Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X
Mega Man Maverick Hunter X, known as Irregular Hunter X in Japan, is an enhanced remake of the original Mega Man X game released for the PlayStation Portable in 2005-2006. The game is also compatible and…
Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X is an adventure developed by Capcom, released 15 December 2005 on PlayStation Portable.
What Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X is
Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X is an adventure game developed by Capcom and released in 2005. It is available on PlayStation Portable only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Unlike Mega Man Powered Up, Maverick Hunter X is a reboot to the X series that has many changes to the story that completely disconnect it to the original timeline. It was the intention of Keiji Inafune to completely redo the first six games of the Mega Man X series, but this project was discontinued due to poor sales of Maverick Hunter X. These are some examples of the continuity with the rest of the series being ignored: Dr. Cain discovered X many years ago (as opposed to months), and is artificially extending his life via mechanical support to oversee the Reploids. He also fears he does not have long to live. Towards the end of The Day of Sigma, a missile also destroys his home in Abel…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Mega Man series
Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X is the 106th of 226 entries we hold in the Mega Man series. The next entry was Link PET_EX in 2005. Its critic score of 85 is 8 points above the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. for Wii U at 95.
How it was received
Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 18 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X launched on 15 December 2005, within three weeks of Kingdom Hearts II, Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Kingdom Hearts II, Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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