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Title: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Irregular Ass-R-Us on August 03, 2013, 05:32:02 PM
Hi everyone i am new to the forums , nice to meet you all. I was wondering , what would if Rockman X9 was made? (i dont know if it will happen because of CAPCOM right now  :( )   I would like to know your opinions/thoughts on how the game would be.


Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Align on August 03, 2013, 07:57:38 PM
Sigma's death left a power vacuum and various minor mavericks proclaim themselves the new leaders of the revolution.

After you defeat all 8 of them, it's revealed that you were too late to stop them from getting in contact with each other and forming an alliance, as well as a base, which is where the last few stages take place.

Then you defeat them again, only to find... Sigma?! Brought back?!

Except when you defeat him it turns out to have just been a fake, meant to unite and incite the remaining mavericks all over the world. Crisis averted!

Posted on: 2013-08-03, 17:39:20
unless it was current capcom that did it in which case it would be like the above except Sigma being a figurehead and fake is revealed in the intro, and when you fight him he's like
"What are you, stupid? I'm the real Sigma!!" and then X would be like
"NO ITS NOT TRUE THIS CANT BE HAPPENING I CANT GO OOOON" and then Zero has to sacrifice himself whereupon X gets all SUPER DETERMINED
so Sigma is all BLAMBLAMBLAMBLAMBLAMBLAMBLAMBLAMBLAMBLAM AARGH YOUVE KILLED ME AGAIN BUT AS LONG AS THERES HATE IN THE HEART OF MAVERICKS I WILL LIVE OOON
and then X teleports out to a cliff where he takes off his helmet but his face is hidden by his hair and someone makes an AMV with CRAAAAAAWLING IN MY SKIIIIIIN!!!!!! and it doesn't seem at all out of place
the end...?
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Sakura Leic on August 03, 2013, 08:00:16 PM
The world's coffee supply has dwindled and X, Zero and Axl must find some more in some ancient ruins under a senior citizen hall....yeah I got nothing.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Sub Tank on August 03, 2013, 10:31:40 PM
Using Jacob's Ladder, the humans begin mining rare materials from asteroids with the help of the Reploids, in order to deal with the dwindling supply of resources on Earth.

There is a rebellion in space, as various worker bots go Maverick.  The Maverick Hunters are called in.

Duo's home planet messages Earth and tells them that they are an ancient race of aliens who have visited Earth in the past, and Type 1 civilizations are not allowed to bring weapons into space under the Galactic Peace Treaty.  The punishment is termination.

The Maverick Hunters are attacked by 8 robot aliens.

It was really Sigma all along, and after Earth disarms he launches a full scale attack.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Irregular Ass-R-Us on August 04, 2013, 11:09:21 AM
Interesting and Sakura Leic  >0<   owob that was funny hahaha, but i would think that after X8 , after a few years , the humans who had lived in space could not get used to the atmosphere and had a lack of resources so they decided to go back to earth thinking the sigma virus had been eliminated , everything seems to be going smoothly since the irregular hunters had established their hunter bases over the whole earth in case of an irregular uprising and they had created a military called  the United Reploid Federation which exists to protect every reploid they can globaly from large scale irregular attacks.

So the Humans decided to come back down using the Jakob elevator. All was going well until.....

-WARNING-.......-WARNING-.........-WARNING- a unexpected attack inside of the elavator had damaged most of the humans on the elevator . The three hunter X, Zero and Axl investigate. Once they got to the outside entrance of the elevator it was a very eerie place , almost as if there was nothing there in the first place. As they proceeded they heard a small rustling noise in the background , the three looked to see what is and it was a safe space which had held survivors, the three  investigated and asked everyone which is human. X said :*what happened?* Survivor:*.......* The survivor had been fear stricken to even speak so X Asked a different survivor with a shocking surprise to come to Xs mind.

