Mega Man X5 Review - Quickies Don't Cut It 

16:24 “It would be super annoying to have to revisit the stages as X just because Zero couldn’t accept the Armor Parts for him.” Foreshadowiiiiiiiing.

16:30 Fun Fact: X6 was likely going to have a fully customizable armor system, but it was dropped due to time constraints.

Despite many shortcomings, this is the game that made me a Megaman fan.

I've done a bit of digging into the game and I've found out the reason why all four pieces of an armor have to be collected. The complete explanation is a bit long winded, but read on if you wish. Capcom had 3 distinct methods of making an armor work. For the SNES games, every one of X's frames had some extra tile data accompanying every single animation frame off to the side for armor parts unless said animation is not meant to happen outside of a particular armor part's use. Such as the dual buster shots in X2 and X3. There are variants in the tile data that have X with no other armor parts equipped for that animation besides the arm parts just because Capcom thought that it could happen. Then there's the X4 method, used only on the Fourth Armor and partially for the later Blade and Shadow armors. This method has every single armor piece loaded into memory at the same time for every single frame of animation X has, with the exception of the new animations in X5 which will use the following method I talk about after this. Having the Falcon and Gaea Armor parts ready to use after entering a capsule would mean having ALL of their sprite data loaded at the same time due to how the armor system is set up engine-wise. That would get in the way of loading the unique graphics for subweapons and however many tiles are needed for a particular animation, not to mention the immense amounts of objects Capcom would probably need to program for. There's a second method that's utilized by X4, and it is much cheaper by comparison. The Falcon and Gaea Armors need to have all four pieces collected because their tile data has their armor parts as simple one-sprite overlays for all of X's basic animations, along with SNES-style optimizations for the armor exclusive animations, meaning that all that exists of X underneath the armor are the bits between armor pieces and his face. The reason why you have to game over in order to use the Ultimate Armor as X but not as Zero? Next paragraph, please. In X4, a developer commented that the alternate palettes for X and Zero were supposed to be indications of successful code entry. Zero's is a simple palette swap, but with X you're technically playing as a third character, which is a clone of X with an alternate palette and a single "armor part" to collect that every capsule is rigged up to give you. Yes, I am talking about the Ultimate Armor code in X4. Continuing on from what I mentioned in the previous paragraph, technically speaking every single armor of X's is a separate character, and the armorless X is a version of the Fourth Armor X. As for why it works for Zero, all that is happening to Zero is a quick palette change while flipping on some basic armor abilities while also enabling the Tenkuuha from X4, or at least it's color. With that said, fun fact time. The Neutral Armor as it is presented in X8 could be done on the PS1, and probably fully-featured at that.

I hope that you'll also give a Megaman Zero and Megaman ZX series a proper treatment. I find sad that those games are often left forgotten.

You know what puzzles me about Megaman X5? Duff McWhalen. I know, Duff McWhalen is a clear reference to Guns n' Roses. But what does Guns n' Roses have anything to do with Megaman X5? Nothing. It's got nothing to do with Megaman. His name is Duff McWhalen. His stage is an underwater scrolling stage. So you already have an underwater stage and a scrolling stage. And his name is Duff McWhalen, BTW. And you know what, Capcom got really lazy here. You know what you listen to when you are in his stage? You listen to a remix of Bubblecrab from Megaman X2. And you know what? The guy's name is Duff McWhalen. When you actually get to fight Duff... McWhalen, he's really fucking easy. His stage is a total POS to get through, but then you get to fight Duff McWhalen. And you know what Duff McWhalen's fight is? Really freaking easy. His name's Duff Mc-fucking-Whalen, BTW. So once you beat Duff McWhalen, you know what you get, you know what you get, you know what you get? You get a shitty weapon. A shitty, stupid weapon, that has absolutely no effect on you. HIS NAME IS DUFF MCWHALEN... HIS NAME... I LIE AWAKE AT NIGHT THINKING ABOUT THIS. HIS NAME IS DUFF MCWHALEN. WHAT IS THIS? *HIS NAME IS DUFF MCWHALEN!!!* Oh, awesome review, BTW. :3

