X1 Zero is MORE Than You Think | Mega Editorial

[@ModernVintageTV0]

Zero's OG design is underrated. I"m a fan of it

[@Sonic-VA-]

Same. It makes him more streamline!

[@ayrtonjoga]

What's the difference? Besides missing the shoulders?

[@mandiandscott]

Eh I much prefer the newer design

[@jacobrivera1721]

I alway saw it as zero was incomplete design and during x2 wily as surges completed him

[@Holothurion]

​@@jacobrivera1721 That's what the canon says, actually.

[@santibelmondo5480]

It makes so much sense now... That explosion blows up everything, except chips. It being a copy removes the threat of the virus, which comes back on X2, but with the other control chip.

[@Vanhellemann]

It makes even more sense since in one megaman game Willy shows Bass his "master creation" and its Zero's X2 design.

[@eslm-studios2996]

Zero having a copy body seems to be a reoccurrence throughout his life. 🤔But Zero having a copy body in order to function in X1 is an interesting idea. Would also explain how the X-Hunters were able to retrieve his body as well. Gotta jot these into notes.

[@trevorjenkins2176]

Manly in the Mega Man Zero miniseries. Where Omega is the original body of Zero, but corrupted. Whereas Zero is in the copy body.

[@StressmanFIN]

Right? X might've snatched the Control Chip off of Zero's body when he sacrificed himself to destroy Vile's armor. While the rest of him went down along with Sigma's Fortress in X1 ending.

[@eslm-studios2996]

@@StressmanFIN That would add up. It's likely he removed the control chip while taking his arm parts (I like to believe we can have it both ways that X received the arm upgrade by Dr. Light, but then took Zero's arm parts to upgrade the charge) in the hopes for Dr. Cain to fix him. Kinda like how the Robot Masters were able to be restored if Mega Man preserved their IC Chips, as shown in the Archie Comics and Powered Up.

[@hessiankyojin]

Agreed.

[@Omega_Man_X]

Copy Model 1 felt more sleek which is why I loved Zero’s MMZ design. I always appreciate minimal and sleek designs of robots/mecha

[@empty_melodies]

Zero with a pipe is like The Joker with a crowbar lol

[@gagejoseph91]

I REALLY like the idea of X1's body being a fake. For one, it ties into the themes of the Inti Create titles pretty nicely, even if accidentally, but even more importantly to me, it just sounds...better. As much as I am okay with Serges/Wily repairing Zero, I always had a bit of an issue with him UPGRADING Zero. Yeah it is many years later with better tech and more resources, but if that is why he could be upgraded, then why is it that nobody, even hundreds of years down the line, is capable of fully comprehending Zero's body despite technological advancements? So it felt odd that his creator just magically had the ability to enhance Zero for no real reason other than "Well he's Zero's creator." Having it actually be that he wasn't enhancing, but rather RESTORING the body he originally made makes so much more sense. Zero didn't get stronger from X1 to X2, the X1 model was a downgrade, and X2 is him FULLY reviving back to his original strength. That just feels more right.

[@SonicTFF2008]

I love this design because it's more simplier and more dinamic for me than the post x2 design, and i love it even more in the ova of the day of sigma, becasue the overral design of the ova characters benefits this design a lot, and not only zero also the other characters like x or sigma look great in that ova, but whatever, it's a shame that this design lasted so little in the franchise, and i gotta say that i love the concept you said about the psot x2 design being upgrades for zero, It's just very good, like, The foots would be a air dash upgrade, the buster cuold be the double shot that we can see in x3, the chest would be a defense upgrade and lastly the z saber, it's just perfect!

[@Rock27nites]

The "Z-Pipe" is actually brought back on Mega Man Zero 4 on Fenri Lunaedge stage, near his boss battle, can be picked with Zero's "Z-Knuckle"

[@ColeFam]

Gotta do that next time I play Z4!

[@MrCat-zz5eo]

Fenri Lunaedge's stage feels like it was a major callback to Zero's entire past. A stage where you enter a horrifying laboratory abandoned and sealed, home to sordid experiments where programs were used to drive a robot insane, where Zero can pick up a piece of iron rebar to fight a savage blade-using Reploid who was the result of a malicious program (Cyber-Elf) driving him insane... ...is it just me or is Fenri actually a foil to Zero? That iron pipe is definitely there as an easter egg, but I feel it's more thematically significant than you'd think...

[@ColeFam]

@MrCat-zz5eo This is interesting. I definitely wanna keep an eye out on that stage next time I play that one.

