Thanks so much for watching, fam! Don't forget to drop a like if you enjoyed the video and watch the first part covering classic Mega Man ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9P2fVmh-hV4.html EDIT: I did a disservice in crediting the voice of X. His name is Mark GATHA not Mark Gartha. And it's Dr. Mark Gatha as he trained to be a orthopaedic surgeon. The more you know. Also, to clear up any confusion, X is NOT a reploid. He doesn't really have a label since he was created before them.
Actually X did everything by the book in X4. It's SOP that in a situation like this a soldier would disarm. So technically the Repliforce are Mavericks by virtue of both disobeying the chain of command, mass desertion, and treason. And the Final weapon was meant to be a deterrent by the Repliforce. Their end game was to finish the weapon and hold the government for ramson.
@@gmjjjones Apparently the Federation just wanted an excuse. The manual stated that the Repliforce was getting too powerful and the humans were scared. Sigma just pulled the trigger.
Hey! Great video, can you explain something for me? When you talk about the year and times you say XCX, or maybe XEX? Can you elaborate on that? I thought the games were in 20XX and 21XX? X just meaning some unknown time in the future?
The maverick virus causing Zero's personality to swap makes sense to me. I'm guessing the idea of the Maverick virus is to make robots deviate from their original programming, hence whh most of the peaceful robots become violent. But Zero's original programming is to be a bloodthirsty killing machine so when the virus alters him from that programming he becomes peaceful. It's kinda clever.
I agree, I also love how Wily's secret weapons counteracted eachother. You can even see the toll Zero's programing had on him before the virus kicked in, his mind was basically collapsing in on himself.
One thing thats clear is that Zero gone out of control and Wily sealed him and put a limiter on him. The Megaman 8 meteor virus is most likely the same thing in X5. When Zero gets the virus he becomes invincible yet X dies to it like poison
What are the credentials of the humans who even gave him the money in the first place? Seriously, the Megaman franchise might just be the one fictional media where Humanity is utterly stupid to let robots destroy the planet multiple times over the course of centuries and literal millenia.
I replayed Mega Man X5 recently, and I only then just realized how grim that game got. If you fail to destroy Eurasia, you’ve got the Earth virtually becoming extinct, McWhalen grieving the death of the sea, and X’s best friend becoming Maverick (symbolic death), sacrificing himself in a last moment of clarity (literal death) and X’s memories of him being deleted forever (ultimate death).
One of the craziest things about Mega Man lore is knowing humanity really survived all the bullshit the wars put Earth thru only for em to die on the moon when they finally leave lmao like wtf kinda luck is that??? 😭
Based on what was hinted in Legends 2, there was some "catastrophe" which took place on Elysium, leading to all humans on the space station dying and leaving the Master as the last surviving human in the universe. Supposedly, such a catastrophe would have been addressed in Legends 3 (had it not been because of Capcom).
@@link34_798 They were on the way of getting revived via cloning by Sera at the end of Legends 2. Had Legends 3 been released, it's possible they would still have been revived by the "Elder System" mentioned by Yuna at the end of Legends 2.
the Maverick Virus apparently rewriting Zero from Evil to Good; like Wily programmed it as some Numerical Value that could roll over, is the funniest lore detail.
Honesty happy to see x's history tho its sad he's always been my favorite mega man and mega man maverick hunter x was awesome Honesty should done all 6 would've have loved that also fun fact the voice X is actually saving lives i heard hes a orthopaedic surgeon
I don't know if I've ever been more excited for a video. It was completely worth the extra time it took to get into parts of the Canon that even I didn't know! Granted my lore specialty is zelda... but megaman and X particularly is one of my favorite stories of all time. Also, love having the correction section. That's excellent integrity. Luckily, what you missed were minor details and nothing that alters the ultimate quality of your timeline
I know that it's been so long since you last said that you were working on this but I am so happy that you finally got to finish this great video and it was amazing to go through the lore of the series. After talking with a friend I pretty much agree that Maverick hunter x gave x really good character development and if it would have been possible then they could have kept something like that and further expanded upon in the later games and that Vile was straight up underutilized. That said the first X game is amazing X4 despite the awful voice acting is also great and X8 is highly underrated and cough Alia and Layer are hot as hell cough lol. Regardless great job with this fantastic video and all that hard work deserves a round of applause despite the long wait!
