Which is probably why Megaman X3 is such complete cack. I'll start with the main characters. Megaman and his friend Zero are members of a futuristic crack special forces squad, responsible for hunting down rogue reploids, and generally keeping the peace. No, I don't know what reploids are - the manual and the intro never really explain that. Their base comes under attack by some mad Doctor, and they're given the task of sorting him out.
Trouble is, they're both as athletic as a housebrick.
In fact, they're so devoid of basic combat skills that I suspect they may have bribed and blackmailed their way into the special forces unit. Except that you can only shoot in one direction - forward. In Megaman X if there's an enemy above you, the only way you can take it out is by leaping up platforms till you're at its level, and shooting at it. If you make it that far. Chances are, since the enemies can fire at you from any angle, you'll end up climbing onto one platform, being knocked off by a bullet, climbing up again, being knocked off again, and losing about a quarter of your energy before you take it out.