You Need To Play Mega Man X8 16-Bit

[@PinBBro]

im not even joking when i say mega man is owned by the fans at this point lmao. This community imo has the best and most insane trackrecord ever with putting out like pure masterpieces of fangames that rival if not surpass official work a lot of the time and its honestly rly uplifting to see the continuous ammount of fan projects having good progress done with them.

[@KrimsonKattYT]

Sonic and Mega Man are like the two franchises that CONSISTANTLY get incredible fangames with the "official" media being mid to bad or in mega man's case completely non-existent.

[@mruchiha0209]

Every franchise belongs to the fans nowadays because developers always ignores what we want.

[@jskywalker58]

Capcom migjt as well sell the franchise to the fans since clearly they no longer have any interest in it

[@PinBBro]

@@KrimsonKattYT oh mega man gets official media still its just said official media is always partnerships with disgusting "gamer" foods nobody aside from twitch streamers would want to put in their body with really bad looking animated commercials to go alongside them lmao

[@alexfischer7876]

_Speaking of "fan projects having good progress done with them"..._ Everyone excited for *_Make a Good Mega Man Level 3 contest_* finally releasing on June 9th?

[@AlyssonDaPaz]

Glad you enjoyed it, J! I don't usually comment but I'd like to point out that it was through your videos that I learned that item game was something not only speedrunners cared about, but players too! I squished my brain the best I could to have various ways to get each item, even tho Level Design isn't my forte. Learning that you enjoyed it so far feels very fulfilling. Cheers

[@JsReviews]

Thanks for watching and for making such a cool game! I had absolutely no idea that any of my least backtrack ramblings had any impact on the people watching my videos, so I just assumed it was a complete coincidence this game was designed how I like X games haha. Looking forward to the next update, I’m sure it’s gonna be great!

[@BigB70]

This is dope. The sense of discovery and experimentation is definitely on point in this project 👌

[@HaxHaunter]

well this is a pleasant surprise. I'm looking forward to seeing this finished in the future. So far it's looking amazing. This may as well be the year of fangames with so many recent ones being done so amazingly well.

[@LuxCyanoFilmes]

Parabéns, Alysson!

[@Quarckster]

Are you the main one behind the game or are you just a contributor?

[@makotohan166]

Apparently it’s open source, so the community is bound to add in Zero & Axl along with their abilities I won’t be surprised if the community legitimately adds in everything like the currency & playable navigators (but w/o their in-stage dialogue)

[@RiskPlays]

They should have used the X4,X5 and X6 Engine

[@Brianycus]

5:40 YOU CAN TURN THE MACH RIDER?!

[@KamiNoBaka1]

Honestly I think X7 was my favorite in the MMX series. Mostly because Axl is my favorite hero of the series. In fact, the only reasons I'm not too interested in X8 16-bit are that they're not planning on making Axl playable and they're scrapping the operators. But, I mean, I also absolutely loved Mighty No. 9 and Mega Man 11, so maybe my opinion doesn't line up too well the the Mega Man fan community.

[@viruschris3160]

Oh, another X7 fan AND you like MN9 too? Where have you been my buddy? But, yes, I enjoy all the X games even X7 with all its fault. I have beaten and NG+ at least 30 times on the original PS2 and Legacy combined.

[@yvendous]

The sprite work for the mavericks bring tears to my eyes. I've never played X8 but when i saw thay snowman guu shoot stuff out of his back I couldn't help but say "sooo coooool" and that's why I'll play this.

[@Matiasfv]

I appreciate this project so much. My favorite fan project to date but I'll always wonder how x8 would've looked in 32 bits, that style was peak MegaMan in regard to visuals when it was well made like in x4

[@theimpersonator7086]

X4 is so cool looking, still looks nice even in 2024.

[@voltron77]

Nah 16 but is my favourite version. 32 bit does slap though.

