Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 & 2 - REVIEW (Nintendo Switch) 

"The fact that X7 does eventually end is probably it's only redeeming quality." Daaaaamn Ash, that was cold blooded

It would be amazing if Capcom did a "Megaman Zero & ZX Collection" with Megaman Zero 1 through 4 and Megaman ZX and ZX Advent, those six games are imo way more consistent.

Honestly the game I'm looking forward to replaying the most is X8, I find every aspect of it to be so good, plus you can play as the Navigators which is really cool.

There was going to be a GBA collection, set to release in 2003, as Mega Man Anniversary Edition (originally known as Mega Man Mania), alongside the PS2, Gamecube and Xbox releases. However, the Gameboy Advance version would have contained the five Gameboy exclusive Mega Man games, updated and colourised for the GBA. It then got delayed, and delayed, with rumours that Capcom LOST huge portions of the source code, meaning they had to re-code it from scratch. Rumours also surfaced that the game was being delayed to be released on the DS, instead. However, Capcom came out and announced that Mega Man Anniversary Edition was "suspended indefinitely", and, to this day, no known GBA prototypes have surfaced. All that exists of the game are a few screenshots, and a couple of early box-arts.

"X4 has old-school anime cut-scenes whose quality holds up to this day" Interesting opinion, may I just interject with a WHAT AM I FIGHTING FOOOOOOOOR!?

BURN! BURN! BURN TO THE GROUND! BURN TO THE GROUND IN HD!

Someone's probably mentioned it by now (almost two years down the line jezus), but only X1, X2 & X3 were emulated, X4 through X8 were actually ported.

I was always wondering how they'd do this. I was certain that they'd have just bundled all 8 into one package, since it made no sense to split it 4 and 4. Capcom never fails to hurt my brain with their stupidity.

Now THIS is how you do a collection. The default graphic and screen setting is perfect for modern T.Vs and even when in full screen mode; it still looks good (no over blown pixels or jagged edges). Capcom needs to use this filter in all their retro games moving foward and patch SF collection to include it as well.

Maybe they could've included Maverick Hunter X on the 2nd half to boost that half up a bit...

One thing I can try appreciate is how you go through the trouble of painstakingly captioning your videos, and not having to succumb to Google’s auto-captions. Really helpful for those that need it!

x1-x6 were all amazin to me as a child. however, x2 and x4 hold a special place in my heart. I really hope capcom does x9 justice. MM11's artstyle is great, hope they go for something similar, minus the very awkward walking animation.

Some collections from capcom I would pay for street fighter 3 third strike online edition Viewyiful joe collection Marvel vs capcom collection Devil may cry hd collection Rival schools And power stone collection with online That would be amazing especially of life were on switch

I hope battle network is next

It felt so satisfying to defeat Sigma in X4 in HD. Yes, I beat it that quick.

Megaman X5 is my favorite. I loved the graphics, the much needed crouch mechanic, the bosses and level layouts a lot. X4 is a close second but I suck at the first 3

Megaman X6 is my first megaman game and the one I feel the most nostalgic about . You totally roasted that game Ash, you've made yourself a powerful enemy .

My favorite to least Megaman X games are favorite are X8 > X4 > X1 > X2 > X5 > X3 > X6 > X7.

i'd get only legacy collection 1... i never get why people have problems with X3... i really like it even with its wacky physics. it was the megaman x where i felt my progress really reflected, lots of collectibles + the gold armor and saber i really loved 100% it time to time.

Why couldn’t Mega Man Maverick Hunter X be included as well? It would be great for those who don’t own any PlayStation consoles. I want to be able to play as Vile!

Excellent, this looks like just what I wanted from the X Legacy Collections. Having smaller loading times in X7 should make that game a bit more enjoyable, and portable X8 is just brilliant.

Seems a bit biased that you criticized X7s voice acting yet didn't mention X4s which is as bad

Is it bad if I actually like X5 for what it attempted? For me, it and X8 help save the second half of the collection, even with it's own (serious) flaws. Alia, please leave me alone.

