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| For the organization, see Maverick Hunters. For the remake of the first Mega Man X, see Mega Man Maverick Hunter X. |
"Maverick Hunter" was the codename of a cancelled video game based on the Mega Man X series. The game was developed for around six months by Armature Studio, before being cancelled sometime in 2010. Information and footage of a prototype version of the game finally surfaced on April 9th, 2013.
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The redesigned X-Buster.
"Maverick Hunter" was planned to be a darker Mega Man X game. It starred a new X, designed by Adi Granov (best known for designing Iron Man in the 2008 Iron Man) who fought robots and had a human "Bruce Willis-like" police officer ally. It was also confirmed that a trilogy was planned, and by the third game in its series, Zero would be playable and forced to destroy X, who had grown incredibly powerful and infinitely intelligent over the course of two games.
"Maverick Hunter" was designed as a first-person shooter catered towards the western video game market. The gameplay would have adhered to Mega Man X concepts, such as shooting, wall climbing, dashing, and stealing the powers of enemies, but with new twists. The X-Buster fired bullets instead of energy blasts, and its Charge Shot was a large missile. X was capable of melee takedowns that briefly switched the game to a third-person perspective. He could also take the weapons of fallen enemies, such as bombs or turrets, to wield for himself. The game was also planned to have branching paths and hidden upgrades for players to discover.
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- The concept of X growing too powerful and ultimately becoming an antagonist, forcing Zero to stop him, is an allusion to how X was originally planned to be the main antagonist of Mega Man Zero before being replaced by Copy X during the last month of development before the game's release.
External links[]
- Maverick Hunter on Wikipedia
- Polygon - Maverick Hunter: The Mega Man first-person shooter that could have been