[@El_Maldo94]

I agree

[@Podzhagitel]

32bit is the best megaman x era, will not be taking questions

[@JahovasFitness]

I never really had any issues with X8 outside of the legacy collection removing glitches like Zero's flying spin trick or the trick to bypass the need for farming the robot in Trilobyte's stage for like 20 hours to unlock everything in the shop, so I wasn't expecting to be too impressed outside of an "oh that's neat" moment for this project. It's actually absurd how much was changed that ended up being fun in the same way that the golden age games were while also still keeping a lot of the X8 identity. Gigabolt and Yeti's stages being ACTUAL stages this time was such a pleasant experience, and the weapons all being the most useful they've been since X1 was so much fun. Of course, I would've liked to have a framework for the tag system or even just a Zero/Axl mode, but I believe the creator of this said there's no plans for them and that it'd be up to someone else. Unfortunate, but also makes sense considering that some of those 2's weapons got reworked into X's special moves for this, and it'd be a shame if those 2 had less depth on their playthroughs cuz the game is designed around X first and foremost. We'll have to see what the future brings tho.

[@GoldenAce17]

guess what you can still farm the bot in a different way! play as axel and hide under the first alcove near the end of the robot chasing you, over by where the armour parts are. you can safespot constantly shoot him with axel in there and he'll let loose gems nonstop. not ALL will hit you but a good ~65% will. did this on switch overnight, ended up with just over 1 million metal after 10 hours

[@ChrisMS0815]

My issue with it was too many gimmick stages, but it was cool.

[@chewymew]

​@@GoldenAce17What I've done most times is purchase Metal Generator, go to the start of Pandamonium's stage, wrap a rubber band around the left stick, and leave it there for a few hours.

[@MitoRequiem]

I just wanna saw a small correction, the developer didnt put in Zero and Axl cause he didnt want to, he didnt put Zero and Axl in cause he wanted the game to actually be finished. See Mega Man Corrupted taking fucking forever probably because its a Search Action game with 3 playable characters and one of kf them we haven't even seen yet lol

[@LeetTron5000]

i im beyond amazed at the quality of everything both visually and designwise. The bosses animation look phenomonal.

[@budfug8691]

its always impressive to me when a remake manages to pull off the original designs of the characters in sprite form

[@lawxz23]

It's out now everyone, please play it and support the developer!

[@GameAlicornLuna]

The thing I feel about X8 is that it always had amazing maverick designs. Some of the best in the series.

[@CrustyFox87]

I have to agree. While most of their songs aren’t very memorable imo, I’ll never forget how cool Bamboo Pandamonium looks. (He’s my favorite from X8)

[@WhiteFangofWar]

Dark Mantis and Burn Rooster always looked awesome.

[@brandonwilliams6119]

Burn Rooster is the Blaziken of Megaman

[@wavefile1674]

It also had the best character movement imo.

[@lylelylecrocodile2538]

Gravity Antonion my beloved

[@tenshio]

Just played the finished version of this on stream last night. I thoroughly enjoyed it!! The stages and gameplay really felt like a brand new SNES Mega Man X game, and having widescreen was such a nice quality of life improvement. My only issue was not having played the original, I feel like I was missing a fair amount of story context. I might go back and play the original to just get those missing pieces. But yeah, overall, this 16 bit re-creation was pretty awesome!!

[@faithfulgamingu3588]

this man put x6 in the same category as x7. can we really trust his judgement? lol

[@ricksandstorm]

10:07 this is why X4 remains my favorite. I like playing as Zero more than X, and I also love the simplicity with not having a lot of roleplaying elements that became annoying in X5 and after, and horrendous in the Zero games. If anything someone should do a Megaman 1-11 and X-X8 where you mainly play as Zero instead of Mega Man/X.

[@cmedtheuniverseofcmed8775]

A wonderful example of where simplicity is better. Many past games and franchises have relied on the concept of graphic progression, where better graphics mean keeping up with the current consumer and adding more and more till the original essence of the game becomes lost. I think this idea of going back to sprite animation is perfect. It is so great that I even wish MMX7 was like this too.