My biggest complaint that you didn't cover is the virus mechanic. In nearly all of the stages there's not even enough Sigma viruses to inflict the Virus state on either character! And then the upgrades that affect viruses, because of that make them kind of pointless. There's no reason to ever equip them on Zero. They just should have been a much bigger threat since this is supposed to be the game where the Sigma virus is at its strongest. It could have been much more interesting to design more stages around the idea of avoiding the viruses. As they are they're kind of just stuck in at random intervals. And/or making the virus status stay inbetween loading zones/levels. Imagine if you went through an area quickly and got into the Danger state, and had to stay with that in the next stage?

RNG for whether you get the good ending or not? Who's brilliant idea was that?

X Vs Zero theme is the best

X5 feels like one of those games which you can seriously enjoy if you know what you're getting into. Most of its shortcomings (The weird system with the Enigma and the Shuttle, the parts system, the force beams section) CAN be overcame, but you have to know what's coming before hand, and be able to prepare for it. It's different from X6 in that regard, which has many sections which are only really passable with either decent luck or absurd cheese. This game is one of the best examples of the idea that one's personal opinion don't need to match their views on objective quality. I love this game, but I just can't defend it.

X5 has its flaws, but X5, X8 and X2 are some of my favorites in the series. At least X5 is a step up from X6

yay! finally a video in youtube that doesn't refer to Keiji Inafune "the father of megaman" or "the creator of megaman". extra symbolic thumbs up for that

The difference in quality between this game and X4 always reminded me a bit of the difference in quality between Spyro 2 and Spyro: Year of the Dragon. Even the health bar and the menus in X5 make the game look cheaper somehow.

While I do see how reusing the same background over the final stages can validly be considered lazy, I do like the way it's color-value progressively leans away from blue to red; it sort of helps convey a sense of diving into multiple layers of this "cyber-realm" before reaching what looks to be the core.

X5 is the epitome of a love/hate game for me. Great graphics (at some points), music, level of true difficulty, and level design (minus Adler and McWhalen), but its gimmicks shoved down my throat and cumbersome backtracking make it hard to fully enjoy.

I'm bored at work and I just ran through the entire review... wow. I can tell you, as a Megaman series fan (Both Lore and games from all sagas) you just gave the ultimate review of the game and in a professional way, a Capcom Megaman game designer or a fan making a game from the blue bomber can really take what is good amd bad and polish it to make an 10/10 game that this times lacks off. You are the man! Keep up the good work and waiting for X6 review haha

29:20 Wait, the slowdown is a gimmick? I always thought it was just the game straining.

"It's better than nothing" damn straight, Keiji. But eh result. Eh.

Are you going to do the Zero games as well? Those ones are amongst my favorites in the whole franchise!

Mega Man X4 is best game for the X series on the PlayStation. The rhythm, the pace and the presentation of the game is great and very fun and replay ability is high.

I love X5, and along with X4 it's my favorite entry in the series. Despite that, I have to agree with you, the game falls short of the polish and game design of its predecessors. And I have to say you're probably the best game reviewer in youtube, you truly go in depth and your videos are both entertaining and informative.

Why does Zero seem more like the main protagonist of the X games than X?

42:39 Oooh, I almost forgot Hidden Block took this victory jingle for themselves. Also, nice reference.

Whilst I personally put this game in the top half when ranking the X series it does seem to be a let-down coming after the fantastic X4, still a pretty good game though. All I can say with regards to X6 is good luck, that's where it all came crashing down.

How did I never realize that the "Evuh Enuhgy" was the Sigma Virus until now?

Excellent review! This is my personal favorite entry in the series, and all of your points were very well presented and either stuff I couldn't agree more with(Like Dynamo and the tone of the story, including the RNG) or at least understand where you're coming from(such as your analysis of the level design and bosses). I may just check out your other stuff sometime later, but you've made a great first impression.

Surprised how quickly you managed to make such a long video. Despite not agreeing on many of your points, this is a very enjoyable review nonetheless. Keep up the good work!

