Mega Man X6

Mega Man X6, known as Rockman X6 (ロックマンエックス6) in Japan, is a platform game developed and published by Capcom. It is the sixth main entry in the Mega Man X series. The game was first released on the PlayStation in Japan on November 29, 2001 and was later made available in both North America and Europe. The game was released for the Microsoft Windows in different parts of Asia in 2002.

Like past games in the series, the player tackles a series of stages and adds the unique weapon of each boss to the returning hero X's arsenal who relies primarily on shooting combat and wielding a sword in close quarte. The plot of Mega Man X6 takes place during the 22nd century where humans and intelligent Robots called "Reploids" live together. The game follows shortly after the events of Mega Man X5 in which planet Earth was devastated by an attack by the "Maverick" leader Sigma and the protagonist Zero sacrificed his own life to save it. As the world recovers, a Maverick known only as the "Zero Nightmare" has begun spreading chaos, resulting in X's decisions to investigate him.

Prominent series artist and producer Keiji Inafune was not involved in the game's production, as he had intended the fifth installment in the series to be the last with Zero's death. Critically, Mega Man X6 has received mixed to positive reviews to the point of being remembered as one of the worst games in the franchise. It was also re-released in 2006 as part of the North American Mega Man X Collection for the GameCube and PlayStation 2 and as part of the Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2 in 2018 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Windows.