[@jskywalker58]

To each their own

[@MTC-hy6ig]

i disagree on X7. Megaman in 3d is a total no brainer I'm genuinely surprised its only been done 3 times 2 of which weren't even platformers really. X7 would be way better off actually executing what it tried to do properly instead of rehashing the past

[@JIreland1992]

I hope they add Zero and Axl in later versions. I know the 16 bit games only let you play as X, but I like having multiple characters to play as.

[@brandonwilliams6119]

It’s unlikely but X’s double jump and the Bamboo Pandemonium weapon were taken from Zero and Axl respectively so their abilities from vanilla X8 live on in X.

[@M_Alexander]

I had the thought that it'd be interesting if they played like new armor sets. Like if you pick them as a loadout and they could access a few movement or power options before X or something

[@MrSupersonic2012]

I don't know if they'd be able to put Axl, but I hope they can at least do Zero. He was playable in X3 and is fully playable in the X3 Zero project and the forever in development X Corrupted. So it's not like he couldn't be implemented.

[@bayzul7405]

Last heard the X8 Demake dev has no plans for Zero and Axl. It may be a thought after completion but nothing confirmed

[@saphcal]

@@bayzul7405 thats sad cuz the cast is a huge portion of the appeal of X8 to me. especially playing as the girls.

[@squallleonhart9387]

I love how J labeled X Corrupted as releasing in 20XX, would’ve been even funnier if it were 21XX.

[@mjc0961]

Oh man, X Corrupted. I totally forgot about that one, that's how long I've known about and have been waiting for it.

[@KrimsonKattYT]

@@mjc0961 Hasn't that fangame been in the works since the late 90s? The work put into that game is honestly insane.

[@CaptainVicke]

@@KrimsonKattYT From what I can remember it started sometime around 2011? Maybe some work was done beforehand on it but that was when I remember seeing the project making some headway on Facebook, back when Megaman was starting to seriously fall out of favor with Capcom.

[@CrimsonDragonEX1]

it's never gonna release as long as the maker can still milk the patreon bucks

[@AzraelNewtype0079]

@@CaptainVicke The first videos on their youtube page date back to 2008, and show a version that's so mechanically complete that it definitely had at least a year's work before. It's not all the way to the 90s, but I'd be shocked to learn it started later than 2006.

[@juanf5391]

I grew up in the 90s playing X1-X4. I mean, I sold my N64 for a PS1 because all Capcom and Square titles jumped ship from Nintendo to Play Station. Although X3 is my favorite of the four, the series never got better production wise after X4. I remember playing X5 and noticing a dip in the quality of the X series. We went from full anime scenes in 4 to still cut scenes and they also recycled some of X2 music into X5. X6 also recycled some of the X5 music. What a tragic end to such a great series.

[@SephzillaDZX]

I really wish Capcom would have taken the Mega Man 9 route for the X series and made a 16 bit X9 similarly to what fans here did with this "demake" of X8. This looks so good.

[@sauce777]

My favorite games are Final Fantasy 6, and the X games on SNES. They are the specialist memories of my childhood.

[@maroski64]

IIRC, thr dev said that Zero and Axl weren't playable YET. That word is important.

[@inactivehorse9753]

Well sorry to burst your bubble but, the dev has confirmed that X will be the only playable character in the Demake. He said Zero "might" become an NPC, but not Axl, the dev has confirmed he'll be removed from the Demake entirely (plot included)

[@flipside2086]

@@inactivehorse9753 lame. my interest just tanked lmao

[@MatthewCobalt]

​@@inactivehorse9753well that's a cop out. Having Zero and Axl was the whole thing that made it interesting to play. The whole idea of mixing the advantages and disavatages if the characters to get a maximal experience. Seriously, Gravity Antonian's weapon for X doesn't work well as a boss weakness as just a crystal wall.

[@inactivehorse9753]

@@MatthewCobalt That's true, while I won't deny that the guy behind this Demake is very talented, I'll never understand why he thought excluding Zero as a playable character was a good idea when X3 made him "playable", and completely excluding Axl (I swear there are just so many people who hate him...) While this Demake is looking promising to some degree, i'll never prefer it over the Original X8.

