Megaman X4 Owns

Dumb guy that swears too much decides to make a video about Megaman X4. Contains spoilers for the Megaman X series and the Megaman Zero series, in case anyone cares about that. Also, flashing lights once or twice towards the end.
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sorry there's some weird green flashes that pop up on the screen during the credits, that was not intentional at all LOL. My video editing software decided to set itself on fire and the outro sequence is about 30 seconds longer than I wanted it to be, my bad.
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[@Darlos9D]

the title alone already exudes "this guy gets it" energy. but then I got to the part where you talk about the menu sound effects and I was like "no seriously this guy GETS it."

[@spin6828]

Apollo justice mention aswell this guy double gets it

[@ColeFam]

The description of the hurt poses was amazing. On the voice acting: we did an interview with Ruth Jarman, the voice of X in X4 as well as Mega Man in MM8, and it really shed a lot of light on the situation. Mostly that they had literally no direction or context for anything, just lines on a page. And they weren't even told that they were recording for two games at once. It's all wild. But you're right that the talent wasn't the problem, it was the direction, or lack thereof.

[@NYCHeavyHitz212]

Seems to be the case with Resident Evil.

[@thirdstrike000000]

Seems to be the case for damn near all English dub recordings handled in Japan.

[@neonthunder3261]

Damn LOL! Ngl though as silly as Zero’s dorky teen voice is when THAT scene happens he sounds like his heart shattered into a thousand pieces

[@SrPelo]

Lute, I love this video so much1, in fact, I love everysingle video you've make, is greate!!! I hope you can make a video about Megaman Zero in the future, of course if you like it! It has your favorite kind of leveles, Ice levels which everyones knows you love

[@TempestKrimps]

pelo!!! what's your favorite mmx game?

[@rohayaismail3708]

I didnt know you like mega man too this is mega fantastic

[@dalemaherwoodlock3383]

Holly shit I wasn't expecting to see Pelo in Lute comment section. That's awesome 😊

[@yohhh6715]

i always knew pelo also fw mmx4

[@andyblargextra]

one of the little things I love about Zero's campaign is when your health gets low he goes "It's not over yet!" And it's my favorite line in the game.

[@whichcache2517]

Apparently, the reason why Colonel and Iris are siblings is that they were originally meant to be 1 Reploid, but its personality was too complex to process in 1 body, so it was divided into two; one that was meant for fighting, and one that was meant for peace. That crystal she uses during her boss fight is actually Colonel's core that she's incorporated into herself, which causes her to become even more unstable than she already was due to the above reason. Like the X games weren't messed up enough, right?

[@twaggytheatricks4960]

Oh my god, I completely forgot about that piece of trivia. ...Yeah okay this makes it worse, but it's also kind of... cool, in how pseudo-realistic this is.

[@whichcache2517]

@@twaggytheatricks4960 Yeah, the idea is further explored in X DiVE in the form of Iris Another, though I don’t know too much about it since I haven’t played the game myself.

[@twaggytheatricks4960]

@@whichcache2517 I remember that! Another Iris even has several designs, and she's actually called Harmonious Iris in Japanese, in reference to her being the "what if they _could_ unite Colonel and Iris in a single design?" variant. What I can tell you from there is that she's got moves from both Iris and Colonel, and though the Iris body shape is dominant physically, the Colonel mentality is dominant emotionally. At least, that's what the dialogues allude to. (I play X DiVE from time to time)

[@whichcache2517]

@@twaggytheatricks4960 That must make things super awkward for Zero, everything considered...

[@calvinwillis3460]

You said megaman so I subscribe it’s that simple

[@jerellnealy479]

"Zero, I've got heartburn. Have you seen my Tums anywhere?" That won't be leaving my mind for a long while.

[@Jsters]

i always read the magma dragoon fight as the reverse: that he actually admired x and zero so much to the point of wanting nothing more than an all-out fight with them, because had he just asked them to spar or something clearly they'd hold back, but if he convinces them he's a terrorist, they can go balls to the wall and display their full strength

[@CogDisso]

The Dr. Light description of Cut Man's rampage was so good.

[@jerppursh7570]

This is why I love the internet. I 100% agree with megaman being underrated because I've never met an actual megaman fan irl, but thankfully there's videos like this to keep me satisfyed.

