Mega Man X4

Mega Man X4, known in Japan as Rockman X4 (ロックマンX4, Rokkuman X4) is the fourth entry in the main X series, developed by Capcom and released for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn in 1997, and later for Windows in 1998-1999. It is the first X era game exclusive to 32-bit consoles, introducing a new style that would be kept by the following two entries.
== Story ==
The aerial fortress Sky Lagoon comes under attack, causing a catastrophe as it falls on top of a city. Suspicion falls on Repliforce, but when the Maverick Hunters request an investigation, the militia refuses. As a result, Repliforce is branded Maverick. Mired in resentment and aiming for independence, Repliforce enters a large-scale conflict against the Hunters. While X and Zero try to control the situation, Sigma secretly fuels the confrontation from both sides...Mega Man X4, Compendium of Rockman X. 2005.
== Characters ==
Name 	Sprite	Description
X 	 	X is the main character. He is captain of the Maverick Hunters 17th Unit. His heart is constantly torn between a sense of duty to protect peace and a kindness that makes him hesitant to fight.(Archived) Capcom Japan official website, New Products, Mega Man X4. 2000. (http://www.capcom.co.jp/newproducts/consumer/rockmanx4/)
Zero 	 	An SA-Class Hunter who is a close friend of X, being one of the few to understand him. He is the captain of the Special 0 Unit, and always stays calm and carries out his duties without hesitation.
Double 	 	A novice Hunter who has joined the Maverick Hunters. His personality is rash and clumsy. As X's assistant, he provides various support.
Iris 	 	Colonel's younger sister. She was saved by Zero during this incident, and she gradually became attracted to him. She tries to stop the fight between her brother and Zero, but...
Colonel 	 	A young officer in Repliforce, an army made up entirely of Reploids. He is not only an excellent soldier, but also has a kind side that cares for his subordinates and his sister.
General 	 	The supreme commander of Repliforce, who is trusted and respected by all his soldiers. However, he suddenly starts a coup d'état and becomes hostile to X and the others.
Sigma 	 	A former Maverick Hunter leader, who became Maverick himself after an encounter with Zero. Sigma was thought to be eliminated, but now appears to be secretly pulling the strings of both Repliforce and the Maverick Hunters.
Dr. Light	 	The creator of X, who has left Light Capsules to deliver him Armor Parts years after his own passing.
Dr. Wily 	 	A mysterious silhouette appearing in Zero's dreams. In reality, Dr. Wily is Zero's creator, and urges him to fulfill his destiny by destroying X.
== Enemies ==
=== Minor Enemies ===
Name 	Sprite	Description
Batton Bone B81	 	
Beam Cannon 	 	
Blast Raster 	 	
Death Guardian 	 	
Dejira 	 	
E-AT 	 	
Fly Gunner 	 	
Giga Death 	 	
Guardian 	 	
Hornet 	 	
Hover Gunner 	 	
Ice Wing 	 	
Item Carrier 	 	
Kill Fisher 	 	
King Poseidon 	 	
Knot Beret B 	 	
Knot Beret G 	 	
Knot Beret S 	 	
Kyunbyuun 	 	
Mad Bull 97 	 	
Magma boulder 	 	
Mega Nest 	 	
Metal Gabyoall 	 	
Metal Hawk 	 	
Metall D2 	 	
Miru Toraeru 	 	
Obiiru 	 	
Plasma Cannon 	 	
Prominence 	 	
Raiden 	 	
Spider Core 	 	
Spike Marl 	 	
Spiky Mk-II 	 	
Tentoroid BS 	 	
Tentoroid RS 	 	
Togerics 	 	
Tonboroid S 	 	
Trap Blast 	 	
TriScan 	 	
Walk Shooter 	 	
Yukidarubon 	 	
=== Mini Bosses ===
Name 	Name 	Sprite	Description	Weakness	Weakness
Name 	Name 	Sprite	Description	X 	Zero
DG-42L 	DG-42L 	 	 	 	
Eyezard 	Eyezard 	 	 	 	
Generaid Core	Generaid Core	 	 	 	
Tentoroid 	Tentoroid 	 	 	 	
=== Bosses ===
==== Mavericks ====
Name 	Sprite	Description 	Weapon 	Weakness 	Weakness
Name 	Sprite	Description 	Weapon 	X 	Zero
Web Spider 	 	Comes down from the ceiling by a thread and launches a web that homes in on X/Zero, which not only damages the Hunter but also renders him immobile until he is able to wiggle free. At half health, he gains a new pattern, spinning webs in the centre of the screen that he quickly scitters between diagonally, either continuing to fire homing webs or releasing small spiders that crawl up the walls.