The survivor had said :*Everyone was having a peaceful time as we were going down the elevator , as soon as we got down to the main entrance on the ground..... one of our own people had gone berserk , he wasnt a criminal either , he was a small child who had the happiest smile i could ever see, however soon after that , he started screaming and shouting until his eyes turned into the colour of red as if he was possesed and soon after that his body mutated heavily into something of a monster , his face had turned into a metalic monstrosity , i knew something wasnt right so i escaped as everyone was being slaughtered by that monster and these are the only people who remained*

X:..........  Zero: Are you sure it was a human ? Survivor:*I am really sure since everyones had dna checks to see if there werent a any irregulars that may have been hiding. Axl :........  X:............ Zero: Do you know where he is so that i can stop him. Survivor: He should be at the top of the elevator. Zero: Thanks, X i know you cannot harm humans but this time we cant let this slide so that other people suffer. X: But he was a innocent child that did not do anything, how can i do that.

Zero: X he WAS a child no he is not , we cant let other people suffer because of this. X:.........Guess.....Your....Right.    Zero: Thanks for understanding X , however dont you think its strange , humans are supposed to be totaly immune to the virus. X: Those symptons were exactly the ones shown in irregular reploids which are at stage three, however before stage three they would have to go through stage 1. Zero: The only way i could think of is the virus gaining inteligence which could examine the human body and infect the humans nueral circuits. X: Then why werent the survivors infected? Zero: I think its because it must've been an test to see if the virus itself could do that or not.

Suddenly X recieves a message from Alia . Alia: X! The Base is under attack! X: What! I thought the URF had destroyed all reaming irregulars on Earth.
Alia: Its them who are attacking us. X and Zero : WHAT! Alia: X hurry -brzzt- transmission is cut off. X: Whats going on how could these two happen at the same time. Zero: Someone must be monitoring our actions to do something like that, however he would have to be really close to us. Wait i .. it cant be. Axl Points his guns to both X and Zero. Axl: hehehehe..... i cannot believe it took you that long to figure out. X: But why...... Axl: Remember when Lumine implanted that seed in my head.  X and Zero:?!. Axl: During the time i was unconscious , i had remembered what my real mission was. Axl:It was to infect you too and send data to my master so that he could study ancient junk like you, however infecting you is clearly impossible even with the new virus.

X:You dont mean! Axl: Yes after i had woke up , i went to the elevator to insert the virus inside the lifts ventalation system, and my it worked like a charm. Zero: You scum.... X:......... Axl: the URF were irregulars under disguise to fool you and take over the earth and spread the virus, haha i bet some of your old friends must have changed their minds by now.  As AXl tells them his masters plot, X starts to shine with a glimmering light. X:I.....I....WILL DESTROY YOU! Axl:!?. Zero: Amazing. X knocks Axl backwards and launches himslef at Axl however Axl flies away and his armor changes into White and purple . Axl: I guess you can be alive for now , well you wont make a difference anyway. Axl flies off while X collapses unconsciously. Zero carries up X and carries him to the safe place in the elevator and repairs any damge done to X due to the emergency supplies in the elevator. Suddenly X wakes up and asks Zero what happens and Zero explains.

Later X and Zero head back to their former Hunter HQ which is now , the Irregular Base. To be continued.

Sorry for the long post, its been on my mind quite some time.

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Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Phi on August 04, 2013, 07:49:21 PM
Dude, that is one horrendous looking post. It's not organized at all.

Edited it to make it slightly more tolerable to read.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: The Great Gonzo on August 04, 2013, 08:19:30 PM
Whatever the plot of X9 would be, I'd hope it would involve humanity no longer being a bunch of panicky, specieist idiots who'd cry "Maverick" over a perfectly normal Reploid accidentally serving them lukewarm coffee.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Flame on August 05, 2013, 01:46:10 AM
X and Zero and Axl fight Mavericks and fight a 2 stage final boss at the end with terrible plans for Humanity.

