Mega Man hogs a lot of the spotlight when it comes to retro gaming. With eight original Mega Man titles and eight Mega Man X ones, he sort of forced himself into that light. While the original Mega Man entries have been ported to quite a few consoles recently (along with Inti Creates’ PS3 titles, Mega Man 9 and 10), X has been left in the dust. It hasn’t exactly felt the love since its GameCube collective in 2006. Capcom must have noticed the series was feeling blue, as all eight games have found their way into two new games: Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 + 2.
Don’t let that Kingdom Hearts-esque nomenclature fool you: these are two separate collections. Each one houses four of the original Mega Man X entries. But seeing as both games are pretty similar, we’re grouping them together for one review. The Mega Man X Legacy Collections do exactly what you think they’d do: port every Mega Man X game to modern consoles, with little to no adjustments. This means if you were adamantly, passionately in love with Mega Man X2, congrats, you still will be. If you disliked the hyper-detailed, PlayStation 2 art style of Mega Man X8, congrats, you still will! Hardcore fans who regularly revisit the series may be disappointed that, aside from some virtual concept art, museum-y pictures, a boss challenge mode, and various screen filters, there’s not much new here. But those who’ve never touched X1 through X8 now have the ampl...