[@MrCat-zz5eo]

@@ColeFam I got a lot of insights on the Zero series, as I've loved it for a long time now. More than the X series, even.

[@peterbutterjelly114]

Wily prolly in hell thinking about Zero like: “… DAMN.. i really made that 🥲”

[@elivcdxv1852]

Wily is down there quoting Dracula flow, "I really did this, I'm really HIM" especially as the end of Z4 rolls up.

[@LilithLonelyHeart]

Honestly, as much as I like this design, I feel that the latter makes Zero feel more "knightly" as a character, which seems like the intent behind the character. It is also why I think that in the Zero series, his design could use some shoulder pads to make him have a bit more unique silhouette compared to other major characters, especially Phantom has an insane amount of similarities in his design to Zero

[@TheDoomsdayzoner]

Honestly, Omega should've had some shoulder pads and chest armor. They never should have made his boss sprite just a copy of Zero's player sprite. Yes, I get it, upgraded body and all. But more armor to symbolise status and strength? Should've been there. I mean, look at X8 and Command Mission. Those versions of Zero look almost close to MMZ in terms of modern looks ans sleekness.

[@LilithLonelyHeart]

@@TheDoomsdayzoner I mean for me it is made less of an issue by the fact that in Zero 2 we can see X's original body being upgraded similarly to Zero (mostly sprite of it during dialogue before the final boss fight and then the brief look at it during the cutscene panels) so again the upgrade isn't bad thing IMO, but lack of shoulder pads does take away a bit from Zeros uniqueness

[@danteredgrave9574]

in my childhood i thought zero was a woman because he has boobs, in megaman x4 when zero talked for the first time I remember thinking: "ohhh, she has a reaaaally deep voice for a woman" later in the same game: "wait it's a man."

[@burncrowsp]

Oh man, that sure is a big reveal about the story! To be honest, it makes more sense that way, to have the X-Hunters steal the original body of Zero, instead of the X1 replacement. I always found hard to believe how they managed to recover Zero's X1 body, considering how Sigma's fortress blew up and then sank into the ocean. xD

[@ColeFam]

Yeah. This definitely flows better

[@MrCat-zz5eo]

And how in Maverick Hunter X, Zero lost his lower half from detonating Vile's Ride Armor.

[@josephpatterson985]

Z-Pipe? I didn't know Zero's inanimate carbon rod had such a following. In Rod We Trust.

[@HordikaNate3821]

NGL it took me a little bit to realize Zero had a different design in X1 compared to the other games. The plotline of X1 Zero being a copy body should've been used more within the X series, maybe Serges uses parts of it to create an army of Zero clones

[@Mega_Astra94]

Wow, a Mega Man editorial on my birthday! Can't wait to see this!

[@SprinqGueen]

Happy birthday!

[@PedroJaimeCostaPereira]

Happy Birthday!

[@Mega_Astra94]

Thanks.

[@ColeFam]

Happy belated birthday!

[@KenNakajima07]

Man!!!! I Never noticed the zero virus having a design close to the original one... also yeah zpipe should be a thing.

[@ColeFam]

It's really a blink-and-you'll-miss-it thing. Especially on the TVs of the day.

[@jvts8916]

So X1 Zero is actually *not* the original body? I always thought it was an incomplete prototype that was given the finishing touches by Serges.

[@chrisjohnson9542]

Have you played the zero series? There's a pretty interesting development with that.

[@jvts8916]

@@chrisjohnson9542 it's my first megaman series

[@galten7361]

@jvts8916 The info from X2 devs on Zero's body was scrapped.

[@Eldoofus]

X1 Zero is the Zero Sigma fought, so it's the Zero that first exited the capsule... By those standards, it IS the original Zero, but it clearly wasn't the Zero which Wily envisioned, since both Power Fighters 2 and MMX2 confirm that Wily's blueprints differ from X1 Zero's design.

[@ThanatosZero]

That is still a possible theory. The statements by original devs may have some weight, but only canon weight, if those statements were made while they were still under Capcom as either employeés or contracted personel. To compare: Inafune may have left Capcom, but his answers to the fans back then are still canon, as they were made under Capcom and not outside of the company.

[@edwardwebb5636]

4:08 which makes sense because it’s implied that Serges is dr. wily’s consciousness in a reploid body

[@galten7361]

@edwardwebb5636 Fukunishi actually said that Serges was envisioned as a robot assistant made in Wily's image. He said in that same thread that Wily would have made Serges to think like him for an experiment.