The End.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Dr. Wily II on August 05, 2013, 02:31:20 AM
Whatever the plot of X9 would be, I'd hope it would involve humanity no longer being a bunch of panicky, specieist idiots who'd cry "Maverick" over a perfectly normal Reploid accidentally serving them lukewarm coffee.
MAVERICK *gets a pitchfork, and a fire torch ready*
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Cherrykorock on August 05, 2013, 02:56:08 AM
They go on a mission to find out where the rest of Zero's hair went.
Along the way they discover Alia had grown jealous and stole some for herself.
Upon confrontation they also learn she was behind the past incidents involving Zero.
Did you really think it to be coincidence that her comrade Gate was obsessed with Zero?
Clearly she manipulated him and many others in an attempt to claim his luscious hair.
Now it is up to the trio to put an end to this hair raising tale in, Megaman X9!
On sale in a bad fanfic near you!
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Police Girl on August 05, 2013, 03:11:58 AM
They go on a mission to find out where the rest of Zero's hair went.
Along the way they discover Alia had grown jealous and stole some for herself.
Upon confrontation they also learn she was behind the past incidents involving Zero.
Did you really think it to be coincidence that her comrade Gate was obsessed with Zero?
Clearly she manipulated him and many others in an attempt to claim his luscious hair.
Now it is up to the trio to put an end to this hair raising tale in, Megaman X9!
On sale in a bad fanfic near you!

You forgot the part where you find out that Alia was Sigma the entire time.
Also Layer was Vile, and Pallete is some other throwaway villain.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Phi on August 05, 2013, 03:23:09 AM
You forgot the part where you find out that Alia was Sigma the entire time.
Also Layer was Vile, and Pallete is some other throwaway villain.

... I'll be back  -_-

Layer is Vile? But I thought Vile was

[spoiler]interested in X, not Zero. 8D[/spoiler]
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Police Girl on August 05, 2013, 03:29:22 AM
I never said my logic was perfect.

Its fitting with shitty fanfiction mode though.

Anyway, I can't actually do what I was planning on doing.

It was just Sigma's head on Alia's body.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Dr. Wily II on August 05, 2013, 03:34:49 AM
It was just Sigma's head on Aile's body.
No... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
WHAT AM I FIGHTING FOOOOOARGH
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Police Girl on August 05, 2013, 03:37:32 AM
No... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
WHAT AM I FIGHTING FOOOOOARGH

Oops. 8D Fixed.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Irregular Ass-R-Us on August 05, 2013, 12:43:40 PM
 >0< >0< really funny posts guys  owob, but if we were a little more serious  B( what would you say the plot would really be like. 
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Flame on August 07, 2013, 12:13:39 PM
How should we know?
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Rin on August 07, 2013, 05:05:30 PM
How should we know?
You guys love to debate stupid Megaman plot points, but when someone asks "What do you think the plot of X9 could be"... this is your answer?
Wow.

Oh yeah, Azerus. Try to lay off the emoticons a bit, they make you look immature.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Sakura Leic on August 07, 2013, 07:19:05 PM
You guys love to debate stupid Megaman plot points, but when someone asks "What do you think the plot of X9 could be"... this is your answer?
Wow.

Oh yeah, Azerus. Try to lay off the emoticons a bit, they make you look immature.
Considering how messed up the story line of X8 and Command Mission if it's cannon, which I think it is, as well as the really confusing situation that is the Elf Wars I don't blame him.   And it's really fruitless to debate such points with Capcom's lack of interest in the franchise and horrible story telling.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Rin on August 07, 2013, 08:56:31 PM
Considering how messed up the story line of X8 and Command Mission if it's cannon, which I think it is, as well as the really confusing situation that is the Elf Wars I don't blame him.   And it's really fruitless to debate such points with Capcom's lack of interest in the franchise and horrible story telling.
You don't get it.

