2XKO 2026 Characters Theory (UPDATE 5)

In an event that I did not see coming, Samira will not be the only character on the docket because we have another character revealed to release alongside her before Evo France even began. Let's jump right in.

I am back with an update that I did not see that coming. Remember what I said that 2XKO will stop active development at 17 characters? Well, I got some good news for you. Samira will not be the only character to launch on October 27 because an 18th character is coming to 2XKO to launch alongside Samira. And that is Sett, the Boss. That's right, ladies and gentlemen, Sett is officially coming to 2XKO at the 18th and final character. Now, who is Sett, you ask? Let's know about his lore.

Sett is the leader of Ionia's growing criminal underworld who rose to prominence in the wake of the war with Noxus. While he became a humble challenger in the fighting pits of Navori, he became a well-known fighter and gained notoriety for his savage strength to fend off the Noxian army within the "Rebellion Army" in Noxus.

Fourth Ionian:

A fourth Ionian is something I have been wanting and with Sett being the fourth Ionian in 2XKO, the placement has been put together. We now have two vastaya and two Japanese warriors all polished up and ready to go. I think that we're gonna see an all-Ionian match.

Final roster:

Ahri
Akali
Blitzcrank
Braum
Caitlyn
Darius
Ekko
Illaoi
Jinx
Lux
Samira
Senna
Sett
Teemo
Thresh
Vi
Warwick
Yasuo

I'm gonna take the final 18 character roster and divide into the final SEGA and Capcom sides across the board and state the key points for the final time. It has to be the final time since 2XKO is ending active development at 18 characters. As usual, we'll start with the SEGA side.

Ahri, Blitzcrank. Caitlyn, Ekko, Jinx and Samira and Warwick remain, Thresh moves and Sett is introduced. The final SEGA side is Ahri, Blitzcrank, Caitlyn, Ekko, Jinx, Samira, Sett, Thresh and Warwick.

Akali, Braum, Darius, Illaoi, Lux, Teemo, Vi and Yasuo remain and Senna moves. That puts Akali, Braum, Darius, Illaoi, Lux, Senna, Teemo, Vi and Yasuo on the Capcom side for the final time.

Final SEGA side:

Ahri
Blitzcrank
Caitlyn
Ekko
Jinx
Samira
Sett
Thresh
Warwick

Final Capcom side:

Akali
Braum
Darius
Illaoi
Lux
Senna
Teemo
Vi
Yasuo

Final key points:

Ahri on the SEGA side = NiGHTS
Blitzcrank on the SEGA side = Vectorman
Caitlyn on the SEGA side = Gain Ground
Ekko on the SEGA side = Pulseman
Jinx on the SEGA side = Jet Set Radio
Samira on the SEGA side = Valkyria Chronicles
Sett on the SEGA side = Virtua Fighter
Thresh on the SEGA side = The Mansion of Hidden Souls
Warwick on the SEGA side = Altered Beast
Akali on the Capcom side = Power Stone
Darius on the Capcom side = Knights of the Round
Lux on the Capcom side = Star Gladiator
Senna on the Capcom side = Darkstalkers
Yasuo on the Capcom side = Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams

Here are the final standings for the SEGA and Capcom sides with final key points on the board. Since 2XKO's active development ends in December, everything have been finalized and cemented. This means no more changes to ever be made. But 18 characters being the final amount of characters is actually a sound and decent number of characters in a tag fighter.

While it sucks that we won't see Sona as an Ulala-like in 2XKO, we are getting Sett as a pseudo-Virtua Fighter character with Lux as a pseudo-Star Gladiator character. It literally justifies being on the SEGA side, even though the fan game has been shut down due to using Capcom's characters and their likeness to frustrate and shock fans, including yours truly.

Where we stand now, this is the final update as we're less than two months away from 2XKO's development conclusion. See, 2XKO may not be able stand a chance like other fighting games that came out within the PS5 and Xbox Series X generation did, but after hearing that Sett is making his way, I can still play 2XKO. I have a small spark of hope and it's somehow growing because something hit me. I have thought of something that just might work.