I'm buying the X collection 2 just because I'm a mega man fan and I've never played them when they launched. I always had Nintendo consoles and no PlayStation ones.

The lack of rewind function is a deal breaker. I would love to be able to play through these games casually in what little bit of free time I get but the days of spending hours and hours grinding through hard core platforming is over for me.

Personally I think both collections have 1 weak game in them (Legacy Collection 1 has 1 with X3 while 2 has 2 with X6 and X7 from what I've heard). But overall I'm still getting these two because I like X1, X2, X4, X5 and X8. Plus this will be my first exposure to X7.

X6 is my guilty pleasure.

I love the idea getting rid of rewind and continuing to use canned saved states - otherwise I have no self control and abuse them. I would think, this is more of a creative choice on their point versus cutting corners. I think they don't want you to take them for granted...if that makes sense?

A thorough, informative, understandable and honest review as expected from the Ash (the BEST GX reviewer IMO). I know it doesn't make sense to "review a review", but I give your review a 10/10! xD Wish Capcom would watch this and learn from their continuous mistakes for once.

I recently fell in love with Mega Man again. I played through the original series and had a blast, X1 to X8 are next! I do kinda want a Battle Network collection at some point, that gameplay seems very interesting.

I know it's an old video but... just a note, because it was shown in the video and you mentioned it and complained about it and was confused why it was happening: the stuttering encountered with the SNES games is because the emulation is accurate, and the SNES had that slowdown in the games. I saw it in your video and recognized it from playing them back in the day. They overloaded the HW with too many sprites on many occasions and would rather have slowdown than have less stuff going on / fidelity. It would probably require a reverse-engineering of the original and a full port to correct that, which is probably never going to happen.

Legacy Collection 1: all of the good games minus X8 Legacy Collection 2: all of the bad games plus X8

Megaman X1 is really important to me, and it might even be my favorite game of all time, so I'm glad that it was well adapted and I'll be ready to play it when I have the chance to go get it

I really liked X6 though I only ever played it as a Zero game. I am sad that it is hated as much as it is, though I can definitely see why. Though the bug of the games not being a danger zone or not for some of the stages is a pain. (Do note I paid little attention to the story and the localization of it when I played it)

If only Capcom would re-release the Legends games on modern consoles.

I find X6 very fun. The “annoyances” make it fun to me. I know this is my opinion but I like all of the x games except x7 lol

I guess I'm one of the few who enjoys and had no problems with X6

Great: 😄 X2 X4 X8 Good: 🙂 X1 X3 OK: 🤨 X5 Bad: 😔 X6 DNP: 🤔 X7 (Can’t wait to finally try it! 😁)

Viewyiful joe collection capcom do it!! With red hot rumble

I was definitely interested in the first half of the X collection. I'm still mildly interested in the second. I received X6 as a Christmas present back in the day and have fond memories for it.

Here my list of Megaman X games in Megaman X Legacy Collections 1 and 2. Megaman X:The Best. Megaman X2:Great. Megaman X3:Good. Megaman X4:The Best. Megaman X5:Good. Megaman X6:Bad. Megaman X7:The Worst. Megaman X8:Great. Megaman X9 is in the works and it's being worked on, when it comes out and is released someday it will be excellent and successful.

So, um, why didn't Capcom make this all just one collection?

Lot of X6 hate going around. I never found it awful... But then again, I've only played it as a part of compilations.

I bought both collections just because I want to show Capcom that we are willing to support the game in order to get a Mega Man X9 down the road.. Don't get me wrong I love the original Mega Man games but they have already brought that series back numerous of times with Mega Man 9, Mega Man 10 and the upcoming Mega Man 11. Us X fans deserve to have our beloved franchise brought back from the past..