[@shelbybayer200]

@@inactivehorse9753 Well, thanks for making the game boring Dev of the demake I say. Why take out what the original actually had good going for it. Axl and Zero kind of are needed for the story to make sense as Zero and Axl were built into the game for the whole plot

[@dreadedpatrick9876]

Dude... this X8 16 bit is so goddamn marvelous he should just make his own original IP, some genuine game design talent

[@doozy5184]

It doesn't really feel like a SNES game with how the art style and mechanics look, but I do appreciate that the creator had the dedication to remake X8 from the ground up to their liking.

[@kingdilly8906]

I don’t usually play fan games, but this one looks perfect for me.

[@NYCHeavyHitz212]

I hope Corrupted is Metroidvania style. It's something that I've always thought would probably scratch my itch for the ultimate Megaman game.

[@juanfrancisco2156]

Well, you need to check the 1.0 complete version, is even more amazing lol.

[@Imozart0341I]

Just like how the Vanilla series ( mega man ) went 8bit for two entries and was greatly successful I feel the next X should be 16bit.

[@MrJimbo-ew9vk]

I own and have done everything in the original PS2 game. This remake sounds awesome. However, I do ask a couple of things: 1) having an SNES-style remixed soundtrack is fine, but I would like the option of switching between the original soundtrack and the retro-style soundtrack in an Options menu (the soundtrack was what I liked the most about the original game). 2) Zero and Axl have to be playable! I rather liked playing as Bass in Megaman & Bass, so having the option to play as Axl would be appreciated. And of course I always found Zero's up-close-and-personal style of fighting to be a refreshing departure from the from-a-safe-distance style of both X and the original Mega Man.

[@VishisTV]

No Zero or Axl? Nah. Awesome project but im good

[@thommccarthy1139]

x8 is one of those games that I fully enjoyed when it came out but looking back on it is painful in a way. I would say I would have preferred a project like this as a console port to SNES, PS1 etc but looks amazing.

[@thefallenone2027]

It's sucks cus author really hates Axl and Zero

[@toferg.8264]

The fans love Mega Man more than Capcom does!

[@Mordaedil]

I really would have preferred if all X games were doing in the 16-bit style. I didn't particularly care for the look of the sprites in X4, X5 or X6 and even less so X7 and X8. So this game and Corruption are appealing directly to me for what they are going with.

[@bayzul7405]

X8 demake 1.0.0.6 out 👀 Follow up time

[@xm214-aminigun9]

Dude, you just murdered my nostalgia. Joking 😅 but I'll be trying the demake now. I just can't help but feel nostalgic about X8. God, 2007, me 4 years old and brother install the game on pc and have fun with it. Good old days.

[@danisle4379]

Looks really fun! I hope once the game play is all fleshed out that the dev will add Axl and Zero for that double attack. That's one of the things inloved most about X7 and X8 is being able to play as 2 heroes. X8 added the double attack and being able to bring back a fallen hero by collecting enough rainbow crystals. I hope the dev is doing only X for bow so get all the game play mechanics right. Easier to focus on 1 hero at a time.

[@DemondDeBrossard-xz7lz]

I wish you bring Zero and Axl in the mix. It won't be fun without them both . I want Zero to have special moves & Axl s gun types as well. Now that's a true X game.

[@Shadessmh]

Megaman x8 is great, it's disregarded probably because of its predecessors, but it's awesome.

[@bayzul7405]

Few gripes of X8 Demake some areas feel lil too open-empty, and maybe keep base difficulty as Hard mode. Mavericks can really destroy X8 vets, but its satisfying like Hunter X Hard giving new moves and their power still punishing.