I have made a post on X suggesting that Arc System Works could be the perfect candidate as a licensee for Riot Games. Arc System Works became a licensee for muliple companies they have been in association with. I can actually cross Dragon Ball FighterZ out because despite Bandai Namco being a licensor for that game, it has characters that come in different forms. Cygames has licensed the Granblue Fantasy Versus IP and when it sold like hotcakes, an updated version, Rising, came into fruition to have new characters and new features. Nexon forged a license to establish DNF Duel, but due to poor sales, a Season 2 was never materialized. Eventually, Disney has created a license for a Marvel fighting game for Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls since Disney owns Marvel.

Arc System Works never discriminated their licensors or let their games fall into irrelevancy since their anime fighters became so hype that they sustained player engagement for the respective games for quite some time. They're not beholden or obligated to that perseverance. If Arc System Works plans to become a licensee to that big company that has never been associated with, Riot Games may be a perfect candidate as a licensor to them to be given a lot of resources to help sustain player engagement and curb and cover rising costs, thus giving 2XKO's development cycle a second wind.

It's gonna have a part where a duo cosplays as Miss Fortune and Gangplank and travels to Los Angeles for Miss Fortune to point a pistol at their heads and for Gangplank to rob and pillage the studio to force them to do it as a teaser. Riot may be the perfect licensor to Arc System Works to continue active development of 2XKO. This is something that I want to go into detail in a future post where I go over the key benefits to what will happen if 2XKO continued active development under Arc System Works as a licensee in association with Riot Games. Stay tuned.

Can We Get a Remake for Mega Man X: Command Mission?

As you all know, Onimusha: Way of the Sword sold over 1 million copies worldwide and counting at launch, making it a commercial success along with Resident Evil: Requiem and the all new Pragmata. The game industry is struggling in 2026, but Capcom, of all companies, has developed a trifecta of critically acclaimed games. 2026 is set to become a career year for Capcom. With Onimusha: Way of the Sword becoming a resounding success and Mega Man: Dual Override on its way, Capcom is open to reviving most of their IPs that have been dormant for years to decades. Everyone is petitioning and pushing for different games to come back. One of them being a franchise that was left off in a cliffhanger, the mature take on the Mega Man series, Mega Man X.

It is a sub franchise of the original Mega Man franchise that can most definetely make a comeback. Different cast of characters, serious and mature tone and the introduction of Reploids and Mavericks. Many people liked the series better than the original Mega Man because of its serious tone and dialogue we'd experience in the original Teen Titans. The first six games have 2D sprites and the last two games introduced 2.5D graphics. There is a turn-based RPG on the franchise, Mega Man X: Command Mission.

This is a turn-based JRPG that can most definetely go toe-to-toe with Expedition 33 and many other turn-based RPGs. Great turn-based combat, Hyper Mode transformations, even more serious tone than most of the other games and characters that never appeared in any of the mainline games. The PS2 version sold 36,635 units and the GameCube version sold 18,599 units. Now that Capcom is looking to revive most of their dormant IPs, I think it's time we get a modern remake for Mega Man X: Command Mission.

Here's the thing. If you're playing the PS2 version, it runs on a rough 30 FPS, but has a decent random encounter rate. You will notice that Command Mission is one of the third-party titles within the sixth generation era that has technical limits on the PS2 version. But throw the same game to the GameCube and you'll experience that the game runs on a buttery smooth 60 FPS, but has an annoyingly higher random encounter rate than the PS2 version. I think we can see the remake run at 60 FPS on modern platforms and have the use of the RE Engine at 1080p resolution.

Remember what I said that the remake can have enemies visible on the field instead of random encounters? I think it's a bit absurd to have that since there are enemies visible on certain areas that get you to battles that you can't escape, so we can keep the random encounters, but to make it easier and less annoying, an option to toggle random encounters on and off like in Wild Arms 4 and 5 on the fly. These are actually the first two things I want for the remake; run at 1080p resolution in 60 FPS on modern platforms and the option to set the rate of the random encounter.