[@Mrx35ful]

This mind blow. The pieces of the puzzle are making senses because when the X-hunters stole Zero originally body unlike Dr. Cain knowing how to fix it Serges would know how to repair zero body because the rumor is that Dr. Wily mind Serges body so he would know how to fix it.

[@zilartsy433]

I honestly think the pointy bits on his helmet look less like horns and more like wings, especially with the smaller pointy accents behind them.

[@ColeFam]

That's a fun way to look at it. Maybe they are like bat wings, kinda like Wily's hair.

[@zilartsy433]

@@ColeFam that makes sense too

[@JohnWilliams-wl9px]

There goes my theory that the X1 body was basically an unfinished version of Zero. As my headcanon was that Wily knew he couldn’t finish Zero so he made a copy of his consciousness as an AI to work on Zero, while he finished other tasks (aka Cell from DBZ).

[@VelenZaiga]

You still may not be too far off. Despite him being completely disgraced. That one dude's theory about Serges being an avatar or incarnation of Wily is still plausible.

[@JohnWilliams-wl9px]

@@VelenZaiga to be fair it wasn’t even his theory. It was something the devs themselves implied even in behind the scenes docs (the way it’s written the later is definitely meant to think Wily is Serges but never actually confirmed)

[@galten7361]

@VelenZaiga Fukunishi (one dev named in this video) said he envisioned Serges as an assistant Wily made in his image with him also talking about Wily doing experiments in seeing if robot bodies can carry memories/characterization/otherwise act like or be someone else.

[@chainsawplayin]

Wily hid himself while he repaired himself?????

[@seismicsmasher]

You know...that lends a lot of credence to the theory that Serges is Wily's mind in a reploid body.

[@silverslayer6262]

As much as I like Zero’s modern X design, I do appreciate the og’s simplicity

[@Yammar_Option]

The idea of X1 Zero using a copy body (presumably underpowered) made by Cain seems fascinating, but it does raise some questions when put in perspective with the actual story: 1) How the X-hunter stole Zero's original body? If Cain believed it to be dangerous, it should have been well protected and not easily accessible 2) Most importantly, if X1 body was a replica, why Cain didn't build a new body? He should have all the blueprints (even if not perfect) by the time, and should be able to easily built another one for Zero. This last one is probably what stops me from accepting Fukunishi's statement completely. Besides this, thank you for your work and the interesting video.

[@ColeFam]

They stole it by being extra sneaky. Thank you, glad you enjoyed!

[@GuineaPigDan]

I wonder if this whole explanation of Zero having multiple bodies in X1 is meant to resolve a possible plot hole where in the arcade game Mega Man The Power Fighters, in Bass’ ending Wily shows Bass a silhouette of a blue print for Zero but you can tell from the shoulder pads it’s Zero’s X2 design rather than the X1 design. I just assumed Wily died before he could finish Zero and his X1 design was incomplete.

[@xavierjuno4572]

Honestly that's been my headcannon too mostly from those blueprints alone

[@موسى_7]

I thought those games take place in an alternative universe/timeline

[@lawrenceriverside6659]

Zero was too advanced to be understanded or repaired really makes you look at wily with more respect... Technologically advanced Cain father of reploids: eeeh old robort too dimficult i no undrestan Old smelly Al in his skull pajamas drinking earl grey in his mom's basement: HEHEHEHEHE ROBOT GOES PEWPEWPEW N SHIT

[@burner555]

In Cain's defense, he mastered in botanics not robotics He just wanted to bring Light's vision to life

[@Albertius-Omygod]

Zero should have been a Wiley kidnapped & upgraded version of Megaman's sister, but I'll take this.

[@Reialine]

Taking context of the plot twist in Zero 3 by Inti Creates, it makes cooler the fact nobody knew Zero was in a copy body from the very beginning, since it brings the question of the "originality" of Zero, but if stated that Zero was in a copy body from X1, this implies even as a copy it's the Zero we knew all the way from the first title we see him, and "The Messiah" is nothing more than a weaponized version of that original Zero body that was confiscated and stolen by the X hunters all those years ago.

[@prometheusmodelow8322]

From X1 i get the feeling that Zero has sort of an elite hunter grade buster and that's why X's armor has the same buster, the way it is named in X dive seems to corroborate this interpretation. I like the idea that Reploids can change busters whenever they want.

[@switchnx]

I always liked this design for Zero, so it’s really cool seeing a whole video about it and its unique traits!

[@ColeFam]

I'm giving it the spotlight it deserves!

