried burning an emulator and a couple of games on a CD-Rom. But the end result was so buggy that it didn't save progress, so I had to finish games like Super Mario RPG and Yoshi's Island in one sitting. Which I did. One of those games was X1, and it was the buggiest one by far. Armor upgrades wouldn't save, which made sections like Sigma's fortress... interesting to say the least. I also would be booted back to the intro stage after beating a boss more often than not, keeping all the weapons I acquired so far with me. Needless to say, it made for a pretty unique experience. Looking back, it was rather entertaining at the time to blow through the intro stage with weapons you weren't supposed to have yet, but I'd honestly take a stable version of the game over it any day.
+Shade Knight Wow, I knew Capcom had some outsourcing for X3, but I didn't know they virtually had no control over the gameplay! A lot of things in X3 felt off to me when comparing it to its prequels, and now it actually makes sense. The level design isn't the greatest, most bosses are laughably limited in animation and movesets, and the music is just overall average for both versions (along with an argument that comes up WAY to often). Although with the "Which Soundtrack is better" argument, I myself have quite the bombshell of an opinion to throw into ring.
Not his favorite? Its his least favorite X game from what I remember him saying. And rightfully so be cause that game is one burning pile of garbage. Anyone who says otherwise has nostalgia goggles burned into their retinas.
9:00 I would like to see someone who never have played Mega Man before tackle Armored Amadillo, Lanch Octopus, Spark Mandrill or Sting Chamelion first.
That was because they didn't want to implement too much new mechanics right off the bat and made X more similar to classic Mega Man so instead of having it naturally like a wall climb, they made it a mandatory power-up, so that people will get used to controls by the time they get it.
I can answer that for you. I couldn't beat Armored Armadillo or Sting Chameleon, and I couldn't even get to Launch Octopus or Spark Mandrill. Then I tried Storm Eagle and I managed to beat him.
I completely forgot that flame mammoth's stage had actual lava and fire. Doing chill Penguin first is so engraved into my memory that now i just can't do any stage first. Forget maverick weaknesses, going aroung without the dash???? Not since the first time i played the game fifteen years ago
I guess you could always go get the dash and then die to play Flame Mammoth with the lava and fire. Or play the PSP version, where they moved the dash to Flame Mammoth's stage. Boy did that screw with me when I played that for the first time and Chill Penguin's stage had no dash.
I remember going through Armored Armadillo, Launch Octopus & Flame Mammoth first before going through Chill Penguin and I manage to beat them all without the dash and I got all the upgrades and capsules; with the exception of Flame Mammoth's stage where after beating Chill Penguin, I cool down the lava and it was the only time I've backtrack to get all the items & capsules in that one stage ( not counting the Hadoken one in Armored Armadillo stage ). It was difficult without the dash. But not entirely impossible if u know what to do and one of the most satisfying moments I've ever done.
Mega Man X: You either die a hero, or... still die a hero but a clone of you lives long enough to become the villain. (I'm talking literally here, not figuratively by calling what is one of my favorite Mega Man series the villain)
Not to mention at first it was the original X that would become the villain in Zero series. I can't remember if Inafune changed the decision himself or Capcom told him to do so.
He changed it after he found out that Capcom developed X6 behind his back (At which point, he couldn't pull the plug on it without it putting a hole in Capcom's wallets)
GenisThe8StarSorcerer actually it was more because in the last month of development Infune realized a character people grew up with like X becoming evil might not sit well
2:20 that's not how much that's been downloaded that's how much space the computer has left, still a computer that has almost 41,000 TB is a gamers dream come true
Mega Man X is one of my favorite video game series of all time. Much like you, Mega Man X was my very first Mega Man game period, so I've felt very spoiled when playing classic Mega Man after X since X had the superior mobility and combat capabilities. This is going to be quite the marathon indeed. Looking forward to the rest of the marathon, Johnny. I have a feeling I'll be re-watching this entire marathon multiple times in the future. XD
Zero Knight Mega Man X, when I was a kid really defined what a video game was. Up to that point I think Mario and Aladdin, and Yoshi Island were the only games we had for the SNES. I remember when I got this for my birthday, it was a challenge, but a FUN one! It seemed like Mega Man had everything you could ask for as a kid. What a special entry into the MM series. 🤖
Oh thank goodness, Johnny! I am not the only one who noticed original MegaMan to grow more and more on himself during the series also having some sort of free will, just like a 10 years old boy. As for Auto though, he is still alive and lives in an underwater apartment of sorts that can be seen in the PS1/Saturn/PC Version of X3. MegaMan X itself is possibly one of the best games in the entire series, I still play it every once in a while because it is just so good!
I cannot wait for the TooManyGames video, the crowd's reaction to hearing the intro and then seeing MegaMan X was incredible, the room exploded with cheers
13:29 "They should have waited a couple of years for the 3DS" >Remake released in 2006 >DS was only 2 years old by that gen >3DS wasn't even announced until the decade after for Capcom to consider another platform to make this game for ???
