Mega Man X vs. Samus Aran

## Description

*Capcom and Nintendo's teched-out warriors meet to see who is the better through a Fatal Fiction.*

## Interlude

Hiro: They are the futuristic run-and-gunning platforming mascots of the Super Nintendo, both wielding powerful arm cannons that can do just about anything. Both were also thrust into a world of techno-violence and chaos, and forced to fight things way out of their league, but ending up prevailing.

**MBStarscream: One of these two obviously does their job better than the other, so let's determine who that is.**

Hiro: Mega Man X, the peace-keeping Maverick Hunter...

**MBStarscream: And Samus Aran, the intergalactic bounty hunter.**

Hiro: I'm Hiro Hamada.

**MBStarscream: I'm MBStarscream.**

Hiro: And it's our job to examine both warriors' strength, abilities, weapons, and weaknesses to see who would win in a fight.

## Mega Man X

Hiro: Years after Rock’s transformation into Mega Man, and after he and his fellow Robot Masters had been powered down for good, Dr. Light knew that there would come a time when the world would need Mega Man again. But this time, knowing not what the future could bring, but knowing that it would bring threats far more dangerous than in the present, Dr. Light spent his final days creating a fully independent robot who possessed the ability to think, feel, and make its own decisions.

**MBStarscream: And he named this creation... Mega Man X.**

Hiro: After years of working on his final creation, Light finally managed to complete X, but in order to make sure X would make the right choices and not break the rule of robotics, Light had one final task to do. He sealed X away in a capsule, which would give him different possible moral scenarios that he would simulate through for 30 years. Though since Dr. Light would not live long enough to see the results, the capsule remained closed for 100 years until X was found by the mysterious Dr. Cain.

**MBStarscream: Fascinated by X, Dr. Cain decided to build an entire set of robots that functioned like X called Reploids. But without the simulations X had, and with a virus leaking out of a capsule in the abandoned lab of Dr. Wily, some of these Reploids became violent and attacked others.**

Hiro: These were known as Mavericks, and they needed to be stopped. Fortunately, X and a few other reploids became Maverick Hunters, and they were led by the mighty Sigma. All went well until Sigma’s encounter with Zero, which ended up driving Sigma to become a Maverick while Zero became a Hunter. With Zero being the best in the business, X looked up to him. And when Sigma launched his first ever all-out attack on humanity, X joined the fight to stop him, rising through the ranks to become a top-class Hunter.

**MBStarscream: Light designed X to be the successor to all his prior creations, even the original Mega Man, and X has proven he has functioned well beyond the doctor's expectations. X’s go-to weapon, the X-Buster can shoot compressed solar energy just like Mega Man’s Mega Buster, but better just like everything else about him.**

Hiro: It can be charged up to fire a larger, more powerful shot or fire a scatter of shots like a shotgun. In the manga, the buster is capable of drawing energy from external sources...like a machine with enough energy to nuke Japan and even compress the solar energy to snipe people from far away. X has another weapon in his arsenal in the form of the Z-Saber bequeathed to him by his comrade in the Hunter forces, Zero; the saber generates an energy blade sharp enough to slice through virtually any substance.

**MBStarscream: However, the ability to possess and utilize a diverse number of weapons is a hallmark of any Mega Man, and just as the original had a Variable Weapons System, so too does X have his own upgraded model. Dozens of Mavericks have fallen at the hands of X, and their weapons have thus become his to use.**

Hiro: Streams of fire and lightning, personalized barriers, drones, ice shards, homing rockets, cutting blades, even the abilities to generate black holes and freeze time. All of these weapons may give one the impression that X's arsenal is merely a repeat of the original Mega Man's powers, but where X proves to be better still is in his capacity to charge energy into and enhance these weapons; to list just one of several examples, the Chameleon Sting, a tri-directional ray of light, temporarily renders X invulnerable while charged.

**MBStarscream: X can also convert himself into a beam and transport himself to various locations or escape battle, infuse his fists with energy to increase his punching power, and because Dr. Light was a fighting game fanboy, he figured why not give X some of Ryu’s moves? So X can fire some Hadokens and throw some Shoryukens like Ryu can.**

Hiro: For an additional increase in his already-phenomenal power, X can equip himself with the Ultimate Armor as, true to its name, his most versatile armor; while it may not have certain features of his other armors, the fact that it supplies X with flight, unlimited energy for his weapons, and access to certain spiritual martial arts still demonstrate its undeniable benefits. Topping the versatile arsenal of X is the Mother Elf, the sapient program reverse-engineered from the Maverick Virus responsible for corrupting Reploids; through her powers, X can repair himself and rewrite a Reploid's code, essentially letting him manipulate cybernetic beings.

