Mega Man X DiVE

Mega Man X DiVE
Game Information
Developer(s):	Capcom Taiwan
Publisher(s):	Capcom
Director(s):	Yoda Hideto (Offline) Jimmy Tsai
Producer(s):	Yoda Hideto (Taiwan) Hashimoto Kenichi (Japan) Asada So (Offline)
Designer(s):	Mami Kunimoto
Artist(s):	Keisuke Mizuno Yuri Kataiwa Ryuji Higurashi
Composers(s):	Yuko Komiyama jun Hiromitsu Maeba
Platform(s):	Android, iOS, Steam
Release date(s):	March 24, 2020
Re-release(s):	September 01, 2023 (Offline)
Genre(s):	Action RPG/platformer
Mode(s):	Single player Co-op multiplayer Versus multiplayer Challenge
Media:	Digital download
Input:	Touch controls with gamepad support
Wi-Fi Compatible:	Yes
Theme Music
Recognize (opening)

Mega Man X DiVE, known as Rockman X DiVE (ロックマンX DiVE Rokkuman Ekkusu Daivu, Rockman X DiVE) in Taiwan and Japan, is an action-platforming video game in the Mega Man X series developed by Capcom Taiwan for iOS, Android, and Steam. The game stars the Player themself as they use Hunter Programs to help the newcomers RiCO and ViA fight glitches in a vast database of Mega Man X data, known as the Deep Log.

Mega Man X DiVE was first accessible in a closed beta test from September 12-16, 2019. It was fully released in non-Japan Asian countries (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, and Cambodia) for iOS and Android on March 24, 2020. A Japanese version of the game was launched on October 26, 2020 with a new server, and published by Capcom Mobile JP.

Early access for the global version, published by NebulaJoy, was released on June 30, 2021 in the United States and United Kingdom. The full global version was released in the US, UK, Canada, and Ireland on August 16, 2021, and in Europe and Latin America on November 2021. Finally, the game was released on Steam in Asian countries on September 15, 2021, and in global countries on January 20, 2022.

The two Asian versions of Mega Man X DiVE ended their online services on September 27, 2023, while the global version continued to receive updates until its service ended on July 30th 2024.. An official offline version titled Mega Man X DiVE Offline was released on Steam on September 1, 2023.

Story

Mega Man X DiVE is a metanarrative, as the Player themselves are an acknowledged participant in the story. The game is set in a cyberspace database called the Deep Log, which contains data from all games in the Mega Man X series, along with the experiences of players all around the world. After decades of this database being managed by a mysterious administrator, they disappeared, letting corruption and other errors thrive in the form of Maverick Data.

The game begins with RiCO, the latest administrator of the Deep Log, welcoming the Player and enlisting their help in clearing up the glitches plaguing the database. The Player uses Hunter Programs to clear out Maverick Data, discovering a host of new glitched entities as well. Some are friendly rivals, such as ViA and iCO, while others are tragic foes, such as the three siblings Droitclair, Angepitoyeir, and Eratoeir. There is also data from other Capcom properties mixed into the Deep Log, such as the other Mega Man series, Street Fighter, Monster Hunter, and Devil May Cry.

Characters

Some of the characters in Mega Man X DiVE.

All characters.

The game features a wide array of heroes and villains from the X series as well several other characters from across the franchise. At launch, longtime playable characters X, Zero, and Axl from the mainline games are joined by Alia and Pallette, previously playable in Mega Man X8, Vile, previously playable in Mega Man Maverick Hunter X, and Cinnamon, Steel Massimo, Marino and Ferham from Mega Man X: Command Mission; Cinnamon, Massimo, and Marino debuting in their first side-scrolling game and Ferham making her first playable appearance. Later, additional characters were included, such as Layer, Sigma, and Iris. Characters also have variations and skins available, such as X using different armors.

The game also included characters from other branches of the franchise:

• Mega Man, Roll, Proto Man, and Bass from the original Mega Man series.
• Zero (Z), Ciel, Leviathan, Harpuia, Copy X, and Omega from Mega Man Zero series.
• Aile and Pandora from Mega Man ZX series.
• Mega Man Volnutt, Roll Caskett, Tron Bonne and Servbot from Mega Man Legends series.
• MegaMan.EXE, ProtoMan.EXE, Roll.EXE, and Bass.EXE from Mega Man Battle Network series.
• Star Force Mega Man, Harp Note, and Rogue from Mega Man Star Force series.

Supporting characters include the Player, RiCO, iCO, ViA, Droit, Angie, Erato, and Eddie.