3:40 If you play the PSX port of Mega Man X3 & are paying attention to the Electro Namazuros (Volt Catfish) Stage Start Cutscene, you'd see there was a brief cameo of Auto as Electro Namazuros swims by in a current.
"It only takes about an hour and a half to finish." Uh... In what world do you live in, Johnny? Sigma alone probably took me longer than that my first time through.
Josh Teixeira it took me almost 15 years to beat Megaman X this first time. I mean there were several year gaps, but you get it. I could not beat it. Getting back into it, after dying so many times, and understanding the patterns, I think an hour and a half is a reasonable time.
I wouldn’t say that’s too much of a stretch. Each stage is at most 5 minutes long (without dying mind you) and the Sigma stages take about a half an hour (45 minutes at most) it really depends on how easy you find it.
Collin Drey The rest of the game is fine, but some of the later stages can be tough. Sigma on the other hand, is just brutal. Bottom line is if it's somebody's first time through the game, it will take way longer than an hour and a half.
Hey Johnny. I just wanna thank you for making entertaining videos. These videos got me through working at an orchard. It wasn't bad work but holy shit you made it so much better. Thank you man. I watched the Mario, Sonic, Legend of Zelda, Mega Man, and Mega Man X playlists. Thank you so much my dude.
12:00 actually you have to lose to vile AGAIN and can only beat him after Zero saves your ass AGAIN to destroy the ride armor. That's my biggest problem with the game as Rohan Mythril put it "You didn't win because X got stronger, you won because Vile got weaker"
Kyle Campbell That's a main complaint I had about Vile in X1. You fight him in the intro with it being a forced loss (with Maverick Hunter X turning it into a proper boss), setting up that X eventually becomes strong enough to kick Vile's ass, even with the Ride Armor. But nope. Even with EVERY UPGRADE IN THE GAME, his ride armor still kicks your ass and Zero has to bail him out again, sacrificing himself just so that Vile can't use that cheap ass armor anymore (Which leaves less of an impact of you replay X1 after playing any of the later X games, like Leomon's death in Digimon).
I saw this at too many games it was the first convention I ever went too and I've never felt such immense body heat as soon as a walked into a room before
So, so, so excited to see you review the X series! I first found the Mega Man series through your reviews, and started collecting the games and branching out from there! Mega Man X is by FAR my favorite-- I love the spritework, the music, the gameplay-- everything is just so nice and polished. I can't wait to see this marathon go on!
Well, Johnny, it’s all very simple. The entirety of PornHub in the form of thousands of terabytes? The 20 rectal USB ports? The name X? Mega Man X is actually Mega Man XXX, a robot created by Dr. Light to fill the entirety of PH into sentient form.
So excited you're finally doing the X series. Your marathon of the classic series is what made me subscribe to you so I'm excited to see what your thoughts on this series are, controversial or otherwise.
Johnny always helps me in my darkest times. Every break up, every bad day he is always here to make me laugh and happy, thank you Johnny, and everyone at SGB.
Don't forget that Maverick Hunter X also re-arranges where the Armor Capsules are (no more free Dash Legs), re-arranges the Sigma Fortress stages to the point that Vile is fought in the third stage instead of the first like the original (though the new Vile Ride Armor fights suck with how you have to beat him and then he grabs you anyway), and actually made Zero's Buster Parts when he dies unique from the normal Capsule Buster Parts so that it encourages you to go through almost the whole goddamn fortress without charging special weapons or a third buster charge (and coincidentally makes it impossible to get the Hadouken until just before the final boss if you do so).
6:10 is just glorious. This always got me feeling dread but hyped at the same time. The OST and sound design in this game is next level , especially compared to the sequels.
I actually played X2-X8 for my backlog clearing this year, and so I'm super excited to see your opinions on these games. I went back through X1 as well, just to see how it stood up after playing through the others and I think it's really good! Good graphics, good music, nice level design and some memorable mavericks. I noticed this game was way faster paced then pretty much every other game, which made it very fun to go back to. I like X4 slightly more, but this is still my second-favorite X game. I'll probably drop my opinion on each game with each review, and again, looking forward to the rest of the marathon!
I was going to work on my fan fiction writing tonight. Then I got writer's block, started procrastinating, found myself craving a sandwich... and here I am, drowning my sorrows with a mix of bread, cheese, tinned ham, ketchup... and of course, Johnny.
The weapon energy capsules actually have a purpose in Vile Mode: when Vile is in his Ride Armor, picking up weapon energy gives you extra time with it.
I like the Mega Man games. I can't for the life of me beat any of them without using restore points (and even then my successes are few and far between), but still, I like 'em.
Awesome work John! Been waiting for this since the SGB playthrough haha. I could really feel your passion and love for this game (which I share), and you definitely gave it the treatment it deserves =D Thanks for another great video! ...If only the rest of the X series was this good =P
This is the problem when nothing is said. You can't tell anything is wrong with it from footage alone. The joke only works if you've already played that version, which completely defeats the purpose of mentioning it in a review.
