Mega Man X6 (2001) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Mega Man X6

Mega Man X6, known as Rockman X6 in Japan, is the sixth game in the Mega Man X series and the final title in the series to be released for the Sony PlayStation.

29 November 2001

What Mega Man X6 is

Mega Man X6 is a platform game developed by Capcom Production Studio 3 and released in 2001. It was published by Capcom. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Mission Critical... Zero is Missing... Search and Rescue! It's been three weeks since Earth's near collision with the space colony Eurasia. The disaster was averted by Zero's heroics. Now, on a bruised and battered planet, tales of rampaging reploids are surfacing. It's up to Mega Man X to investigate these mysteries but it's not going to be easy. Mega Man X must battle through a maze of levels and rescue reploids along the way. Return to battle again and again with the new Nightmare System, which randomizes level maps, enemies, and endings based on how you play the game. Mega Man X is back and now it's personal!

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Mega Man series

Mega Man X6 is the 66th of 226 entries we hold in the Mega Man series. The next entry was Mega Man Battle Network 2 in 2001.

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What it launched against

Mega Man X6 launched on 29 November 2001, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Melee, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Halo: Combat Evolved and Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy.

Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Melee, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Halo: Combat Evolved, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy.

Official trailer