Gameplay

DiVE is a 2D action-platformer made with a modified engine from Mega Man Maverick Hunter X. While the gameplay is largely similar to that of a typical side-scrolling Mega Man game, certain aspects are changed in that the player can attack enemies from all angles with an optional automatic aim system (similar to that of Mega Man X7), enemies don't drop any recovery items, and rather than a character using their own primary weapons along with Maverick/Robot Master Special Weapons, one has a primary weapon and a secondary weapon, ranging from busters, close combat weapons, rifles, mortars, and sprayers. A single-stage from a mainline game is split up into five different levels with a boss at the end of each of them, i.e., the Highway Stage from Mega Man X is split up into five chapters. Each level completion will reward players' stars, which have special requirements to achieve. Additional rewards can be earned when the player managed to get a specific number of stars on each stage.

Stages

Story Stages

1. Highway
2. Gallery
3. Factory
4. Air Force
5. Sky
6. Floating Ruins
7. Area Forest
8. Military Train
9. Cyberspace
10. Volcano
11. Oil Field
12. Power Control Center
13. Snow Base
14. Bio Laboratory
15. Super-Electromagnetic Lab
16. Den Area
17. Old Castle
18. Ammunition Factory
19. Reploid Air Force
20. Deep Log

Co-op Stages

1. Floating Ruins
2. Cyberspace
3. Area Forest
4. Military Train
5. Gallery
6. Oil Field
7. Factory
8. Bio Laboratory
9. Sky
10. Air Force
11. Volcano
12. Reploid Air Force
13. Power Control Center
14. Energen Crystal
15. Snow Base
16. Super-Electromagnetic Lab
17. Power Plant

Miscellaneous

• Vanallia Desert (Faithful Guardian Event)
• Hunter Base (X-Hunters Event)
• Jungle (Summer Event)
• Zero Space (Pulsing Force of Destruction & Next! Collect All-New Armor Events)
• Secret Lab (Mad Scientist Event)
• Jakob Orbital Elevator (Jakob Orbital Elevator Challenge Mode)
• Gateway (Boss Rush Event)
• Area H Amusement Park (3v3 only, Jakob 43F)
• Kattelox Island (Maleficent Hero & Burning Bride of June Event)
• Suzaku Castle (Fist of the Raging Demon Event)

Items

Rank	Lv	Material	Location	Release Date
	I	Trial Production	Story 1, 2, 3 (Normal) Research Lab 1	March 24, 2020
	II	Prototype	Story 3, 4 (Normal) Story 1 (Hard) Research Lab 2	March 24, 2020
	III	Basic	Story 5 (Normal) Story 2 (Hard) Research Lab 2	March 24, 2020
	IV	Modified	Story 6 (Normal) Story 3 (Hard) Research Lab 3	March 24, 2020
	V	Smart	Story 7 (Normal) Story 4 (Hard) Research Lab 3	March 24, 2020
	VI	Precision	Story 8 (Normal) Story 5, 6 (Hard) Research Lab 4	May 14, 2020
	VII	High Performance	Story 9, 10 (Normal) Story 7, 8 (Hard) Research Lab 5	July 10, 2020
	VIII	Evolved	Story 11, 12 (Normal) Story 9, 10 (Hard) Research Lab 6	September 22, 2020
	IX	Special	Story 13, 14 (Normal) Story 11, 12 (Hard) Research Lab 7	January 6, 2021
	X	Heterogenic	Story 15, 16 (Normal) Story 13, 14 (Hard) Research Lab 8	June 2, 2021
	XI	Reverse	Story 17, 18 (Normal) Story 15, 16 (Hard) Research Lab 9	December 8, 2021
	XII	Bio	Story 19, 20 (Normal) Story 17, 18 (Hard) Research Lab 10	September 21, 2022

Cards

Rank	Lv	Material	Location	Release Date
	I	Ore	Co-Op 5, 7, 9, 11 (Crimson/Azure) Co-Op 6, 8, 10, 12 (Amber/Viridian)	October 14, 2020
	II	Crystal	Co-Op 9, 11, 13, 15 (Crimson/Azure) Co-Op 10, 12, 14, 16 (Amber/Viridian)	October 14, 2020 (Crimson/Azure) November 11, 2020 (Amber/Viridian)
	III	Gem	Co-Op 17 (Crimson/Azure)	September 21, 2022 (Crimson/Azure) Unreleased (Amber/Viridian)

Weapons

Multiple weapons are available for Hunter Programs, which are divided into five categories: Busters, Close Range Weapons (mainly Sabers), Machine Guns, Sprayers, and Cannons.

