I have mixed feelings about X5. Lots of the level design ranges from okay to boring, the presentation is cheap (not to mention _you can't skip the cutscenes_ at all), the story itself is... weirdly executed, especially towards the end, etc. It wasn't made by Inafune either, he pretty much handed it off to junior developers and said, "Just get it done, oh and make sure Zero dies" while he worked on Megaman Zero.
I've heard the voice acting was made by English-speaking people living in Japan at the time that might have been connected to Capcom? Maybe I'm getting it wrong, but if that was the only bar needed, yep, that would explain all this quality.
Yeah, many early English dubs of Japanese games just hired people doing English voice-over work who lived in Japan, or anyone who could speak English. Resident Evil's a good example: Barry Burton's voice actor seems to mostly do announcements and ads for English-speaking tourists. He even got hired by Capcom to play a villain in Mega Man X7.
1:18:35 Actually, he's Akuma, not Ryu. Note the dive kicks, the prayer beads around his neck, and in his official artwork he even has the kanji for Heaven or Sky on his armor. Remember, this is at the time in Capcom's history where they were putting Akuma in every single game as a secret character, boss or cameo.
What you were saying about the redubbed cutscenes for this game is that Lucas Gilbertson ( Zero from X8) redone them. The one from this game is Wayne Doster.
I think Web Spider's cry is supposed to be 'soge!'. It might be related to 'sogeki', which is Japanese for sniper. I remember mishearing it as 'sorry' back in the day too.
@@RevyaAeinsett The best part is that's actually true for this and other games like Mega Man 8, X7, Resident Evil 1, etc. They hired English speaking actors living in Japan at the time to do the voice acting. And it shows so much.
I always played Rockman and Rockman X games. Rockman X4 was my first Rockman X game... Thank god I played the original japanese version of this game without knowing it. When I watched the english version on youtube... omg the voice acting... holy shit.
People hate x5? What? That's new to me. I remember people praising x5 and x6 as the last good entries. X5 is great and x6 has some of the best music tracks in the whole franchise.
I agree that x5 and x6 are not as great as 1 to 4, but people rly need to calm down with calling games "bad" just because they're a little flawed. If we went by that logic then the entire NES library would be considered dogshit.
8:39 THAT VOICE ACTING WAS SPOT ON! 33:12 You mock Zero and you get *REKT* 1:29:29 I like original Zero's VA (This game for example) but I prefer the latest, more mature sounding Zero, this one sounds bratty and arrogant :P
The one thing I realized about this game that I didn't as a kid was that it's 90s anime as hell and terribly voice acted you can barely hear like half the lines and most of the story doesn't even matter
Vinny got surprisingly lucky with ol Mag Drag! I was expecting him to blow a fuckton of attempts on it, even with the ride armor cheese! Vinny's gettin gud quick
Here's a basic rundown of every Mega Man X game even if you don't want it: X1: Pretty fantastic, great to go back to every once in a while, but repetitive playthroughs can get boring quickly if you indulge too fast. X2: Also great, a lot of the same attributes as X1, but not quite as stellar. Starting with a dash is a plus. X3: The weakest of the 3 SNES games; addition of Zero is nice but not implemented enough and the game is underwhelming overall. X4: From a gameplay perspective, one of the best games. Story is a bit lacking, but is fantastic to come back to. Zero is wonderful to control and so is X. X5: Handles as well as X4, but the story dips even lower and forces some mechanics that aren't that great. Armor is implemented badly, as are the power-ups. Zero gets shafted since a quarter of the Heart Tanks can't be obtained by him. X6: One of the worst in terms of mechanics; Reploid rescuing can burn in hell, but it's still enjoyable in some aspects. X7: Just the worst. Bad 3D implementation, terrible story, and Reploid saving is worse somehow. X isn't even playable from the start and Zero is painful to play as. X8: The most underrated. Good (if slow) progression system, decent story, plays well enough. Even has some coll New Game + stuff.
I'm actually curious as to what you consider lacking about the story for X4 (and by extension X5). IMO it's a decent plot for a 2D platformer in the late 90s. And I think the setup and eventual twist that Zero is the source of you-know-what was pretty profound. (Also, just so we're clear: quality of voice acting =/= story)
I think my phrasing regarding X4 and X5 was wrong. I feel like there are one or two plot holes, paired with translation errors, that bother me. X4 is actually my favorite game, solely for introducing me to Zero's playstyle. X5's branching pathways are a bit problematic, mostly because I can never seem to get half the cutscenes that contribute to the story (for example, there's a cutscene with Lifesaver that I've never seen before because I can't figure out how to trigger it). There isn't a consistency to how the player encounters most of them, but I think I can boil that down to poor gameplay implementation.