**MBStarscream: The X in his name stands for the X-Factor that embodies his endless evolutionary potential, and he continues to prove Light's work has been put to good use. The X-Factor is the vital piece of the Maverick Hunter that permits him extraordinary feats such as regenerating his whole body from just the core.**

Hiro: Throughout the constant struggle against Mavericks, X has never surrendered to their machinations. He's powerful enough to punch holes through objects made of Titanium-X, destroy an island-sized landmass with a punch, and damage the Repliforce General, whose severely damaged body could block a laser that could destroy the planet.

**MBStarscream: It has also proven X as capable of dodging beams of weaponized light, keeping up with the likes of Zero, surviving a gigantic tower crashing down on him, and enduring attacks from Lumine, whose ultimate attack destroyed a freaking star!**

Hiro: But much like his predecessor, X does still have issues. Once again, he’s more vulnerable to electric weapons and spikes, but on top of that, he also has his own personality issues. X heavily detests violence, and often only battles out of reluctance.

**MBStarscream: And while his Ceratanium armor is certainly very durable, it has been broken through by the likes of Sigma at least a few times. In fact, X has nearly died on at least three separate occasions, all of which were due to Sigma. Even supposedly weaker reploids like Vile have given X trouble when they reasonably shouldn’t.**

Hiro: But by the end of it all, X was able to simultaneously purge the Maverick Virus from every afflicted Reploid in the world, ushering in a new era of peace for society, though such a peace was only brief, and when the world was plunged into war once again, X was there to fight alongside his fellow heroes.

*Mega Man X: I'll finish this. Right here, right now!*

## Samus Aran

Hiro: As a child, Samus Aran lived with her parents on the planet K-2L, a human colony in the Galactic Federation domain. Unfortunately, young Samus never could have known that a great tragedy would turn her whole life upside down.

**MBStarscream: When she only three years old, her home was annihilated by a band of Space Pirates lead by the monstrous dragon Ridley. The sole survivor of this mass genocide, Samus was taken in by the mysterious, birdlike alien race known as the Chozo and infused with their blood to save her life and amplify her performance levels, which grew even further when she bonded to the Power Suit as a teenager.**

 Hiro: She joined the Federation Police for a time, but ultimately left their ranks to become a bounty hunter. Samus has carried out countless missions, many that other bounty hunters deemed impossible. She became the most famed and capable bounty hunter in the universe, yet she was not fulfilled. Where most would take the role of bounty hunter to achieve fortune or fame, Samus' main priority was avenging the death of her parents by slaying Ridley and the rest of the Space Pirates.

**MBStarscream: Luckily for Samus, she had plenty of skills and weapons to help her on her quest. Her infusion with Chozo DNA, as well as her warrior training since her childhood, has turned her into a superior athlete.**

Hiro: As a result of the Chozo’s influence, Samus is capable of running and jumping heights far past normal human ability, as well as surviving falls that would otherwise kill an ordinary human. Samus is also more adaptive to foreign alien environments that normal humans cannot survive in, such as the majority of Zebes and Elysia.

**MBStarscream: Samus also demonstrates good sharpshooting skills. She is an excellent marksman, with an incredible aim, and is tremendously deadly in combat. If need be, Samus will engage in melee combat, often using kicks and wrestling tactics to weaken her foe for a point-blank shot.**

Hiro: The extent of Samus’ training after she joined the Federation Police is currently unknown, but it is clear that the Federation has made one major augmentation to her abilities: her infusion with Metroid DNA. This infusion was done in a last-ditch attempt to save her life after she was infected with the X Parasites, and thus it was not completely known at the time what the side effects would be. As a result of the infusion, Samus gained immunity to X Parasites, as well as the ability to absorb them for energy. However, she also inherited the Metroid’s crippling weakness to cold, though this disability was negated after she absorbed the essence of the SA-X.

**MBStarscream: Samus’ most notable piece of equipment is her Power Suit, an impressive piece of armor that offers little hindrance on movement and flexibility, and has multiple forms. They include Varia for enviromental protection, Gravity for when there is little of it around to simulate normal G's, Dark to reduce the damage of Dark Aether to beings of light, while Light makes her immune to it entirely, Fusion absorbs X Parasites like fuel, and *my* personal favorite, the Zero Suit.**

Hiro: Because of its negligible weight, this suit allows Samus to perform at top physical performance level and gives some weak protection from enemy fire. She also owns an emergency pistol known as the Paralyzer, which auto-charges to fire stunning shots, though it has no lethal capacity.