Chips

Some bosses and sub-bosses have Chips that can be equipped on a weapon to allow it to use a skill from the boss alongside the weapon's attack.

Rank	Boss	Chip	Applicable weapons	Release Date
	Maoh the Giant	Iron Ball Impact	Ranged weapons	March 24, 2020
	Mega Scorpio	Electric Current Spiral Blade	Melee Weapons	March 24, 2020
	Gigantic Mechaniloid CF-0	Steel Armor	All weapons	March 24, 2020
	Chill Penguin	Shotgun Ice	Busters	March 24, 2020
	Overdrive Ostrich	Sonic Slicer	Machine Guns	March 24, 2020
	Sting Chameleon	Transparency	All weapons	May 7, 2020
	Mad Nautilus	Electronic Virus	Sprayers	June 11, 2020
	Storm Eagle	Storm Tornado	Cannons	April 23, 2020 November 18, 2020 (revival)
	Boomerang Kuwanger	Boomerang Cutter	All weapons	June 18, 2020 January 13, 2020 (revival)
	Bit	Bind Ring	Busters	July 10, 2020
	Toxic Seahorse	Corrosion	Machine Guns	August 6, 2020
	Magma Dragoon	Flame round	Launchers	September 22, 2020
	Byte	Overpower	Melee Weapons	November 11, 2020
	Drill Man	Jet Drill	Sprayers	January 6, 2021
	Yellow Devil	Recomposition	All weapons	June 2, 2021
	Split Mushroom	Kuuenzan	All weapons	December 8, 2021
	Magna Centipede	Silhouette	All weapons	March 9, 2022
	ViA■	Weapon Specialist	All weapons	February 22, 2023

Achievements

The Steam version of the game has achievements, the online version having 22 and the offline version 35.

• Offline version
• Online version

Icon	Name	Description
	Highway	Stage Clear: Highway 1-6(Normal)
	Gallery	Stage Clear: Gallery 2-6(Normal)
	Factory	Stage Clear: Factory 3-6(Normal)
	Air Force	Stage Clear: Air Force 4-6(Normal)
	Sky	Stage Clear: Sky 5-6(Normal)
	Floating Ruins	Stage Clear: Floating Ruins 6-6(Normal)
	Area Forest	Stage Clear: Area Forest 7-6(Normal)
	Military Train	Stage Clear: Military Train 8-6(Normal)
	Cyberspace	Stage Clear: Cyberspace 9-6(normal)
	Volcano	Stage Clear: Volcano 10-6(Normal)
	Oil Field	Stage Clear: Oil Field 11-6(Normal)
	Power Control Center	Stage Clear: Power Control Center 12-6(Normal)
	Snow Base	Stage Clear: Snow Base 13-6(Normal)
	Bio Laboratory	Stage Clear: Bio Laboratory 14-6(Normal)
	Super-Electromagnetic Lab	Stage Clear: Super-Electromagnetic Lab 15-6(Normal)
	Den Area	Stage Clear: Den Area 16-6(Normal)
	Old Castle	Stage Clear: Old Castle 17-6(Normal)
	Host of Annihilation	Stage Clear: Host of Annihilation
	The Pitiful Host	Stage Clear: The Pitiful Host
	Ammunition Factory	Stage Clear: Ammunition Factory 20-6(Normal)
	The Host of Fate	Stage Clear: The Host of Fate
	Reploid Air Force	Stage Clear: Reploid Air Force 22-6(Normal)
	Deep Log	Stage Clear: Deep Log 23-6(Normal)
	Deep Element	Discover 1 hidden deep element in stages.
	Explorer	Discover 100 hidden deep element in stages.
	Super Explorer	Discover 250 hidden deep element in stages.
	The Star of Godly Speed	Get S-rank in Race Mode
	Jakob Orbital Elevator Beginner	Complete Level 10 (Normal) once
	Jakob Orbital Elevator Intermediate	Complete Level 50 (Normal)
	Jakob Orbital Elevator Advanced	Complete Level 100 (Normal)
	Jakob Orbital Elevator Ultimate	Complete Level 175 (Normal)
	Hunter Program Collection	10 characters acquired!
	Hunter Program Maestro	120 characters acquired!
	Weapons Collection	10 weapons acquired!
	Weapon Maestro	90 weapons acquired!