I actually briefly talked to Ian Flynn, writer of the Mega Man comics, at a convention one time, and I brought up Maverick Hunter X's Vile story, I actually felt sorry for Vile at the end of his story. That lack of knowledge of what he actually wanted.
@@jerrym1218 Their personalities are also very similar too, been obsessed with being the strongest and seeing it their purpose in life to surpass their respective "rivals".
It's increasingly implied Light capsules aren't really memos and more like an AI that has his personality making the armors on the spot. At first it's just things that you could suspend your disbelief for, like how Light took *30 years* to make X after his hair had grayed or said capsules appearing in places like active vehicles. Then X4 has him referring to the war, when it was made clear that Reploids were Cain's thing. In X5 he calls Alia by name. By X6 the capsule abandons all pretenses of being a message by having a full conversation with Zero.
@@TheBlackMastadonte it could be close, though given most cyber elves die after being used and the Mother Elf is credited as the first, it might just be technology that resembles the process. He *is* one in the comics, though.
@@jvts8916 You missed X's endings from X5 where his hologram outright appears _outside_ of his capsules in order to rebuild X while telling him to hold on without showing any signs it's a prerecorded message. He definetly digitized his consciousness just like Wily did with Serges and Isoc.
On Project X Zone, Vile appears as enemy resurected and basically doesn't care about his resurection. He learns X is the new Maverick hunter leader and laughs (at Sigma's expense). Later in the game he seems to learn, X's origin and gets more angrier. After he get beaten by X and the whole cast on his dying moments, he talks about "the legend of Megaman", his line "I would change the world" is about he would became the next "Megaman", then Vile ask X "why you're the only one who can change the world?". X is very confused by this words, because means nothing to him, due don't knowing the whole story behind his creation. I think tried to say Vile had learned about our boy Mega from classic and saw him as a war warrior, after all 1 robot vs countless robots and wining everytime? (also aliens), probably among Reploids he was a legend. Then, he learns that B class hunter is actually the literally next version of the legend, he kinda lost his shit.
@@SenshiSam That realization regarding X's purpose kind of humanizes Vile as it makes him come to conclusion that no matter how much he tries to defeat X, he will always be destined for greatness no matter how much Vile tries to prove himself the most powerful Reploid of the two. I so wish we had gotten Maverick Hunter X 2 to see Vile's character development continue as he goes through new lenghts to prove himself stronger than X.
don't recall this though it's been YEARS since i played project X zone but the legend of megaman is a story element in the manga which may be something in the setting of the story. basically a legendary reploid (as the people of 20XX believe it seems) that had both the capacity to be the ultimate warrior but showing great compassion and that was the basis for Iris and Colonel when they were meant to be the Ultimate Reploid but had to be split
@@NY-Buddy The existence of both _Serges_ and _Isoc_ has led many to theorize that the spread of the Maverick Virus across the entire world wasn't solely attributed to Sigma, but rather Dr. Wily *himself* who's been using robotic bodies in order to both continue trying to conquer the world and turn Zero back into his "default" form so that he may fight X. Sigma himself hints at Wily working behind curtains during the final battle in X5, suggesting that he's partly responsible for the spread of the Sigma Virus and the infection of the Eurasia Space Colony.
it was leaking out which is how Zero was found, other mavericks caused by the virus existed but they only caused incidents on a scale big enough to warrant investigating where what seems to be a virus is coming from
One minor thing that irks me with the psp remake is the traffic in the background of the opening stage. It just seems to be flowing normally. Like, aren't people fleeing for their lives?
@@nameless3556 Funny how the original Super Nintendo version did a better job by actually showing cars _fleeing_ from the rampaging mavericks destroying the city.
@@CampDeRio It certainly has one of the coolest characters and soundtracks in the X Saga. So sad (and disappointed) Capcom never capitalized on another home console RPG Megaman game.