[@MetalPcAngel]

36:57 "Zero, I have heartburn. Have you seen my Tums anywhere" You killed me there so hard lol

[@guy-sl3kr]

I love your Brian edit of Iris's death scene, definitely wasn't expecting it after you insisted we take this game seriously lmao

[@Lute01]

i absolutely couldn’t help myself

[@soyeahsauce]

Props though it was such a good edit

[@zevorothrappaleano58]

Wanted to add to this tangent at around 45:15 because I love this observation so much, which is that to further emphasis the difference between X and Zero is one very important notion- Zero doesn't get armour upgrades. X must constantly upgrade his base form into new, more monstrous weaponized versions of himself, but Zero doesn't have to. My reading of that has always been because he was Wily's final creation, his ultimate weapon to defeat Dr. Light's creations. And since every reploid is based on X's schematics, architecture, and format, Zero can and does come out on top swinging every time. The *sole* time Zero ever gets an armor upgrade in the mainline games is X5, and it's a missable secret, and most importantly it's not made by Wily, but *Light* rather. Even more interestingly, in the doctor's own words, he has no idea the full extent of Zero's own make up as it's not based on any of his works, so the most this upgrade does is like a stat booster more than a "armour." So why am I going on this tangent which itself is in comment to another tangent? Because it so clearly and thematically establishes the amazing internal conflict within both X and Zero, and ultimately why they're best friends. Despite their different creators, their different purposes- X is a peaceful man with limitless potential to be whatever the world needs him to be, as his own name tells us- yet he is *forced* to fight and kill in the name of that peace he wants so badly. Zero meanwhile is built to kill and destroy with absolute power, and might have done just that if not for Sigma's subduing him, but he comes to using all that immense power for carnage to protect life, protect humans and reploids, because he chooses to. X fights to protect because he feels like he *has* to. Zero fights to protect because he *chooses* to.

[@matt4193]

Holy shit

[@GuyDude-hk8uy]

Wily honestly lost in the most humiliating way possible, despite actually coming out on top technology-wise. The robot he created to destroy those made by his rival (and former friend) Dr. Light, winds up choosing to use his immense strength in order to help people and achieve peace; most importantly, though, he adopted this philosophy because of *X* the magnum opus of that very same Dr. Light, and that Zero was specifically created to destroy. It's very "power of friendship" but it's handled really well imo. Light didn't win by creating the more powerful robot (as he essentially always had in the past via Rock) but the robot that was more compassionate, and had a set of morals and the charisma and strength to pass those same values onto others.

[@FenLupimo]

46:39 I'd like to say, X didn't really gave up, he definitly was way more on the line of completely breaking down, more than Zero, but he still tried his best, and this is what I like about him, this is what makes him MORE HUMAN, just like how Dr.Light wanted him to be, but Zero, on the other hand, he was maded by Wily, Zero isn't the same as X, so he still being OK with all the shit happening, and still moving on, makes the X and Zero palallel even great

[@FenLupimo]

X in the end just runned out of juice how someone once said, he never gave up, he just... lost sadly...

[@Rahnonymous]

Honestly, I rather die like X than keep going on forever like Zero. Mortality gives meaning to life. Living forever will eventually make you either insane, nihilistic, or both. I'm just surprised Zero managed to live as long as he did. Literally everyone he ever cared about died around him. He became super depressed because of immense survivor's guilt, and just wanted to die like everyone else, but couldn't, because he promised X to protect the reploids. He was pretty much a shambling corpse by the time of Zero 2.

[@zac9399]

that fucking collage of 9/11s with the Sonic Adventure 1 Perfect Chaos as the center image fuckin cracked my dumb-ass up at 2:20am

[@heartnet40]

This a good ass video, Megaman fans be eating good. Low-key I think Megaman fans do a lot of memeing on the lore because at its core the series is probably a lot darker than we realistically want it to be. Even the Repliforce's obvious faulty pride ends up being pretty tragic because they end up being right in the end. General and Colonel announce their desire for seperation from human society and are *instantly* deemed Mavericks by human society meaning pretty clearly they would have been scapegoated for Sky Lagoon whether they complied with X and Zero or not. I very much am in the same boat in that if the Megaman series had better presentations for their stories they'd be recognized more for their decent writing. Hell X4 literally defines X's character for the entirety of the Zero series and that reincorporation shit's pretty neat.

[@punkitt]

Dude that Brian Griffin bit had me wheezing in the middle of my work, that got me so good

[@cannonballking7]

Well, well, well, look what we have here... Can't go ten paces without running into the likes of you it seems. Either way, hope you have a lovely day, and get back to work Ms. Saulsbury.

