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{{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', known as '''''Rockman X4''''' (ロックマン X4) in Japan, is the fourth game in the "Mega Man X" franchise - a spinoff of the ''[[Mega Man]]'' franchise with more complex platforming and a darker storyline.
 
{{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', known as '''''Rockman X4''''' (ロックマン X4) in Japan, is the fourth game in the "Mega Man X" franchise - a spinoff of the ''[[Mega Man]]'' franchise with more complex platforming and a darker storyline.

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Mega Man X4
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Capcom
Developer:
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (2 tracks)
Genre: Action[1][2]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP 		¥5,8005,800 T-1221G
Sega Rating: All Ages
Sega Saturn
JP
(Satakore) 		¥2,8002,800 T-1243G
Sega Rating: All Ages
Sega Saturn
JP
(Special) 		¥6,8006,800 T-1222G
Sega Rating: All Ages
Sega Saturn
US 		$49.9949.99[4][5] T-1219H
ESRB: Kids to Adults
Sega Saturn
BR 		191396
Tectoy: Todas as Idades
Non-Sega versions

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Mega Man X4, known as Rockman X4 (ロックマン X4) in Japan, is the fourth game in the "Mega Man X" franchise - a spinoff of the Mega Man franchise with more complex platforming and a darker storyline.

Story

The plot for Mega Man X4 is presented by both fully-animated full motion video (FMV) cutscenes and in-game text. The storyline differs slightly depending on whether the player chooses X or Zero. Taking place in an ambiguous year in the 22nd century (21XX) and following the third defeat of the "Maverick" robot Sigma, Cain Labs issues an initiative to create a supplementary military force to complement the "Maverick Hunters". The army, called the "Repliforce", is a strict regime led by General and his second-in-command, Colonel.

Six months following the inception of the group, Cain Labs finds its methods to be ineffective, questionable, and potentially dangerous in the Maverick defense. To make matters worse, behind the scenes, General has been meeting with a mysterious figure who plots the Hunters' demise, insinuating that they are a significant threat to the jurisdiction of the Maverick Hunters. Mayhem breaks out when the Sky Lagoon, a massive floating city, is sent crashing down onto the city below it, killing millions of civilians, humans and Reploids alike. The game begins here where either X or Zero is dispatched to investigate possible causes of the disaster only to become entangled, once again, in a struggle against Sigma to save the world.

In X's storyline, X partners up with a robot named Double, who turns out to be a spy for Sigma.

In Zero's storyline, the strained relations with Repliforce cause a rift between the bond of himself, his girlfriend Iris, and Colonel, who is Iris' brother. Zero also learns some shocking secrets about his past from Sigma.

History

It is the sequel to Mega Man X3. The game was released on the Sega Saturn and the PlayStation in Japan and the US, but other international releases only got the PlayStation version. The Special Limited Edition version, released only in Japan, comes with a Mega Man figure model kit.

Mega Man X4 was the first Mega Man X game designed for 32-bit hardware, rather than ported upwards, and so the character sprites were redrawn to take advantage of the ability to have larger sprites and more vibrant palettes. Another major change from Mega Man X3 was in the handling of the character Zero; he was now selectable from the start of the game as a character that can be played the whole way through, with his own storyline perspective, and an entirely different, melee-combat-oriented playstyle compared to X. Besides these changes, however, gameplay is otherwise similar to its previous entry.

Versions

  • The themes for the opening stage boss (Eregion) and the second part of Frost Walrus' stage include an introduction heard exclusively in this version of the game. Since the PlayStation version is the one represented in the game's official soundtrack, it is interesting to note the obscurity of this information as well as its absence in the official release (where the tracks generally have definite endings not heard in-game).
  • Some sound production differences for the game's sound effects and BGM are present, though not nearly to the extent as the previous Mega Man title for the console.

Localised names

Also known as
Language Localised Name English Translation
English (US) Mega Man X4 Mega Man X4
Japanese ロックマン X4 Rockman X4

Comparisons

Main article: Mega Man X4/Comparisons.

Bad voice acting

Mega Man X4, like Mega Man 8, suffered from a localization job which involved subpar English language voice acting. A pivotal scene which shows a major character's demise is turned from tragic to comical merely by the poor vocal execution of Zero screaming "What am I fighting for?!", and as such the scene became a popular source of parody and memes in video game pop-culture.