I think I preferred it when Vile didn't think much of X in the beginning and it wasn't until X3 that he held an everlasting grudge because he wanted to return the favor.
Theory as to how X was healed at the end of X5 My theory is that Dr. Light foresaw that X was going to fight zero at some point and used his copy data (that copies other robots) to integrate the zero virus into himself. And now that it's a part of him, it actually heals him instead of harms him. So its kinda like he copied Zero's data in the end Dr. Light and Wily are still competing to this day. And Wily definitely uploaded his conscience to the guys in x2 and x6
First time seeing a video of yours, and wow, really well done (and the comments, pacing, etc gives a nice touch to it). You should do more games lore!!!
The story for the X series is definitely a more serious, hardcore story that rekindled my love for the series. I can't look at Classic anymore the same way as I used to, the stakes aren't there. This video is so good, and it's very thorough. Have you tried the X8 Demake yet? It's really, really good!
Awesome video, its actually kinda crazy because of the length i thought you were going to cover the complete timeline and not just the X games, but i guess it just goes to show how beefy the lore is. I hope you continue with MegaMan Zero timeline, because it basically retcons the X6 endings lol, theres a whole other series of Wars that happens off screen and Zero gets damaged in before being put to sleep lmao.
@@notsans9995 The Zero games onwards only retcon Zero's ending from X6, as the official Capcom Megaman Timeline acknowledges the Zero, ZX and Legends games as taking place after X7 and X8. Axl himself is referenced in a post X game (won't spoil in case you wish to find out on your own).
So for the events of the X and ZERO series? X's ending leads to X7 and X8 and later MegaMan Legends. ZERO's ending leads to the ZERO and ZX series and also later MegaMan Legends the end goal of the MegaMan timeline is always going to be the Legends series. Also can I say X7's story was the biggest waste of potential ever? Like imagine instead of X being all "Mehhhh violence!" He sees the world being thrown into chaos with humans and reploids no longer having it and starting their own vigilante groups, it would make him question whether or not he's actually making a difference as a hunter with him growing resentful of the thought of him not doing enough causing him to leave the hunters not do to anti-violence reasons but to become a vigilante too maybe that's where he would meet Axl with his and X's relationship mirroring X and ZERO's old relationship, maybe show X's relationship with the hunters especially ZERO and Alia is strained, maybe even show X becoming more aggressive alluding to the ZERO series showing that X might be going down a dark path that the hunters have to pull him out from.
@@dudenamedzelda3179 According to the official Capcom Megaman Timeline, all of the events in the X Saga (including X7 and X8) take place in the same timeline which leads into the events of the Zero Saga onwards. It's why Model A from ZX Advent has a bolt on its forehead as a direct reference to Axl's fate in the X Saga (won't spoil). That said, i love your idea of what could have been a far better story for X instead of the deconstructed "pacifist" who lets innocent people die just because he "doesn't like violence".
Excellent video, but here is one thing you may have missed, a couple of months ago the main writer of the SNES Mega Man X games had confirmed, that in the X1 story Zero does not have his original body, because after his fight with Sigma and he got his head crystal shattered, as Zero was unanalyzable there was no possible way for Dr. Cain to repair him as it was beyond him, so what he did was he created a new body that perfectly resembled Zero, which is why Zero in X1 is technically a Reploid since he was replicated from designs that were based off of Dr. Lights, and that also makes sense as to why X was able to integrate Zero's buster in X1 and Maverick Hunter X, as it was just technology based off of him so of course he would be compatible, and it also makes sense as to why Zero couldn't auto repair himself like he did in X5, as the Cain body did not have that functionality and was much weaker, which is why Sigma was able to wreck Zero in Day of Sigma, and then in X2 as the Mavericks were attacking all over, while X and the other Maverick Hunters had been busy, the X-Hunters had broken into the main Maverick Hunters HQ and they had stolen Zero's original body, and as Serges has been hinted to being Wily, he was able to repair that body and even upgrade it further, but the only missing component had been the control chip which Cain kept close to him, which is why the X-Hunters challenged X in order to both torment him over Zero's parts, as well as have a better chance to acquire said chip, and that makes it pretty interesting that Zero has had 3 bodies in the series overall.