Even if I like X5 about as much as most of the other games, yeah, it needed more polish in a lot of areas (especially in the whole RNG of the story and the parts system, I don't know what was going on there). X6 suffers from the same thing, only worse, so you're probably gonna hate it. But hey, at least you won't be reviewing X7, that game could kill you. Haha Oh, and of course, good job on the review. :)

...Honestly through out all my playthroughs of X 5 I never got that "bad" ending. That caught me off guard completely.

30:34 There is a Trophy called "You're Quick, Man" in the Legacy X Collection 2 where you have to get through the entire stage of lasers without the use of Dark Hold. It took so much muscle memory and trial/error just to get that achievement to pop. Goddamn.

I find the Z Buster gets more useful tactically if you equip it with the Buster+1 upgrade, giving zero a 2 damage shot that pierces enemies instead of a less useful 1 damage shot.

Life is simply unfair...don't you think?

The fact you have this small amount of subscribers astonishes me. Your reviews make my day!

Great review man, excellent stuff! While X5 is my favorite in the series,i have to admit it does have some pretty major flaws as well. Looking forward to whats next.

I take back what I said about your last video this is definitely your best.

As a fan of every Mega Man series, Can I just say that I think the X series is overrated? Don't get me wrong I like it, but I only found X1,X2, and X4 to be really amazing titles, X8 is good just not in the same league, and everything else is either meh or worse tbh. The MMX spin-offs are solid though, Maverick Hunter X, Command Mission, and Xtreme 2 are all experiences I enjoyed. I just find the other series' to be far more consistent than X. Classic ,Battle Network and Zero all have many titles I'd consider just as good as some of the X series' finest and don't have a drop-off like the X series did. While Star Force, ZX, and Legends have a notably shorter amount of games, I will say that the Star Force games rank among my favorites in the franchise, and I had a great time with the ZX series same with Legends. I don't hate MMX, I just get really baffled that most people find it to be the best Mega Man series sometimes, I can live with it I'm just saying I don't see it.

i love how x say to zero " if i become a maverick take off me" (or something like that in x ending x4) and at last x have to defeat zero for that reason in the future :D

just watched all your mmx reviews, and i'm surprised at how spot on and detailed these are considering you apparently never played them until this year. so kudos sir.

Two things I hated about this game was constant exposition and confusing mechanics

"Kaiji Inafunei" ... Y'know what? Close enough! :D

And now I wait for X6. Only just found this channel a day or two ago, but I already like what I see. You deserve more subs, for sure. Keep going, you're definitely going places.

Funny thing about X vs Zero is: if you fight X, it uses X4's charged attacks. It almost feels like it was going to be a battle added in Zero's Story on X4.

This was the beginning of the ending for the X series

This is so well done. Not just this review, but your entire series. I actually hope you get to X6 soon!!

the weird thing is that the bad ending never occurred to me when i had my ps one, only until i bought the megaman X collection i knew that it had a bad ending

I thought this was going to be yet another X5 fanboy review, but you were so objetive that I felt absolutely satisfied at the end of the vid. Awesome job! Can't wait for the X6 review!

Good review! Honestly, X5 is one of my favorites. My God, this game is sloppy. I usually have a lot of fun running through it as both X & Zero. I think your idea of having the Virus fully infecting Zero would have been better story-wise for sure. Also, THANK YOU for pointing out my biggest complaint with the game at 12:08. Zero is the main character for this game. Why can't he get all of the Heart Tanks? That makes NO sense at all! BTW, at Dr. Glow's stage, Zero can get that Tank if he has the Hyper Dash equipped. Thank God they fixed the Power-Up System in X6. And honestly, the fact that destroying Eurasia is completely random REALLY hurts the game. For me, I always manage to get the Shuttle to work when I get all the parts. The Enigma? HAHAHA, no. When I'm in the mood to try to get it to work, I always fire it before I get all the parts since it works better for me. And yes, I do reload in order to do so, BUT I shouldn't have to do that to begin with!

For the effort you put in to these videos, i would expect you to get more views, like what the hell, this is top quality content!