"Tru blue Megaman X fan" im stealing that :)

Guys, the wait is over 😀

I played every game sequentially from MM1 to MM11 and then X1 to X8. What an amazing adventure. It was like reading a book that had good chapters and bad chapters. The bad chapters were MM3, MMX3, MMX6, and MMX7

As somebody who has grown up with all eight Platform genre Rockman X entries, I have a personal soft spot for seeing the PlayStation 02 Era entries (X 07 and 08) finally having a modern release for those who couldn't get them in their initial release, especially X 08, which was notorious for having a violently limited release due to 07's mixed reception; ironically, it kind of reminds me of NBA Elite 'II when it had a very limited release on the PlayStation 03 at launch due to the Demo Build's notably negative reception, it's not a bad title in retrospect and ultimately not one that deserved to be canned due to improvements that the Demo definitely didn't have. What I anticipate most out of these two compilations is the subject on Modding capability: As the lot of us know, Rockman X 03 now has a ROM hack in the community that allows for Zero to be playable in all levels and sections of the game that he was once restricted from (midbosses and bosses included, he can even get X's upgrades to give him later on; please note that this ROM hack is only for the Super Famicom original and not yet on the Saturn and PSX port), Rockman X 06 has gotten a Retranslation that ultimately deserves both that and its English dub to make a return, and fate knows that Rockman X 07 needs a mod to get rid of issues such as Easy Reploid Death by bullets and damage hitboxes on platforms (forcing you to reboot your save file to attempt to get them again) and assuring that the Boss Rush doesn't restart you at the very beginning even if you lose on the eighth Maverick, among other things I could bring up for the others; having seen the struggle that X 03 and 05 to 08 have endured over the years, this compilation truly could do some justice if Dataminers are willing to do enough digging and overhaul every title, we could essentially have even X 06 (which I still consider to be one of the best titles to have been created in less than a year's worth of development time outright) and 07 become masterpieces and viewed better by the lot of the Clement Era community if enough dedication is put into this and wishfully we will see that soon, the X series is the perfect balance of what a Platform Shooter must be and it truly would be lovely to see every title get optimizations in virtually every field possible, the franchise deserves this love after all this time (save for the two Xtreme entries, Command Mission, and Irregular Hunter X, of course) and it truly will be a beautiful way to celebrate the first entry's Silver Year, here's to X mods becoming on the rise soon.

Ain’t it nice when Gamexplain uploads during mid-day?

X6 is one of those games that I'm seriously interested in sitting down, playing, and getting a solid opinion on. I hear everywhere it's the Sonic 06 of Mega Man X, but a few people here and there like Somecallmejohnny claim it isn't really all that bad.

I grew up playing X1 as a kid and it remains one of my favorite games.

You gotta give x6 credit for having diverse stages and ideas

I only picked up the first of the two X collections so far, but I'll definitely be buying the second one. It's odd, but I'm almost more intrigued by the latter set. X7 and X8 feel like absolutely bizarre entries in a seemingly easy-to-pull-off formula, and X7 might be the game I'm most interested in trying out. I missed it at the time, and it seems like an ambitious disaster. As for the save state issue, I'd be very curious to read an interview with the developers. It seems like a genuinely baffling misstep given the ease of this feature in unofficial emulation.

Love how they've really optimised all the originally disc based games to remove unnecessaryl loaf times. They went above and beyond the usual emulation.

Now that we've gotten Classic and X collections, I really hope we'll see a MegaMan Zero collection.

I actually prefer legacy collection 2 than legacy collection 1, because I grow up with X4, X5, X6, and X8, and I remember loving them all. I actually remember having a harder time for X5 final stage rather than X6 tho 😂😂, still love both games tho.

X7 is obviously flawed, BUT I DID ENJOY PLAYING IT. I played through it 3 times to level up X, Zero and Axl to 100% and then to see each ending.

I actually am really excited to play X8. I never could find it for a good price so I missed out on it. I love Axel in X8 and I really want to play with him. Also I want to see how bad the later games are. Though I am cheating with X6 because like Johnny said, "This game cheats and you have to cheat back!"