Production credits

Staff
  • Producer: Keiji Inafune, Bamboo
  • Planner: Ohko, Mitsuru Endo, Hiroyuki Yamato
  • Programmer: Hisashi Kuramoto, Hiroki Bandoh, Syuichiro Chiboshi, Tomohiro Akizuki, Yuuji Hagiyama, Akihiro Kashimoto, Hideaki Motozuka
  • Object Design: Ikki Tazaki, Tsuyoshi Fujisawa, Nwo Hattori, Nottsu Man, Katsumi Toda, Obi Tomomi, Hayato Kaji, Nobuyoshi Mihara
  • Scroll Design: Natsue Ueda, Shimoyan, Mayumi Yoshioka, J R, Kita-One, Kentaroh Ono
  • Title Design: Ukabin
  • Illustrations: Manashi, Hyper Mino, Sensei, Toyozo, Hideki
  • Music: Toshihiko Horiyama
  • Sound Effect: More Rich
  • Voice Actor (Japanese): Kentarou Ito, Ryotaro Okiayu, Ryuzaburoh Ohtomo, Jin Yamanoi, Yūko Mizutani, Yasunori Matsumoto, Mugihito, Issei Futamata, Kazuo Oka, Mari Maruta, Osamu Hosoi, Takashi Nagasako, Toranori Yoshikawa, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Takeshi Aono
  • Voice Actor (Overseas): Ruth Shiraishi, Wayne Doster, Mark Hagan, Matthew Meersbergen, John O'Corner, Jermy Felton, Michelle Gazepis, Charlie Fontana, Issei Futamata, Kazuo Oka, Mari Maruta, Osamu Hosoi, Takashi Nagasako
  • Opening Theme: 負けない愛がきっとある
  • Ending Theme: "One More Chance"
    • Words by: Goroh Matsui
    • Music by: Tetsuji Hayashi
    • Arrange by: Takahiro Tashiro
    • Song by: Yukie Nakama
Animation Staff
  • XEBEC: Nobuyoshi Habara, Shinji Takagi, Shinichi Yamaoka, Hideyuki Motohashi, Meijyu Maeda, Rieko Nakai, Masahiro Satoh, Kanami Sekiguchi, Minoru Ueta, Ryota Niino, Miho Asano, Masakazu Kawazoe, Yutiko Ikehara, Yūko Kami, Nobuo Horii, Youko Ito, Shingo Adachi, Ryuji Fujita, Masaru Echigoya, Kaori Takahashi, Ayumi Tsukamoto, Mitsuko Sekimoto, Hiromi Aoki, Shizuko Kawabata, Kazuyo Ikeda, Natsuyo Ban, Masaki Kimura, Hisaaki Sakabe
  • K Production, Keison Production, Koni Production, Marix, Maki Production
  • Trans Arts: Yukio Sugiyama, Hiroki Sekito, Haruhiko Tsumura, Saori Kibe, Hiroaki Matsuzawa, Tomohiro Baba, Chisato Asai, Takahiro Wada
  • Production Ai: Yoshimi Umino, Hachidai Takayama, Dumie Kawai, Fuyuki Sakanoue, Megumi Ogawa, Yukiko Ogawa, Nobuko Akutsu, Tomoko Takamura, Motoko Iwahashi, Saori Ishibiki


  • Special Thanks: Koji Nakajima, Takuya Shiraiwa, Erik Suzuki, Jun Takahashi, Takayuki Umezu, Ayumi Terada, Shinichi Sato, Tetsuya Tabuchi, Yoshihiro Sudo, Takeshi Kawano, Norikazu Fujikawa, Bandai (BANDAI) Katsuhiro Izumi, Takeshi Inoue, ...And All Capcom Staff


  • General Producer: Noritaka Funamizu
  • Executive Producer: Yoshiki Okamoto
Thank You For Playing
Source:
In-game credits
Mega Man X4 Saturn credits.pdf
[6]

Magazine articles

Main article: Mega Man X4/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #101: "December 1997" (1997-1x-xx)
also published in:
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Artwork

  • Mega Man X4, Promo Art.jpg

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Ação Games (BR) NTSC-J
80
[8]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
83
[9]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
63
[10]
Freak (IL)
85
[11]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
78
[5]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J
77
[12]
Mega Console (IT) PAL
80
[13]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
75
[14]
Saturn Power (UK) NTSC-J
80
[15]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) NTSC-J
91
[16]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
70
[17]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
82
[18]
Sega Saturn
 79
Based on
12 reviews

Mega Man X4

Saturn, JP
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Cover
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Spinecard
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Disc
Saturn, JP (Special Limited Edition)
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Cover
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Disc
Saturn, JP (Satakore)
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Cover
Saturn, US
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Cover
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Disc
Megamanx4 sat us manual.pdf
Manual
Saturn, BR
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Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Saturn
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
575,913,072 1997-06-17 CD-ROM (JP) T-1221G, T-1222G V1.002
Sega Saturn
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
567,532,896 CD-ROM (US) T-1219H V1.001
Sega Saturn
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1997-04-29 CD-R Page

Extra content

This game has extra content which can be viewed when accessing the disc on a PC.

Saturn (JP) Extra files
Folder / File Type Size description
X4_ABS.TXT TXT (Abstract) 671 About this game.
X4_BIB.TXT TXT (Bibliographiced) 371 Theme song credits
X4_CPY.TXT TXT (Copyright) 50 Copyright


References

  1. ↑ File:MMX4 Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee3.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-20 23:05)
  3. ↑ http://riehlspot.simplenet.com/vgame/new/saturn.html (Wayback Machine: 1999-02-21 17:22)
  4. ↑ File:E31997 Capcom PressKit.pdf, page 14
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 GamePro, "December 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 184
  6. ↑ File:Mega Man X4 Saturn credits.pdf
  7. ↑ Ultra Game Players, "December 1997" (US; 1997-1x-xx), page 45
  8. ↑ Ação Games, "Setembro 1997" (BR; 1997-xx-xx), page 10
  9. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1997" (US; 1997-1x-xx), page 198
  10. ↑ Famitsu, "1997-08-08" (JP; 1997-07-25), page 1
  11. ↑ Freak, "9/97" (IL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
  12. ↑ MAN!AC, "10/97" (DE; 1997-09-10), page 49
  13. ↑ Mega Console, "Novembre 1997" (IT; 1997-xx-xx), page 78
  14. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 18" (JP; 1997-09-12), page 82
  15. ↑ Saturn Power, "November 1997" (UK; 1997-09-17), page 81
  16. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "April 1998" (UK; 1998-03-11), page 71
  17. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-27 (1997-08-08)" (JP; 1997-07-25), page 196
  18. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 12


Mega Man X4

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