Mega Man X4, originally released in Japan as Rockman X4 (ロックマンX4), is an action-platform game developed and published by Capcom. It is the fourth game in the Mega Man X series and the second game in the series to be released on the Sega Saturn and PlayStation. The two versions were released simultaneously in Japan in 1997. A North America release followed sometime thereafter, while Europe received only the PlayStation version in 1997. Mega Man X4 allows the player to choose between the two mechanoid "Reploids" protagonists at the beginning of the game: X, who uses traditional, long-range attacks; or Zero, who wields a short-range sword.
Taking place in the 22nd century, the Mega Man X series is set in a society populated by humans and intelligent robots called "Reploids," which are branded "Mavericks" if they commit crimes. Two Maverick Hunters, X and Zero, fight against a Reploid army called the "Repliforce" who are waging war against humanity to earn their independence. Development of the game started due to Capcom's desire to explore the franchise in a new hardware which proved to be difficult as they aimed to make the two protagonists unique when playing. Xebec produced the animated cutscenes.
Critical reception for Mega Man X4 has been generally positive. Critics praised the ability to play as either X or Zero, a concept many found to expand upon the then perceived exhausted gameplay formula of the Mega Man X sub-franchise during the 1990s. However, it was criticized for its lack of innovation and its English voice acting. In addition to its console versions, the game was released on Windows worldwide in 1998 and 1999 and on Japanese mobile phones in 2011 and 2012. It was in compilations for the PlayStation 2 and GameCube in 2006, the PlayStation Network in 2014, and the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One, as part of Mega Man X Legacy Collection released in 2018.
MegaManX4, originally released in Japan as Rockman X4 (ロックマンX4), is an action-platform game developed and published by Capcom. It is the fourth game...
made multi-platform. Both console versions of MegaManX4 were released in Japan on 1 August 1997. MegaMan X5 game was first released in Japan for the...
loses his "Fourth Armor" (a less-powerful recreation of his armor from MegaManX4), and Zero loses his Z-Buster weapon. X has four enhancing armor sets...
character. Since the beginning of the MegaMan X series, Inafune wanted to add Dr. Wily to the story, leading to MegaManX4 revealing that he created Zero to...
the MegaMan X, MegaMan Zero, MegaMan ZX, and the MegaMan Legends series. This timeline excludes the spin-off MegaMan Battle Network and MegaMan Star...
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being MegaMan 8 in 1996. In addition to being the producer for MegaManX4, the three MegaMan Legends games, the MegaMan Zero series, the MegaMan Battle...
a character in the manga series Fire Force Iris (MegaMan), a MegaManX4 character Iris, a MegaMan Battle Network character Iris (Pokémon) Iris (Pokémon...
Man Maverick Hunter X). In MegaManX4, Magma Dragoon uses the move (the copy of Magma Dragoon also uses the move in MegaMan X5). It was also available...
third highest-grossing video game of all time, after Space Invaders and Pac-Man. Okamoto worked on the 1996 survival horror game Resident Evil (Biohazard...
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