I can't wait to get this & play x challenge mode but when I play X7 I'm hitting the mute button on my tv when facing Flame Hyenard

Love your channel!!

The Smooth Filter makes the games feel so HD =]

Actually my favorite mega man x game is the 7th one then the 8th one but I see everyone always giving bad reviews on the 7 lol maybe it’s cuz I normally play 3D games and not a big fan of 2D

Thanks for this longer, in-depth review. Most reviews I've seen haven't covered the entire package or didn't cover nearly enough details. I'm torn between this and Legacy collection 2 (mainly for Mega Man 8).

Couldn't they improve these issues with software updates?

The framerate dips have no excuse, I quite frankly don't give a fuck if its more "authentic". Theres no reason as to why the X collection doesn't have the option like legacy collection 1 plus 2 had.

Personally I find Megaman X4 to be the pinnacle of the series. It took what made the first three games amazing and polished it into one complete package. It had a beautiful art style, excellent soundtrack, and the smoothest gameplay out of the series. I enjoyed unlocking alternate colors for X and Zero. Having custom parts to choose from that changed your blaster. Boss power ups not only made you stronger but gave you better movement options and ways to access certain areas of the game. I wish it was a little more difficult but besides that X4 is a fantastic game. 1st Collection is way better in quality but I'm still getting both because I'm a huge fan of the X series. I hope if they ever decide to make an X9 they take inspiration from the first 4 titles and build off of that.

I get the hate for x6 and x7, but why so much towards x3? That game isn't a weak link at all in the series.

To be honest, I really like X6. It's soundtrack is one of the best parts about it. X7...I'm not even going to try and defend that game.

Here's how I feel about X7 "BURN,BURN,BURN TO THE GROUND!"

they should have included Command Mission in the 2nd collection to make it worthwhile.....still my favorite X game after the original

The save system in x1 is garbage. Ya its a password system but the thing is that I had all weapons, 9 lives, all 4 of my reserves where full and I was at the 2nd stage of the final level. I then saved and took a brake. When I whent back ALL OF MY RESERVES WERE EMPTY, I HAD 2 LIVES, I LOST A WEAPON, AAANNNNDDD I END UP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST LEVEL. Its not all bad because I can farm all of that, but I just wish capcom fixed it.

I read on the PS4 version "Online Play (Optional)" Is there some sort of multiplayer?

I'm only truly interested in playing X1 through X4. But considering you can buy the physical copy that includes both collections 1 and 2, for $20 used at Gamestop, and it costs $19.99 to individually buy the first collection from the Nintendo Store...might as well go with Gamestop and just take them both, even if i only play X8 from the second collection.

I love every of the 7 games of the Saga!! IMO X6 is awesome, but hard as hell compared to the other ones. (X7 doesn't exist)

Who uploads reviews at 3:00 am?! Gamexplain: Oh boy it's 3:00 am!

A nice idea to put in the megaman x legacy collection would be to either put Megaman x command mission as a dlc or its own separate game. But, if it was a dlc then it could be accesible through the game selection screen on either legacy collection game.

I had x4 and x5 also had mm8. Great games growing up. Was stoked to play as zero i remember renting x3 from blockbuster. Was great for some standard 2d side scrolling in a time where everything switched to 3d and the camera could possibly be bad. Days of playing Star wars demolition comes to mind good game btw.

My only main issue is the lack of control options for the first three games. I have a certain way I like to play an X game, but I can't do that with these versions of the games, because I'm not allowed to say, change the dash from Y to Zl, so my left hand is freed up, and it's very frustrating, for me.

Honestly, I'm just glad they decided to make X6 and X7 available at all. It would have been very easy to simply pretend they didn't exist, but they didn't, and it's not like they're forcing you to buy them if you only want the good ones. There's no defending the lack of save states though.

Do you think it would have been better to include Megaman ZX and ZXA on X legacy collection 2? Or they should be on a Megaman Zero legacy collection?