The same way I could say:
"What's the point of discussing the X/Zero/ZX story, if Capcom's interest with the series is non-existant. Plus the horrible storytelling."
In fact, this could be applied to all other MEGAMAN discussions.
And it's kind of a stupid argument. I get what you're trying to say, but really, it is.

Anyway I digress.

My point is, that (overuse of emoticons aside) Azerus posed simply a typical question, which basically requires the use of this thing called IMAGINATION.
He just wanted to talk about what the POSSIBLE story could be, as long as it's plausible (which means Zero being X's mother is out of the question).
He wanted to talk about POSSIBILITIES... maybe, you know... have fun on a Rockman themed board, talking about the blue robot(s)?

But I guess we can't have that anymore.

Oh well...
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Irregular Ass-R-Us on August 07, 2013, 09:34:21 PM
I don't know whats wrong with emoticons since they don't represent ones maturity and i like them so that's that and i don't want to argue about something small , anyway aside from that i pretty much agree with you tron , the purpose of this thread was indeed to use your imagination or give any ideas/theories/speculation because i thought it would've been nice to hear ideas from fans of the series because i think its good when you have people that like similar things or interests that you can talk and discuss your ideas with.

 Its quite sad that the X series doesn't receive as much love as classic from Capcom but i think its because classic didn't have a messed up plot unlike the X series. I think maybe a reboot of X4-X8 would've been nice since they could improve the story and game play , but without Keiji-san it would be meaningless for them to do something like that , quite a shame  :(
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Sakura Leic on August 07, 2013, 10:16:15 PM
I agree it is pretty sad considering that X is my second favorite series of the franchise.  However X isn't the only one suffering neglect ZX and, of course Legends have also been given the short need of the stick.  It's truly sad but I don't think confusing storyline is the reason that Capcom doesn't want to continue it.  It's the fact that right now Capcom wants to make a quick buck with minimum effort it seems which is really sad.

They don't see the series profitable because it doesn't meet their profit expectations so they see producing Megaman games as a major profit loss.  But it's also because they shoot themselves in the foot like you wouldn't believe.  Capcom is not known for innovation, they just reuse the same crap over and over again until they see it's not working.  But instead of trying to improve it, they just cast it aside and concentrate on their other money makers.  You can especially see it when compare X1-X3 individually and X4-X6 individually.  Then with how bland X7 was X8's chances were shot to hell before it made it stores.

The reason that Capcom would most likely make more Classic games is because they are easy to make, and cheap I would think, and people will always love nostalgia and nostalgia always sells. 

You don't get it.

The same way I could say:
"What's the point of discussing the X/Zero/ZX story, if Capcom's interest with the series is non-existant. Plus the horrible storytelling."
In fact, this could be applied to all other MEGAMAN discussions.
And it's kind of a stupid argument. I get what you're trying to say, but really, it is.

I do agree it's a stupid argument but it's the mind set that I'm seeing in this thread from the responses.  Not to mention there have been other threads like this in the past somewhere, maybe they don't want to repeat themselves or the story in their head changed.  I really don't know but I do agree that it's pretty sad that we can't think of anything.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Irregular Ass-R-Us on August 07, 2013, 11:28:50 PM
I fully agree with you sakura leic and yes i do agree that D.A.S.H/Legends and Zero/ZX deserves more love , they are phenomenal games that are amazing and its a ginormous shame that they weren't continued  :( 

Especially with the support of D.A.S.H 3 which astounds me to how they cancelled it when they had that much support and yet they stabbed their own fans in the back by saying its their fault when we are the ones with the wallets , the ones that made them who they are , i also just cannot see how they cancelled since it would've pleased fans a lot and give them a better reputation and probably would've sold really well  -AC.