[@nshadex72]

Yo Lute, I have no idea if you'll read this but you're quickly becoming one of new my favorite channels, I love your Tail of Concerto vid and 2nd installment of Playing on the Computer or whatever it's called, your vids are so unique and I love the deep dives you go on, keep up what you're doing I'm a new fan but I'll stay here for a while and I enjoy the content that you create :)

[@BlueThing64]

Lute? Clearly he’s an industry plant

[@halolegendcolin]

Thank you for covering this game with such care and relaxed enthusiasm. Truly a childhood gem.

[@purpledonatello]

What I like about this is the arcade like gameplay to its composition music. Both fits the stages very well. The guy who created the password music in x1 made the whole tracks of x4. I laugh so hard just discovering that because that composer Toshihiko Horiyama is at his best when he develop own composition rather than arrangements. Just because of this I love this game.

[@MotherKojiro]

This really was a great one; I was really late to the PlayStation party, and when I finally did get one in the summer of '98, and later managed to track this down, I was totally blown away. I'd been a Mega Man fan since the '80s, so this was a no-brainer, but this was the first game I remember playing that brought the feel of those big, dumb Action games you'd play in the arcade home to your own TV... even if it was a crappy monaural thing that didn't have anything but coaxial hookups in the back. Then, you start to notice all the details, like the frozen Chill Penguin and Blizzard Buffalo corpses in the background, the catchy synth soundtrack underneath all the shouting and explosions, and eventually the story that got me a lot more invested than I could've ever imagined. Love what you said about X and Zero, too. My sister was born in the '90s, which puts quite a lot of years between us, but she grew up watching me play everything under the sun; we were talking the other day, and she said, "Mega Man X was always one of my favorites, and when I was little, I always understood it like Zero was X's big brother, and I always thought of you as that kind of big sister; I was X and you were Zero." Until this video, I'd never given any thought to how accurate that was, either... I've seen so much; I've BEEN that monster; I've turned myself around from what I was originally to become, and now I just keep going, because I've always had to. I think a lot of what makes X and Zero what they are is exactly that: X always got to be the hero, and eventually, he realizes that there's a never-ending war all around him; a never-ending war that it's his job to win. Zero's quietly killing it behind the scenes, supporting X's growth from the shadows, and he's able to do that without becoming so outwardly world-weary because as tiring as the war against the mavericks can be, he knows how much worse his own internal struggle has been; the rest doesn't seem so bad by comparison. Sorry if this is over-sharing, but I couldn't resist the urge to get a little philosophical; you're so loose and casual in these videos, and still manage to pack so much depth into them. Also, I've been thinking of your Earthbound Zero video a lot lately, because I've finally gotten around to playing YIIK; after almost 20 hours, I get it now.

[@fernandovilches6894]

I love all of the random tangents you go on out of nowhere. Great work!

[@fernandovilches6894]

@mlg noob i dunno, i like the anticipation of wondering how this is going to get derailed next. I know it's a less serious video, so it doesn't bother me.

[@twaggytheatricks4960]

@mlg noob I genuinely appreciate that you stated exactly why you kind of dislike the tangents, only to then express your understanding as to why someone else than you would like 'em. Really based, man, I'm glad you're as chill as the rest of the audience here seems to be.

[@KryselITG]

Christ, I wish you were my IRL friend growing up. 8 and X4 were my favorite games, and I have their soundtracks downloaded. Aqua Man's stage, Frost Man's Stage, Astro Man's stage, Wily Stage 2, the X4 command room and Split Mushroom's stage are my favorite tracks. Great video, you got a new sub for sure :)

[@StuartFknLil]

I only ever had X1 & X4 as a kid. I never could beat either of them yet I played them to death. I finished X1 as I got older and it has been one of my comfort games for longer than I can remember, but X4 has also always held a special place in my heart. It has so much style and charm. A best friend and I finally finished it a few months ago. It's still awesome.

[@knx7405]

Bro, the wrap up at the end was great. I think we feel pretty similarly about the series. The whole story is a compounding tragedy. Nothing ever gets better, only worse. It's the reason I'm terrified of robots and AI. X is built, and has to watch as the technological revolution based on his design systematically destroys humanity. Zero can't escape the violence he's destined for, and even his relentless, duty-bound attitude cracks after being forced to kill his own friends, leaving him bitter and jaded. I have a fucking X tattoo on my forearm, and consider him my favorite character design of all time. X4 goes so hard, it's probably the best action platformer of all time. Sure, the video was a nostalgia ramble, but that's what made it good. Thanks for this.