[@Marverickluigi]

It would have been cool if in X6 Nightmare Zero would have been made with the X1 Desing instead of the newer one

[@FusionCatalyst]

I need a model kit of X1 Zero honestly

[@ColeFam]

PLEASE

[@LordMetalSonic1987]

Where did Sigma fight Zero? I believe that Mega Man X6 answers this question: after you beat Ground Scaravich, Alia will reveal that during his past life, he was sent to a forbidden area to get some classified data. It was where X and Zero were found (they were likely in the same general area). Since Scaravich didn't have the proper credentials to be in that area, Alia ended up 86ing him.

[@MrCactuar13]

I have to wonder if the replica body Zero might explain the whole upgraded X Buster. Though I guess that opens a whole new can of worms of why Cain has Light's buster blueprints and that X never got that upgrade to begin with.........eh

[@Sephiroth08150]

Hm. XDive names the X1 Buster as the "Military Buster". Which maybe Cain made research on X's normal buster and upgraded it for other Reploids? The First Armor's buster happens to be similar.

[@StressmanFIN]

Afaik. It was Dr. Cain who originally discovered Dr. Light's lab, alongside with X's sealed capsule. He might've left behind records or even blueprints, that Cain then reverse-engineered. That, or Wily at some point stole the designs for X-Buster, built it for Zero, so now his and X's parts are interchangeable or smth. I dunno.

[@TheRealBlazingDiamond]

Keep in mind that X always discards his armors at the end of each game, because he doesn't want to be too powerful and get in over his head, and also to preserve his identity as a peacekeeper, as a fully armored body is more the mark of a warmonger. I would explain this by saying that Dr. Cain found some blueprints for the buster, offered it to X and Zero, and while Zero accepted without hesitation, X didn't want something he believed himself to not need, so he rejected it.

[@galten7361]

@StressmanFIN It's about canon that Wily copied Light's work in making X to build Zero. X's design overall is similar to Zero's hence being able to incorporate his weaponry. Zero has a suffering circuit. And X Dive's backstory for X-Kai says that Wily used notes for X in making him.

[@yohhh6715]

Maybe Cain was only able to make 1 buster at a time and gave it Zero first idk

[@tracyndiyob162]

i always took the w on zero's helmet being a restraint dr. wily put on zero to keep him from leaving the lab.(love for x5 they used the original design fitting how it was the essence of zero's past trying to awaken him to the ultimate killing machine he was before & would definitely make a awesome figurine with his pipe. :3) that's SO amazing zero in x1 was a copy housing his integrated chip("soul" for robots/reploids,could see when x took zero's parting gift maybe took zero's chip with him.) with the x-hunters taking the housed away original body/the broken capsule was where the fake was made.(really love finding out about the concepts of capcom's series/how different the story was.:3) i did love that sheer brutality zero had in the cutscene going from using a pipe to simply SLICING sigma's arm off with just his hand showing how potentially dangerous zero was physically(alongside the visual of him scarring sigma's face while he was down for a bit before just kicking him around really gives the feeling when wily sealed him away knowing he was too dangerous probably had some regret for it before he immediately died after sealing zero/for all we do know about his fate zero possibly did that to bass succeeding in killing him before wily restrained him.)

[@RemnantSoul]

Crazy thing. One reason why I absolutely loved Megaman Zero's design is because it was impo the prefect blend of his Original and Updated designs while giving his unique features more prominence. I liked how his shoulders were rounded again, the 'Less is More' status of his boots and gauntlets, and how his horns were both more defined yet aerodynamic. Also, the slimmer chassis felt like a return to form over the blockier body he had in X2 and beyond. (And losing his 'Z Titties' was an improvement impo) His original design truly never got the love/apprecition it deserved. But in away we kind of got to return to it. "We end, as we began." Never fails to stand true.

[@DomDomPop]

I’ve always heard the story that, due to the blueprints at the end of Power Fighters, the blueprint showing X2 Zero was how Wily intended to create him, but never finished it. Serges, popularly believed to be Wily, then had the knowledge to complete him properly once the X-Hunters got a hold of him.

[@Blurns]

No mention of the similarities to the "horns" on the helmet and the shape of Wily's hair? And I have a feeling that "funny face" was originally meant to more closely resemble a skull before the vertical 'teeth' were changed to a horizontal 'vent' more like the original Gundam.

[@ColeFam]

I do like the skull interpretation. I wish I had put that together.

[@Blurns]

@@ColeFam I wish I'd thought of it myself, but I can't remember where I'd read it. But you know an interpretation is good when you just can't un-see it once it's pointed out.

[@movezig5]

Thanks for making a video about this! Zero's original design isn't talked about _nearly_ enough IMO, so I'm glad someone made a video about it.