 I loved the X series on Super Famicon/SNES because of its amazingly perfect game play and soundtrack which made it amazing as a game overall , it had so much potential until the PSX era , i am not saying i disliked it but when it was on the PSX the feeling and gameplay weren't as good as it was on the Super Famicom/Snes not to say it was bad as i did enjoy X4-X5-X6 (yes i personaly liked X6 , not saying it was the best or good but for me it was ok) and they indeed did recycle a lot of ideas in those games . Then they made .......X7 (managed to complete it) which was an abomination and it made it more worse because X6 didn't too well and then X7 did worse and as much as i love X8 i don't think it patched up the scars that the Rockman X series have.

 The Zero/ZX series which i love as much as the X series was amazing and wished that it was a longer (especialy with the master thomas ending which was interesting) and i also would have kind of nice to have X as the main antagonist , it would have been very interesting to see two people who have been best partners to enemies , i think and i am not sure but i think that's what Keiji-san wanted before X6 , i am not sure so if i am wrong then forgive me for that.

Also i think nostalgia is good but its not good for making a new sequel for a game like Rockman X because it will mostly attract hardcore fans like myself if its really nostalgic and it wouldn't really sell much. Who knows maybe it maybe it wouldn't? But one thing for sure is that either capcom is either possessed or something with all those decisions or that capcom is no longer CAPCOM.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Police Girl on August 07, 2013, 11:34:43 PM
I don't know whats wrong with emoticons since they don't represent ones maturity and i like them so that's that

Its less a problem with the emoticons themselves (Though seriously, this  >0< can die in a fire.) and more of the fact that you used four of them in a single sentence post.

But I digress, we're starting to delve back into the same topic that plagues most topics like this one. Which is "Why don't X/ZX/Legends get more love why capcom why".

I can answer those questions easily.

X because X7 tried something different and that pissed people off, and when they went back to X8 it just wasn't as successful. (Also X8 wasn't really that great.)
ZX because while ZX 1 sold okay in Japan ZXA didn't and since Japan is all that Capcom cares about (ZXA was far more successful in the US) they said [tornado fang] it to any more ZX.
Legends because Capcom is modern-day capcom who is too afraid to take risks.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Mirby on August 07, 2013, 11:48:18 PM
not just afraid

they've got a straight-up mental block

which is why they stick with what is proven to work

even if that doesn't end up working after all

it's not that they're too scared to takes risks, they just are mentally incapable of doing so now, like being forced to do so will be incredibly damaging to their psyche, like they're emotionally scarred from a past risk that didn't work out too well

or something like that
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Irregular Ass-R-Us on August 08, 2013, 12:40:34 AM
Its less a problem with the emoticons themselves (Though seriously, this  >0< can die in a fire.) and more of the fact that you used four of them in a single sentence post.

X because X7 tried something different and that pissed people off, and when they went back to X8 it just wasn't as successful. (Also X8 wasn't really that great.)


I think  >0< is  kind of annoying but explain to me how posting 4 emoticons in a row is bad? Like i said i like them and that's that i , really don't want to argue. Anyway I agree with you on X7 but not on X8 you cant deny its amazing soundtrack and Bamboo Pandemonium (That Stage Was Cool)  and so was the soundtrack and anyway your opinion is your opinion my opinion , everyone is different.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Cherrykorock on August 08, 2013, 12:42:31 AM
I have had quite a rather large grudge against the storytelling in the X series sense Mega Man X 6. I just refused to accept the notion of reploid DNA. I mean it is all fine and dandy if you want to have unique electronic signatures of sorts which actually makes a lot of sense. But, calling it DNA really pisses me off. DNA stand for deoxyribonucleic acid which I highly doubt any reploid has. another thing that bothers me is the ideal the copy chip in general. I mean I know I'm reading way too much into it and its not meant to be teaching scientifically but that's just how my mind works and it's hard to understand what they're trying to explain sometimes. So from my standpoint since they started using DNA I no longer care about the story.not to mention the whole ability to go maverick at will In Mega Man X 8.

