


It deals considerable damage to all enemies on screen. Its Weapon Energy gauge only fills when X is hit by enemy projectiles, and it is only usable with a full gauge.

Incoming damage is reduced by 50%, and X gains the Giga Crush attack. Interestingly, although the Item Tracer has an unlimited number of uses, it still displays a Weapon Energy gauge. X gains the Item Tracer, which sends out a cursor that identifies secret passages and items. The Sigma Virus dissipates, the Central Computer detonates, and X and Zero reunite by the sea. X destroys Sigma's new body, revealing his true form as the Sigma Virus and defeating it as well. Sigma then flees deeper into the base, with Zero telling X to chase Sigma while he sabotages the Central Computer. If the player failed to collect Zero's parts, they fight the Maverick-reconstructed Zero - however, if they were successful, then Zero instead appears reconstructed by Dr. Descending deeper into the base, X hears Sigma's voice challenging him to face him as the structure self-destructs. There he destroys Violen, Serges, and finally Agile, the last of whom reveals that Sigma has somehow returned to lead his rebellion again. The X-Hunters challenge X to a series of duels over Zero's parts to see who gets to resurrect him.ĭepending on the player's actions, X may or may not have gathered the three parts of Zero by the time he infiltrates the X-Hunters' base in the Arctic. The X-Hunters reveal that they have reconstructed Zero's body in three pieces however, they required his control chip in order to activate him, which is in the possession of Dr. These eight SA-Class Mavericks wreak havoc near Hunter Base, manipulating the weather, summoning armies of scrap, bulldozing cities in giant tanks, and spreading the dangerous Maverick Virus over the internet.Īs X quells the chaos, he is confronted by the leaders of this new rebellion, a trio called the X-Hunters: Serges, Agile, and Violen. However, after X puts a stop to the factory's operations, a new Maverick uprising begins. X mobilizes the Maverick Hunters to root them out.

Cain traces the source of these chips to an underground factory in the desert it appears the remnants of Sigma's uprising are plotting a comeback. Analysis of captured Mavericks reveals special microchips that brainwash Reploids into Mavericks, each emblazoned with Sigma's insignia. Maverick activity had temporarily decreased, but is now steadily rising again. Six months after the destruction of Sigma and his Maverick rebellion, the Maverick Hunters sit at a mere quarter of their former ranks.