@@Chrisezo Well written, although i'm pretty sure the point you brought about Zero's "auto repair" from X5 is in fact wrong due to the poor mistranslation of X6 changing Zero's lines in order to deliver the famous/infamous "i hid myself while i tried to repair myself". In the original japanese version of X6, Zero tells X he has _no idea_ how he managed to revive after the events of X5. It is believed by many fans that Isoc (who's *Dr. Wily* in a robotic body) was the one responsible for repairing Zero as part of his plans to conquer the world. Alas, the poor english translation left players in the West both laughing hysterically and misinformed.
@@mashopotatomashopotato8611 I originally heard about it from: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Yn8J_hG-sRE.html And that youtuber found about it in a couple of twitter posts, that had been done after an official interview somewhere, that had been in japanese. Its basically a rabbit hole if you are trying to find it in English text, which is why many people may have missed it, but it does explain a lot of things about X1 though.
The conversation in X8 that seems out-of-character seems in-character to me. It's to probably enforce the return to X's original personality before X7 turned him into a coward.
@@TheBlackMastadonte X is what i like to call a reluctant fighter; he hates violence and wishes there was another way to solve problems without conflict, but since he knows there's no other way other than to fight, he reluctantly goes into battle to uphold the peace and protect the innocent.
Okay, not that I exactly blame the Repliforce for getting all defensive, but ethno-states usually never work out, or have the strongest justification for why they should be nations of only X. Like, historically or in fiction, not a good idea in the long run... And their later actions don't really help heir case...
@@LongTran-kp3kz Add to that their close proximity to the Sigma Virus, and it was even more impossible for Repliforce to ever achieve their independence with such a rotten foundation.
I remember being unsure about Megaman being a new character (X) when he moved to super Nintendo.. X is still my favorite megaman incarnation. Ed: Also, always thought the green things looked like boobs on zero too😂.
With Reploids having full free will and sentience it’s little surprise some would give into evil tendencies. So Maverick is a catch all term. You can become a maverick simply by doing bad, infected by a virus which causes you to go bad. Of course Repliforce was kinda split most were just loyal to General and their cause while others were maverick like Magma Dragoon who just wanted to fight.
@@gameotaku3770 It's also possible some members of Repliforce were infected by the Sigma Virus which was already spreading across the world before the Eurasia Incident from X5 took place.
I always appreciate new Mega Man lore/timeline videos. Always helps in keeping the franchise fresh in my mind. Also, Mega Man X Command Mission came out before X8, and the English Dub was done by the same people then. It seems like that was the first time for Mark Gatha, Lucas Gilbertson, Jeffrey Watson, etc. in voicing their characters, and they kept getting better in each game they voiced in.
I bought a PSP exclusively so I could play Maverick Hunter X. I was looking forward to it so much, and the idea that the rest of the series COULD'VE gotten the glow-up that X1 did, but didn't, is just heartbreaking. There's such a cool story in the X games, that's held back by the limited storytelling of their time. I think Axl gets a raw deal, too. He sucks in X7; but that's due to a combination of his awful voice acting, and X7 just not doing a very good job with its story and characters in general. He's MUCH better in X8 and Command Mission. Honestly, I'd like a game centered on Axl. Something that focuses on the fact that he dealt with a lot of lower level crimes and griminess compared to the Maverick Hunters. Something more down to earth that shows what the world is like for average people. An accident happened while Axl was on a mission, and he's temporarily suspended from the Hunters while they look into whether or not he should be held responsible; or potentially even labeled a Maverick. X is sure that Axl isn't a Maverick and wasn't malicious like some people are suspecting... but he does think it's possible Axl was reckless and negligent, and says he should just keep his head down to avoid arousing suspicion and risking harsh consequences. Zero though is more supportive, insisting that Axl isn't the same kid that ran away from Red Alert so long ago; and supports Axl in investigating what happened on his own. Maybe it could be like, a Metroidvania style thing. Axl can unlock or acquire a partial-copy ability, copying features like some huge beefy arms to break down walls or some jet boosters for a double jump or something, to allow him to use reploid abilities without compromising his own mobility, to unlock new areas to go to. (And also because fully transforming into other reploids has NEVER been fun.) Or.... SOMETHING, I don't know. The X series has been on a dang cliffhanger for so long now, I just want it to pick back up. I love this series so much, for its gameplay and its lore and I just want it to come back.