The next thing that is most obvious is an intro. When you start a new game, you'd realize that the game lacks an intro as many games have an intro. There is an outro that appears when you beat Redips. It's absurd for Command Mission to just lack an intro that entails the introduction of Giga City. I think an intro can work.

The next thing is innovative and cinematic combat system. The combat system in Command Mission is pretty much decent, but lacked some potential. But we can give it potential by bringing cinematic goodness to the combat system. This makes the pacing a lot better.

The next thing is obvious, changing the way we equip Force Metals. They are trinkets that augment a characters stats. I liked the Force Metal system. But my main problem is having a limited amount of Force Metal slots. For example, X has four available slots, but not everyone because Massimo, for example, has two available slots. But I think we can change it to equipping Force Metals in the same style as how we equip badges in Paper Mario, meaning that we can equip Force Metals without the use of limited slots. But the penalty will remain. If the Alert sign appears when hovering the Force Metal that will exceed the max erosion, equipping it will have a penalty that lasts until the battle ends, so be careful and watch what you're equipping.

And last but certainly not least, a New Game+. Many games, especially in the modern generations have a New Game+ and it's unlockable after beating the game for the first time. With New Game+, the current level, Zenny, Force Metals and weapons you have and the progress made in the Deployment Center in the original playthrough you cleared will carry over to the beginning of the journey. It makes boss fights a bit easier and can soar through enemies.

Let me pitch my idea. I would love for a Mega Man X: Command Mission remake to have a 1080p resolution at a buttery smooth 60 FPS on modern platforms, the use of the RE Engine, an intro, an option to toggle random encounters on and off, innovative and cinematic turn-based combat, change the way we equip Force Metals without the use of slots and a New Game+ to have all of the items you acquired and the progress you made in the original playthrough. All of this is to make things up to snuff.

I genuinely think that the music, combat, art direction, serious tone, Hyper Mode transformations and everything else in Command Mission is brilliant. But that brillance is sullied by the PS2 version running at 30 FPS and the GameCube version running at 60 FPS due to the PS2 version's technical limits, the combat system lacking some potential, lacking an intro and limited Force Metal slots. But a hypothetical remake can fix the respective issues. But overall, Command Mission is indeed a great game I played in my childhood and recently since the launch on the classics catalog. But why is that important to talk about? I'm glad you have asked.

During my childhood, I had trouble playing this game until I have gotten a bit better by equipping weapons that exploit weaknesses. And since the launch of the classics catalog, I have gotten a lot better. It's not just equipping weapons that exploit weaknesses, but spending more to level up the party until I'm satisfied with it and doing something that I hadn't done during my childhood, defeating optional bosses to get Ultimate Armor and Absolute Zero. I tested out the new Hyper Mode and they both pack a punch.

The Great Redips battle was intense, but I didn't beat it once, but twice. The second run was much faster than the first run, all because the new Hyper Mode armor I acquired given me the ultimate cheese I need to defeat bosses in Chapter 10 in the fewest amount of turns and had to restock on Cure Alls because of the move Great Redips uses to apply status ailments on all. I forgot what is it called.

Do you remember the Everlasting King battle in Bug Fables? It's quite similar to the Great Redips battle I have not beaten during my childhood. Over time, during my Bug Fables playthrough, it became essentially clear that the Wasp King literally has the same type of goal as Redips in terms of ruling fictional worlds. It's exactly like that. You'd expect the sour betrayal had shocked fans.

With Capcom reviving dormant IPs, thanks to the success of Onimusha: Way of the Sword, I like to see Command Mission get remade with modern upgrades and innovative turn-based combat system in mind. I know the game was met with mixed critic reviews, but it at least sold well to be a cult fan favorite. It doesn't hurt to give cult fan favorites a remake because sales matter more than review scores.