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Vinny laughing at the voice acting is bliss.
hi I am rent bliss and I'm your free style dance teacher
Vinny's Zero voice is just his Raiden voice, it's great
Raiden + Captain Falcon sometimes XD
"It's not over yet!"
"YEAH, IT KINDA IS, ZERO. IT KINDA IS."
An amazing summation of this playthrough thus far. Thanks for the laughs, Vinny.
The thing with the voice acting is that it's actually vastly better in Japanese
The "what am I fighting for" scene is actually pretty good
let us fight valintly.
wit currag and pwide
Tha moast powaful aurmy in HIStoryyyy!!
X5 isn’t terrible, it’s x6 which is usually considered shitty because it was rushed when x5 was supposed to be the final x game
Alexandria Alia Fucks up X5 with her constant interruptions, she ruins the pace of the game, X6 is better that her calls are optional.
Brandon Williams that's one thing they fixed in X6
X6 levels are paaainful, the only thing bad about X5 is no cutscenes
X5 for me is the most boring megaman x in the series, even i prefer x7 just for memes
I have mixed feelings about X5. Lots of the level design ranges from okay to boring, the presentation is cheap (not to mention _you can't skip the cutscenes_ at all), the story itself is... weirdly executed, especially towards the end, etc. It wasn't made by Inafune either, he pretty much handed it off to junior developers and said, "Just get it done, oh and make sure Zero dies" while he worked on Megaman Zero.
Colonel! The Mavericks managed to avoid drowning.
GOOD JOB
I've heard the voice acting was made by English-speaking people living in Japan at the time that might have been connected to Capcom? Maybe I'm getting it wrong, but if that was the only bar needed, yep, that would explain all this quality.
Yeah, many early English dubs of Japanese games just hired people doing English voice-over work who lived in Japan, or anyone who could speak English.
Resident Evil's a good example: Barry Burton's voice actor seems to mostly do announcements and ads for English-speaking tourists. He even got hired by Capcom to play a villain in Mega Man X7.
Normally they would just put adds or call any random little agency.
Oh man, that voice acting is a class of its own. There was an attempt.
"Brotha." "Koop."
and lets not forget "Ahl Marrahvick mustessembleemmedtly" and "My fate is sealed...IHAVENOCHOICE"
"The moast powaful aurmy in HISStori!!"
I was going to watch VOD on Twitch buuut it had been completely removed so I had to wait for this. Sooo thanks Vappy!
Same
That one actually got corrupted somehow. Twitch was reading it as being 2,800-something hours long and it wouldn't load.
This is almost as good as the dub of Bible Black
LionHeart nothing can ever top Bible Black
CLUCK LIKE A CHICKEN!
Heron Pirollo You're incorrect my friend, that came from a completely different hentai series.
YOU'VE GOT RICE ON YOUR FACE
Vinny using his MGS2 voices made me cry from laughter
40:06 STOP!
1:18:35 Actually, he's Akuma, not Ryu.
Note the dive kicks, the prayer beads around his neck, and in his official artwork he even has the kanji for Heaven or Sky on his armor.
Remember, this is at the time in Capcom's history where they were putting Akuma in every single game as a secret character, boss or cameo.
HUH YEAH YEAH HUH HUH YEAH YEAH YEAH HUH YEAH HUH HUH YEAH YEAH
NotMyFace I ironically the best part of Zero play throughs. Also you forgot
HOO HAH HOOOOU
*_w o o h_*
WOP WOP
It's really uncanny for Vinny to call out headphone users for wearing them backwards, since I was indeed wearing them buds in reverse.
Vinny, you need to voice act a future Mega Man character. I'll pay for it.
I freakin love his impression of Zero.
What you were saying about the redubbed cutscenes for this game is that Lucas Gilbertson ( Zero from X8) redone them. The one from this game is Wayne Doster.
I need a timestamp of everytime vinny dies it's hilarious.
The most powerful AHME in HIS-STORYYYYYYYYYY
33:26 There is no way he did that sound. He probably used a grumpy dog stock sound from a Doberman Pinscher. 🤣
Why does it sound like Homestar Runner is voicing some of these characters
I love this game's music so much I made custom-looping brstms from it for Smash Bros. Brawl.
1:22:20 *"WHADOUTHINUDOIN?"*
Zero: Its not too late, stop the coupe now!
Vinny: THE COUPE?! THE COUPE!!!