Also unrelated to lore but I just wanna keep talking about Megaman X, I love Sigma's design and the design of X's armor in X8. They both solve a problem that I think they had; namely that they're all poor imitations of their X1 versions. They all look like they're trying to copy the same basic principles of the X1 designs; slapping extra colors, extra patterns, onto the clean, simple original designs; and none of them are as strong as a result. The only exceptions are X5 and X6's Gaea and Shadow armors, since they go in a different direction; and X5's Sigma, as well. Except while I like the armors, I don't think X5's look really fits Sigma. The sleek, futuristic appearance doesn't really fit a big brute of a man like Sigma. X8, Sigma, though? The decayed, remnants of a man who's resurrected himself over and over again, seemingly for pure spite by this point? More virus than reploid, a metallic husk animated by the pure energy he's become? That's fucking awesome. And I LOVE the design for the Neutral armor, its colors and design are so different from everything that's come before in a really cool way.
@@RikouHogashi At the expense of poor X who got mistreated in the most offensive way imaginable. I'm still depressed at what they did to him in Zero 3.
Sorry to be that guy but megaman x isn't a reploid because reploids are robots doctor cane made using megaman x as a base otherwise awsome video man keep them comming
Coding often times has normal decimal units (0-9). If you try to push a specific metric beyond maximum - it will roll over to the other extreme. If you try to go beyond 9, it will become a…. *Zero~*
I think even though it’s never confirmed repliforce made final weapons laser probably as a deterrence device similar to how countries have nukes but practically never use them after ww2. Plus General himself stated that final weapon was never intended to be used in X’s story.
49:25 while i don't think it's stated, the giant ass laser was probably built as a deterrent, kind of like nuclear deterrents, sigma taking advantage of that (or possibly even GIVING them the idea to have a deterrent in the first place) just speculation but i thought it's interesting enough to mention.
I would think that the reason General had built a giant space laser would be because he would want to protect his people. It would be mutually assured destruction where the humans could nuke General's space colony but General could zap the Earth so neither party would try and both parties would be forced to live in peace or at least begrudgingly acceptance.
I just finished watching and damn Donte you really cooked with this one especially announcing the boss names got me nostalgic I hope you would finish off the rest of the robot timeline which left now are Megaman Zero, Megaman ZX, and Megaman Legends series
This one was amazing, X series is my favorite along with Zero & battle network, I always wished this series would get a anime adaptation, it would be dope af especially if they decide to go the route and choose Johnny young bosch as zero, since he voiced him, and have Yuri lowenthal voice X, like how they have always worked together
This was awesome, man! Thank you! I wonder if Sigma referring to an old man (Wily) was a reference to Wily doing some time travel. I wonder if Zero is the result of a time Paradox~ 😮 Keep doing what you do, man!
@@TheBlackMastadonte in one of the gameboy Megaman games, I think there was reference to the idea that Wily did some time traveling which helped him get the idea for Zero. It’s been a long time since I played those games, so there’s a chance I may be off my ass, haha - but interesting if that’s the case 😲 Excited for your next honest history! I’m curious to see what it’s based on!
@@franciscobarahona8737 Sigma was indeed referring to Wily. Wily managed to copy Light by also creating his equivalent of the Light Capsules in order to continue watching over his magnum opus a hundred years into the future (won't spoil in case you're interested in finding out for yourself).
The hatred that Vile has for X is damn dude ! you don't have to go overboard with this we get it. And Vile is like fuck you X I want you dead .........