Icon	Name	Description
	Coming to Steam!!!	Play the game on Steam
	Highway	Stage Clear: Highway 1-6(Normal)
	Gallery	Stage Clear: Gallery 2-6(Normal)
	Factory	Stage Clear: Factory 3-6(Normal)
	Air Force	Stage Clear: Air Force 4-6(Normal)
	Sky	Stage Clear: Sky 5-6(Normal)
	Floating Ruins	Stage Clear: Floating Ruins 6-6(Normal)
	Area Forest	Stage Clear: Area Forest 7-6(Normal)
	Military Train	Stage Clear: Military Train 8-6(Normal)
	Cyberspace	Stage Clear: Cyberspace 9-6(normal)
	Volcano	Stage Clear: Volcano 10-6(Normal)
	Oil Field	Stage Clear: Oil Field 11-6(Normal)
	Power Control Center	Stage Clear: Power Control Center 12-6(Normal)
	Snow Base	Stage Clear: Snow Base 13-6(Normal)
	Bio Laboratory	Stage Clear: Bio Laboratory 14-6(Normal)
	Super-Electromagnetic Lab	Stage Clear: Super-Electromagnetic Lab 15-6(Normal)
	Fight Together	Complete a Co-op stage
	First victory	Win a Ranked Match
	Deep Element	Discover 1 hidden deep element in stages.
	Explorer	Discover 100 hidden deep element in stages.
	The Star of Extreme Speed	Get A-rank in Race Mode (Challenge)
	The Star of Godly Speed	Get S-rank in Race Mode (Challenge)

Mega Man X DiVE Offline

Mega Man X DiVE Offline has most of the content from the online version, with some differences:

• Multiplayer features like the co-op, arena, and guild were removed.
  • Abilities from characters, weapons and cards related with the removed contents were adjusted.
• All collaboration contentshas including events, characters, weapons, and cards been removed, including.
• Except for the collaboration stages, all event stages with a story are available to be played anytime.
• Instead of a gacha, characters and weapons can be purchased in the shop. To prevent the player from becoming too powerful too fast, most are locked until the player advances in the story. For example, most DiVE Armors only become available after clearing the story mode.
• A music player was included.
• Characters exclusive to the global online version are not included in the offline version, such as Maximum Massimo.

Voice Cast

This section requires expansion.

X DiVE uses voice clips recycled from previous Rockman X games and features no new lines for returning voice actors, the only characters so far with new voice actors in their voice lines are:

• RiCO
• iCO
• ViA
• Iris
• Iris -another-
• Droitclair
• Angepitoyeir
• Eratoeir
• Bass

The characters with new voice lines for returning voice actors are:

• Bass.EXE
• Ciel

Lines recycled are from:

• X4: Magma Dragoon, Colonel, General (Boss),Sigma(X4 2nd)
• X7: Axl, Alia, Zero
• X8: Axl, Alia, Layer, Pallette, X, Zero, Black Zero, Vile (Goliath Boss), Awakened Zero
• Command Mission: X, Massimo, Marino, Ferham, Cinnamon, Ultimate Armor X (CM), Awakened Zero, Absolute Zero, Third Armor X
• Maverick Hunter X: X, Vile, Sigma, Flame Mammoth (Boss),Sigma(X4 2nd)
• Powered Up: Roll, Proto Man
• 11: Mega Man
• Zero: Leviathan, Copy X, Harpuia
• Zero 3: Omega, Copy X, Harpuia
• Zero 4: Zero(Z)
• ZX: Aile, Pandora, Omega
• Legends: MegaMan Volnutt, Roll Caskett, Servbot
• The Misadventures of Tron Bonne: Tron Bonne, Servbot
• Battle Network 5 Double Team DS: MegaMan.EXE, Lan Hikari, ProtoMan.EXE
• Operate Shooting Star: MegaMan.EXE, Lan Hikari

Soundtrack

Like the voice cast, X DiVE borrows most of its soundtrack from other Mega Man games. It also features remixes of existing Mega Man songs and some original tracks.

See also

• Mega Man X DiVE/Collaborations
• Mega Man X DiVE/Translations
• Mega Man X DiVE/Script
• Mega Man X DiVE/Cards
• Mega Man X DiVE/Schedule