I always loved the sprite art done in these PS1 X games.
Then the sky lagoon will...
Come CRashing Into the GROUND!!!
After this megaman fed iris b ball pasta and she died and became a GHOST
Iris is cute. I like her. :D
???? Great! She dead
D:
She's got a nice rack.
Someone must stop replifooouuurrrsssse
Mega Man X4 is The Room of gaming.
GaiaX5 YOU’RE TEARING ME APART, IRIS!
RIP Sniper Wolf, poor Ocero.
Fuuuuuck that music gets me right in the nostalgia gland
people LOVE X5 its X6 that was rushed out in like 6 months
Love is a strong word. X5 is "Fine" at best.
I prefer X6, nostalgia most likely though, specially the intro stage BGM.
Lord Purr
I wouldn't say love, but at least better than x6
X5 is.....acceptable. The RNG involved in getting the good ending even if you beat all the bosses is stupid though.
The first 4 were great 5 was good, 6 was a dumpster fire, 7 was bland and "meh" as hell. Then 8 personally was the best
Technically this is after Extreme 2. Not X3
This makes the bad Colonel become the good Colonel.
I think Web Spider's cry is supposed to be 'soge!'. It might be related to 'sogeki', which is Japanese for sniper. I remember mishearing it as 'sorry' back in the day too.
He also shouts 'ikke' in the japanese version when he throws up mini-spiders on the ground.
Late but its a "Sore"! which would generally translate to "take this"
@@Rye-Uh oh, for real? Yeah, that makes the most sense, I suppose. Thanks for the info!
Years after Vineland Island, Binny finally beats walrus for taking the monster he loved
my headphones were backwards
thanks mr. vinny
Sigma: HUAAAAGH!
Vinny: What the f**k is happening.
Thank you Vappy! The corrupted vod was keeping me from watching the rest of x4 and diabler
40:06 wtf was that
I think this might be my new favourite vinny scream.
*_S T A H P ! !_*
STAHP
New tf2 hitsound
#WHATAMIFIGHTINGFOR
A dead GF.
Remember, Purple Boba Fett is always watching you! Always...
33:29 When my 33yo blind pinscher refuses to eat his ration
How cute. My favorite rattle growl.
wait, I just realized
Magma Dragoon = Dragon boss
Ryu = Dragon in Japanese
Dammit, Capcom.
Cold Penguig is my favorite megan man boss ever
40:03
What the fuck, that scream wasn't Vinny, also, WTF?! Who loses against Walrus?
I was playing X4 a few weeks ago and I came to the conclusion that I suck replaying this years later
IT'S NOT OVER YET. *dies*
I can't wait for him to play x7
Sounds like capcom used dub actors from 4kids that explains the stupid sounding voices.
I wish it was 4Kids level dub
i would take Dan Green's voice over any of these
At least 4kids voice acting was professional, this sounds like they just grabbed people off the street and did a single take in a few hours
4kids has never produced anything this amazingly bad.
@@RevyaAeinsett The best part is that's actually true for this and other games like Mega Man 8, X7, Resident Evil 1, etc.
They hired English speaking actors living in Japan at the time to do the voice acting.
And it shows so much.
i was expecting the mushroom to have toad's voice, im dissapoint
Thanks Vappy, I don't know why, but Twitch was giving me an error on this video.
G E T R E A D Y
yeah no corruptions due to vinerizon
I always played Rockman and Rockman X games. Rockman X4 was my first Rockman X game... Thank god I played the original japanese version of this game without knowing it. When I watched the english version on youtube... omg the voice acting... holy shit.
Is it my imagination or does Zero flip the player off in his victory pose?
It's a thumbs up, but it looks kinda weird.
using a boss's weakness against it isnt really 'cheesing'
And you have X3
Menga Mang.
Oh,,,,,, Ice,,,,, stronger than robot,,,,,
Vinny's Zero voice sounds kinda like Cool Cat.
god damn it the Colonel sounds like that one dude from the current season of Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged
oh yes, this is where it starts to get a little stinky
verizon had to stop zero from burning down the endangered rainforest
Timestamps for cutscenes!
I've been waiting for this!
I hope you play the rest of the franchise!
Holy shit he beat dragoon on the second try! Nice.
Never beat him as a kid
The Irregular hunters? Well that's straight from the Japanese version, Mavericks are called Irregulars in Japanese version.
IRISSSS
X6 is the one people hate, not X5
KusKusPL x6 is op
Irish is a reploid right?
why do reploids need boobs? zero has boobs too so, for reploids seems boobs are gender neutral ?