CrashSable I would agree with you, were it not for two things; Firstly: The clip of all the movie villans sadisticly laughing conveys the given experience quite well. Secondly: The footage alone, especially if you've been watching the video in 60 fps, conveys how slow and choppy the game is, and how badly it sounds.
Oscar McCormack Disagree. The clip SUGGESTS the experience MAY have been bad, but tells you nothing of why or how, allowing you to draw zero assumptions. As for the footage alone, it does nothing of the sort. The music is identical to the SNES original and as for being "choppy" - I don't think you understand the difference between frame rate drops and just not having intermediary sprites in the animation.
he's got a freaking dunder mifflin coffee mug, john how many coffee mugs do you have
I mean that one is fair. Scranton PA isn't too too far from Philadelphia
There is no such thing as many coffee cups.
He has a infinite supply
He keeps them in a wormhole
@@shis1988 yup
@@mischief_speaker1942 No, he keeps them in the bag of holding I built for him. He's also coughing up the coinage for a mug of endless coffee.
The original X game was also my introduction to the entire Mega Man franchise, and the MMX series as a whole is one of my all-time favorites by far. Can't wait to see Johnny tackle it all
Can we get another X song with that to celebrate?
For me it was Megaman 8 but I liked the 32 bit so much that it dragged me to the X series and the first I played was 4 and holy shit was it amazing, and that damn music is the reason I always started a new game with X and just chilled in Sky Lagoon
Same here. In fact as a kid I didn't know at first that X was a "sequel series" to a franchise that started on the NES (the SNES was my first system growing up, and while I played my cousin's NES a lot back then he oddly never had any of the Mega Man games), so when I saw Mega Man 7 at my local rental store for the first time my reaction was "wow I didn't know Mega Man X had seven games!" and when I played it I was like "Wait why does Mega Man look like that? And where's Zero?" It was after I started going through that same cousin's collection of Nintendo Power magazines that I realized Mega Man has a whole had been around longer than I knew, and X was technically a different series.
Lil Boulder Same here! It was the first game that introduced to me the concept of being able to choose the order of stages and bosses instead of a linear playthrough like every other game I had played during my earlier years. It was such an alien concept to me that it blew my mind away.
One day I'm gonna get my hands on the Megaman X legacy collection, I just know it!
*IT’S STORM EAGLE!!!!*
Also, I picked up the Mega Man Legacy Collection today.
Heracross X Switch version?
[DEFUNCT] MilkAndCookies Yeah.
Heracross X nice
I would love to get it on the switch but there are no D pads :( And there's no Vita version. So...no handheld version for me.
Heracross X you should get legacy collection 2 one day
I just read the second comment
For those of you who think this was dark and difficult, go look at the Zero series.
Goddamn.
bob george NO STOP IT ZERO NOOOOOOOOOO
Getting S rank in every stage in all 4 games is one of the biggest achievements of my life
Speed Wagon I applaud you.
Speed Wagon obviously Speedwagon would be able to do that.
Speed Wagon I already did that. Its not that difficult =D
Mega Man X is good and all, but when are we getting everyone's favourite Mega Man game?
Mega Man and Bass 2 for the Wonderswan.
Never knew there was a two to that game and what is the wonderswan
I had a wonderswan as a kid and wanted that game so bad but it was in Japan only
Star1 created by the original game boy creator gumpei yokoi, the wonderswan was a portable system by Bandai released in Japan only,
Oh, you mean the game that’s impossible to buster-only as Bass?...
You've appearantly never seen the fanbase for Mega Man Soccer.
I waited 5 long years for this day. I was in 6th grade when the original Mega Man review came out. I'm gonna be a senior.. Time sure flies by.
Btw, when I got a pop up of this vid, I legit shouted "MEGA MAN X!!?" and my whole family was like "What happened!?"
Shon Bera Same here.
Lol
Damn.
I’m thinking of myself already feeling old, but bringing up other’s school years makes me depression.
Jump and shoot Man
I was born in 2005 while mega man was still in hiatus, so when I first saw him (I think around early 2010's) I was like "huh, who is this guy?"
WAIT! Has it really been that long since his original Mega Man review?
My God, time passes way too fast!
I saw the shirt you were wearing...
Paused the video....
bought it....
And now I’m back👍
Eggman with such a Gauntlet terrifies me
TheComicNerd97 What site is it on if I may ask
Harrison Bainbridge yea he’s right it’s on sharkrobot.com
Orbonom Right thank you
Corporate shilling and subliminal advertising in action here, people. 👌
2:25 Wow! Most past works set in the future have laughably low memory use compared to today's computers. This one is actually ahead of the curve!
