

His buster possesses two cyan plates on either side of the muzzle, noticeable black lines run down his biceps, waist, and thighs, and the ridges above his visor extend behind his ears instead of stopping before them. In Mega Man X8, X's body undergoes a minor redesign, besides the game's overall art style change. He also removes his helmet in the Rockman X4 manga, but the view is obscured. In the licensed game Rockman X Shùxué Xuànfēng, X has messy dark hair resembling Mega Man's under his helmet. In some of his Bandai figures, like the Mega Armor series, X's head has no hair, with vents at his ears and nape, and an indent where his forehead gem sits. X is never seen without his helmet in most media. X appears as a Cyber-elf as a supporting character in the Mega Man Zero series, and his data lives on through Biometal Model X in the Mega Man ZX series. This makes X the proverbial "father" of all Reploids. Light, replicated X's general architecture to make the Reploids. Cain, the scientist who discovered him sealed away by Dr. X was the first robot to possess free will, sentience, and independent thought, no longer requiring restrictive programming or rules to dictate his behavior. He is a Maverick Hunter who fights alongside his partners, Zero and Axl, to protect humans and Reploids alike from Mavericks, though X would like for nothing more than the fighting to stop. X is the successor to the original Mega Man and is Dr. X ( エックス, Ekkusu ), also known as Mega Man X, or Rockman X ( ロックマンエックス / ロックマンX, Rokkuman Ekkusu ) in Japan, is the eponymous protagonist of the Mega Man X series. How long must this war go on?" -X, Mega Man X8

For others, see Mega Man X and X (disambiguation). For the first game in the series, see Mega Man X (video game). For info about the series, see Mega Man X (series).