Megaman X menu noises...so good for me ears
HOO HAH HAW
Don't beat yourself up Vinny, you honestly didn't do too badly for your first run.
I wish I didn't miss this stream, I fucking love this game.
finally, the first megaman game i played
vappy cut this
How does vinny do all of these voices, especially the one where he says STOP
Weird, I could have sworn Web Spider's phase 2 web damages you in the PS1 version
So, apparently they lowered the brightness of some cutscenes because they could trigger seizures?
Or do i remember it wrong?
People hate x5? What? That's new to me. I remember people praising x5 and x6 as the last good entries. X5 is great and x6 has some of the best music tracks in the whole franchise.
F0rtune X5 wasn’t necessarily terrible, but it was designed by morons. Definitely much worse than the four X games that came before it.
I agree that x5 and x6 are not as great as 1 to 4, but people rly need to calm down with calling games "bad" just because they're a little flawed. If we went by that logic then the entire NES library would be considered dogshit.
Boy you gotta fight me if you like any X soundtrack better than X4 and X
Uh Vinny, people hate X6, not X5 :P
*EMERGENCY EMERGENCY!*
8:39 THAT VOICE ACTING WAS SPOT ON!
33:12 You mock Zero and you get *REKT*
1:29:29 I like original Zero's VA (This game for example) but I prefer the latest, more mature sounding Zero, this one sounds bratty and arrogant :P
The one thing I realized about this game that I didn't as a kid was that it's 90s anime as hell
and terribly voice acted
you can barely hear like half the lines and most of the story doesn't even matter
Banjo Fries a lot of dubs in the 90’s were especially bad
What part doesn’t matter? All the story is, is Sigma getting the Repliforce to betray Maverick Hunters and humans
I had to skip straight to the Magma Dragoon part. I usually do this first and cheese it, but I had to see Vinny do it.
Vinny got surprisingly lucky with ol Mag Drag! I was expecting him to blow a fuckton of attempts on it, even with the ride armor cheese! Vinny's gettin gud quick
The REAL cheese is doing z saber dash cancels
I do that when the ride armour is destroyed. Hahaha
Did Gangrel do the voice acting?
Here's a basic rundown of every Mega Man X game even if you don't want it:
X1: Pretty fantastic, great to go back to every once in a while, but repetitive playthroughs can get boring quickly if you indulge too fast.
X2: Also great, a lot of the same attributes as X1, but not quite as stellar. Starting with a dash is a plus.
X3: The weakest of the 3 SNES games; addition of Zero is nice but not implemented enough and the game is underwhelming overall.
X4: From a gameplay perspective, one of the best games. Story is a bit lacking, but is fantastic to come back to. Zero is wonderful to control and so is X.
X5: Handles as well as X4, but the story dips even lower and forces some mechanics that aren't that great. Armor is implemented badly, as are the power-ups. Zero gets shafted since a quarter of the Heart Tanks can't be obtained by him.
X6: One of the worst in terms of mechanics; Reploid rescuing can burn in hell, but it's still enjoyable in some aspects.
X7: Just the worst. Bad 3D implementation, terrible story, and Reploid saving is worse somehow. X isn't even playable from the start and Zero is painful to play as.
X8: The most underrated. Good (if slow) progression system, decent story, plays well enough. Even has some coll New Game + stuff.
I'm actually curious as to what you consider lacking about the story for X4 (and by extension X5). IMO it's a decent plot for a 2D platformer in the late 90s. And I think the setup and eventual twist that Zero is the source of you-know-what was pretty profound. (Also, just so we're clear: quality of voice acting =/= story)
I think my phrasing regarding X4 and X5 was wrong. I feel like there are one or two plot holes, paired with translation errors, that bother me. X4 is actually my favorite game, solely for introducing me to Zero's playstyle. X5's branching pathways are a bit problematic, mostly because I can never seem to get half the cutscenes that contribute to the story (for example, there's a cutscene with Lifesaver that I've never seen before because I can't figure out how to trigger it). There isn't a consistency to how the player encounters most of them, but I think I can boil that down to poor gameplay implementation.
wasn't resi 2 also on the 64?
5 years later. megaman x9 isnt happening.
VineMan
"I only like games when I win"
What are some games that people are actually happy to lose at?
NO THIS ISNT HAPPENING! THERE IS NO REASON FOR ME TO GO ON!
OH BOY!
i mean at least we agree the game is good... for totally different reasons
The Z-buster!!!
Please Vinny, if you already didn't, play the MegaMan Zero Series, it's goooooooood
doctah wahwee