@@juanconnor5804 In some cases like Vile (where it's made explicitly clear he suffers a malfunction) the term Maverick is used to refer to his broken progamming leading to him been a threat to both Humans and Reploids alike. In other cases such as Sigma, he can be labeled Maverick due to his very original purpose been the _Commander_ of the Maverick Hunters only for him to dismiss his very duty to side with the enemies he was meant to counter. It depends on the Reploid and the circumstances which lead to them been labeled as Maverick.
@TheBlackMastadonte you're welcome man. Techwear fashion is hella goated. My bestfriend introduced me to it back when I was a junior in high school and I've been hooked ever since.
Inafune originally wanted Zero to be the main protagonist however they stuck with X because Megaman was more familiar with the fans than Zero was. Thankfully Megaman Zero got our boi Zero as the main protagonist like Inafune envisioned and it was a success.
@@TheOmegaDragon At the expense of poor X who got utterly mistreated by Inafune after getting shoved to the side, confined to a deep sleep and then killed off in the most pathetic way imaginable at the hands of an entitled, narcissistic bishonen. A sure success in exchange of crapping over a beloved character.
@@javiervasquez625 Zero was the one who was asleep. X kept the Dark Elf sealed was turned into a Cyber Elf. The only one that crapped over X is Capcom not Inafune.
I'm so Glad you sharing the Mega Man X Lore and everything, this is a series with so much deep, Storytelling and potential, One of my favorites by far, when you look at it from the outside, it's just another Run and Gun fun game from the classics, but when you let yourself learn more about, you see what a great and Amazing franchise it is, Pretty much every character has a little story and purpose Simple and Effect also another note is that when you think about it, Marverick Hunter X and X6 make us see how much Evil and Edgy the series is, In Marverick Hunter X, it was setup that when you fight the 8 bosses again, it's not just because of the Classic Formula, But actually the Fact that Sigma Revived them without any Memory or Free will, just tools for his army, Same with Gate on X6, Although not as extreme and hard, but that is a Extremy Evil thing because when you think about it on the point of view of the Games, Reviving older Reploid is similar to what we call Necromence, bringing a living being back from the Dead, Imagine that and how it impacts the Story, That's one of the Many reason that i would Love for a Rockman X anime one day if possible, That shit can be hella good if on the Right hands
U know what's funny? None of this would've happened if Rock took the shot in Megaman 7. I know he physically can't, but hey, accidents happen..... Just ask wilys mother☠️
I'm just on 13:00 a d you still didnt told ANYTHING ABOUT THE LAWS OF ROBOTICS! And that is why Classic Megaman was very a JUSTICE in robot form. And since Light is a mad cientist that doesnt want to get late and have Yuichiro... he thought... naaaahhhh, I create a robot that could think on it's own... still based on this laws... but I will PROBABLY CERTAINLY DEFINITELY DIE BEFORE COMPLETION! THIRTY YEARS MAY BE ENOUGH! *100 YEARS LATER....* Cain: Cool! A robot that could think trom itself! Lets make a mass production of it and have racism and slavery issues that WILL NOT HAVE DIRE AND POLITICAL AND WHATEVER OTHER EXTREME REALIFE ISSUES IN THE VERY NEWR FUTURE! ALSO! X WAS INSIDE THAT CAPSULE TOO MUCH TIME THWT HIS DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY LEVELS ARE THOUGH THE ROOF AND I WILL NEED TO MAKE A REPLOID POLICE FORCE AND SOMEHOW MAKES THE PARTY TREATS X AS A NOTHING REPLOID AND IN CLASS B JUST TO PUT MORE SALT IN THE INJURIES
When it comes to the X6 ending with Zero, I'm more in the camp that its starts a split time. And some might say its a small thing but for me. Its just due to the lack of Axl being mentioned or even brought up in the Zero games like how X fought during the Elf wars while Zero was sealed, you would assume that Axl was also there to help X out as we see how much of a fighter he is and how I'd assume he would be still around before and during the events of the Zero series. And yeah I know how the games were developed but its still weird to me.