[@ColeFam]

It's just too good!

[@Crow_Rising]

Something I feel like pointing out about the whole copy body stuff in the Zero series: A lot of people make the mistake of thinking that Omega can't be inside of Zero's original body because it looks different. Identical to the copy body that Zero is in at the time aside from some slight differences in color. However, this is because of a misunderstanding. Omega is in fact inside of Zero's original body, he's just not wearing Zero's original armor. It's an upgraded armor that is whatever Zero upgraded to most recently before he lost that body and was put into the copy body, and the copy body was given a copy of the same upgraded armor to match. In fact, Zero's copy body in the Zero series would very likely look identical to his original body if the two were standing side by side without armor. As an additional fun fact; the copy body in the Zero series is actually the result of a retcon. At the time Zero 1 was written, the intention was for Zero waking up at the beginning of the game to be the next thing that happened to him after being sealed away in X6. It's because of this that he later makes a statement to Copy X that although he can't remember for himself, his body can remember that the original X was stronger than Copy X. Zero later returned in X7, and so Zero's unsealing in Zero 1 was reconned in Zero 2 and 3 to have been a different sealing than the one that took place in X6 to account for his presence in further X series games. It seems that him being sealed away in the copy body was likely chosen as a way of being able to distinguish between the two sealings: Once in his original body, and then once again in a copy body. This also implies that the original intention was likely for his armor upgrade to have taken place while he was unaware and in stasis before waking up in Zero 1, but that would have been before the retcon threw a wrench in the original plans and things had to change.

[@T26OG.]

I absolutely love the point you make around 10:50. It makes so much sense and it shows you have a very creative and insightful mind.

[@CBCPPPPPP-gu2fw]

I'm working on a mega man x fan game and what we are doing is having both X and zeros' body's be modular so when Zero or X finds a battle chip, speed chip exedra you can change the function or change how much energy goes into each part to gain new or heighten previous ability's.

[@TheOmegaDragon]

I initially thought the x1 body is his prototype body which was later upgraded to the design Wily had in mind by Serges. The X1 version has a sleeker design while the complete version was much bulkier. The Zero series one went back to the smaller form maybe to look more closer to a human.

[@StevejRodriguez]

Basically, the replicate body is mostly inconsequential. If I were to interpret the dev's comment on why Dr. Cain sealed the original body, maybe the "danger" Dr. Cain was worried about was the Virus? Can we talk about my Crackpot theory that Zero's "redesign" in X2 was actually Dr. Wi--uh Serges giving him his own armor upgrade like X gets? In this context; Black Zero would actually be his equivalent of X's Gold armor upgrade!

[@bouncingdynamo3968]

Fascinating detail for them to suddenly bring to light. Nice find regarding the original body being put into stasis, this aligns much better with the overall narrative (excluding Dr. Cain's inability to clearly communicate basic information in X2)

[@bardinblue9830]

Returning again, now that the dust seems to be settling... One little trivia tidbit: In Fenri Lunaedge's stage in Mega Man Zero 4, the Z-Knuckle can be used to pick up a pipe sticking out near the end of the stage.

[@Shinmsl]

This new information is cool, it does explain how Zero is in a reploid body in the first game even if he was chronologicaly created before X. I like the idea his copy body was completely destroyed, since he did self-destruct willingly y hopes of destroying Vile, it makes sense if his copy body didn't survive. In a design sense point of view, Zero concept was that Zero was the preview of how much X would change into after getting his upgrades, so it makes sense his using an reploid body based of X himself and with similar abilities. But when it came the time to make him a fully playable character the changes in his design and abilities were introduced so to make them more distinct and fun to play the two different options of playing the game

[@onibytes]

The hidden stories are the ones I'm interested in. Like the original megaman being turned into quint, what happens to proto, did Bass try to take on zero and fail (head Canon) what happened to roll and rush, did they get killed when megaman was taken in the future?

[@sh4d0wfl4re]

Now that I think about it Zero's helmet kind of resemble's Wily's hair

[@DragoonMS]

So Zero canonically knows how to do a Rider Kick. Or does he?? Y'know, considering that while Irregular Hunter X is a remake of Rockman X1, you can actually hit Sigma with the Hadou-ken here, something that can't be done in any other version due to literally every game since the PSone era having two fire buttons (with the second actually allowing access to the X Buster even while having Irregular Weapons equipped)...