Mega Man X: Command Mission came out on the classics catalog on the PS4 and PS5 because of the Mega Man X Legacy Collections and hopefully the Lord of the Rings: The Third Age will follow suit soon to go toe-to-toe with Mega Man X: Command Mission like it did back in the day. I'll even do better than the last time I played it by equipping stronger gear and levelling up the party just enough to level the playing field. Trust me, if you live through turn-based RPGs in the 6th generation era, I'm darn sure you'll know what I'm talking about.

And one turn-based RPG being Legends of Starkadia is basically Super Mario RPG. You can learn more about the game and how you can help make it happen by clicking the link to the post below.

https://rpggameroom.blogspot.com/2026/09/doom-turtle-needs-your-help.html

PlayStation Fans Deserve Better Than This...

Wow... just wow. I have been playing Mega Man X: Command Mission for few days straight and I have actually enjoyed it. I'll tell you more about my experience in a future post. Then a huge drama among PlayStation fans have came out of the blue and... fans have been fuming.

PlayStation became a brand back in 1994 when the first console came out first in Japan and 30 years later, the brand has celebrated its 30th anniversary with deals and merch. It became even more exciting because we have the revamped PlayStation Plus offering classic games released on PS1, PS2, PSP and PS3. However, as we get to the second half of 2026, things have took a turn for PlayStation.

First off, discs are being phased out for games that release in 2028. This became the source of sparking backlash on all sides. Overtime, it grew. A Change.org petition was created to reverse Sony's decision and a week long boycott was planned to be put into motion, but failed because Sony's decision to end disc production remains firm. The agreement shows that digital purchases actually offer licenses. When your account is banned, all of your digital purchases are gone. Now, I need to be clear that digital purchases on a Sony console should provide ownership like physical purchases, not revocable licenses. Sony ending discs in 2028 would be the last straw that they are seriously switching to Steam.

It was clearly dunked on. The event has been the source of controversy that we own everything. It's not theirs to take. We can assume that Sony could follow Microsoft's footsteps by doing a disc-to-digital feature. July 1 came, they announced that disc production will end for games that release in 2028 and beyond and heard nothing for six days amd made a post about the FlexStrike fight stick to ignore the backlash. In fact, the chat during the double-header State of Play was flooded with "No disc, no buy" and "Destiny 3" chants. Destiny 2 had to stop being supported as Bungie has to focus on Marathon.

If you were living under a rock, Guerilla was working on a live service game, Horizon: Hunters Gathering. This is a spin-off of the Horizon franchise that uses anime-style cel shading instead of realistic depictions the mainline games use. The game had a playtest and... whew. Negative feedback went all over the place that the entire development has been rebooted and left in the dust for quite some time. Now, if Hunters Gathering has been rebooted, they are starting all over and hopefully make it any less of a live service game since we noticed that live service games aren't sustainable as we thought. That's how Concord failed that it had to be shut down after its short-term development along with the studio.

It's also how 2XKO flopped despite all of the positive buzz. The team was laid off weeks after launch and six months later, active development ends, halting my opportunity to see Riven, Sett and anyone else in a giant pile of characters just itching to be in the roster. This had left us with the only tag fighter left to support, Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls. But luckily, a new patch for Marvel Tokon is in development to remedy most of the major issues in the PC version that became the source of having mixed reviews on PC.

It became a de facto shortcoming for the gaming industry, with the exception, of course, of the ones that are still sustainable for years, whether it's PC only games like League of Legends, World of Warcraft or CSGO to console games like Valorant and even Marvel Rivals. Even Overwatch. Overwatch, of all games, remains sustainable after dropping the 2 from the title and keeping it free-to-play under the Overwatch name and shows zero signs of dying. I think the reasoning for Overwatch's sustained retention is because the Overwatch team is actually small from the start. They knew that smaller and leaner teams that work on live service games have the tendency to establish an overkill player engagement at launch by developing games the right way without making any bad choices that spark backlash.

Here's the thing. Look at Brawlhalla. This game became a success to have future content for years to come because it was developed by a smaller team from the start. Now, imagine if 2XKO was developed by a smaller team from the start. When it releases, its player engagement becomes high to overkill and would show no signs of laying off some of the team. This makes it a vendetta to larger teams that had to be shrunk weeks after release.

