North American PlayStation cover art featuring X in the foreground and Zero in the background
Developer(s)
Capcom
Publisher(s)
Capcom
Director(s)
Koji Okohara[1]
Producer(s)
Tatsuya Minami[1]
Designer(s)
Akiteru Naka[1] Toyozumi Sakai[1]
Artist(s)
Haruki Suetsugu[1]
Composer(s)
Naoto Tanaka[1]
Series
Mega Man X
Platform(s)
PlayStation
Release
JP: November 29, 2001
NA: December 11, 2001
EU: February 8, 2002
Genre(s)
Platform
Mode(s)
Single-player
Mega Man X6, known as Rockman X6 (ロックマンエックス6) in Japan, is an action-platformer game developed and published by Capcom. The sixth main entry in the Mega Man X series, it was first released on the PlayStation in Japan on November 29, 2001, and was later made available in both North America and Europe.
The plot of Mega Man X6 takes place during the 22nd century, where humans live alongside fully sentient robots called "Reploids". The game follows shortly after the events of Mega Man X5, in which the Reploid Zero sacrifices himself to help save planet Earth from a global catastrophe caused by series antagonist Sigma. As the world recovers, an entity known as the "Zero Nightmare" has begun spreading chaos, prompting series protagonist X to investigate. Like past games in the series, players may tackle a series of platforming stages in any order, defeating enemies via precision shooting and gaining the unique weapon of each stage's boss after completing a stage. Unique to this game, X can also use a laser sword for additional close-quarters combat. Zero can be unlocked as an additional playable character by completing hidden, optional stages, retaining his sword-based gameplay from previous games.
Prominent series artist and producer Keiji Inafune was not involved in the game's production, as he had intended the fifth installment in the series to be the last. Critically, Mega Man X6 has received mixed reviews for its recycled narrative and high difficulty derived from poor level design and is frequently regarded by fans as among the worst games in the franchise. It was also re-released in 2006 as part of the North American Mega Man X Collection for the GameCube and PlayStation 2, and as part of the Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2 in 2018 for additional consoles.
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