[@Sacrengard]

I wont act as if not having Zero or Axel is a good thing, for me its a big deal, one of the things I liked about X8 was the team up and being able to change characters while playing and using the team attacks. Granted I dont know if that is possible in a 16bit game but im sure there are other work arounds. Other than that, I hope this game gets finished, it has blown my mind

[@davidcbeaudoin]

X4 was the last X game I thoroughly enjoyed. It's nice to see someone trying to "fix" one of the PS2 era games. I really hope if Capcom does eventually do X9, they use a pseudo-sprite style like they did with Mega Man 11 where the characters don't look polygonal.

[@Swagster1000-sy3ng]

Got any more fan projects to review? Mega Man 4 Minus Infinity and also Mega Man CX(not to be confused with the DS game) are both really creative hacks of the NES games.

[@rgeol]

This looks amazing! And considering that MMX Corrupted is nowhere near finished makes me want to play this more.

[@mechajay3358]

This demake is a perfect example of why the Retro Pixel Art Style of video games has its appeal and is just as good as 3D games.

[@chrisvalen]

Looks fantastic. I meam if they want to add zero and axel to it. All they have to do is, make it so you can ONLY use either axel or zero AFTER you already beat the level. That way you still have to beat the full stage as Megaman. Or... or... like megaman 3, you can bring in zero or axel for a short amount of time and then poof they have to go because they are called back to another priority mission.

[@Chaos_Vergil]

I do want to see Zero and Axl be playable, but they should be separate campaigns like in X4

[@peeprivers4482]

the only thing i wish this had was the other playable characters. something i really enjoyed about the ps2 games was the whole you can switch characters mid stage. really helped them feel more like a team

[@hdhlhg]

If there's one thing I'd miss about this fangame is the voice-acting and playing as Zero and Axl X8 voice-acting is GREAT and I think it contributes much for the experience of the game, and Axl is my favorite character to play as in X8

[@dcb99filmz]

That goes to show how good Ocean's voice direction is and how good the Blue Water gang one province over are as VAs. even if Mark Gatha only did it to pay for his med school.

[@uandresbrito5685]

Yup. The creator went for a nice visual overlook and interesting level design choices, but threw away 50% of the content in the game just because he doesn't want to balance it around that. It's understandable, but still lame.

[@Emily12471]

​@@uandresbrito5685 i mean a viable option would be to have each character as a different campaign, which would make it so that you just need to balance around one character for each stage Though it would make it so that more levels would need to be made

[@uandresbrito5685]

@@Emily12471 They don't even need to be properly balanced, thet just need to be beatable. They could be extra modes, like the Castlevania ones. If at least their core gameplay was in...

[@spinballproduction9678]

@@dcb99filmz I really loved his X voice so it’s really funny how him acting was secondary to something else. Also the reason why they sounded good is because they actually had competent direction opposed to X7 and especially X4.

[@notsans9995]

Not gonna lie, i hope someone finds a way to add a Zero playthrough because this game looks amazing and being able zip through it with MMZ style saber combos would be beyond awesome.

[@drfaustus8694]

I always felted that Mega Man was meant to be played the way 16 bit route instead of going 3D. Of course there's an exception to that with the Mega Man Legends games because they were meant for being an action RPG. look at the difference between Castlevania symphony of the night versus Castlevania for the Nintendo 64 which is a better game ? Like I said, there are some games that were only meant to be played in 2D rather than 3D.

[@Tasuke]

This looks interesting, though I grew up with the PS1 32-bit stuff, so I would be more interested in seeing a remake/demake in that style. Plus, I'd want to play as Zero

[@robertshoop8181]

Capcom, just fund this and let them do all of the 8 original games over and over/ or maybe create an X9 in this style.

[@jawsisra]

What they should do is after you beat the game it unlocks Zero or Axl and allow you to play the game as them. It would open up to have more to the game after you beat it.

[@cc_tw]

Yes sprites look so much better than a bunch of triangles.

[@xGunbladeKnightx]

It looks pretty nice in 16-bit, it makes me want to play it when it's finished, same with Corruption. Although the truth is I do like the original X8, despite things like the jellyfish stage and the 3D aspect, I feel that the game tries to give variety in each stage so as not to be so monotonous, it is not as tedious as X6 for example. But I agree with X weapons. Anyway along with X5, they are the ones that in my case offered me the most replayability, on the other hand, x4, although it is spectacular, once I played it with both characters I did not play it again until many years later in collections.