His weakness can cause him to fall down and be briefly stunned if used on the thread he is hanging by, but only during his first phase.	Lightning Web 	Twin Slasher 	Kuuenbu
Cyber Peacock 	 	His weakness interrupts his attacks and causes him to teleport away immediately, potentially preventing him from ever attacking. 	Aiming Laser 	Soul Body 	Ryuenjin
Storm Owl 	 	Flies in from different directions to use various attacks. His weakness interrupts his attacks and forces him to leave. 	Double Cyclone	Aiming Laser 	Rakuhouha
Magma Dragoon 	 	His weakness resets his pattern, forcing him to jump over X/Zero and potentially preventing him from ever attacking. 	Rising Fire 	Double Cyclone	Shippuuga/Raijingeki
Jet Stingray 	 	Floats down from the sky on either side of the room to release ground-tracing enemies and/or swoop down at X/Zero. He may also sink into the water and generate a vortex to draw X/Zero towards him. At half health, he gains another attack that allows him to fly vertically at X/Zero from above or below.
His weakness interrupts his attacks and causes him to leave immediately after floating down, potentially preventing him from ever attacking.	Ground Hunter 	Frost Tower 	Hyouretsuzan/Kuuenbu
Split Mushroom	 	A fast opponent able to create holographics clones of himself. His weakness knocks him down and resets his pattern, forcing him to jump and cling to the opposite wall when he gets up and potentially preventing him from ever attacking.	Soul Body 	Lightning Web 	Raijingeki
Slash Beast 	 	His weakness knocks him down and resets his pattern to attempting to lunge at X/Zero repeatedly. 	Twin Slasher 	Ground Hunter 	Kuuenbu
Frost Walrus 	 	His weakness briefly sets him on fire and resets his pattern. 	Frost Tower 	Rising Fire 	Ryuenjin
====Other Bosses====
Name 	Name 	Sprite	Description 	Weakness 	Weakness
Name 	Name 	Sprite	Description 	X 	Zero
Colonel (Memorial Hall)	Colonel (Memorial Hall)	 	 	Frost Tower 	Kuuenbu
Colonel (Space Port) 	Colonel (Space Port) 	 	 	Frost Tower 	Kuuenbu
Double 	Double 	 	Only fought by X. Attacking him with his weakness causes bouncing saw blades or horizontally moving saucers to spawn from his body, making the fight harder.	Double Cyclone	—
Iris 	Iris 	 	Only fought by Zero. 	— 	Kuuenbu
General 	General 	 	 	Twin Slasher 	Kuuenbu
Sigma (1st form) 	Sigma (1st form) 	 	 	Rising Fire 	Ryuenjin
Sigma (2nd form) 	Sigma (2nd form) 	 	 	Lightning Web 	Kuuenbu
Sigma (phase 3) 	Mini Bodies 	 	Sigma's conscious is split between two main entities - an alien gunner (Sigma Gunner) and a giant head (Earth Sigma)- accompanied by three additional elemental-based heads, with the fight alternating between phases of fighting each form or dealing with the heads by themselves.
The gunner form may aim and fire multiple shots in a row, or one big laser that traces the floor; the giant head may inhale and spit out debris or blow X/Zero towards a wall of spikes on the right; the elemental heads appearing by themselves use different patterns depending on which head takes priority, with either the blue head tracing the ground with freezing breath, the red head spitting fire from the left side, or the electric head aiming plasma shots from the upper middle that split into electricity.