[@TheFirehands150]

This is honestly mind blowing info that fits perfectly into the entire lore Power battles has Wily showing Bass his Zero with X2 design meaning thats his final product. X1 Zero loses to Vile yet he rocked Sigma with a metal pipe which doesnt make sense unless the Zero that fought Sigma was that much stronger in an original proto body X1 Zero is never shown having issues with the Maverick virus. X1's Zero has a crappy auto repair system because its not his original body. X2-X3 onward, the ending hints at fighting Zero because he got his body back X2's Serges is stated to have a form of Dr Wily's mind. Making him able to finish Zero's broken body. Who knows. Maybe Wily knew he wouldnt finish so he did this as back up. X5 Zero in his original body survives a world changing cataclysmic event without a scratch. He also auto repairs his entire body when hes just a torso. In Megaman Zero 4, Zero does not survive the cataclysmic event because hes in a fake body. 😢

[@ColeFam]

Didn't even consider the last bit. That's really smart, using the auto-repair as a reason for the real body to keep coming back.

[@cp-the-nerd]

Keiji Inafune was a complete failure at conveying story in the X series. If every goddamn thing is just a vague innuendo for 15 years of games, in hindsight it ends up looking like nobody knew what the hell was going on. X5 was the perfect time to just take a two flush dump of exposition and yet by the time the credits rolled, they forgot Wily was the linchpin of the game.

[@EarselBill-bi4xr]

Meh, his original design is okay, nothing wrong with it but I definitely prefer the “new” look

[@dudenamedzelda3179]

Huh. So Iwamoto's Rockman X manga is canon sorta.

[@VinceMouse]

It's always fun to watch Zero demolish Sigma in hand-to-hand combat without even having a proper sword.

[@ghsvideosreviews5499]

That makes sense , serges probably just repaired the original to an upgrade form.

[@androsthewarriorhighalpha]

That explains everything right there.. Holy smokes. I never noticed all that until now.. But now i really like Zero's design from X1 and from Command Mission.. So Basically Zero was in a copy body while his original body created by Dr Wily was still in repairing then 🤔 fascinating since after his first fight with Sigma.. Now I'm more curious about what i missed behind Zero..

[@TerryKashat]

That warehouse is most likely where Zero was housed in eternal slumber before they discovered him.

[@venvenunknown9503]

12:09 ColeFam:the toe attacker is real! Reploids:(Gasp.) Me:(Gasp.)

[@Arham-HQ]

okay,i think we might need X1 to be remaked once more with 4 playable characters with following sequel as well before we get to the long awaited Rockman X9. -playing as X is the true story -playing as VAVA is the noncanon BAD(as*) ending and the rest two playable characters are: -X1 zero with Z buster and the martial arts learning techique -and marty(you know, the mermaid repliroid girl in the manga,and we probably need a new name for her) for aquatic mission side of the story.

[@Arham-HQ]

here's the difference between X1 Zero(Zero 1st form) and Zero 2nd form in my opinion. the X1 version is more focusing on long range combat/using buster and he is also using martial arts technique in the X1 remake. the second form version is a sword fighter mainly using saber and saber technique but still using some martial arts skill and the Z buster.

[@Arham-HQ]

oh i almost forgot,my context about Zero is using pipes against sigma's saber is that sigma's saber is probably the earliest types of beam saber and why Zero can counter sigma's saber is because Zero's power can make the pipe more stronger and more durable or he can just channel his power to the pipe. i call that the original Zero knuckle.

[@KamisamanoOtaku]

Wait, the helmet isn't a reference to Wily's hair? Half-kidding; it is like a more subdued homage than Bass's helmet, but I can still see it. ;)

[@justice8718]

If you remember, Wily uses his W logo to indicate his presence in a robotic vessel.

[@bionic-tale4313]

I actually noticed it too. Since it's actually scarily similar to Wily's bat-style hair. A small little detail that everyone overlooked that foreshadows who built him.

[@Blindcontroller]

I think the limitations of the SNES played into the design being more simple on X vs the later games.

[@shanegreer1947]

Yo how long is it going to take someone to make x1 and x2 playable from zeros perspective with his own story. Like a million rom hacks and nobody's done it. Just zero playable in the same old game

[@KamiSquad_X]

Gotta know his story first

[@shanegreer1947]

@@KamiSquad_X we do bro. We do

[@KamiSquad_X]

@shanegreer1947 facts. Like I've seen people make Zero with a pipe before, I thought it was random. Didn't realize it was canon.