**MBStarscream: The Power Suit comes equipped with the Arm Cannon, which can shoot the Power Beam, which is kind of a misleading title, since it is pretty weak in comparison to other Chozo weapons. Luckily, Samus can upgrade this beam to give it multiple special properties.**

Hiro: These upgrades include the powerful Charge Beam, Ice Beam to freeze foes, Grapple Beam to swing around from place to place, Wave Beam to penetrate transparent and semi-transparent objects, and a devastating beam of pure Phazon that can be accessed in two different ways: Entering Hypermode with the PED Suit, and shooting while liquid Phazon while using the Phazon Suit.

**MBStarscream: The Dark Beam is very effective on Light-elemental beings, and its opposite, Light Beam, shoots extremely fast blasts of Light energy that burn the enemy. Put these two beams together, and you got the Annihilator Beam, which can fire homing shots that destroy both Light and Dark-based beings.**

Hiro: The Nova Beam can pierce the nigh-unbreakable Phazite material, the Diffusion Beam is an upgrade to the Charge Beam, and the Hyper Beam was obtained byabsorbing the Baby Metroid's energy. With it, Samus was able to take down Mother Brain's final form, which had previously incapacitated Samus and killed the Baby Metroid.

**MBStarscream: Oh, you had to bring THAT up.**

Hiro: Samus can also use missiles of all sorts in combat to home on enemies. There are more types of missiles that Samus can use, like Super Missiles, Seeker Missiles, Ice Missiles, Diffusion Missiles, and Hyper Missiles. With her Charge Combos, Samus can use the Missile Launcher and Arm Cannon in conjunction with the end result being much stronger than either weapon on its own.

**MBStarscream: Wavebuster fires a constant stream of electricity that follows and paralyzes the enemy, Ice Spreader is basically the same thing as Diffusion Missiles, but with a longer reach and more cost in missiles, Flamethrower immediately ignites the enemy, Darkburst uses 30 units of Dark Ammo and 10 missiles to open a dimensional rift that draws in all enemies nearby, Sunburst uses 30 units of Light Ammo, and 10 missiles to shoot an extremely hot ball of light that explodes upon impact, incinerating most enemies, and finally, the Sonic Boom uses 30 units of both Light and Dark ammo, and 5 missiles to shoot pure sonic energy that distorts the fabric of space and time.**

Hiro: Aside from enhancing her physical abilities, Samus' Chozo DNA also allows her to turn into a sphere 0.8 metres in diameter. It allows Samus to access tight areas, and it gives her faster movement speed. It allows Samus to use bombs, and it can be upgraded as well. Spring Ball allows her to jump in Morph Ball form, Boost Ball allows Samus to boost her speed while in Morph Ball form, Spider Ball allows her to cling onto magnetic rails, Death Ball turns Samus into an electric conductor that highly damages enemies, and Hyper Ball allows Samus to shoot homing bolts of electricity while in Morph Ball form.

**MBStarscream: That's a lotta balls.**

Hiro: Starscream, just don't.

**MBStarscream: There's other things Samus can do, like jumping an infinite amount of times, adding a lil' upgrade that adds killing power to the move, and rapidly accelerating to speeds way faster than sound.**

Hiro: With all these assets, Samus has accomplished a lot in her bounty hunting careers. She's defeated Ridley multiple times, destroyed the Mother Brain, exterminated the Metriods, pulled the Vorash out of a pool of lava, survived being stomped by the massive Kraid, and defeated the likes of Dark Samus and the SA-X. However, she *does* have her downsides.

**MBStarscream: Samus always manages to lose her gear somehow after each mission and has to rediscover it, severe emotional stress can cause her suit to malfunction, she's limited in her missiles, power bombs, aeion, light energy, and dark energy, and enough damage can force her out of her suit.**

Hiro: That aside, Samus Aran still is one of the most feared bounty hunters in the galaxy.

*Samus Aran: Time to go! [fires a single charged shot]*

## Fatal Fiction

*Mario flips a coin.*

Hiro: Well, Mega Man X outclasses Samus in territory, but will that allow him to survive this action-packed battle?

**MBStarscream: I'm hyped for *this!***

*Abel City*

The setting sun bathed the skies above Abel City rich hues of orange as night began chasing the daylight away. A large spaceship flew over the metropolis, leaving a trail of glowing light in its wake until it landed on one of the highest skyscrapers. A figure then appeared on the roof of the ship and leapt off, landing gracefully on the building. It was a human clad in a red and orange armor suit with a green visor to see through and a cannon-like weapon where their right forearm would be. The bounty hunter known as **Samus Aran** looked over the edge of the building, eyeing the vast city below her.

