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The X-Buster (エックスバスター Ekkusu Basutā) is X's primary weapon in all games from the Mega Man X series.

Description[]

The X-Buster is a Mega Buster Mark 17[1] created by Dr. Light as part of X's body. X can transform either of his arms into this powerful buster to shoot bullets of compressed solar energy.

The X-Buster features a Variable Weapon System that allows X to use the Special Weapons of Reploids he defeats, and it can also be powered up with different Armor Parts and Power-Up Parts. In The Day of Σ, it's shown that X can detach his buster from his forearm at will.

In Mega Man X: Command Mission, the X-Buster was redesigned alongside X's New Armor, and it is his starting weapon. Its base attack is named Buster Shot, and his Action Trigger is a Charge Shot that splits to hit multiple targets simultaneously. X can equip other busters, including new versions of the X-Buster called the X-Buster MKII and X-Buster MKIII.

Charge Shots[]

X's body also possesses an energy amplifier that allows him to stockpile energy in his body, before releasing it all from his X-Buster at once as a more powerful Charge Shot. There are four levels of X-Buster shots:

Attack Image Description
Lv. 1: X-Buster X1 XBuster1
X4 XBuster1
X7 XBuster1
X8 XBuster1
XMH XBuster1
X's default shots. They are small yellow blasts, and there can be up to three on screen at once. While they do not deal much damage alone, they benefit from a high firing rate. In the first three Mega Man X titles, they can pass through walls, unlike Charge Shots.
Lv. 2: Charge Shot (S) X1 XBuster2
X4 XBuster2
X7 XBuster2
X8 XBuster2
XMH XBuster2
X's semi-charged shots. They are either green or blue in color, and are slightly larger and stronger than normal shots.
Lv. 3: Charge Shot (L) X1 XBuster3
X2 XBuster3
X3 XBuster3
X4 XBuster3
X7 XBuster3
X8 XBuster3
XMH XBuster3
X's usual fully-charged shots. They are either blue, pink, or green in color, and are considerably larger and stronger than normal shots.
Lv. 4: Charge Shot (X) X7 XBuster4
X8 XBuster4
Only available in Mega Man X7 and Mega Man X8, these shots are a tier above the usual Charge Shots. They are blue in color, and are much larger and stronger than normal shots.

Arm Parts[]

The Arm Parts obtained by X allows him to charge his buster further to use more powerful attacks. Excluding the Gaea Armor and Shadow Armor, all Arm Parts allow X to charge Special Weapons.

Armor Attack Image Description
First Armor Spiral Crush Buster[2]
(スパイラルクラッシュバスター)
X1 XBuster4
XMH XBuster4-1
X can charge to Lv. 4. It is composed of multiple pink shots that pass through most walls, and creates a flash behind X to damage targets behind him (except in Maverick Hunter X).
"Zero Buster"
(ゼロバスター)
XMH XBuster4-2 Exclusive to Maverick Hunter X, acquired from Zero if the player didn't obtain the Spiral Crush Buster. It is one giant red shot, identical to Zero's, that deals especially heavy damage to bosses.
Second Armor Double Charge Shot[2]
(ダブルチャージショット)
X2 XBuster4 X can charge to Lv. 4. This allows X to fire a Charge Shot (L) while storing a second shot for future use; briefly charging makes the second a Charge Shot (S), while charging for longer makes it a new Charge Shot (L) with shots spiraling around it.
Third Armor Cross Charge Shot[2]
(クロスチャージショット)
X3 XBuster4-1
X3 XBuster4-2
X can charge to Lv. 4. It stores a second shot like the Double Charge Shot, but the first shot can be combined with the second by firing them in rapid succession, splitting into a wall of five shots.
Fourth Armor Stock Charge Shot[2]
(ストックチャージショット)
X4 XBuster3-1 One of the two Charge Shots available in Mega Man X4. By charging to Lv. 3, X can store up to four Charge Shot (L)s and fire each of them at will.
Plasma Charge Shot[2]
(プラズマチャージショット)
X4 XBuster3-2 One of the two Charge Shots available in Mega Man X4. It pierces enemies, leaving behind a damaging Plasma Ball for each it makes contact with. In Mega Man X5 this is the Fourth Armor's default Charge Shot, but it can only leave one Plasma Ball at a time.
Ultimate Armor X4 XBuster3-U
X6 XBuster3-U
X8 XBuster4-U
The Ultimate Armor has used the Plasma Charge Shot from Mega Man X4 to Mega Man X6, and Mega Man X8.
Falcon Armor Spear Charge Shot[2]
(スピアチャージショット)
X5 XBuster3-F A Lv. 3 Charge Shot that can pierce through any enemy or obstacle in Mega Man X5. In Mega Man X6 it has lost its piercing properties.
Gaea Armor Gaea Shot[3]
(ガイアショット)
X5 XBuster2-G
X5 XBuster3-G
Buster Shots are short-ranged blasts reminiscent of a Charge Shot (S). Charging to Lv. 3 increases the size of the blast, erases incoming projectiles, and can destroy Gaea Blocks.
Blade Armor Charge Saber[2]
(チャージセイバー)
X6 XBuster3-B
X6 XBusterS2-B
The Charge Shot (L) leaves behind an energy ball like the Plasma Charge Shot, though smaller. X can also use a charged Z-Saber attack by holding Up while releasing the Lv. 3 charge, giving the slash extended range and the ability to erase enemy projectiles. Notably, in this armor X's saber extends from his buster.
Shadow Armor Engetsurin[2]
(円月輪, "Crescent Moon Ring")
X6 XBuster1-S
X6 XBuster3-S
Buster Shots are random shurikens similar to C-Shot. Charging to Lv. 3 results in Engetsurin, a Z-Saber slash with an added crescent moon effect for extended range and damage.
Glide Armor Glide Shot[Citation needed] X7 XBuster5 Adds three homing projectiles around the Charge Shot (X) to deal additional damage. If they do not hit the same target, they will home in on another nearby target.
Hermes Armor Spread Charge Shot[4]
(拡散チャージショット)
X8 XBuster4-H Fires a spread of three Charge Shot (S)s in place of a Charge Shot (L), with added Guard Break properties. When X-Drive is in effect X also has access to a Charge Shot (X) that fires five Charge Shot (L)s.
Icarus Armor Laser Charge Shot[4]
(レーザーチャージショット)
X8 XBuster4-I Upscales all of X's charge levels, making his Lv. 1 shots Charge Shot (S)s, Lv. 2 shots Charge Shot (L)s, etc. with Guard Break properties. His Lv. 4 Charge Shot becomes a laser beam that deals prolonged damage and can suspend X in the air.