Welp retro, you know what games next...... I can smell the salt already if you thought this game felt rushed in some areas ._.

X5 is actually my favorite mega man game

I love that thrown in "But you can savescum!" argument. ... _how in the world_ does the possibility of savescumming justify bad design? xD

There is ONE good thing about X5: It has an excellent remix of Bubble Crab's theme from X2 in Duff McWhalen's stage

another great review! I always want to hear your thoughts on the soundtrack.

I really enjoyed watching your coverage of the x series. Thank you sir.

it took me 10 years to find out you can duck in mmx. The whole time I dashed instead of ducking

I'm just curious to know whether or not you've played or know about Astro Boy Omega Factor on GBA, since it was developed by Treasure (and Hitmaker as well). Astro Boy was probably the game that defined my childhood gaming experience, and I'm wondering how it holds up today. I'm also looking forward to that Crash Warped review (and X6 when you get to it), but then again, I'm always looking forward to reviews from this channel ever since EPG recommended this channel a few months back. I really enjoy all of these reviews, and especially recent reviews have been fantastic.

I've played this game many MANY times and ive only got the enigma to fail when I purposely launch it at a low percent. Every other time it blows it up. Also, great review. I've been binge watching your megaman x reviews and am looking forward to more content

Quickies don't cut it Me: (laughs in rookie hunter mode)

I used to cry over this game’s ending a lot as a kid. It probably is my favorite of the X series even though X4 is technically superior.

I love your review, cant wait to hear your opinion on X7

THE TIME HAS COME AND SO HAVE I. brb watching

I actually like the randomness with the Enigma and the shuttle. It makes the whole scenario remain stressful even if you have all the parts because even with your best laid plans, you could still fail. Plus, if you do want a particular ending, its not hard just to reset your save and run the scene again. It's also really fun just to fire the enigma right at the beginning of the game and blow up the space colony. I had that happen once, and it was pretty glorious. lol

Great timing on that bomb at 8:15 X looking at the screen, thinking "Oh shit...!"

Love your videos man! you're one of my TOP 5 reviewers! and pretty high up in the list!

Also keepnote that the "bad ending" is canon. That means the game directing you towards the bad ending, even if you collected all the parts to maybe trigger the happy one, is the actual prefered way. Hencemy lack of interest to make it a X & Zero game. Zero is meant to vanquish. Only in X6 is where Zero is meant to be foundand used as a playable character. Playing as Zero in X5 is badly communicated fan service at best.

pretty sure you can get the heart container in duff mcwhalen's stage with zero's lightning uppercut thing

So first of all, MMX5 was my favorite MMX game growing up. Unpopular opinion, I know, and while it may be misguided by nostalgia, I believe that there are still so many endearing qualities to the game, such as its amazing music. On that note, I played through it recently and noticed all the trash features that you talked about throughout the video, such as the enigma RNG and being stuck with ass X if you played with zero and got the bad ending. I also love how MMX lore is such a maze and 8 year old me playing this definitely had no idea what was going on. On that note, well done on the video! I hope there's others out there who thoroughly enjoyed the game as much as I did growing up :)

What a fantastic review ! Keep up the great work !

3:35 I See What You Did There. But you Gottah love Dr.Light's pronunciation of Dr.Wahwee

Dangit, I just got done watching the X4 review two hours ago. I don't have time for this! (How nice that it came out the day that I finally caught up with the X reviews.)

Some heart tanks that you thought zero couldn’t get, it’s actually possible with zero. Hyperdash and zeros lightning ability opens those opportunities.