Well this gsme is supposedly at lesdt 80 yesrs from now so msybe it is laughable still in the future ill come back to this comment section in 2100🫡
16:56 I just noticed on the montage of famous characters laughing, a random Dr. Wily was one of them. XD
6:49 Something about that echo when you say "FANTASTIC!!" is just so beautiful, seeing you be so passionate about a game is truly wonderful, you're awesome, Johnny.
No STORM EAGLE joke, Johnny? You disappoint me.
STORM EEEEEEEEEAGLE
I was gonna comment that, too. LOL
I was wondering that myself. Lol.
It really was never a big deal to begin with. He got hit three times to Storm Eagle, so what? He didn't die.
why would he have one? he proved himself YEARS ago in the sgb playthrough. its dead
I have a simple life: I see Mega Man X and Johnny, I click Mega Man X and Johnny
Ah, it seems like only yesterday the "IT'S STORM EAGLE" thing first took off. Now look how far we've come.
Also, where my X2 fans at? Don't underestimate our numbers. There are _dozens_ of us. At _least_ two dozen.
X2 fan here. Those weapons, man.
Oh yeah, X2 is still my favorite. Beating Flame Stag is so satisfying cause he thinks he can wall jump better than me lol
Right here! X2 was my first X game & the first Mega Man game I ever finished!
X2 is fucking awesome as hell.
And underrated too!
Oh, one more thing about X3 that may be interesting to add in the review. There is a ROM hack X3 made by this guy named Justin3009 called the Zero Project that lets you play as Zero for the entire game. Not just letting Zero overcome his phobia of doors, but make him a fully playable character with his own upgrades, his own dialogue, everything. It's essentially to X3 what Sonic 3 Complete was to Sonic. It apparently also changes other things, like making X's buster upgrade actually useful! Might be worth spreading the word; I think this could help make an otherwise mediocre entry in the series something worthwhile.
Shade Knight where would one find this rom hack?
Yes, but it’s not the official version that you buy...
So?
Did you watch John's Dark Souls review? He refused to use the optimization mod out of principle.
FUCK YEAH
Ah, Storm Eagle.
WE WILL NEVER LET YOU FORGET, JOHNNY!
Greninja Storm never forget.
Greninja.......Storm Eagle
But why? He already redeemed himself.
and yet everyone forgets that Ryan died to Toadman, FUCKING TOADMAN. Storm Eagle can be challenging without leg upgrade, Toadman just jumps left and right and if you time your shots right, he just stands there and do a wiggle the entire battle...
Omega Coolster that was one of the things that always bugged me, whenever Ryan would try to use storm eagle against Johnny. Regardless of how much health Ryan had, he still died to the easiest boss in all of megaman. He has no right to criticize anyone with how bad they play in a game
OOOHHH BOY STORM EAGLE JOHNNY ARE YOU READY
William White can’t wait for him to get ready dude
😆
I'm so hyped for this marathon. Megaman X is my favourite.
Minus Bros. Ikr
YAY time for the X series! =)
But... NOOOO, not long now before he slags off X3, which I actually like. =(
Still, I survived his lashing of Megaman & Bass years ago, and I'll survive this one too.
MultiTarded along with its price tag
FUCK YEAH
Mega Man X is my favorite not only for the X series, but in Mega Man games in general.
I’m calling it Clement will do a collab on X6 with Johnny.
Clement will so appear in this series at this point. X6 would be hilarious for many reasons cause I imagine Clement will just scream out "YOU ASSHOLE"
MysteriousM If this is going to be as long as his classic mega man marathon then yes he's going to get help
MysteriousM That *NEEDS* to happen!!
He might do X7
Bowser Jr True. But Clement hates X6, so Johnny would be just all 'hue hue hue' I imagine in the review.
I had the honor of watching this at your panel at Too Many Games, and then today we were able to talk with you at the Caddicarus panel. You seem like a genuine guy, and really showed that you earned your fans by just being a cool dude. Thanks for what you do, your stuff is great.
I mean, these days, Johnny’s just himself in his reviews and stuff...
Nice!!
16:29
The sonic 1 GBA of megaman X.
I played it......father forgive me
Watched this video at TooManyGames, going to watch it again on Johnny's channel. I'm very happy you're doing this series Johnny!
4:47 Sigma just wants to invite you to a barbeque. Lol
"Hey X, I'm having a big ol Barbeque. Flame Mammoth is on the grill and Storm Eagle is making his chicken wings. Ya gotta come."
Here's a little info about Mega Man X3 for your eventually review that I think will shed light on why it's not your favorite X game. X3 wasn't actually developed by Capcom, believe it or not. At the time, they were busy porting their development systems from 16-bit to 32-bit, and so they didn't have much time to develop a third Mega Man X for the SNES. Although that didn't stop them from making Mega Man & Bass for the SNES, but I digress. Instead, X3 was outsourced to Minakuchi Engineering. If the name sounds familiar to you, they're the folks who developed the Game Boy Mega Man titles. The only things Capcom handled themselves were the character designs and, get this, the story. Everything else, from the music, to the level design, to the boss AIs, to the weapons and upgrades, to Zero being a worthless addition, were all Minakuchi, and it shows. Fittingly, X3 would be the very last Mega Man game they would ever develop.