[@kaemonbonet4931]

You can actually smoke a lot of bosses in this game with zero if you know a few tricks. Magma dragoon, for example, when he does the flame beam attack and transforms his hit box doesn't extend to the edge of the stage so you can jump over him and stand behind him and swing while he breaths fire. If you do the full combo you get some good damage in but you really melt his health bar when you learn to dash cancel your combo. There are tricks for every boss that feel very satisfying to figure out and pull off. Also, the electric sword technique is really good against the midboss in split mushrooms stage. Give it a shot and you'll probably kill him after he's destroyed maybe 2 platforms.

[@davidsterling7570]

I loved this! The X series desperately needs to be fleshed out more and finished. It was great hearing someone who grew up with this talk about it; I didn't play it until I was 16 but it quickly became my fav in the series. I used a voice pack for the old PC version that swapped the in-game voices with their Canadian ones from 8/CM and it sounded great! (vids are Lucas/Mark in X4 on youtube) Also love the shoutouts to MMHP! I used to browse the site all the time as a kid, when I could only play X1-3 on emulators (PS1/2 emulation were still new). Mandi Paugh also wrote some really fun fanfiction, including one where Classic Megaman meets some other versions of himself including Ruby Spears Megaman. She also did the sprites in Dragon Ball Z Legacy of Goku 2, of all things :o and hell yeah all pigs are class traitors

[@bananajoe9951]

Dude, I played this shit ALL summer when it came out. I was never able to have an SNES to play Mega Man X 1-3 but my brother gave me his PS1 when he went off to college. I just remember being really worried that X was asking Zero to destroy him if something went wrong. And watching Zero suffer time and time again in this game was alot to take in as a 13 year old.

[@bradyhayes7911]

You representing the rank challenge in Cyber Space not being tacked on with Martin Luther nailing up the 95 theses is the stupidest joke I've seen in a long time. I loved it

[@FourheadWeapon]

43:30 I'm so glad that someone else finally gets what I mean when I say that main characters in anime all have the same high pitched scratchy voice that's grating on the ears. I'm sure you don't mean it exactly the way I said it but yeah I agree that they all sound the same

[@bradyhayes7911]

I've gotta comment to say that I'm a pretty tough crowd with comedy, and there were at least 5 moments in this video that got a genuine laugh out of me. This video is on a level few content creators can reach. Your channel is definitely going to grow quickly if you upload regularly. Best of luck! subbed

[@predcon1]

MMX 4 is my absolute favourite, and I love how the composer for the BGM had a total hard-on for Vince DiCola. Like, something about Slash Beast's and Jet Stingray's music makes me think of the stuff DiCola composed for the 1986 Transformers movie, like the shuttle escape scene, or the battle over Autobot City.

[@Fallen-Saint]

I liked iris's voice because I think she sounds very cute. Also, x did have to see someone else die right in he's arms, that's zero. Tho one was a best friend ship vs a somewhat relationship They still very much go through almost the same thing. After the x series, zero is out and x fights for a hundred years, so when he gives it to zero because he's about to die and does die in zero 3, it's not him just saying here I don't want this, it's him saying, zero everything has finally taken a toll on me can you pick it up? And then one game later dies

[@GuyDude-hk8uy]

"zero everything has finally taken a toll on me can you pick it up?" I found those aspects of Zero really wholesome. You can tell X feels bad about putting this burden on Zero to take his place fighting for peace; Zero is just like "of course I will, best buddy".

[@thegamblingsloth]

I’ve been so excited to see this since you started talking about it on twitter! It’s easily one of my favorites so far, it’s so lovely to just get a tour of something you obviously love presented with this kind of breathless enthusiasm, and it has the funniest diversions. Really great job!

[@djblaklite]

i love your videos dude, everything you make is so chill. youre like a human quaelude

[@davidandres4846]

I watched my sister playing this game wayyyy back when I was little. I must have been 4 or so. And ever since that moment I have loved this game. I've replayed it so fucking much to the point I have the stages memorized. Every stage has a banger soundtrack especially sky lagoon when playing as Zero. God I love this game. I just watched your mother video, and decided to view your channel and saw you uploaded this just a couple days ago. New subscriber right here my dude.

[@BetweenWaters]

Man... Lute you make the absolute comfiest gaming videos on this whole site. Your passion for each and every game you cover is inspiring, and you have loads of comedic and analytical talent. I'm here for whatever comes next, thank you for creating.