however if you really want to talk new storyline I think what they really need to do is focus on x again. I love the fact that he's a pretty realistic character most of the time when it comes to his personality.I like 0 lot and he's a pretty cool character but he's been very boring since Mega Man X 6. Though to be fair X hasnt grown much either.

if by some stroke of luck they decide to continue this series I really would love to see you more on the relationship between X and Zero. I know we've seen them be friends and war buddies but they really have not shown them at odds. X5 kind of tried but it felt kind of forced. I just find it very strange that they have to a very conflicting ideals and personalities yet always get along perfectly fine. It just feels to me that whatever x does Zero just supports regardless. don't get me wrong, that's what good friends do now and again but not with everything all the time. But again I'm reading for too much into it its just a game and this is why you keep my opinions about this to myself! XD
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Sub Tank on August 08, 2013, 12:53:10 AM
The problem with the X series is that they make it up as they go along, and the titles are released inconsistently, so the story is just all over the place.  I mean, they're basically working off of a story that began in the 90's.  I don't know how you actually fix that without scrapping everything and starting over from a clean slate, like what they did in the Zero series.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Sakura Leic on August 08, 2013, 01:08:20 AM
The problem with the X series is that they make it up as they go along, and the titles are released inconsistently, so the story is just all over the place.  I mean, they're basically working off of a story that began in the 90's.  I don't know how you actually fix that without scrapping everything and starting over from a clean slate, like what they did in the Zero series.
This, just seriously this.  I seriously hate that, and as much as I love Zero and he's my favorite character he should have stayed dead.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Cherrykorock on August 08, 2013, 01:08:32 AM
You do it Metroid style, put games in a non linear storyline.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Sakura Leic on August 08, 2013, 01:09:43 AM
You do it Metroid style, put games in a non linear storyline.
Honestly for a platformer that would be a good idea sometimes.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Irregular Ass-R-Us on August 08, 2013, 01:16:11 AM
I agree that the X series plot is a mess. I think they should continue with the Irregular Hunter X (Maverick Hunter X) since it made more sense and they should have continued with that but i don't think they will since the PSP wasn't well known that time. An Irregular Hunter X continuation would be more suitable since its graphics could be easily remodeled and made HD , good story and for me it had good gameplay but the original has the best.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Sakura Leic on August 08, 2013, 01:20:25 AM
It's not that the PSP wasn't well known, it didn't sell well because of lack of games and advertising of said games at the time.  That's a problem that a lot of game companies have, unless it's a game that will most likely sell well you don't see advertisements for them. 

Then again ads cost money and it's probably hard to determine what their target consumer will be watching among other things.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Zan on August 08, 2013, 01:27:20 AM
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when someone asks "What do you think the plot of X9 could be"... this is your answer?
Wow.


What it "would", "could" or "should" be are three different question. Each of which can be answered to different extends. He simply asked the most difficult one.

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I have had quite a rather large grudge against the storytelling in the X series sense Mega Man X 6. I just refused to accept the notion of reploid DNA. I mean it is all fine and dandy if you want to have unique electronic signatures of sorts which actually makes a lot of sense. But, calling it DNA really pisses me off. DNA stand for deoxyribonucleic acid which I highly doubt any reploid has.

X5 is the first entry to use "DNA program". The term may be an actual reference to DNA computing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_computing), but it's probably just a fancy schmancy way of saying "genetic blueprint". Either way, real life science is no stranger to its fair share of misnomers, so it really doesn't bother me.

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horrible story telling.
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You guys love to debate stupid Megaman plot points, but

Yes, the X-series is indeed a mess in dire need of both closure and a rewrite. While the developers do have the right ideas, the games themselved failed to convey them because of hardware limitations, corporate hogwash and translation issues. We debate those "stupid MegaMan plot points" to see beyond the many flaws of presentation.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Cherrykorock on August 08, 2013, 01:30:19 AM
They already did it before with the Xtreme games and it worked pretty well.
Another thing they could do would be.. actually think about the story. I think they should pull a Godzilla and throw out everything post x5. Make it some bs time travel story. It would probably suck but it is a plausible excuse to eff the later games.