Here's a little bit of trivia about X1. Did you know the Dash upgrade was actually supposed to be an ability you had from the start? However, to keep things simple and familiar, they decided to make it an upgrade, and the first one you're supposed to acquire, to better ease players in the mechanic. That's why from X2 onward, X has the dash from the beginning.
And now for a story about myself and X1. I was first introduced to X1, among many other games, through the emulation scene. One day, a friend of mine from over 10 years ago tried burning an emulator and a couple of games on a CD-Rom. But the end result was so buggy that it didn't save progress, so I had to finish games like Super Mario RPG and Yoshi's Island in one sitting. Which I did. One of those games was X1, and it was the buggiest one by far. Armor upgrades wouldn't save, which made sections like Sigma's fortress... interesting to say the least. I also would be booted back to the intro stage after beating a boss more often than not, keeping all the weapons I acquired so far with me. Needless to say, it made for a pretty unique experience. Looking back, it was rather entertaining at the time to blow through the intro stage with weapons you weren't supposed to have yet, but I'd honestly take a stable version of the game over it any day.
+Shade Knight
Wow, I knew Capcom had some outsourcing for X3, but I didn't know they virtually had no control over the gameplay! A lot of things in X3 felt off to me when comparing it to its prequels, and now it actually makes sense. The level design isn't the greatest, most bosses are laughably limited in animation and movesets, and the music is just overall average for both versions (along with an argument that comes up WAY to often). Although with the "Which Soundtrack is better" argument, I myself have quite the bombshell of an opinion to throw into ring.
Now I know why didn't like it. Also they should make a rom hack about your experience, now that would be interesting
Whoa
Not his favorite? Its his least favorite X game from what I remember him saying. And rightfully so be cause that game is one burning pile of garbage. Anyone who says otherwise has nostalgia goggles burned into their retinas.
Never play Mega Man X6. Keep your soul pure and innocent. Do not make the same mistake I did.
Actually I’m fairly sure Auto made a cameo in X3. In the PlayStation Version, you can see Auto watching television in Volt Catfish’s intro.
YES
Maybe he retired or something xD
M G Lucky him
9:00 I would like to see someone who never have played Mega Man before tackle Armored Amadillo, Lanch Octopus, Spark Mandrill or Sting Chamelion first.
Also, being a main abillity of X, why is the dash locked behind a Light Capsule? X can dash at default in every other X-game.
That was because they didn't want to implement too much new mechanics right off the bat and made X more similar to classic Mega Man so instead of having it naturally like a wall climb, they made it a mandatory power-up, so that people will get used to controls by the time they get it.
I can answer that for you. I couldn't beat Armored Armadillo or Sting Chameleon, and I couldn't even get to Launch Octopus or Spark Mandrill. Then I tried Storm Eagle and I managed to beat him.
I think I tried all of them, got pissed, checked a guide and went to chill penguin
I doubt I could handle this game without save states
I completely forgot that flame mammoth's stage had actual lava and fire. Doing chill Penguin first is so engraved into my memory that now i just can't do any stage first. Forget maverick weaknesses, going aroung without the dash???? Not since the first time i played the game fifteen years ago
dash is just so needed.
I guess you could always go get the dash and then die to play Flame Mammoth with the lava and fire.
Or play the PSP version, where they moved the dash to Flame Mammoth's stage. Boy did that screw with me when I played that for the first time and Chill Penguin's stage had no dash.
mjc0961 yes, i guess you are right. I do intend to play the psp remake now that johnny said it was fine.
Diego G You can beat mammoth easily without dash
I remember going through Armored Armadillo, Launch Octopus & Flame Mammoth first before going through Chill Penguin and I manage to beat them all without the dash and I got all the upgrades and capsules; with the exception of Flame Mammoth's stage where after beating Chill Penguin, I cool down the lava and it was the only time I've backtrack to get all the items & capsules in that one stage ( not counting the Hadoken one in Armored Armadillo stage ). It was difficult without the dash. But not entirely impossible if u know what to do and one of the most satisfying moments I've ever done.
Mega Man X: You either die a hero, or... still die a hero but a clone of you lives long enough to become the villain.
(I'm talking literally here, not figuratively by calling what is one of my favorite Mega Man series the villain)
LOL Icon yep
Not to mention at first it was the original X that would become the villain in Zero series. I can't remember if Inafune changed the decision himself or Capcom told him to do so.
He changed it after he found out that Capcom developed X6 behind his back (At which point, he couldn't pull the plug on it without it putting a hole in Capcom's wallets)
GenisThe8StarSorcerer actually it was more because in the last month of development Infune realized a character people grew up with like X becoming evil might not sit well
I mean, the ending of X6 ties in well enough to Zero that Inafune wouldn't HAVE to change much.