And here we get to start the oft-considered worst trio of games in Mega Man history, X5-X7. As much as I wanted SO bad to love this game, as it fixed several of the biggest issues in "atmosphere" from X4 with a way better soundtrack IMO, well-done still-image cutscenes instead of that cheesy compressed-video game with terrible voice acting, and a REALLY cool story that's probably my favorite in the series, the game itself just left so, so much to be desired. I've always felt like it stage layouts on the whole felt incredibly gimmicky with very few stretches of just good ol' dash-and-shoot Megaman X action, there are TOO many horrible parts I dread every time I play like Squid's and Dark Dizzy's first halves and most of the endgame stages, and just thinking about putting up with stuff like all of Alia's pointless interruptions and the bizarre, uncomfortable way the slottable upgrades are handled makes me shudder. Not to even mention the idiotic RNG with the cannon/rocket, uncomfortable, mostly-pointless time system, just plain stupid high-level healthbars in the boss rush, and so on. You laid it out very well in this video and hit pretty much everything spot-on, and I find myself agreeing with you here the most completely of any of your reviews so far. I DO think there are some awesome things about the game aside the aforementioned atmosphere like multiple armors and the idea of the slot-upgrade stuff at least, but honestly I have to say for me it's my second-least-favorite of the whole series over only X7. Yes, I'd say X6 is better, and again I'm excited to see what you have to say about that one, since it's probably the most severely divisive and has some of the lowest lows but some very high highs. And you might not even loathe X7 nearly as bad as I do, I have a huge pet peeve against clunky 3d adaptations of 2d series' but it's not like it's the worst game ever made, so perhaps you're already past the worst of it now. ....Perhaps. Probably not. But we'll see! (Also, did you notice some of the laziness of how the Maverick bunch are almost copy-pasted from X4? Of course they have unique fights and different enough stages but the designs / overall shape/size/'element' of the bosses, plus elements of their stages, are identical. Slash Beast - Grizzly Slash, Split Mushroom - Izzy Glow, Jet Singray - Squid Adler and so on, going on for EVERY maverick. Plus, you didn't mention the TERRIBLE naming conventions they got in English this time, but I guess everyone's gone over that by now :P)

I like your style of narrative. Just earned yourself a sub, m8.

I've heard that if you complete the first stage, save and then watch the demo of the main menu, and then return to the game and activate the cannon it has a guaranteed chance to blow up the space station

This is pretty insightful. And X5 was the first X game I ever owned.

just found this, and its great! another thing i could note is, on Xtreme, enemies dont drop health or weapon pickups, you must rely on whats found in the stage to recover health/fill tanks. and if some of you are wondering why its bad to get in a war of attrition with Maverick zero...invincible instant kill storm. also, not mentioning X vs Zero *finger wipe* for shame...

Just wanna give you props on something. I've played the game a bunch and watched other reviews, always being under the impression that you needed Tidal whale's weapon CHARGED to get the Falcon Armor piece in his stage, which would further screw you in the "started with Zero, played with Zero and then lost Zero" scenario, since you'd be stuck with Normal X due to being unable to get the Falcon Armor and with that the Gaea Armor too. Seeing you get it with the uncharged shot of it was new to me, and now I've tried it and saw it worked in-game too! Definitely makes me feel better about the whole thing. And nobody ever brought up the connection with Zero being unable to get some Heart Tanks and that perhaps being intentional in case he's lost. So definitely props for those!

What a coincidence, I just watched your X4 review yesterday.

What can I say about X5? I enjoyed it more than X4, and consider it a VAST improvement over its aforementioned predecessor. I do so hate that the infamous rider level concept returned from X4, though the Rider itself at least has a higher threshold for damage than last time. In X4, I'd swear that damned Rider was made of porcelain, so easily was it destroyed. That was always my problem with that stage. It wasn't navigation problems. I navigated that level like a champ. It was that the f***ing Rider kept getting destroyed. In X5, I never had that problem. I love that the villains of X5 are named for members of Guns N' Roses. LOVED THAT. The interesting thing about X5 is that they crammed an overwhelmingly time-consuming amount of backtracking into a time-sensitive story. I was on hands and knees thanking God that Capcom finally instituted an Easy difficulty level. Having it actually let me sit back and enjoy the experience for once. I also like that this game gave you the option to finish the game with the Ultimate/Nova Armor without having to enter a code, though it was MADDENING that it wasn't equipped to you right then and there in the armor capsule (but Zero's was).

Haha, that Brutalmoose reference. I thought I opened a video of Ian on another tab

Did you know that sigma phase one sometimes uses the Yammar Option like in X6

If you're having trouble with the Enigma/Space Shuttle shots, here a tip: Fire them at the last hour possible. You have an almost guaranteed chance when combined with most of the parts.