[@shanegreer1947]

@@KamiSquad_X great fight too

[@ultimagaming6035]

Best design so simple and savage. X1 zero has always been the fav. And for the x1 rom, they should give him a dbl buster charge shot for getting x’s buster, and instead of the hado-pipe swipe 😂

[@mattdarrock666]

My theory was that the virus sensed that Sigma's body was more advanced and paralysed Zero so Sigma would attack the crystal and the virus transfered into Sigma, corrupting him. Your explaination does cover how Zero got more powerful afterward... Perhaps my theory just got more ground, thanks to you...

[@jxbermudez]

I want a model kit of this design.Just so he could permanently be using his Iconic toe attacker.

[@ColeFam]

Yes! They've got to make it someday...

[@jxbermudez]

@ColeFam I think there's a mini figure based on this design so there's plenty of references

[@turtlekappa7141]

Honestly I've always held a version of this as head canon. So it's nice to see this

[@am.bisonmain9077]

“Bring back Z-Pipe”

[@SuperStormDroid]

Inti Creates already did in Zero 4, but I agree.

[@NosBlueade]

Huh, maybe I'm mistaken but funny no mention about how ViA's shell does lean more to this design.

[@ZardaffronTK]

3:42 - Man, this guy just can't catch a break. N-Not that I care, or anything. In fact, this is still my favorite Zero, if only because he dies at the end. Well, the design is pretty good, too. Much slimmer, sleeker, and altogether more "future" than Zero's later iterations. The lack of yellow bands everywhere make the design much easier on the eyes. 6:32 - It's interesting that you comment on this, but not its implications. It seems to me that, at least at one point in the game's development, the Reploids were imagined to have hair underneath their helmets, just like those from the previous generation. This gives credence to the idea that X and Zero do actually have hair under their helmets, but we just never get to see it. Ah, what flowing locks those lads must have.

[@galten7361]

@ZardaffronTK Concept art for Megaman Zero showed X with hair.

[@ColeFam]

Zero just can't catch a break! I wish I had touched on the bit about the hair some more. Maybe next time.

[@aaronsouthard8366]

Serges was Doc Wily anyway so ofc he was able to repair the original body

[@arlenparker5138]

Fun fact: This was supposed to be megamanx's original design but changed it up and kept him blue. The look was supposed to embody change for the future for X.

[@solice55]

Great video and thanks for the new info! I'm a massive Mega Man X fan, so It's great to see information like this discovered. Also, regarding that toe attack... It's very reminiscent of an attack by another Capcom character, Akuma from the Street Fighter franchise. I could see some cross-pollination between teams, and adding some of the sauce from another bad guy in the Capcom roster makes sense to me.

[@ColeFam]

Thank you for enjoying!

[@Yuwaethomas617]

Well I'm sure that people know, I hope they know in the x1 episode apparently he actually never found his XBuster upgrade . Because the original x storyline wanted you to have zeros z buster. Because they give you an actual trophy for it for the Canon storyline and when you use zeros z buster deals more damage compared to Xs buster. Instead x Kai into finding the original buster and ends up using it better making it a hommming attack

[@MortimurGrimm]

“Those who sacrificed themselves will never return” guiding one to believe that it is correct for that particular Zero, which was a copy body, perished in the first game. I’ve always preferred the original Zero design. It was a cleaner and simplistic look, fitting the time period of Light and Wily.

[@DarkKnux09]

I always thought the pipe thing was weird lmao I never found it to make sense that a lead pipe can go toe to toe with a high focused energy friggin beam saber 🤣

[@ColeFam]

The Z-Pipe knows no bounds.

[@ThrillerXero]

X1 Zero was basically a fully completed version of prototype Zero

[@greenrifleman1107]

Wait, the X1 body of him was essentially a replica made by Dr. Cain? That explains why his buster looks like X's. Dr. Cain was essentially digging around Light Labs' remains when he found X. Maybe he also found the plans/blueprints for X's first armor arm parts. Maybe that's why.

[@ColeFam]

Hard to say. Schrodinger's Buster. It's shown Zero's X5 ending but not in the X4 flashback. I'm open to either, but I personally like the idea of Wily copying Light's homework.

