| Not to be confused with Spikey from the Mega Man Battle Network series. |
Spiky (スパイキー Supaikī) is a spiked, wheel-like enemy in the Mega Man X series that rolls forward in an attempt to collide with the player.
Description[]
Spikies have greyish-white spikes on their sides and a pair of yellow eyes. In the first Mega Man X, they had blue outer rims and red foreheads between their eyes, . In Mega Man Xtreme, the Spiky has a red outer rim and white spikes. In X8, it has a black outer rim, and its face has a blue upper part and a red triangle near the bottom, and its eyes appear to be sad in contrast to prior appearances. Maverick Hunter X gives the Spiky two faces, with one appearing angry with orange eyes with the forehead being red and the other appearing sad with green eyes and a blue forehead, with both faces having octagonal rims.
Behavior[]
If its health is nearly depleted, the Spiky will spin sideways (with respect to the player) and fall over, eventually self-destructing. They appear in the Opening Stage, Gallery Stage and Snow Mountain Stage in Mega Man X and Mega Man Xtreme; and in the Sigma Stages in Mega Man X and Mega Man Maverick Hunter X.
In Mega Man X8, they have two varieties of movement: simply rolling forward or rolling while jumping horizontally (similar to Spiky Mk-II). When a jumping Spiky is powered-up by a MAME-Q, they gain an extra vertical jump between their normal jumps, plus a 1.5X speed increase. They appear in Noah's Park, Metal Valley and Primrose. Sometimes an abnormally large Spiky will appear, along with regular-sized Spikys, in Noah's Park Intermission stage.
Hits Data Chart[]
Amount of shots/hits from Special Weapons it takes to destroy a Spiky.
| Mega Man X | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X Buster | Shotgun Ice | Electric Spark | Rolling Shield | Homing Torpedo | Boomerang Cutter | Chameleon Sting | Storm Tornado | Fire Wave | Hadouken | ||
| 3:1:1:1 | 1:1 | 2:1 | 2 | 2:1 | 1:1 | 1 | 1:1 | 2:1 | 1 | ||
Spiky Mk-II[]
Spiky Mk-II is an upgrade of Spiky from Mega Man X4 and Mega Man X5. Unlike the early model, Spiky MK-II hops about in hopes of hitting the player. In Mega Man X4, the Spikys will also spin flat on the ground, chasing the player. They appear in the Bio Laboratory, Volcano, and Space Port in Mega Man X4; and in the Runaway Truck Stage and Laser Institute Stage in Mega Man X5. Spiky Mk-II's look different from their original counterparts, with a smaller face and larger spikes. X4 portrays the Spiky with a green body, while X5 gives them a blue body.
Other appearances[]
- Spiky is one of the land enemies from World 2 in Rockman Xover.
- Spiky appears in Mega Man X DiVE, with both Mega Man X and Mega Man X8 variants, the X1 variant rolling forward and the X8 variant jumping horizontally.
- The White Day event version of the Factory Stage has a White Day-themed Spiky that only hops about as a way to hit the player.
- Spiky appeared in the Street Fighter V event stage Fist of the Raging Demon shaped like a barrel, based on the barrels from the game's Bonus Stage. In the bonus area from the event stage, the player has 40 seconds to destroy as many barrels as possible. The brown barrel Spiky is worth 100 points, and the blue barrel Spiky 200 points.
Other media[]
Spiky appears in the Rockman X manga in the area controlled by Chill Penguin and as one of the Maverick minions surrounding X and Zero in the forest.
In Irregular Hunter Rockman X, Kinkō Sōdā and Chill Penguin have Spikies working for them.
Spiky also makes an appearance on the Variant Cover of Mega Man #40 from Archie Comics.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Spiky is the first enemy to appear in the whole Mega Man X series.
- In Mega Man X8 and Mega Man Maverick Hunter X, the Spiky has faces on both sides.
- In Mega Man X8, it seems to have a sad expression on its face rather than an angry one. However, both the angry ones and the sad ones coexist in Rockman X DiVE.
Similar enemies[]
References[]
- Sepelak, Greg (2004). Mega Man X8 Official Strategy Guide. pg.109. BradyGAMES Publishing.
| Mega Man Maverick Hunter X | |
|---|---|
| Playable Characters | |
| X • Vile | |
| Supporting Characters | |
| Zero • Navigator • Dr. Cain | |
| List of Mavericks | |
| Chill Penguin • Spark Mandrill • Armored Armadillo • Launch Octopus Boomerang Kuwanger • Sting Chameleon • Storm Eagle • Flame Mammoth | |
| Palace Bosses | |
| Vile • Bosspider • Rangda Bangda • D-Rex • Velguarder • Sigma X • X and Zero | |
| Mega Man X's Special Weapons | |
| Shotgun Ice • Electric Spark • Rolling Shield • Homing Torpedo Boomerang Cutter • Chameleon Sting • Storm Tornado • Fire Wave -Other- Hadouken | |
| Vile's Weaponry | |
| -Arm Weapons- Vulcans • Missiles • Rocket Punches -Shoulder Weapons- Cannons • Lasers • Cutters -Leg Weapons- Napalms • Balls • Flamethrowers | |
| Armors and Upgrades | |
| - Mega Man X - Armor Parts -VIle- Frozen Castle • Speed Devil | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Damage Data Chart (X) • Damage Data Chart (Vile) Script (X's story) • Script (Vile's story) • The Day of Σ (Script) | |