2:20 that's not how much that's been downloaded that's how much space the computer has left, still a computer that has almost 41,000 TB is a gamers dream come true
Either way Dr Kain still has the potential to download all of pornhub
Let's hope that the RAM on that machine is non-volatile, otherwise that download will be all for nothing after a reboot.
hypershadix1 Jesus
The Alt Universe where he ditched X in favor of being a PC Gamer
gamers rise up
"It's a great game."
*Mind you, John says this when a clip of him vs Storm Eagle is up*
Mega Man X is one of my favorite video game series of all time. Much like you, Mega Man X was my very first Mega Man game period, so I've felt very spoiled when playing classic Mega Man after X since X had the superior mobility and combat capabilities. This is going to be quite the marathon indeed. Looking forward to the rest of the marathon, Johnny. I have a feeling I'll be re-watching this entire marathon multiple times in the future. XD
Zero Knight Mega Man X, when I was a kid really defined what a video game was. Up to that point I think Mario and Aladdin, and Yoshi Island were the only games we had for the SNES. I remember when I got this for my birthday, it was a challenge, but a FUN one! It seemed like Mega Man had everything you could ask for as a kid. What a special entry into the MM series. 🤖
Amen
Darth Mr. Clean. God damn it, that's perfect.
HAHA
11:21 Holy crap, I JUST noticed how the Shotgun Ice charged attack looks like Chill Penguin sliding forward. HOW DID I NEVER NOTICE THAT!?
ahchurro111 WHAT THE HELL!? I never noticed that either!
WTH I also never noticed and this Megaman was one of the first video games that I played
The first videos I saw of Johnny were his Mega Man videos. And now he finally does the X series. Bless.
I'm honestly more surprised you didn't mentioned how perfect the voice of Mark Gatha is for X
He IS X
SIG-MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
More better then his mmx5 and X7 voice actors
Oh thank goodness, Johnny!
I am not the only one who noticed original MegaMan to grow more and more on himself during the series also having some sort of free will, just like a 10 years old boy.
As for Auto though, he is still alive and lives in an underwater apartment of sorts that can be seen in the PS1/Saturn/PC Version of X3.
MegaMan X itself is possibly one of the best games in the entire series, I still play it every once in a while because it is just so good!
But you still haven't covered the Game Boy Mega Man games Johnny...
Shiro-Luna he did say that quite a while ago, didn't he?
It's ok, the only one that matters is V. That's one he could cover if he wants to.
And also Mega Man & Bass: Challenger from the Future
Game Boy Mega Man X.
+Super Maks 64 I'm not certain that anyone but you and me have heard of Challenger From the Future... It's really not worth looking at anyway.
I cannot wait for the TooManyGames video, the crowd's reaction to hearing the intro and then seeing MegaMan X was incredible, the room exploded with cheers
I got a feeling clement is gonna show up for X6
"I HATEEEEE MEGAMAN X SIIIIIIIX"
13:29 "They should have waited a couple of years for the 3DS"
>Remake released in 2006
>DS was only 2 years old by that gen
>3DS wasn't even announced until the decade after for Capcom to consider another platform to make this game for
???
They still should have waited or at least released a port on to the 3ds.
I love hearing Johnny gushing about the soundtrack. I feel the exact same way, it is so damn good. The intro stage theme always gets me pumped.
3:40 If you play the PSX port of Mega Man X3 & are paying attention to the Electro Namazuros (Volt Catfish) Stage Start Cutscene, you'd see there was a brief cameo of Auto as Electro Namazuros swims by in a current.
"It only takes about an hour and a half to finish."
Uh... In what world do you live in, Johnny? Sigma alone probably took me longer than that my first time through.
Josh Teixeira it took me almost 15 years to beat Megaman X this first time. I mean there were several year gaps, but you get it. I could not beat it. Getting back into it, after dying so many times, and understanding the patterns, I think an hour and a half is a reasonable time.
For me, I’ve played through it dozens of time and I have muscle memory now
Julian Santiago nice
I wouldn’t say that’s too much of a stretch. Each stage is at most 5 minutes long (without dying mind you) and the Sigma stages take about a half an hour (45 minutes at most) it really depends on how easy you find it.
Collin Drey The rest of the game is fine, but some of the later stages can be tough. Sigma on the other hand, is just brutal.
Bottom line is if it's somebody's first time through the game, it will take way longer than an hour and a half.
*Central Highway theme intensifies*
Original or Maverick Hunter?
_These Timelines are so Confusing.._
Shin Computer-Monster
*YES!*
+Shin Computer-Monster
both at the same time!
Hey Johnny. I just wanna thank you for making entertaining videos. These videos got me through working at an orchard. It wasn't bad work but holy shit you made it so much better. Thank you man. I watched the Mario, Sonic, Legend of Zelda, Mega Man, and Mega Man X playlists. Thank you so much my dude.