From behind her, a blue beam of light touches down on the ground, causing Samus to turn around and aim her arm cannon at the figure that materialized in front of her. Standing before her was a blue robot with a face resembling that of a human male's. He had a blue helmet on his head, with a red gem hilt. Seeing Samus' arm cannon aimed right at him, **Mega Man X** took aim with his X-Buster.

Both narrowed their at each other while mentally preparing themselves for the duel that was about to go down.

**FIGHT!**

Samus took the first shot, firing a blast from her arm cannon. X nimbly dodged the blast and fired a shot from his X-Buster at Samus, who jumped up and fired a rocket down at the Maverick Hunter. X jumped back as the rocket impacted the ground in an explosion. He then fired another shot from his X-Buster that caught Samus in the chest as she landed, pushing her back. She jumped over two more shots from X's X-Buster before charging her arm cannon with energy. Seeing what Samus was doing, X charged his X-Buster until the two fired a shot simultaneously.

The blasts from the cannons collided, flooding the rooftop with blinding light. When everything cleared, X charged at Samus and planted a Shoryuken-like uppercut in Samus' chin that launched her into the air. Hitting the ground, Samus got up as X jumped over the bounty hunter and, in mid-fall, shot her from behind with repeated shots from his X-Buster. Samus turned around to see X charging at her and blocked a punch from Mega Man's successor with her cannon. Samus seized X's neck, smacked him with her elbow, then morphed into an orange ball and rolled underneath him. X turned to face Samus as she uncurled and aimed his X-Buster at her, but was launched into the air as the mine Samus placed under him exploded. Samus grabbed X in mid-air with a Grapple Beam and slammed him into the ground like a whip, then charged a shot as X tried to get up and fired, sending the blue robot flying.

Both hunters then charged at one another and engaged in hand-to-hand, trading blows until X slammed his X-Buster into Samus' gut, then shot her away at point blank. Sliding backward on her toes, Samus fired rockets at X, who jumped back as he fired shots from his X-Buster to counter Samus' projectiles. X then jumped towards Samus and tried to strike her with an energy-laced, downward punch, but Samus curled into a ball again and rolled away as X's fist hit the floor, forming small cracks. Turning around, X fired a shot that Samus jumped over in her Morph Ball before uncurling and firing her own shot as X shot at her a second time, the two projectiles colliding in an explosion.

X was suddenly rooted to the spot as his feet were trapped in ice. He looked down at his frozen feet, then up at Samus as the Chozo's champion sprinted towards him and turned into her Morph Ball. X shot the ice trapping his feet with his X-Buster, shattering the ice, and jumped over the approaching Morph Ball. As he landed on his feet, X fired a shot that hit Samus in the back as she regained her human shape, causing her to stumble forward. She turned to face X and fired two missiles at him, but Dr. Light's creation jumped over them and charged his X-Buster while aiming it at Samus. He fired a powerful blast, but Samus dived and rolled out of the way. She then aimed her cannon at X and opened fire, but X reeled his head as the projectile flew past him. Samus sprinted at X and threw a punch that the Maverick Hunter ducked under. He responded with an energy-laced punch aimed at Samus' stomach that forced her back.

X then staggered Samus with multiple shots from his X-Buster before taking out his Z-Saber and sending his opponent into the heavens with an upward slash. X juggled Samus for a few extra seconds, then kicked her back. Unceremoniously hitting the floor, Samus got to her feet as X charged at her with his blade ready. But before he could slash through the bounty hunter, Samus somersaulted into the air while emitting energy waves from points on her armor. Launched into the air by the Screw Attack, X hit the ground as Samus jumped over him and shot a missile down at him. X got up as Samus landed in front of him, and fired a projectile at Samus' feet. A flame then rose from the ground, burning Samus as the warrior jumped back to escape. As the flame extinguished, X jumped into the air while holding up his Z-Saber, but a missile from Samus' cannon caught him in mid-air, sending him crashing to the ground.

Jumping into the air, Samus fired a Grapple Beam down at X and pulled herself down toward him. Standing over the Reploid, Samus rained down several blows until she was lifted into the air by a Storm Tornado. Getting to his feet, X fired three shots from his X-Buster up at Samus, each shot sending the Chozo warrior higher. He then jumped up and slashed Samus repeatedly with his Z-Saber, following up with a Storm Tornado that pushed Samus back. Samus righted herself into a kneel as she slid across the ground, X landing on his feet and shooting a fireball with a swing of his saber. Samus froze the fireball with an Ice Beam and shattered the frozen projectile to pieces with a kick, then fired several missiles at X. In response, X fired off his own guided missiles at his foe, and the two warrior's missiles repeatedly collided.

