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The Mega Man Zero series was the fifth Mega Man franchise which debuted in 2002 on the Game Boy Advance. It is one of the spin offs of the Mega Man Series from Capcom.

Series History

Mega Man Zero

After sleeping for a hundred years, Zero awakens to a world where repliroids (reploids) are being constantly accused of being Irregulars (Mavericks) and systematically exterminated, apparently under the direction of X himself. Assisting a small resistance group led by a human named Ciel, Zero fights against X's utopia, Neo Arcadia, and its leaders: X and the Shitennou (四天王, Four Heavenly Kings), Leviathan, Harpyuia (Harpuia), Fafnir (Fefnir), and Phantom.

At the end of the first game, Zero entered X's inner sanctum, to find that he was not what he seemed: he was, in fact, a copy X, created to replace the real one, who had gone missing a long time ago. Copy X was defeated, and that was the end of it. Or so it seemed.

Zero finally met up with the real X, who had now assumed the form of a Cyber Elf, and he tells Zero of how he was tired of all the fighting. He tells Zero to protect humanity for him.

Mega Man Zero 2

The three surviving members of the Shitennou (Phantom was killed in Zero's assault on Area X) assumed command of Neo Arcadia, with Harpyuia as the leader. Copy X's death was covered up, as the humans revered him as their saviour.

Some time later, the conflict between Neo Arcadia and the Resistance continued with no difference. Meanwhile, Ciel worked on a way to solve the energy crisis that lead to all of these problems in the first place. A Resistance leader, the repliroid Elpis (Elpizo), however, thought that Ciel's search was futile, and lead an assault on Neo Arcadia, which resulted in him being the only survivor. Driven mad by this, he sought the power of the legendary Dark Elf, which brought about the Elf Wars a hundred years ago.

Elpis, using the powers granted by unsealing a portion of the power of the Dark Elf, invades Neo Arcadia and single-handedly breaks into the temple where the body of the real X, revered by all in the utopia, was kept. X had disappeared because he ended the Elf Wars by sealing the Dark Elf away with his body. Elpis destroys X's body, unsealing the Dark Elf, and uses her powers. Zero manages to stop him from unleashing them on the world, and Elpis is defeated. As he lies dying, he apologizes for everything he's done. And then, the Dark Elf glows with a warm light, and saves him, turning him into a cyber elf. He tells Zero that she isn't truly evil, and departs. X then shows up, and tells Zero about the Dark Elf, who, too, departs. She was created to be a saviour, but was cursed by a man named Bile (Weil), and used...

Meanwhile, a mysterious voice calls for someone named Omega to act.

Mega Man Zero 3

The third game starts not much later. A fallen spaceship emits energy similar to the Dark Elf, and Zero sets out to investigate. This leads to the climax of the story, with Bile finally revealing himself, Omega, the Dark Elf, the return of Copy X, and the revelation of who the real Zero is.

Gameplay

The games are most similar to the Mega Man X series, with the classic trial and error gameplay. The Zero series is considerably harder then most games. The names now follow a mythical/religious theme.

Notes

Much is left unknown as to what happened between the X and Zero series. X stopped fighting and became a Cyber Elf, Zero's latest body was shut down. Also, many fans wonder how will the series possibly collide to Mega Man Legends, given many references that show up (such as a few Reaverbot-like enemies). Perhaps only time (and more games) will explain the gap.

Cameos

• Onimusha Buraiden - Blade Warriors (PlayStation 2), along with Mega Man.EXE.
• SNK vs Capcom: SVC Chaos (PlayStation 2, Arcade) Mega Man Zero is a secret playable character.

See also

• Mega Man series
• Mega Man Classic
• Mega Man X
• Mega Man Legends
• Mega Man Battle Network