*Oh boy its a Megaman*
Egoraptor!
X
Kek
RIDIN' ON CARS
*Bwoop* megaman megaman
SUPER FIGHTING ROBOT
MEGAAAA MAAAANNNNN
x
Mega Jump
Mega Slide
Mega Mega Man X
Marcosatsu it would be cool if Ruby Spears made a Megaman X cartoon, too bad Ruby Spears had to cancel classic cartoon though.
Hey Marcos! Nice Profile!
Marcosatsu Sorry didn't catch that he's a what type of robot.
FIGHTING 2 SAVE THE WORLD!!!!!!!
12:00 actually you have to lose to vile AGAIN and can only beat him after Zero saves your ass AGAIN to destroy the ride armor. That's my biggest problem with the game as Rohan Mythril put it "You didn't win because X got stronger, you won because Vile got weaker"
Kyle Campbell
That's a main complaint I had about Vile in X1. You fight him in the intro with it being a forced loss (with Maverick Hunter X turning it into a proper boss), setting up that X eventually becomes strong enough to kick Vile's ass, even with the Ride Armor. But nope. Even with EVERY UPGRADE IN THE GAME, his ride armor still kicks your ass and Zero has to bail him out again, sacrificing himself just so that Vile can't use that cheap ass armor anymore (Which leaves less of an impact of you replay X1 after playing any of the later X games, like Leomon's death in Digimon).
GenisThe8StarSorcerer it also invalidates a good part of Egoraptor’s sequelits video
GenisThe8StarSorcerer well Zero like shadow was only brought back through popularity
Thank god, a REAL review of Mega man X!
I saw this at too many games it was the first convention I ever went too and I've never felt such immense body heat as soon as a walked into a room before
So, so, so excited to see you review the X series! I first found the Mega Man series through your reviews, and started collecting the games and branching out from there! Mega Man X is by FAR my favorite-- I love the spritework, the music, the gameplay-- everything is just so nice and polished. I can't wait to see this marathon go on!
Johnny your reviews get better over time and this video is proof.
*lemon shooter intensifies*
Kevin Gs WK yes
RIDING ON CARS
**Badass Guitar Solo**
YEAH LEMONS!!!!
It's Storm Eagle.
Holy crap, a MegaMan X marathon? YES! I was waiting for this for so long! Thank you, Johnny!
“we have megaman 11 coming out in a few months” this was really almost half a decade ago what
Well, Johnny, it’s all very simple.
The entirety of PornHub in the form of thousands of terabytes? The 20 rectal USB ports? The name X?
Mega Man X is actually Mega Man XXX, a robot created by Dr. Light to fill the entirety of PH into sentient form.
[DEFUNCT] MilkAndCookies This is the real reason light has no successor, he didn't anyone accessing that shit.
Da da da da super fapping robot...
*SUPER*
*FIGHTING*
*ROBOT*
*MEGA*
*MAN*
Wrong
Super
Fighting
Robot
Remember the time when protoman was going to shoot the the statue of Abraham Lincoln?
They call me Jojo “HAH! I *KNEW* you risk yourself for *Mr. Lincoln.*
MEDABOTS
IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING BOIS
I cannot wait for you to review Megaman X4. That one is by far ( my opinion) the best one and nearly flawless.
THANK YOU, JOHNNY! I've waited for this for so long! Bless the Megaman X Marathon! =D
I am looking forward to you rewiewing megaman x6 and 7
Crash Schwarzenegger Clement better join him for the X6 review
Crash Schwarzenegger hell yeah
mmx6 is my fav in the series. i know that that one would be an interesting watch.
A 1995 That's X7.
I am surprised you did not review this one earlier
So excited you're finally doing the X series. Your marathon of the classic series is what made me subscribe to you so I'm excited to see what your thoughts on this series are, controversial or otherwise.
When I saw the title, I thought it was a very old video. Glad you're finally doing the X series!
You can tell Johnny has a liken to a game or series when the jokes go up a notch and I always love that!
It's also available on MS-DOS, my prefered way to play, and even has a save function.
2:22 Looks like this review is going to be X-rated
John Chung stop
4:17 JESUS CHRIST, JOHNNY!!! I CANNOT UNSEE IT NOW!!!
Johnny, 4 years I've been waiting for this goddamn marathon. I cannot tell you how painful that wait has been.
Waited almost 5 years for you to review this since the end of the classic series. Keep up the good work.
Johnny always helps me in my darkest times. Every break up, every bad day he is always here to make me laugh and happy, thank you Johnny, and everyone at SGB.
I always thought Sigma looked like buzz light-year
Why has no one see this?