And sorry i forgot about it being in x5.
I dont play that one a lot.
And its not the idea of the 'dna' that bugged me as i said. Its the terminology they used.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Irregular Ass-R-Us on August 08, 2013, 01:36:16 AM
What they should is make Rockman X9 and Rockman X9 the prequel as a bonus CD with a OVA that explains you the whole storyline better , kind of like the Day of Sigma , that was really cool , however i don't think they will to hire an animation studio because it costs a lot . But if they did then playing Rockman X9 and the other games would make more sense.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Cherrykorock on August 08, 2013, 01:38:13 AM
Misread that. Thought you meant to make Megaman x9 a prequel.
Still, if a story does its job right it doesnt need to have a separate disc\video to explain.
Just a nice treat for long time fans.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Mirby on August 08, 2013, 01:44:27 AM
i was about to say that Xtreme 2 mentioned DNA first (DNA Souls and all) but that was released several months after X5 sooo yeah
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Irregular Ass-R-Us on August 08, 2013, 01:49:48 AM
One thing CAPCOM *could* (I doubt they will) is make a Full HD Remaster of all the X series (Including Extreme 1 and 2) and giving it the Irregular Hunter X treatment.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: The Great Gonzo on August 08, 2013, 01:52:46 AM
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translation issues

I'm still pretty sure that a lot of those "translation issues" were just "the same thing as in the original but clunkier" or "conscious changes during localization". But yeah, as much as I like the X series, the story can be...hurf.

Not to mention, I have this really bad feeling that we're meant to side with the humans even though we have no reason to other than "they're humans". Not very good writing, if that's indeed the case.

One thing CAPCOM *could* (I doubt they will) is make a Full HD Remaster of all the X series (Including Extreme 1 and 2) and giving it the Irregular Hunter X treatment.

'twould require too much effort on Capcom's part, unfortunately, and they hate effort as much as they hate taking risks.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Sub Tank on August 08, 2013, 01:56:15 AM
Unfortunately a better story and HD graphics aren't going to save the X series.

These games don't really sell anymore.  Part of the problem is Capcom.  They've associated Mega Man with "low quality" and "low budget" by releasing bad titles like X7, Xover, and now they're basically giving us the finger.  The other issue is that people don't want to pay full price for a game that they can beat in a couple hours.   It's either Capcom ups the difficulty so you spend more time on a single level (Like MM9) or they add actual depth to the game.  Running and gunning doesn't quite do it anymore.  Yeah they tried some sort of half-assed metroidvania style [parasitic bomb] in ZX, but the changes I'm thinking of need to be much more drastic.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Irregular Ass-R-Us on August 08, 2013, 02:01:01 AM
Sorry when i meant remaster i meant that as a collection rather than a single remake for each game. 
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Cherrykorock on August 08, 2013, 02:13:08 AM
X7 may have sucked but it was a step in the right direction imho.
Better controls, functional camera and an explorable world would have greatly improved it.
There is no reason why it cant be a fully 3d game.
To varying degrees of success every other series has done it.
In the cases of Sonic Adventure, Mario, and other such platformers is felt it not only was a successful transition but expanded the experiance as a whole.
This is what should happen to the X series but i know it never will.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Sub Tank on August 08, 2013, 02:28:51 AM
True.  X7 was a good concept, just poorly executed.  I wish we could sympathize with them and say, "Oh well, at least they tried," but Nintendo managed to bring Zelda, Mario, and Metroid all into 3D without accidentally creating some sort of video game humunculus.