Appearances in other games[]

TEPPEN ADA 035 art

X preparing the X-Buster in TEPPEN.

X is seen with the X-Buster in most games he appeared.

Mega Man X DiVE[]

Every player starts the game with the Hunter Program X and the weapon Mega Buster.

As a weapon, the Mega Buster (named "Normal Buster" in Japanese and "Standard Buster" in Chinese) can be used by any character. Despite being named Mega Buster in English, its design is identical to X's buster. The game also has other weapons based on X's different busters, examples including the Military Buster (Mega Man X Arm Parts and Zero's buster), Arrow Buster (Falcon Armor), Biochemical Buster (Gaea Armor), and Destructive Laser (Copy X). Weapons cannot be charged.

For Hunter Programs, most versions of X, as well as Copy X and Χ -kai-, will change from their equipped weapon to their buster when using specific Active Skills, mainly charge shots.

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite[]

The X-Buster is part of X's moveset.

Infinity Buster

X with the Infinity Buster

Near the end of the story mode, Iron Man and Thanos work together to create a weapon that has the ability to channel the power of the four Infinity Stones the heroes had. This weapon, dubbed the Infinity Buster by Iron Man, is given to X. X uses it to destroy Ultron Omega. The weapon was exceptionally powerful to such an extent that X had immense problems controlling said power even with his Ultimate Armor, experiencing violent convulsions while it was charging, thus requiring the heroes from both universes to lend X their energy via Doctor Strange and Morrigan as conduits to have X focus its charged energy long enough to obliterate Ultron Omega.

Other media[]

Rockman X manga[]

X4 Web Spider defeated

Web Spider after taking the full force of X's Buster.

The X-Buster is near identical to the games, but originally it is only available in X's left arm. X can use Special Weapons by inserting chips from defeated enemy Reploids in his buster. During the battle against Sting Chameleon, his buster is severely damaged, but Armored Armadillo ordered a Metall C-15 to repair it, disobeying Sigma's orders to have an honorable one-on-one combat against X. Late in the story, X's buster is damaged again in the battle against Boomer Kuwanger in a tower, and becomes useless when he takes an energy cable from the tower and attaches it to his buster to fire a giant blast that destroyed Kuwanger and part of the tower. Without ways to attack, he's defenseless against Vile, but Zero gives his buster to X, allowing him to battle.

In the Rockman X2 manga, X gains the ability to use his buster with either arm, but he can use only one of them at a time. However, when facing the three X-Hunters in their base, he uses both busters at the same time to defeat them.

The massive power of the buster is demonstrated again in the Rockman X4 manga, where X is able to mortally wound Repliforce guerrilla commander Web Spider with a single charged shot. The force of the blast resulted in Spider's head being dis-attached from his body, with him having to hold it in one hand before losing all strength and dying seconds later.

Gallery[]

Artwork[]

See also: Mega Man X (character)/Gallery

Animation[]

Mega Man X-X3[]

Mega Man X4-X6[]

Mega Man X7[]

Mega Man X8[]

Mega Man Maverick Hunter X[]

Mega Man Xtreme games[]

Trivia[]

  • In Mega Man X, this weapon is labeled "X. Buster" in the Sub Screen and later referred to as "X-Buster" in the epilogue. This punctuation discrepancy was likely done to match the X-Buster's name with the other tools on the Sub Screen, which all used an initial for at least one word in their labels (e.g. Shotgun Ice was labelled as "S. Ice").
  • The X-Buster's normal and semi-charge shots in Mega Man X3 have slightly different colors than in Mega Man X and X2 despite being the exact same sprites, due to a universal palette change for the game.
  • In Episode 45 of the anime Rockman.EXE Stream, Netto Hikari and Meiru Sakurai activate a digital map that uses the exact same sound effect as the X-Buster's charge effect in Mega Man X8.

See also[]

References[]

  1. Mega Man X opening and other sources.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Compendium of Rockman X pages 180-183
  3. Dr. Light: "With the arm part equipped, you can Attack with the Gaea shot! While the range of the Gaea shot is short, it's powerful and it can neutralize the enemies' energy bullets. Also, you can break a certain brick!" - Mega Man X5.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Rockman X8 Kyūkyoku Complete Guide - pp. 43-45


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