[@DarkAkuma]

We need more games like this. This is like the X1-3 style game I have been waiting for since Capcom made Megaman 9. I felt like the 16bit X games would get equal respect soon enough... but never did. People down porting these post X4 games that I never played, and never wanted to... is AWESOME! Id even take a X4 down port. It was a fine game, but still lost a lot of the appeal from 1-3.

[@Rodolphin]

I have to agree with your critique on the Bosses desperation moves. Judging by your footage, it looks like there’s barely any time if not no time for the player to react of dodging the moves and you can take unavoidable harsh damage. They need to slow down the attack by a bit especially with Dark Mantis

[@thedogoffaleash]

I honestly love X8. Not the best in the series or anything, but X8 is infinitely better than 7. I think its a really graceful step into a traditional X game in 3D. If X8 had been the first 3D X game I think it would be remembered more fondly, but a solid attempt is not enough to come back from the depths of X7. So anyways, this project looks like an absolute banger to me.

[@SonicSlicer]

I always kind of considered X8 as the sort of 'apology' game for X6 and X7. That being said, I really wish Zero could be playable in the demake, but I understand why it's X centric, it does sort of keep the game simpler, and if I want to play as Zero that badly I can just fire up MMXLC.

[@Andre-od5hf]

Biggest problem with x8 was the playable stages, there's like 2 regular stage while every other one is heavily gimmck based, goes to show important stage design is on a game

[@churchking2527]

X8 is a good Megaman X game, but it felt very flat and bland... Nothing really interesting in there that makes it stand out from the PS1 games. I think they should have done really strong animations instead of going full 3D. Megaman 11 felt like a better transition.

[@SonicSlicer]

@@churchking2527 I always felt X8 was the "apology" game for how very short X7 fell.

[@shane3674]

This is why I was so excited for mega man X Corrupted. It gave me the feeling of re-discovering a new X game. I really miss that

[@brotherdarkness89]

the full version is out so would love your insight on that when you do get to it. The demo already sold me but the full version is dope as well. Probably the first full Megaman X style fangame I've seen

[@kolkagaming1234]

X8 doesn’t feel like it needs an improvement, I’m kinda happy with it. It also has a lot of replay value thanks to its Chip collectibles Shop & 6 playable characters.

[@NewGabeOrder]

How will Cut Man look like? Will it use the 8-bit designs complete with its 8-bit stage, or will it use the Mega Man: The Power Battle-inspired art direction for the sprite and stage? In MMX8, Optic Sunflower's stage has a hidden Cut Man boss fight if you had a Mega Man X Command Mission save file on your memory card.

[@Rodolphin]

Making another comment about 5:30 of the video where I tried the same thing but was able to get the subtank without dying. That was the best feeling I had playing a MegaMan game in a long time

[@OP_cuisine]

MEGA MAN X FANS THAT CREATE PROJECTS ARE AMAZING! WE NEED A WHAT IF FANMADE X9! 😫

[@TimDavis77]

Loving this fan game so far. Does anyone else get screen tearing or shimmer when horizontally scrolling in full screen mode?

[@bluestreakedladyshe-her8507]

I love what I see, but I REALLY hope Zero & Axl get added to the game later. X8 doesn't feel right without them tbh.

[@DavidBeckham2001]

Another good fangame in development is Megaman X Innocent Impulse from the CX2 team. It has a pretty good demo, and a cool concept

[@serpventime4690]

this remake solved plenty of fundamental problems with x8 stage. omitting the gimmicky stage design and rare metal mechanics (grinding currencies wasn't needed at the first place). absence of zero, axl and the navigator from core gameplay shows how much of a fluff they were (mind you this is X series, and i personally enjoy playing as zero and axl but it breaks the game design consistency for the sake of fan service). switching armor parts during stages was a nice touch, could hardly remember but i believe it was prohibited in the original x8. last, it brings back the reason why x fans from snes era(also x4) loved this series so much. partial of it because clean and crisp graphics, and the other half were credited to being adventurous and challenging platform game with less nonsense being incorporated which usually intended for the sake of padding product design. with that said and done, high expectations being set on for the jacob elavator stage and sigma palace....