Samus then gathered vast amounts of energy into her arm cannon, as did X into his X-Buster. Both combatants then fired massive beams of energy at one another, locking themselves into a beam fight in the process. They gritted their teeth as they pushed themselves to their limits, each warrior struggling to overpower the other's beam. Eventually, much to X's growing horror, Samus started gaining the upper hand as her Zero Laser slowly but surely overpowered X's beam. In a flash of light, X was sent flying off the skyscraper. As he plummeted, X channeled a luminous flare around himself. The light died down to reveal X clad in the Ultimate Armor.

Looking over the edge of the building, Samus saw her opponent flying up towards her and aimed her cannon down at him, firing an Ice Beam in the hopes of freezing him in mid-air. X dodged to the left and reached out with his hand, grabbing Samus' throat and carrying her into the sky. Samus kicked away from him with both feet and a Grapple Beam from her cannon stuck to X's chest. Samus threw X down to earth and charged a blast of energy, but a Hadoken from the Reploid collided with Samus in mid-air before she could fire. X flew up at Samus and punched her hard enough to send her into the air. Flying up after her, X delivered more blows until the bounty hunter rammed her arm cannon into his gut and froze him solid save for his head with an Ice Beam. As the frozen robot started falling, Samus aimed her cannon...

"Goodbye."

...and fired a missile towards X. This was it; the killing blow.

As the missile was about to blow X's frozen body to pieces...

Time came to a complete stop courtesy of the Dark Hold, Samus' missile inches from its target.

Sighing in relief, X broke free of the ice and flew above Samus, who was suspended in mid-air. X charged his X-Buster and fired a Gravity Well into the sky, generating a black hole above him and Samus. As the time stop wore off, Samus was pulled up towards the black hole as X tried to escape the event horizon that threatened to consume the two warriors. Samus desperately fired a Grapple Beam that latched onto X, causing him to look up at the bounty hunter. He struggled to outrun the Gravity Well, Samus refusing to let go. An idea then came to the Maverick Hunter; aiming his X-Buster up at Samus, X fired a Boomerang Cutter, severing Samus' cannon arm. Samus screamed in pain and terror as she and her amputated arm were sucked into the Gravity Well.

When the black hole disappeared, it was like a car driving at full speed breaking free of a rope; X rocketed to the ground until his fist smashed into the pavement, shaking the earth. Looking up and seeing nothing, X raised a fist in victory, then vanished into a beam of blue light.

**FATALITY!**

## Results

**MBStarscream: That was MEGA-AWESOME!**

Hiro: While Samus has been fighting foes all her life, X's *centuries* of combat experience easily gave him the edge here. At best, X has Samus matched in terms of speed and greatly outclasses her in damage dealt, but even if you weren’t to get behind Mega Man’s black hole feats or Lumine’s sun bust, X, at worst, would have Samus matched in all physical areas.

**MBStarscream: But even if our combatants were evenly matched in terms of physicality, I think we can all agree X would still win at the end of the day. X’s ability to regenerate from just his metal core alone makes it REALLY difficult for Samus to put him down for good. Even with Antimatter, unless she specifically aims for the core, which I doubt she will do, Samus hitting X with something that would keep him down for good seems pretty unlikely. It doesn’t help that a lot of Samus’ elemental abilities are something X can absorb.**

 Hiro: While Samus’ armor is powerful, it's not indestructible, and given X’s more versatile arsenal, regenerative abilities, time stops, elemental absorption, and Ultimate Armor’s unlimited ammunition, Samus' armor was vastly outclassed in this fight. Ultimately, the difference between X and Samus is abundantly clear. While Metroid’s prime bounty hunter was no slouch and didn't go down without a fight, X’s greater power, versatility, Ultimate Armor, and regenerative ability earned him a hard fought victory.

**MBStarscream: There was no saving Samus from her X-ecution.**

 Hiro: Mega Man X wins.

## Advantages

### Mega Man X (Winner)

* Stronger
* Faster
* More durable
* More experienced by centuries
* More numerous healing options
* Regeneration makes it really hard to kill him
* Ultimate Armor >>>>> Power Suit
* More diverse set of weapons and abilities
* Resistant to time hax and will absorb fire, ice, and electric elemental attacks