Both main entities have separate health bars, and must be destroyed individually, which removes them from the phase sequence; the elemental heads can be destroyed, but reappear on the next phase.	— 	Kuuenbu
Sigma (phase 3) 	Earth Sigma 	 	Sigma's conscious is split between two main entities - an alien gunner (Sigma Gunner) and a giant head (Earth Sigma)- accompanied by three additional elemental-based heads, with the fight alternating between phases of fighting each form or dealing with the heads by themselves.
The gunner form may aim and fire multiple shots in a row, or one big laser that traces the floor; the giant head may inhale and spit out debris or blow X/Zero towards a wall of spikes on the right; the elemental heads appearing by themselves use different patterns depending on which head takes priority, with either the blue head tracing the ground with freezing breath, the red head spitting fire from the left side, or the electric head aiming plasma shots from the upper middle that split into electricity.
Both main entities have separate health bars, and must be destroyed individually, which removes them from the phase sequence; the elemental heads can be destroyed, but reappear on the next phase.	Ground Hunter 	Shippuuga
Sigma (phase 3) 	Sigma Gunner 	 	Sigma's conscious is split between two main entities - an alien gunner (Sigma Gunner) and a giant head (Earth Sigma)- accompanied by three additional elemental-based heads, with the fight alternating between phases of fighting each form or dealing with the heads by themselves.
The gunner form may aim and fire multiple shots in a row, or one big laser that traces the floor; the giant head may inhale and spit out debris or blow X/Zero towards a wall of spikes on the right; the elemental heads appearing by themselves use different patterns depending on which head takes priority, with either the blue head tracing the ground with freezing breath, the red head spitting fire from the left side, or the electric head aiming plasma shots from the upper middle that split into electricity.
Both main entities have separate health bars, and must be destroyed individually, which removes them from the phase sequence; the elemental heads can be destroyed, but reappear on the next phase.	Soul Body 	Kuuenbu
== Weapons ==
=== X Weapons ===
By default, X wields the X-Buster, a long-range buster. By defeating the eight Maverick bosses, he copies their Special Weapons with unique properties and elements. He can also upgrade his X-Buster and gain the Nova Strike by obtaining the Fourth Armor.
Name 	Icon	Description 	Source
X-Buster 	 	X's default weapon. It fires up to three shots horizontally, and can be charged up for a Charge Shot of two levels. Collecting the Arm Parts alters the properties of the max Charge Shot. 	Default
Lightning Web 	 	Fires an electric spider web that can be climbed like a wall.Charge Shot fires an electric web that splits into eight giant webs. 	Web Spider
Soul Body 	 	Projects an orange silhouette of X, which mimics his movement and deals damage on contact.Charge Shot summons an invincible copy of X, which the player controls while the real X stays still. 	Split Mushroom
Ground Hunter 	 	Fires a stingray drone that slides along the ground. Pressing down puts make it dive vertically.Charge Shot fires a giant stingray drone that fires energy bolts if up or down is pressed. 	Jet Stingray
Double Cyclone	 	Throws two wind vacuums around X, which rise before disappearing.Charge Shot throws two horizontal cyclones around X. 	Storm Owl
Frost Tower 	 	Summons a tower of ice around X, which falls to the ground.Charge Shot summons giant icicles to fall from the top of the screen in groups. 	Frost Walrus
Rising Fire 	 	Uppercuts to throw a fireball upwards, which can burn or melt some objects.Charge Shot uppercuts into the air surrounded by fire before releasing a fireball. 	Magma Dragoon
Aiming Laser 	 	Projects a crosshair which can be angled up or down. Once the crosshair touches a target, pressing fire shoots a laser directly at them.Charge Shot fires a constant laser in front of X, which can be angled up and down.	Cyber Peacock
Twin Slasher 	 	Fires two energy blades at two different angles.Charge Shot fires eight energy blades in a spread, which can destroy some obstacles. 	Slash Beast
Nova Strike 	 	A Giga Attack that makes X jump and dash forwards, destroying anything he touches. 	Arm Parts
=== Zero Weapons ===
Zero wields the Z-Saber, a close-range beam saber. By defeating the eight Maverick bosses, he gains Techniques to perform with his saber. Some of these Techniques are ability upgrades, while others are brand new attacks.