Don't forget that Maverick Hunter X also re-arranges where the Armor Capsules are (no more free Dash Legs), re-arranges the Sigma Fortress stages to the point that Vile is fought in the third stage instead of the first like the original (though the new Vile Ride Armor fights suck with how you have to beat him and then he grabs you anyway), and actually made Zero's Buster Parts when he dies unique from the normal Capsule Buster Parts so that it encourages you to go through almost the whole goddamn fortress without charging special weapons or a third buster charge (and coincidentally makes it impossible to get the Hadouken until just before the final boss if you do so).
6:10 is just glorious. This always got me feeling dread but hyped at the same time. The OST and sound design in this game is next level , especially compared to the sequels.
it's widely theorized that the robot you are fighting at 6:38 is Auto, based on his overall shape and color scheme
AT LONG LAST
SEESAWS
Alright. Time to go to bed. I need to wake up early for the first day of...
*Johnny uploads*
Sleep is for the weak!!
No Storm Eagle reference? You must've overcame your fears Johnny
It was never a case of fear. Johnny is just a reckless Mega Man player, which is why he almost died to him on his BSC playthru.
One of the few UA-camrs whose videos I can watch over and over again.
Keep it up!
it's kinda sweet to see johnny gush over a game he loves.
X is technically Dr light's eight son because of all six original robot masters
My jaw dropped when I saw this notification. Thank you so much Johnny!!
2:26 Well, this aged poorly.
Right? Maybe 3 or 4 TB now.
What do you mean?
@@bossviper2833 PornHub got rid of like 90% of it's content.
@@unluckly9256 how did you know? 🤨😳
@@helmeren3828
It was pretty big news when it was announced.
You finally started your Mega Man X marathon just like you said you would, Im so happy right now!
I could legit feel your excitement with each sentence in this video. great review my dude
The day has finally come for the X series!!!!!!
Finally, I've waited so long for this!
I actually played X2-X8 for my backlog clearing this year, and so I'm super excited to see your opinions on these games.
I went back through X1 as well, just to see how it stood up after playing through the others and I think it's really good!
Good graphics, good music, nice level design and some memorable mavericks. I noticed this game was way faster paced then pretty much every other game, which made it very fun to go back to. I like X4 slightly more, but this is still my second-favorite X game. I'll probably drop my opinion on each game with each review, and again, looking forward to the rest of the marathon!
I love X4, only X game I’ve played but I’ve beaten the game like 50 times now
Can't argue with u there.
I was going to work on my fan fiction writing tonight.
Then I got writer's block, started procrastinating, found myself craving a sandwich... and here I am, drowning my sorrows with a mix of bread, cheese, tinned ham, ketchup... and of course, Johnny.
Are ya writing son?
The weapon energy capsules actually have a purpose in Vile Mode: when Vile is in his Ride Armor, picking up weapon energy gives you extra time with it.
I like the Mega Man games.
I can't for the life of me beat any of them without using restore points (and even then my successes are few and far between), but still, I like 'em.
Crash's Underwear same, the rewind feature in mega man legacy switch collection is a godsend
Awesome work John! Been waiting for this since the SGB playthrough haha. I could really feel your passion and love for this game (which I share), and you definitely gave it the treatment it deserves =D Thanks for another great video!
...If only the rest of the X series was this good =P
Sooooo since he said nothing for the iPhone version I'm just gonna assume it's the definitive version and go buy it 👍
21gomez It’s the best version in my opinion
21gomez
It's so incredibly shit.
This is the problem when nothing is said. You can't tell anything is wrong with it from footage alone. The joke only works if you've already played that version, which completely defeats the purpose of mentioning it in a review.
CrashSable
I would agree with you, were it not for two things;
Firstly: The clip of all the movie villans sadisticly laughing conveys the given experience quite well.
Secondly: The footage alone, especially if you've been watching the video in 60 fps, conveys how slow and choppy the game is, and how badly it sounds.
Oscar McCormack
Disagree. The clip SUGGESTS the experience MAY have been bad, but tells you nothing of why or how, allowing you to draw zero assumptions.
As for the footage alone, it does nothing of the sort. The music is identical to the SNES original and as for being "choppy" - I don't think you understand the difference between frame rate drops and just not having intermediary sprites in the animation.
That Voldemort laugh got me good!
The wily laugh will never not be funny
7:31 You're not alone, Johnny
FINALLY
King Crimzen I can't wait for Clement to show up for hopefully X6.
Thumbs up for those that know what I'm referring to from Clements channel
Michael Williams thumbs up dude
[DEFUNCT] MilkAndCookies hi I'm the great Clement and welcome back to Megaman X6...........I hate this game
Michael Williams "I HATE MEGAMAN X6!!"
Almost perfect, but it needs more kittie.
*needs more pussy
arkbuble He and PinkKittyRose should do a collab review
William White OMG that would be awesome, she is one of my favorite LPers.
arkbuble She doesn't do UA-cam anymore.
arkbuble I love her so much
Been waiting so long for this! Always looking forward to your videos. Keep it up man! Been a fan since 2012.
13:59 that face you make in meetings when someone has a better plan then yours