Trivia

• Mega Man X DiVE’s story of the Player entering a digital world as Hunter Programs to combat glitches that use settings and enemies from previous games is similar to Mega Man Xtreme’s story, where X is uploaded into the Mother Computer’s network to stop an unknown hacker that uses settings and enemies from previous games.
• So far Mega Man X DiVE is the franchise's game with the most "meta" plot. The game itself recognizes Mega Man as a game franchise, and RiCO and ViA often speak directly to the Player, breaking the fourth wall.
• Except for the new characters, Iris, Ciel and Bass are the only playable characters in the game who do not use recycled audio,Although Iris was implemented as a playable character on June 11, 2020, the plan to record new dialogue for her was delayed by complications related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, Yūko Mizutani, Iris's original voice actress, passed away on May 17, 2016, necessitating a recast. The update notes that recorded dialogue for Iris wil be implemented at a later date. Ciel also lacks a voice as of being implemented as a playable character on August 26, 2020, with her voice recordings scheduled to be implemented at a later date.
  • The new voice actress for Iris's voice in Mega Man X DiVE is from Aya Endō, being added to the game on July 9, 2020.
  • Bass was not originally implemented with any voice clips, and would not receive any until June 8th, 2022. He was not reprised by either of his two previous voice actors, Nobuyuki Hiyama (Mega Man 8, Mega Man: Battle & Chase) or Koji Tobe (Mega Man: The Power Battle, Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters), instead being voiced by Keiko Nemoto, who voices his Battle Network counterpart.
• Among the Mega Man titles, Mega Man X DiVE offers the largest roster of playable characters, with over 40 characters (Excluding variants of the same character).
  • Prior to this game, Rockman EXE 4.5 Real Operation had the largest roster with 21 playable characters. In platformer Mega Man, Mega Man Powered Up has the largest roster with 11 playable characters.
• Certain English words are censored in the chat due to their offensive nature. The system will also censor some parts of the words which also resulted in Massimo and Bass's names being censored. An update fixed the name issue, though parts of some words are still censored.
• The game is the first time that many returning characters have become playable: Bit, Iris, Colonel, Magma Dragoon, Dynamo, Gate, Nana, Ferham, χ -kai-, Ciel, Pandora, Roll Caskett, Harp Note, Rogue. If not counting minigames and Biometals then there are also Leviathan, Harpuia, Copy X, and Omega.
• Spider is the only previously-playable character in the Mega Man X series who does not appear in this game.
• In this game, "DiVE" is written as "ダイヴ" (Daivu) in Japanese. Incidentally, the word "dive" is generally written as "ダイブ" (daibu).
• The names of RiCO, ViA, and iCO use the same lowercase "i" as DiVE.
• It is possible to download the game on Amazon Fire Tablet even though it is not available in the Appstore. It requires an installer application to download from the internet. That version cannot do paid purchases, and it runs very slowly, causing crashes.
• Violen and Eregion already have 3D models in the game but are not used, and they later made cameos in the credits of Rockman X DiVE Offline.
  • Incentas from Mega Man X: Command Mission appeared in an accidentally-leaked image from NebulaJoy's ads. The Dev team also confirmed that Prometheus would be a playable character, but the end of online servers ended up canceling the idea.
• It was revealed in the Rockman X DiVE Artbook that was released on December 18, 2023, some content not used in DiVE. Some concept art revealed Rockman Xover collaboration content on Rockman DiVE, the leaked image has concept art of the characters Nero L and Oro S.

External links

• Rockman X DiVE official Capcom Taiwan site
• Rockman X DiVE official Facebook page
• Rockman X DiVE official Twitter (Taiwan)
• Rockman X DiVE official Capcom Japan site
• Rockman X DiVE official Twitter (Japan)

References

Mega Man X DiVE

Characters Main character The Player Supporting cast RiCO • ViA • iCO • Droitclair • Angepitoyeir • Eratoeir Other characters Eddie • Rush • Beat • Treble • Cyber-elves • Model X • Model Z • Lan Hikari • Eugene Chaud • Mayl Sakurai Hunter Programs X • Zero • Alia • Black Zero • Massimo • Axl • Ferham • Ultimate Armor X • Vile • Cinnamon Marino • Pallette • Layer • Mega Man • Proto Man • Super Mega Man • Roll • Iris • Zero (Z) • Leviathan Awakened Zero • Sigma • Ciel • Aile • Pandora • MegaMan Volnutt • Tron Bonne • Copy X • MegaMan.EXE • ProtoMan.EXE Bass.EXE • Omega • Magma Dragoon • Bass GS • Harpuia • RiCO • MegaMan Volnutt Alt. • Servbot • Roll Caskett Colonel • Iris -another- • Bass • Vile MK-II • Zero Nightmare • Rathalos Armor X • Dark MegaMan.EXE • Super Bass • Χ -kai- • DiVE Armor X Star Force Mega Man • Harp Note • Rogue • RYU • CHUN-LI • AKUMA • iCO • Dynamo • Bass XX • Roll.EXE • Fourth Armor X • Droitclair • Angepitoyeir • Gate • ViA • Gaea Armor X • Eratoeir • Nana • Bass Cross MegaMan • Dr. Light the Martial Artist Gameplay Deep Log • Cards • Deep Element • Irregular Data • Items • Script • Schedule • Stages • Weapons