[@TakHavocOfficial]

It was cool hearing a bit about the animation studio that did the cutscenes. Those sequences in x4 and megaman 8 are my shit fr fr

[@OmegaJX]

Finally, a high quality video that focuses on my niche hyper-fixation.

[@NatonJolyBotogoske]

Dude, you made me cry with the Iris scene. Great content.

[@ClassicBentobox]

That ending where you talked about the internet culture being affected by Megaman was spot on. The first KZbin video I ever watched was a ytp of that Zero Iris video. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[@zac9399]

after resolving my sleep deprivation i wanted to add shoutout to Xebec for doing not only the cutscenes for X3 (that volt catfish intro rules since it has Auto from Classic Megaman as a cameo), but also doing the animation cutscenes for motherfuckin Killer7. also shoutout to u for also using Megaman 8's stage select theme which is one of my favorites

[@samuraikarasu]

This video is basically every single one of my intrusive thoughts all at once, and its about one of my favorite games ever. I love this. Insanely good editing too. You got my sub! Also thank you for using stills of Connor O Malley and Gregg Turkington. They made me so happy.

[@brazilian_oak]

42:55 If you strip out the voice acting, this scene is powerful This reploid is supposed to be one of the toughest, hardest, and fiercest of the Maverick Hunters But here, in this moment, we find out what breaks him I always laugh at this scene because the VA clearly had some trash direction, but it is an impactful moment in the game (and on Zero's entire story)

[@zeebooboo9663]

This was my first game I ever played. I love your take, it makes me feel younger again Also I think Double was intentionally designed to be silly/pathetic, it adds to his innocence and makes him seem non-threatening. But since he is a "Double Agent" you wouldn't expect his nightmarish transformation

[@anguset]

14:15 I speak for my entire country, we don’t claim him

[@Notsophism]

I really appreciate you highlighting some of the positive aspects of this game’s story. Could it have been better? Yes. But, as it is, does it contain interesting ideas worth exploring and talking about, or even building upon elsewhere? Absolutely. Even the most flawed, unusual stories hold value as long as there is genuine earnest backing them up-and I feel _X4_ contains one of those stories.

[@darkychao]

I believe that the consensus on the W on Zero's forehead on top of infecting nearby robots (Sigma) with the Maverick Virus was a kinda a system update for Zero that was meant to make him not totally crazy and evil. Sigma forced an unsafe reset on Zero's mind during the process which caused the update to break and just make him not crazy.

[@Papapaya101]

This channel is amazing it's like having a second running shine

[@Glasichor]

I love your presentation and your sense of humor. Thanks for making these man

[@CLSharpman5000]

X4 is a Shakespearean masterpiece. And I'm right there with you on voice actin'. Gimme the janitor they pulled walkin' by man. It's just genuine.

[@eckitronix]

I think the funniest part about me as a kid is that playing X4, I never got too far, my X Collection was on PS2, but I noticed that X and Zero do say 'damn' a couple times, which I felt was badass, not to mention they'd be running around doing cool stuff at night in cities, but then I'd never put it together that Sky Lagoon and Grounded Lagoon were basically the same location, I just thought that was what the ground looked like. I can't believe Dragoon threw Lagoon into the Spitoon emulation based as fuck ftw, thanks for the amazing and wonderful video yet again!!

[@Doneycats]

I love the Brave Little Abacus and I used to scream “I NEED TO LEAVE THIS PLACE NOW!!!!!” Whenever that Zero cutscene happens. So when you mentioned them in the SAME BREATH?!?!???? Had to listen to the whole song. Thanks Lute, you are the best guy on here.

[@KirbyLinkACW]

If I can say something about Iris' death and the voice acting (you probably know this but I didn't see you bring it up): If you watch the Japanese version of the cutscene, it's absolutely *HEARTWRENCHING.* Zero truly sounds like someone who lost the love of his life, arguably by his own hands. Also, Lucas Gilbertson (who voiced Zero in Megaman X8 and Maverick Hunter X) made his own fandub of the cutscene, bringing out the serious intent if the scene. Both are on KZbin if you're curious.

[@dandastardly2792]

You have a great sense of humor. Ive been binging your videos

[@mersunarytigre]

This was awesome. I love how you didn't rag on the voice acting like everyone else. Review Megaman 8 next? Plz? Prty plz

[@connor_the_pengu9575]

I could literally listen to you talk about stuff your passionate about for hours, it’s so interesting. Great video

[@rpghero46]

oh boy lute is back with a new video. love the comedy very on point. hearing you talk about mega man man me feel old. thanks for not describing mega mans difficulty like a souls like......every time i hear that description i die a lil inside.