[@Chrisezo]

Well if that person who worked on X1 and X2 says that Zero was using a pirate copy body made by Cain, it would make sense on why X would later be compatible to use Zero's buster at the time, since technically ALL the Reploids were made by Cain using Dr. Light's schematics for X, and it would also technically make Zero an actual reploid since that copy body was replicated from X's design, and as it was created by Cain then X should have no risk at getting infected by the Zero Virus since it was not Zero's original body, but while all of this makes sense what doesn't make sense is; How the heck was Cain able to make a superior buster to X's base design, since it was mentioned time and time again by himself that X's systems were too advanced for him to understand, yet it is canon that Zero's X1 buster is superior to X's base buster and you can even argue it is better than the Light upgrade, because if you compare them in the only game where they act differently, which is in Maverick Hunter X for the PSP, Zero's buster has higher damage output in the fully charged shot and can take down bosses easier, but it still incorporates X's copy weapon system and can even charge up the powers that X acquires, which like I said would not make any sense if Cain did not understand X's systems, and if he could make a buster that strong that had the copy abilities, then why would he not equip his "best creation" who was Sigma with that kind of technology, but would then do so for the robot that actually almost destroyed his best creation, it just doesn't follow any sound logic if you really think about it, but hey I guess if one of the developers is who said that this was the canon, then even if it doesn't completely make sense, we just have to roll with it...

[@TurianX]

Now X5's plot even makes more sense. Now I know WHY Sigma had to recombine the two viruses. Because I understand how they got seperated to begin with.

[@DanialTarki]

That thumbnail is cursed.

[@vxcodm4121]

Honestly, I still curious about why Zero can’t use Z Buster in Megaman X4 and Megaman X5 basically the weakest version of the Z Buster. In MMX6, Z Buster basically at it golden age like the old time. For anyone curious, Zero’s Buster actually stronger than X Buster but it does seem like the Z Buster can’t spam the shot like the X Buster

[@GIJoe-nk2pt]

I only remember the X1 Zero and how he was such an interesting character.

[@Wight_Ulfr]

Everytime i get to learn something small but new about my favorite character of all time, it always helps make my day 😊

[@merchantziro4285]

I just had a thought... If Zero's X1 body was a copy of the one seen in the X4 flashback... Would that mean he had no buster at the time hence why he used the metal pipe, thus the busters were added once his original body was upgraded to be completed? Or did he have the X2 and X3 Busters and weren't properly replicated due to the complexities of Zero's body thus he got the Military Buster to replace them for the time being?

[@ColeFam]

I like to think that he had the X1 Buster, it just wasn't shown in that flashback. We see the same flashback depicted again in X5 and Zero had the Buster. I think they didn't show it in X4 at all because gameplay-wise, Zero doesn't use a Buster in that game, so that could have been potentially confusing.

[@merchantziro4285]

@@ColeFam Ah that would make sense.

[@zcreates6988]

It would work as a light armor variation (light as in weight)

[@pgcroonerva3256]

I actually like is X1 design best! I really like the simplicity of it.

[@EmiZero167]

Zero always knew the metal pipe was the strongest weapon, he couldn't keep it, otherwise no one would be able to stop him

[@ColeFam]

He had to give the other side a fighting chance

[@Dudeman715]

Zero's shoes kinda look like Sonic's shoes.... I couldent stop thinking about it when you zoomed in at around 7:42

[@tonyryan1982]

I love his mega man x2 &up design

[@Yokai_Yuri]

I think Zero OG design resembles that weird transition of Robot masters to reploids. He IS the ultimate Robo master after all. After he got destroyed in X1, his resurrection by Wily, I mean Serges made him more in line with the current tech which were reploids. X2 Zero is way more powerful than x1.

[@galten7361]

@Yokai_Yuri Robot Masters are not an actual name for Classic important robots.

[@plain1150]

I think it the x3 opening zero change back to his X1 design to symbolize that he not the zero that willy wanted he to be and zero shows of rebellion toward his creator he will not only fight against Mavericks, but against his own destiny as well

[@ColeFam]

I like that

[@lordfyita2096]

12:44 i thought you saw Zero's bracelets are incorrect.

[@FezFindie]

Gotta appreciate how the thumbnail was misleading in the sense that it wasn't meaning that Zero appearing as is in X1 is the onl true one and the rest are lame and instead it was referring to the copy bodies used in the first couple of games.

[@ColeFam]

Playing on words and expectations. Gotta keep it interesting!

[@Thornbloom]

Gonna talk about the Buster aesthetics and not how it BODIED A RIDE ARMOR?

[@megatroidvania9285]

Even tho i do prefer his newer design, (especially his new shoulder pads! they look so cool!) I do like the idea that Dr. Cain did his best to fix his body with the available tech at the time! It gives a mysterious, and lost technology kind of feel to it! Almost like a certain other LEGENDary series! 👀

[@ColeFam]

Cain built the copy in a cave with a box of scraps!

[@tokyobandz3307]

So does omega have zero's original body or zero's first fake body?

[@Ultimaga]

The z pipe. That shit sounds like a one hit quitter

[@Ryuoh]

Original zero arm cannon was the the best design imo