Name 	Icon	Description 	Source
Z-Saber 	— 	Zero's default weapon. On the ground, it can slash three times in quick succession for a combo. In the air, on walls, and on ladders, it can only slash once at a time.	Default
Raijingeki 	 	Zero rears back before stabbing forwards, his Z-Saber becoming a lightning bolt. 	Web Spider
Kuuenzan 	 	Paired with Kuuenbu, Zero can perform a rolling slash while midair. 	Split Mushroom
Hienkyaku 	 	Zero can perform an Air Dash. 	Jet Stingray
Tenkuuha 	 	Turns the Z-Saber purple, giving it the ability to destroy projectiles. 	Storm Owl
Hyouretsuzan	 	Zero descends into a falling stab, his Z-Saber becoming a giant icicle. 	Frost Walrus
Ryuenjin 	 	Zero performs a rising uppercut slash, his Z-Saber becoming a flaming blade. 	Magma Dragoon
Rakuhouha 	 	Zero punches the ground, releasing nine energy bolts in a peacock tail pattern. 	Cyber Peacock
Shippuuga 	 	Zero cancels his dash into a spinning slash. 	Slash Beast
== Stages ==
File:MMX4 - Stage Select Screen.png|256x224px|center|Mega Man X4 Stage Select Screen
rect 10 16 85 75 Jungle (Mega Man X4)
rect 89 19 164 78 Cyber Space (Mega Man X4)
rect 160 19 235 78 Air Force
rect 229 18 304 77 Volcano (Mega Man X4)
rect 7 164 82 223 Marine Base
rect 90 164 165 223 Bio Laboratory
rect 157 161 232 220 Military Train
rect 234 163 309 222 Snow Base
* Opening Stage: Sky Lagoon
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* Air Force
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* Marine Base
* Bio Laboratory
* Military Train
* Snow Base
* Memorial Hall
* Last Stages
** Space Port
** Final Weapon 1
** Final Weapon 2
** Final Weapon 3
== Items ==
Name 	Sprite	Description
Life Energy 	 	Small units restore 4 points of Life Energy.Large units restore 16 points of Life Energy.MAX units fully restore all Life Energy.
Weapon Energy 	 	Small units restore 4 points of Weapon Energy.Large units restore 16 points of Weapon Energy.MAX units fully restore all Weapon Energy.
1-UP 	 	Grants an extra life.
Ride Armor 	 	In a Ride Armor, the player takes no damage and can use powerful attacks. The Raiden is found in and Military Train, and can punch and slash. The Eagle is found in Air Force and Final Weapon 2, and can fly and fire homing shots.
Ride Chaser 	 	On a Ride Chaser, the player can dash and fire laser shots. One is used in Marine Base.
Life Up 	 	Permanently increases maximum Life Energy by 4 points.
Sub Tank 	 	Grants a reserve tank which can be filled by Life Energy pickups and used later.
Weapon Sub Tank	 	Grants a reserve tank which can be filled by Weapon Energy pickups and used later.
EX Item 	 	Permanently increases the player's initial amount of extra lives by 2.
Light Capsule 	 	Grants Armor Parts, which apply an upgrade to X's abilities. They only appear in X's story.
===Armor Parts===
== People ==
== Related Media ==
=== Games ===
* Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite: X gets Rising Fire from here.
=== Ports and Remakes ===
* Mega Man X Collection (port)
* Mega Man X Legacy Collection (port)
=== Strategy Guides ===
* Compendium of Rockman X (Japanese)
* Rockman X4 Official Irregular Hunter's Manual (Japanese)
* Comic BomBom Special #116: Rockman X4 Saikyō Daizukan (Japanese)
* Haoh Game Special #93: Rockman X4 X to Z Kōryaku File (Japanese)
* Televi Magazine Great Hyakka #103: Rockman X4 Himitsu Daizukan (Japanese)
=== Adaptations ===
* Rockman X4 (manga by Iwamoto Yoshihiro)
== External Links ==
* Wikipedia
* TV Tropes
* Retropixel 
* StrategyWiki
* Mega Man Home Page
==References==