Mega Man X Review Mini (NWR)

"It's all been leading up to this.

Put me in front of Mega Man X and I will play it and probably beat it. The game is so familiar to me now that any playthrough is about 80% muscle memory, and that's okay, because the other 20% of my thought process is something like "this is so awesome." Mega Man X came out around the same time as Mega Man 7, and it was instantly clear which series was going to be the big deal. X took the classic Mega Man stage progression and boss weapon weakness mechanic and layered new moves, new upgrades, the ability to revisit stages and lots of exploration and experimentation to the formula.", writes NintendoWorldReport.