I was all for MML3, because it was exactly that, Mega Man in full 3D.  But, you know...
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Cherrykorock on August 08, 2013, 02:46:21 AM
well I'm not too sure about it and I don't know the specifics. But I do know that the Mario and Zelda games had a lot better development teams and a lot more time to work on their project. Judging from the fact that Mega Man xx was released in 2001with Mega Man X 7 released in just under 2 years after that. And honestly I would love to know how much time to actually spend on the game. really all it really boils down to is that Capcom didn't give the game the attention to detail it deserved. Graphics wise the game looks pretty damn good if you ask me. But all in all the final product feels like a nearly completed demo that needs a good amount of work before its done. And honestly I am not much of a Mega Man legends fan but I was really interested to see what the new game would have done.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Satoryu on August 08, 2013, 03:07:11 AM
ZX because while ZX 1 sold okay in Japan ZXA didn't and since Japan is all that Capcom cares about (ZXA was far more successful in the US) they said [tornado fang] it to any more ZX.

The funny part of this is that nowadays Capcom and pretty much every big name Japanese video game company only cares about the American market. Everything's gotta be a blockbuster, otherwise they don't care. Niche is not in their vocabulary anymore.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Police Girl on August 08, 2013, 03:11:06 AM
Yeah, funny how things turn around like that.

At the same time its sad because the American game market is easily as stagnant as the Japanese one, and I believe its self-inflicted in the US (It might be in Japan as well) because apparently people want little more than Brown shooters and stuff with zombies sometimes featuring done to death FPS/TPS gameplay and QTE's whenever they feel they're needed.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Protoman Blues on August 08, 2013, 08:08:29 AM
I still say we need a MegaMan X/Legends anime done by the people who make Avatar: The Last Airbender to get people actually interested in the series again.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Phi on August 08, 2013, 08:14:37 AM
I still say we need a MegaMan X/Legends anime done by the people who make Avatar: The Last Airbender to get people actually interested in the series again.

Then it wouldn't be an anime...
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Protoman Blues on August 08, 2013, 08:17:23 AM
Cartoon, Anime...WHATEVER. I just wanna hear Quickie talk about how awesome her boomerang is
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Phi on August 08, 2013, 08:19:13 AM
Not hard to mix up at all. But I digress.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Irregular Ass-R-Us on August 08, 2013, 01:51:05 PM
To be honest i am starting to wonder if capcom is going to just abandon him , despite them saying that its not the last of Rockman X but i think its just sugar coated [parasitic bomb] that is just used to lure fans in to just disappoint them again.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: MacDaddyMike on August 26, 2013, 01:29:08 AM
The ending of X8 seemed to suggest that, if it came to the day when there would be no use for reploids, Zero would not go quietly.  I think there's a lot of potential to make a really deep, character-driven story here, where perhaps the world's government or whatever's left on Earth decides to take in all old-era reploids and decommission them, and X actually fights for the side of the humans.  X is tired of fighting, tired of war, and just wants his "duty" to be over, so he's accepted his fate and is willing to be decommissioned himself, but Zero starts a rebellion against the humans (with a group of reploids also deemed "Mavericks") and X is sent to take them down.  After all the build-up of how X is talking about how he'll have to kill Zero one day, I'd love for it to be because of a philosophical disagreement, and not because Zero gets "infected" or some stupid [parasitic bomb] like that.  There's actually a lot of thematic depth here about free will, right to life, a child's responsibility to his parents', etc. all of which make for a great classic science fiction story.  I think it'd be a great way for the series to go out, personally, though I'm not sure which ending I'd like most: one where X dies, or one where he lives.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Irregular Ass-R-Us on August 26, 2013, 03:56:54 AM
^This should be the story for X9 . It sounds perfect.
Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: DiveMissle on August 27, 2013, 01:55:46 AM
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Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: Police Girl on August 27, 2013, 02:59:19 AM
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Thanks, I didn't need that IQ anyway.

Title: Re: What would the story for Rockman X9 be?
Post by: DiveMissle on August 27, 2013, 03:29:42 AM
I haven't played X8,so I just made stuff up 8)