This is explained in the Japanese only Audio Drama CDs for Mega Man Zero. Zero does indeed seal himself away at a further point in time in the X6 Ending and was release during the Maverick outbreak and later offered his body to be studied to combat the virus which lead to the development of Cyber Elves. Also, they made a new copy body for Zero and this is how Dr. Weil got a hold of his original body and turned it into Omega. There’s a new comic about MMX that shows X, Zero, and Axl fighting Omega with updated looks that’s a blend of X and Zero style. After that Zero went back to being sealed which leads to Mega Man Zero.
@@azurelight6932 The official Capcom Megaman Timeline acknowledges all of the events of the Zero, ZX and Legends Sagas as taking place after X7 and X8. Model A from ZX Advent was literally based on Axl, with the bolt on its forehead been a reference to Axl's forehead crystal getting shattered by Lumine's tentacle at the end of X8.
Didn't Vile just want to be known as the best and the fact that the 'X' in Megaman's name means 'Infinite potential' strike a chord with him? At least, that's what I take from the remake. As far as Zero's nature changing after the Sigma fight, I'm guessing when the virus passed onto Sigma, it became dormant in Zero until X5 and more prominent in Sigma once it changed hosts and mutated within him. I'm only 25 minutes into the video though, so you may have touched on some of these points by the time I finish watching.
1:09:00 To me it make more sense that the timeline split from X6. If Zero is seal it the Megaman Zero timeline and if he didn`t get seal it the Command Mission timeline. Because in X7 Axl play a significant role in the plot and was only able to be save by Zero at the start, so if Axl was capture by Red Alert then Axl would be torn apart by Sigma afterward and then his copy ability would be use for the worse and if it had happen then the X7 that we play would be alot different since Sigma would have the time to improve himself and probably make himself stronger unlike the X7 that we played and in X8 we get to see what happen to Sigma after the constant reviving where is he pretty much on his last leg and can`t be revive anymore so if he had gotten hold of Axl the Megaman X7 in that timeline would have happened alot differently then what we have in our X7.
Sadly, that’s not the case. Capcom released Audio Drama CDs only in Japan that tell the backstory of the events of Zero and other characters and in one of the CDs it mentions the Jacob Tower from X8. And a recent comic of MMX or history of it shows Axl fighting Omega along with X and Zero. These Audio CDs are canon to the source material. Though I do hate they have these backstory in other supplant media and not easily accessed outside of the region they released in.
On the Xtreme 2 (aka X2 Soul Eraser) story, i do believe that this was the order event that was occurring on it (It may not be true but I consider it good) "in the X3 events, Dr.Doppler is the one that stops Sigma Virus instead of Zero, which makes sense since......well.....he never came back after that (Doppler i mean). While many people believe that the anti virus was worthless and useless, i do believe that WAS USEFUL INDEED, the Sigma Virus even being around, it still was suffering from the effects of the Doppler anti virus, so it was weakened and almost disappeared, on the other hand, Berkana was working in experiments that could bring Sigma back and restore the Sigma Virus normally, and that's why even though Sigma as behind everything he doesn't show up right away, and then the Erasure Incident Events goes on. Another thing is, due the fact that Sigma congrats the Hunters for defeating Berkana, perhaps it was because she was exaggerating the limits in terms of power, and perhaps one point was that she would betray Sigma to become the leader of the Mavericks (my point of vision of course), and she was covering Sigma this whole time. Even being defeated by X and Zero once again, it was too late, the Sigma Virus has already been restored due to the DNA Souls that Berkana gave it to him, and with that, he was able to return normally without defects (this would explain why he is back in X4, since many people think that the Doppler effect was useless due to his return in Mega Man X4, Which in case it wasn't, Doppler actually almost killed Sigma outright, too bad Berkana completely restore the Sigma Virus)" Despite all this, Xtreme 2 is my favorite of the series, even though it remains as a Gameboy Color game, I love it.
Since X Dive is bringing a lot of different Mega Man characters in one space, I see it as its own canon. The most I'd do is use descriptions from the games to help elaborate some points