I agree with a lot of the points made in the video. When I first played this as a kid, I was REALLY psyched out by the possibility of the Enigma and Shuttle failing and the imbalance of power ups for Zero and X. I didn't pick up the game again until I'd really developed a passion for MM and MMX (for the time that lasted anyways).

This game was unpolished, but I liked it overall. The soundtrack was the main reason why, specifically two pieces: Eurasia as Zero, and the ending theme in the US/International releases, which you featured in this video. That one gives me chills combined with the endings. It's really easy to see this was supposed to have been the end of the series, and as it is I consider X6-8 mostly non-canon, though some creative rejiggering with Zero's ending in X6 did actually make it fit the timeline (but then X7 and X8 and Command Mission...). What this game does right above all else is atmosphere, and the soundtrack is the main way. There's something foreshadowing and melancholic about the Zero/Eurasia stage theme; I remember hearing it for the first time and wondering why something so energetic sounded so sad, and got an odd sort of presentiment from it...only to realize later that the ending themes quote the first few bars of the melody almost verbatim, albeit slower and in a different context. The Sigma stages sound appropriately dark and somber, but driving, and the bizarre cyberspace background actually works really well. Remember one theme of this game is the Sigma/Colony/Zero viruses becoming so powerful that they corrupt physical reality around themselves, hence the VR-looking environments in these stages. Above all else is the apocalyptic theme. This game does not mess around: even in the best ending, the Earth is ruined and huge swathes of the human and Repliroid populations die out. You can open the final stages early by various means and then still go after the Irregulars, many of whom have changed dialogue and have become either hopelessly nihilistic or outright insane because of what's happened. The X vs Zero fight, while it was a bit disappointing due to the engine's limitations, had been hinted at since at least X3, possibly X2 where Sigma in death mentions that Zero is the last of the "Wi--_*static*--numbers." In other words, he's a Robot Master, likely with serial number DWN-000 for symbolism's sake. For all that this game is imperfect mechanically, it's more than the sum of its parts, and the story is what really elevates it above its own technical failings.

Hey it's not random, I found the formula to get the enigma to destroy the colony. Next time you play try this Pick x forth armor for the intro stage Second pick zero for the following bosses in this order: grizzly slash in his stage you have to get the falcon armor power up with zero, duff mcwahalen, then squid Adler, but in squid adler stage you have to get seven blue spheres no more no less. The with forth armor x go to izzy glow stage and get the other falcon armor pick up After duff mcwahalen stage pick weapons life, squid Adler weapons energy, and izzy glow weapons energy. That should fire the enigma every time destroying the colony 100%

I must be really lucky because the first time I played and beat the game, the Enigma failed but the Shuttle succeeded and I got the good ending.

I just knew you were gonna touch on pretty much all of the things that pissed me off about this game. It'd be great if they remade this game to make the difficulty more smooth. As much as this game copied from past installments, they really did away with some of the things that shouldn't have been changed. Like the way they name the bosses. It used to be simple: animal/element name. It just feels so weird seeing this and that was the biggest sign that something was really fucked up about this game. But X6 dropped the ball completely. My main gripe was up + attack move on there while at the same time you need up to hang on the bars while you're battling enemies. It was instant death all the time.

Great work with this review. This game should have been much more. I love all X games because im a diehard fan, but x5 dropped the ball on many points. I slightly like X6 better but that game has its own share of bullshit (rescuing the soldiers to say one) that can make it a pain in the ass to complete. X8 is where things started getting better but alas, that was the last game...

I think the Ultimate Armor capsule was added to the first Sigma stage to migitage the losing Zero issue

to add on that, X5 most frustrating part to me has got to be the fact that the Stage Selection screen does not show any of the Stage/Boss names (This is similar to other X games but worst). So every time I read up the guide on the internet, I have to specifically Google either the stage or the boss name to see which area is the guide talking about (As you know the game requires so many Stage returns so that's how many times I have to reGoogle the damn names). Even worst, X5's Bosses really love having indie names like "Izzy Glow, Mattrex, Axle the red, and Duff frickin' McWhalen" the names which don't resonate with their appearances shown on the Stage Selection screen like whatsoever. The game has absolutely zero visual cues. You couldn't tell the species of the boss from their portraits nor define any of the stage names.