3:44 - 3:49 The dub still holds up, I assure you. It's magical and never ceases to entertain. 5:21 - 5:24 *Looks at the translation* What makes you laugh? I hid myself while I repaired myself. It seems like the only reason to get the Legacy Collection 2 is to have an affordable way to play X5 and X8 or for those who don't have a working PS2/fat PS3.

One issue I find is that on the Steam version, you can't map the Xbox One controller's triggers to anything, which is a real shame.

so should I get the x collection on my switch or on steam. I heard both have problems but idk which one would be better or would it just be preference

I’m trying to buy a second hand one game but I have a question, can you still use the code to downloaded the 2nd collection? In other words can you reuse the code?

But what version of x3 is on this collection? The saturn/ps1 version or the SNES original?

Do you guys sleep?

They really should have spent some time improving X6 and X7. I think the whole "burn burn burn to the ground" thing was an oversight where someone programmed him to say this every attack but didn't realize someone else was programming him to constantly attack with three clones all at once. The controls and hit detection in X7 could have been tweaked, voices rerecorded using the X8 actors, and X should be unlocked from the start of the game. X6 needs that up+ attack = dive to your death move fixed to be a down+ attack move like originally intended. They should have toned down the nightmares AI to be less aggressive giving you a fairer chance to save reploids and not have the screen filled with projectiles. Other than the voice rerecordings (which X6 actually needs too since it wasn't even translated and left the Japanese in) I don't think any of these things are that much to ask for.

I like x6

I have the steam version,and I only played x4,and it seemed to be slow in the gameplay,the audio was ahead of the game,I don't know why it seems slow,if there's a way to fix it I would love to know

I’m glad there are no save states. It makes these games too easy. Best them the way they were originally meant to be beat.

It still baffles me that Capcom dared to split both Classic and X into 2 collections when back in the PS2 the games were all in one disc. Also, looking at the Crash Bandicoot collection, it frustrates me that Capcom continues to just rerelase, not remake things.

Still think it would've been better if they both were in one collection. There was no damn need for 2!

I hope they put out a Mega Man Lost Legacy collection with Mega Man 5 on GB, The Zeroes, The soccers, The Wiley Wars and the weird NES strategic board game.

Aside from X3 6 and 7 this is a really good collection. But it is bothersome that Capcom thought it was a good idea to split the collection instead of paying twice which really is dumb when you think about it when previous collections had all the games

I'm just burned out that there aren't even save states available. I'm terrible at these games and having to boot up each game from the title to get back into my save is such a slog when you're switching between games.

I feel old that some people are barely going to play the X series, damn it new comers stop making me feel ancient.😞

the anime cutscenes in X4 is more meme material than anything, especially Zero's "WHAT AM I FIGHTING FORRRR" line

X5 is one of the most important games in my life since not only is the one that I have many memories but is the kind of game that I replay at least one time every year. I'm Aware of the problems, however even with those problems a call X5 the 2nd best game in the series sharing the place with X4. X5 has problems yes, but a lot of people forget that it has one of the best mechanics and some of the best weapons in in the series. Playing with X and Zero in the Same playthough, Great Level Desing, Amazing Music, one of the most consistent Maverick Desings, 3 sets of armors for X(The First one is the complete set of X4 when you start the game with X), One of the most interesting armors in the series(Falcon Armor, Weak Attack, It can Freaking Fly), The Time Mechanic that means nothing because the game don't advance time unless you complete a stage, And the endings that are all really good conclusions to the series(Zero's being on of the most depresing endings in Videogame History making me cry when i first Saw it). X5 has problems(I CAN'T STRESS THIS ENOUGH), but the game as a package is one of the most amazing games i ever play and my favorite in the X series even if X1 is no contest the better game in the series.

Is there any option like the rewinding of Mega Man Legacy Collection, or the save assist mode of Megaman Zero/Zx Collection????

huge Megaman fan, favorite Megaman is Megaman x8