[@JD-mz1rl]

I've always loved X4's cutscenes. I don't have the bias of x4 or even x1 being my first mega man game either as my first was mm2. The voice acting out of context is hilarious, and I love that for it. Every single line is a meme. But that's only possible because in context, it's actually good

[@MrElbowsmash]

I'm glad the algo brought me here. I love Mega Man X4, it was my first X game because I was a Genesis kid growing up, and I love your tone and voice. Please do more Mega Man content.

[@pjo5214]

This man has great taste in music. Loved the Autechre tree.

[@angel_arle]

KZbin kept recommending this video and I'm glad I finally remembered to click on it because I really enjoyed this. Wasn't able to play this entry until that legacy collection came out years ago and it's one of my more favorite entries in the franchise. Watching this was really enjoyable and opened my eyes on some things I never thought of till now especially with the story. Thank you for making this video and now I might go replay X4 sometime this year.

[@BingBangPoe]

Always nice to see some Megaman X4 love! It's my favorite Megaman game _ever_ and I really like how they went completely dark with the story and explored Zero's backstory and how the Maverick Virus (which later became the Sigma Virus) was born and spread through the reploids. 43:08 Yeah, this scene is _really_ sad in the japanese version. The voice acting is top notch there even if you can't understand japanese; it's conveyed in such a tragic way. Ryotaro Okiayu's voice acting is amazing. I'm glad I actually experienced X4 in japanese because my local video-game rental store only had the japanese version available. 46:56 It's interesting because originally Zero's design was going to be X in early development, but he looked so drastically different than Megaman that Capcom was afraid people wouldn't connect with him, so they made Zero a separate character.

[@dmjohndrow9136]

X4 is one of my favorite Mega Man games in the series and I'm really glad KZbin put this video in my recommendations because this is one of the best videos I've seen on the game. Definitely gonna check out your other videos and subscribe for more because I really enjoy your style and analysis!

[@Teeto_K]

Twitter algo stumbled me into ya, I'm 2 minutes into this video and I can already tell that I'm about to "spend any of my time with the things you make", where "any of my time" ends up being a large number of time units. Loving the vibe already, excited to bask in it more.

[@dunhune]

This is a criminally underrated review.

[@joaonitro5149]

Amazing video! I have a lot of nostalgia from watching my brother beat this game, but i have yet to do it myself. Loved the Mega Man 6 appreciation as well.

[@duncanclarke]

This channel is underrated as a source for niche, 4chan-esque reaction images

[@JD-mz1rl]

X4 soundtrack was so far ahead of its time, the world still hasn't fully caught up to it yet

[@3lgat097]

There is not one memorable tune in there

[@Sheamachost]

Not gonna lie, that was hella good. Your rambling and cuts gave this personality and kept me in it. I played X4 so many times since I was a kid and bust that out doing stupid ass shit to just see what I can do like beating it on an arcade stick or no upgrades and your take was real fun. Keep up these sorts of cool videos.

[@starbutter2730]

I really love your videos, Lute. I first found you with your Paper Mario video and Im super happy I did, your energy presentation is so chill and really give the feeling that youre listening to a friend talk to you about these games. Also i really should just jump into Megaman finally, everything from the game itself to the lore os so interesting but i always got scared off bc i get my ass kicked everytime I play them haha. Anyway ty for making these vids for us and I hope you continue to grow.❤

[@Potato019-bw9yd]

I know this super late, but thanks for making this video. When you first dropped it, I impulse bought the first Mega Man X Legacy collection and fell in love with Mega Man. I wouldn’t have experienced one of my favorite video game series without you. Thank you Lute, your a banger KZbinr.

[@drinkw444ter]

bro. i found myself thinking "this guy has the exact same love for this game that i do" in the first five minutes so glad to have found your content!!

[@raulrojas9253]

Is always a good time when I find someone talking about Megaman and I mean ANY MEGAMAN. Good job also X4 is indeed my favorite X game too but that's a given for anyone who has play it.

[@alijahb1962]

I remember x4 was one of the only games I had on my psvita like almost a decade ago now. I have a lot of fond memories with this game. Hell yeah lute, let's go

[@dustymcclellan4862]

I’ve been searching for content like this, thank you!

[@UltimateTS64]

Perfectly encapsulates why I love this game so much and hilarious too, left a like

[@razorbackroar]

Lute be killing it with these videos my boy going to make it big I’m calling it now boys.