39:55 - couldn’t stop laughing there, good one! 🤣

You didn't mention the character ranking system. For whatever reason, X starts at B rank, while Zero starts at SA. Personally, I didn't enjoy this system at all. In order to raise the rank to MEH or MMH, you're pretty much forced to speedrun through the levels without taking damage, and without killing enemies. In some levels, that's pretty much impossible, like Duff MacWhalen. If you want to acquire everything, get max rank, and still earn the good ending, you have to plan your route carefully and can't really afford to make mistakes. If it weren't for the Dynamo fights, you'd be unable to reach max rank. At least, Capcom made it so that the last level you can level up is the X/Zero fight one. One of the easier choices. Not fun at all, overall. I personally enjoyed farming Nightmare Souls a lot more on X6, in order to maximize the ranks of both characters.

My favorite BGM from this game is the Virus Stage 1 from Takuya Miyawaki in fact it is my favorite BGM from all Megaman games. It's so mysterious and so deep, it feels like reaching the final destination in life... Definitely Takuya's masterpiece.

The RNG with Enigma is a solid reason why Speed running 'this' particular game should never have an official record. I've blew it up back-to-back on the save. The whole thing is a ruse, unless someone wants to check the code and prove me otherwise...

Man I freaking love playing X5 When I got to the end, I thought about the fact I used Zero and felt like I was going to cry... 🥺

Z-buster is a good bosskiller IIRC, it deals as much damage as a full 3 slash combo, but I'm not sure on the damage. But I do remember it doing good damage

I must have encountered a bug or something when I first tried using the Time Stop ability to get past those insta-kill lasers. Back when I was a young'in I had the idea of stopping time to just fly past the lasers but they still activated and killed me, so I never tried it again. Now I clearly see it's supposed to work and I'm massively confused.

Well what i would try is for the shuttle to keep zero is get the first part from a boss, save and activate the shuttle. If that doesn't work reload the save file and get another part from a boss and save, launch the shuttle, and if that fails just do the same thing with the third and fourth shuttle part.

I doubt anyone's ever gonna read it but here goes : the reason for the 3 year time gap between X4 and X5, along with the sharp decline in quality is due to massive layoff and a big exodus from Capcom back in the end of 1997. Back in 1996, some senior Megaman team members exited Capcom and created a little known studio, you might have heard of it : Inti Creates. Basically, once X4 was finished, something went down at Capcom and a lot of people got the ugly end of the stick, so they were either laid off or just quit out of frustration. A lot of those senior members from the megaman and Megaman X teams that left Capcom in that year, went over to Inti Creates. During those 3 years, Capcom was trying to prop up various other talented people in the company to do something. You might have heard some of the names that came out and went on to have big successes or at least influence gaming : Hideki Kamiya, Shu Takumi, Ryuzo Tsujimoto and more. After X5, Inafune got into talks with Inti Creates in order to create quality handheld Megaman titles, which resulted in the Zero series back in 2001-2002 but Capcom still wanted in-house developed Mega Man games so, you get X6, X7 and X8, all with mostly differing teams between them and none all that good. Meanwhile, the Battle Network series was also worked on and it was a phenomenon in Japan. So, people who liked the classics got their asses burned with the X series but found hidden treasures wth Zero and BN. LAter, after Inafune left, Capcom themselves asked Inti Creates to do MM9 and 10 to pander to the classic series and the rest is history. Basically, most of the Megaman team never stopped making Megaman games but X5 through 8 was done by rookies.

Actually 3 of the stages that contains the heart container for x don't necessary need the Gaia armor to get the heart container that being izzy glow, duff mcwhalen and grizzly slash. If you don't care of losing a life, you could try flying using the falcon armor. Anyways, that's just my doing it, still a great review though