[@uandresbrito5685]

I agree it's infinitely better graphically and some of the stages were done right in the level design department, not only because it's obviously 2D now, so some things can't be recreated, but also because the vehicle stages were always trash (yes, for every single game since X4, it's basically trial and error). With that said I don't like how the creator doesn't even try to be faithful to the games sometimes. Some changes to the weapons, 2D stage layouts and bosses aren't necessarely improving anything, just arbitrary, and would still work perfectly in 2D pseudo-16 bit(in true 16 bit it wouldn't, but this game is too pretty, we don't need SNES fidelity lol). Overall I really like that it exists, it's a fangame, afterall, but I think it was done with the wrong design in mind. X8 is a grand game, and being minimalist with the approach is just not a good homage to it.

[@seanhachey2195]

I honestly didn't know there were any X games after X3 until the other day so I downloaded X Legacy 2 and regretted it so much.

[@dragames]

I'm just getting back into megaman and this channel has been a guilty watch as I sleep since last night.

[@Mega_Mikey]

X6 is one of the best X games fite me

[@mondruner]

I agree, don't listen too much to the butthurt guy.

[@guschenowth2440]

Hopefully x4-x7 will also get the same 16-bit treatment.

[@ice07758]

X7😂

[@normd81]

Capcom just hire this guy to revive 2D mega man!

[@tornadot2025]

A textbook example of the saying, "sometimes less is more."

[@TheWolfyHero]

I didn't know it was so ahead in its development! I hope it will be done soon! I would love to see a 16 bit version of X7

[@uandresbrito5685]

The one that ACTUALLY NEEDED A DEMAKE. But that game has 0 foundation for the stages so it's understandable.

[@Valithin]

Now imagine if they went back and remade the whole series like this. X7 might finally be a good game.

[@ColeFam]

I can't wait to finally try this game out! Also, yesssss MM7. Can't wait to see what you think about it.

[@UnitNo.2]

Ill have to give this a shot. I actually really liek MMX8. It has too many combat rooms and autoscrollers but the overall experience is very enjoyable. Nice to see more fan projects i just wish Capcom would make a new X game with modern graphics, classic game feel, and tight platforming like in the first 4 x games

[@hoseinbmr3449]

man the mega man ( and sonic ) fanbases are so talented i would definitely love to see you cover more fan content

[@brandonwilliams6119]

Only difference is that Sega does what Capcan’t, they don’t leave Sonic fans starving for content, while Capcom continues to play it safe with Street Fighter, Resident Evil and Monster Hunter and the occasional Megaman Collab I guess. However a funny thought I’ve had is which of these big Megaman games fans are anxiously waiting for will happen first >X9 >ZX3 >Legends 3 >Leaked Rockman Taisen >Fanmade X Corrupted

[@mjc0961]

@@brandonwilliams6119 SEGA leaves Sonic fans starving for content. The problem is they've made so many different types of Sonic games, fans of certain types are definitely starving. We haven't had a proper 2D Sonic since 2017 (I don't count that gimmicky co-op thing they released last year). Boost fans haven't had a game since 2017 either, and it's been even longer since they had a _good_ game. And if you liked the Adventure style of game, you're so starved that you've probably withered away to a skeleton by now. But if for some reason you were hungry for an open world Sonic game with loads of pop-in then congrats I guess, you're not starving.