[@naomipoop]

seeing the autechre flowchart was like a flashbang back to like 3 years ago when i started listening to those guys lol

[@DuoDynamo]

X4 is so great that Capcom had been making games to prepare us for it since 1987.

[@chrisdupont6197]

Yoooooo love the video homie, you’re quickly becoming one of my new fav game KZbinrs. Also I gotta say I died seeing the King Cobra still in here.

[@therealquinnzack1819]

I’ve only ever beaten Megaman 3 (a ball-grating experience but rewarding experience if their ever was one) but watching this video has really inspired me to go through the series until I get to X4 and see what a bad ass game it is from the perspective of playing through the series; thank you for this fucking awesome video

[@burncrowsp]

I forgot if I ever left a comment on this video, but I've been revisiting your videos during a train trip. You make top tier content, man, keep it up.

[@DanielSantosAnalysis]

I haven't touched MMX4 since high school, watching this video was an intense blast from the past for me. Despite having not played it in 15 years, I can still say without a doubt that this is my absolute favorite Megaman game and watching this video made me want to go back through and do some run throughs for old times sake. Really fun video dude, you earned a sub.

[@thewave-qz9lt]

megaman 7 on the snes was the first time i ever played a video game,and also megaman x6 was the first game i ever played on PS1 so to me megaman is a franchise i hold very dear since it was basically my start into gaming.

[@matilyn_rf]

This was a great video and I went back and watched all your stuff and I'd officially say I'm a huge fan. Excited for anything you put out from now on! 46:38 There's another perspective too: when zero gets sealed away for research, and X is 100% handling everything for a long time, including establishing a whole civilization to facilitate his ideals, and he only stops primarily because he becomes a Lock that prevents a big bad from wrecking all that work. The older reploid in the base in the Zero games talk about how great the world was and how integrated it was in peace for a long time. It's a bitter situation once he is in cyber elf form because he sees the ultimate sacrifice he gave not being enough to really save everyone. Its a realistic response to become somewhat despondent but I love that Zero awakening is what kinda jostles him back into action. You can call it friendship or love but X and Zero care about each other so much and I fucking adore it. Love your points about X though, and I love both X and Zero so fucking much. No doubt that my obsession with sad nice boys began here lol

[@ExImperialDragon]

8:46 Well. That just earned a sub, haha. Edit: All right, wow, I need to definitely watch instead of listen to this. "A good shakeup" he says, while a photo of Michael J Fox flashes on-screen. You mad lad lol.

[@ribps289]

EVERYONE always say "Why make a fat robot? why design him fat?" My theory is that psychologycally, fat men are seen as less of a threat by other males, he is fat, is not going to take your spot as the alpha, letting them integrate faster in group dynamics, so for a double agent, makes sense to look innofensive.

[@entropy1457]

Your content is awesome and I appreciate your hard work and effort you put in your videos

[@Neogears1312]

Just discovered this channel hours ago hope you keep these up I love them.

[@maccamachine]

One of my favorite series ever I just love megaman. The X games are my favorite series but X4 is my favorite out of all of the X games. Great video man I love any video about megaman like this I just like seeing this series get more attention since it’s “death” and hiatus for a few years

[@JCREDFANG]

The Megaman X collection was my shit as a kid and the feeling of pay off beating each of them was so high. X1 might be my favorite too go back to, but X4 is probably the biggest and baddest of the series. The added lore, Zeros fluid combat, the music, X4 will probably be my favorite for life

[@Tweekitus]

To the people getting ready to play this for the first time, here's a tip for Zero: do a regular slash before using his electric attack and it'll come up way faster without windup frames. It makes that boss in Split Mushroom's stage that destroys the platforms stupid easy. You can kill him after about the third platform.

[@zhaoyun255]

Also, you can jump cancel out of it earlier as well.

[@awinter2807]

I was falling asleep listening to this video but when I heard the brave little abacus shout-out I had to comment.

[@TheFirehands150]

"How are they siblings? Who f-ing cares. Just "Roll" with it" -unintended genius comparison?

[@shawnz12ss]

13:11 how does a robot have a sister? ‘roll’ with it, lol genius

[@Lute01]

OH SHIT that rules i didn’t even realize that connection till you pointed it out. lmfao

[@clowndoll7914]

I definitely enjoyed this video a lot. Megaman X is a series that I hold near and dear in my heart and it makes me sooo happy to hear someone talk about it with the same enthusiasm as I have for it! The how robots can be siblings thing is easy, they were most likely made by the same creator. Just like in the Classic series Protoman is Megaman's brother and Roll is his sister because they're all built by Doctor Light. Also its cool how X and Zero's different playing styles also reflect them as characters!