[@brandonwilliams6119]

@@mjc0961That’s all fine and dandy but it’s still better than what Megaman is getting which isn’t much except random collabs and merch, apparently now there’s a Megaman themed coffee lol

[@kaizer01]

I've tried this a while ago and really commend the effort but X8 is very dear game to me and this really doesn't capture a lot of what makes X8... X8. The balancing is all over the place too, some bosses will be piss easy while others are nearly impossible with a completely un-upgraded X. If some comments about this are true, the dev's reasoning for not including Zero and Axl is very disingenuous. Not only that but it's kinda difficult to reach the dev to offer any feedback, the only channel he seems to have is through his streams on Twitch, but good luck catching one as there's no schedule. Overall it's a good fangame, very good in fact, but it's not a replacement or improvement over X8, at least for me.

[@FoundOasis]

This looks really good imo the best thing along with the sequel wars for mega man in years

[@RandomLap]

For the having to replayed intro stage after closing the game issue, pretty sure you can use the debug menu to go to stage select directly

[@trollshamanpwnage]

this is the greatest thing to happen to X fans since the ZX games.

[@matheuscerqueira7952]

I always loved the X8, gotta check this one

[@saphcal]

yeah without the other playable characters (and playable navigators) that kinda kills this for me. From X1 I always wanted to play as Zero. Obviously X should be playable and from the start (unlike X7) but removing the other characters rubs me the wrong way :(

[@nova7931]

This looks super promising and while I get why they aren’t in the hope axel and zero will he added as other characters you can play through the game as like in x4 as I think that would be the best medium between having them in and keeping it close to the originals

[@cletus223]

I'd like to play a finished version, I got all the way to last stage of X8 when I played but couldn't get passed all the spikes. I had the upgrade to survive touching them once but I still couldn't do, that part was awful.

[@JezElectro13]

Will you do a Least Backtracking guide for this game?

[@mjolnir_swe]

This looks amazing. Would be better if Capcom just started paying fans instead of trying anything at their own.

[@jgcapers3860]

I really wish somebody would try to bring Axel to 16 bit.

[@Chrisezo]

I like that they removed the stupid gimmicks from the levels of the original X8, and if what I saw with the armors parts being equipable inside the levels, kind of similar to how Samus can equip or unequip her power ups in stuff like Super Metroid, then that is a far better equip system, as you can just choose how you'll use X during the whole levels, but its a shame that they're not doing Zero or AXL as they were the things I liked best about X8, since I never used X in that game unless I had the ultimate armor equipped, as I disliked having to select between the parts before each level, and with the Operators being playable sometimes I would go Layer+Zero in the same team, as I really liked how they both had lots of different weapons, but its too bad that the Sigma Blade broke all balance for them.

[@Aluze]

Awesome looking game, but no zero is a hard thing to take, though it is a very 16bit era move

[@AwakenedPhoenix309]

X8 would be worlds better with fewer spikes and gimmick stages. Which sounds like rebuilding the game from the ground up, but - the movement in that game was incredibly satisfying to me, and there was an arcade-ish franticness to some segments that I loved that does not exist in the other titles Give me THAT with better levels and it would be one of my favorites, easily. I hope someone eventually hacks good levels into the game.

[@gundambassexe31]

Agreed on the less difficulty spikes

[@gundambassexe31]

Plus I loved x8 story and gameplay . Honorable mention to mmx corrupted, Megaman unlimited , Megaman maker and battle network chronos fan games

[@Underestimated37]

Yeah that issue with cramming new features into games is a known issue in programming and design called feature creep, if you don’t have a clear sense of direction your project becomes a complete mess. You keep adding new systems and content and by the end of it; it becomes a spaghetti mess that appeals to no-one. It’s something every programmer, web designer or developer gets over their life, I’ve had it happen several times and have had to learn to step back and evaluate my goals so I don’t screw up my projects with it.

[@177SCmaro]

I didn't like the 3d mmx games so this sounds awesome. Definitely going to try it.

[@PurpulTyedye]

16 bit mega man is the best way to play rockman ever. They should have never deviated from that with X. A game like this is not hard to make. It just takes creativity and a good sprite artist. So it really kills me that fan have to make masterpieces like this. Wtf is Capcom doing with this beloved franchise? Literally my favorite IP ever created.