[@twaggytheatricks4960]

*[Fair Warning: long comment below. A bit nerdy, definitely geeky, but not hostile.]* I'll say a few things; and I want to preface this with the following. Uh, I love this channel? As in like, I discovered it randomly when I was looking for video essays on Wario Land 4, then I saw the Paper Mario one afterward and it _really_ got me going. I've since binge-watched every video on this channel because these are two of m favorite games, I _really_ wanna play Earthbound Zero and noticed a lot of fun parallels with Undertale, _and_ now I'm happy to see that you're also a Megaman fan. I'm just so happy you're bumbling your way through distractebility and good tastes, man. Keep doing what you do - and I _really_ need to drop more comments here. I kinda hate that this is the first one, so, I'll make it up to you later. I say this because I know long comments are typically a bad thing in KZbin, and I don't want to be some sort of obnoxious idiot, but there's just a bunch of things I want to address for love's sake. Ugh. Why does it sound so intimidating. Well, here goes! I hope this comes across as nice, since it's supposed to be. •The first thing that comes to mind is tiny. It's with regards to Light. He totally does put the M in Mad Scientist, but to be fair to him, he never built robots like Cut Man for any other purpose than to cut down trees, and even had a failsafe to make sure he wouldn't do anything dangerous. Blaming him for it being repurposed is like blaming whoever made the chainsaw because the chainsaw massacre happened, y'know? Wily's the bitch for removing the failsafe and then reprogramming Cut Man as a battle robot - which is true for pretty much all the robots made by Light. The rest of them in Megaman 2 and onward are, for the most part, either made by Wily, or other people like Dr.Cossack. So like, Light is waaaay less at fault than what was implied here. He also put X in statis for 30+ years to run tests on his mind and make sure he stayed a good boi, and given that _that_ succeeded, he's honestly not _that_ bad. We even see what would happen if he didn't do that (look up Copy-X, if anyone cares), and the difference is pretty frightening. •The second is with regards to X - and it's what made me want to write this comment. I'm biased because I _utterly adore him,_ but also, I did play the Zero games, and for anyone who was interested in playing them, please know that X didn't completely give up. Or rather, what he did give up wasn't fighting. It was his entire physical body. He did this to prevent a new world plague from forcing robots to become insane, and he specifically entrusted the care of the world to Zero because that's the only dude he really trusts; and Zero accepted because they both share peace as a goal. Oh, this is also why Lute's video is still worthy of respect, by the way: like he stated, both X and Zero are super relatable, and Zero is just literally built different. Or rather, _X_ is built different. [Clever Segue] Basically, the biggest reason X struggles way more than Zero about the bloodshed thing is mostly because of the 30+ years of testing I mentioned earlier. X was built to be literally just a man. Zero, amnesia or otherwise, was built _specifically_ to be a murder machine. So, even when he eventually becomes a good dude, he naturally has an easier time coping because X is a some dude with a gun going through years of Vietnam, whereas Zero is a Day-1 war vet' (who went through way, way worse than X, but still a Day-1 war vet'). However, _both_ Zero and X eventually kept fighting 'til their end; X just grows slower than Zero in that regard because again, mentally-speaking, he's literally just a dude. I don't think comparing them is super fair for that very reason, but I still respect the opinions shared in this video up there, it's just... Well, the Megaman series means a lot to me too, so, I felt compelled to share mine. If anyone bothered reading all of this, I love you for caring, and Lute deserves all of your support because his videos are cool. At least I and the rest of his watchers think so.

[@tengu5949]

Hell yeah I love Mega Man! As a kid I didn't understand english but I thought the visuals of these games were just so fucking cool. As I got a bit older I understood the stories and my respect for the series grew so much more. Yeah the story in most of the individual games isn't told very expertly or anything but seeing it as a whole, from Mega Man 1 to Legends 2, makes it one of my favorite sci-fi stories and worlds ever. Legends and Zero are my favorites in the franchise, but X4 is definitely my favorite in the X series and it was very important for me as a kid. Thanks for the video.

[@ugandahater]

I was 7 when I first played this. Such a great Christmas. X4 is the best

[@nobodyspecial115]

25:50 at the very start of the level is also Blizzard Buffalo frozen in the background