Speaking of a vendetta, this brings me to my next point, Hideo Kojima. Kojima is a Japanese video game writer. He was with Konami on that time when he was working on the Metal Gear franchise. He left Konami to form his own studio, Kojima Productions. You know that they are the developers of the Death Stranding series, with Kojima being the head of the team. But what does a vendetta have anything to do with Kojima? 

Well, Kojima has a new single-player game in the works, Physint. It is supposed to be like a spiritual successor to Metal Gear Solid since it has a Tactical Espionage Action label and was supposed to be a PS5 exclusive. Unfortunately, Physint is going to Xbox as Kojima left Sony for Microsoft. This is due to Sony dropping the ball. They pulled funding from Kojima, been ballooning budgets, missing deadlines and spent time funding on a live service game like Concord. We already knew that live service games aren't as sustainable as we once thought, so why fund Concord? They should've kept the funding on Kojima instead of funding Concord.

Fans were set ablaze that Sony's fumbles allowed Kojima to shift the development of Physint to Xbox. This darning news really sets the drama about the situation surrounding Kojima. Here's the Kojima clip of a Mightykeef skit about being a PlayStation fan in 2026.

Now, I had to edit the clip to mute inappropriate words so that we can keep this post family friendly for everyone to read.

Kojima Productions has issued a statement saying that the studio is still in good health and still has ties with PlayStation despite losing the project to Xbox. Kojima working with Xbox must have unlocked multimedia forms, but the game is still in early development. Does this mean Physint is gonna be an Xbox exclusive? Absolutely not. Its PlayStation release is still likely.

If Sony is going all-digital, follow Xbox's footsteps by doing a disc-to-digital conversion feature. Also, funding should've remained intact with Kojima and shouldn't been funding on a dead live service game like Concord. That's my advice and rant that Sony needs to follow if they want to the backlash to pass and be alleviated.

Doom Turtle Needs Your Help...

There is an unfinished turn-based RPG that is developed by a small studio that needs your help to make it complete. Let's jump right in.

I'm back with a brand new post that I felt driven doing. As we know, the PS2 era was the golden age of gaming and became the sweet spot of games developed by Japanese companies despite some technical limits. Not just the PS2 era, but other eras as well. But there is one turn-based RPG that I heard them talk about subtly and it caught my very interest and blew my mind. See, before I made a post talking about why was I so excited to revisit Mega Man X: Command Mission, I came across upon an unfinished turn-based RPG. I started to read more about it as much I could, so let's jump right into the post.

Indie devs are small developers that have the creative freedom in developing games. They take creative risks to provide innovations and have the tendency to make games without being burdened by shareholders and all that. These games have vibes from AAA games, ranging from Paper Mario-likes to Hearts-likes, Soulslikes and roguelikes. And there is one indie dev I heard about, Doom Turtle. Doom Turtle is known for development of their titles such as Ember Knights and the upcoming new roguelike card game, Welcome to Harmony. And what they have is a turn-based RPG available in its unfinished. And in a sense, a turn-based RPG that is basically Super Mario RPG taking place in the solar system. No progress on it was made because they are working on Welcome to Harmony.

Introducing Legends of Starkadia, a turn-based RPG that stars an Earthling teen named Mikey, who would then get accidentally sent into a Starkadian Empire. He lands face first in a battle between good and evil, starting in Scrap World. Along the way, Mikey meets few of his new allies that he must make in the fight between good and evil and save the Starkadian Empire.

The field outside of combat has the top down view Super Mario RPG uses. There are enemies visible and simply getting into contact with it normally will get you into battle. Your party strikes first by touching the enemy from behind and an enemy blitzkrieg occurs when it touches you from behind. When you have more than one character, you can switch between leaders using the buttons that switch leaders.

The combat in Legends of Starkadia is based on a traditional turn-based system and it's similar to Super Mario RPG because there are action commands that amplify a move's effects. They consist of timed button presses during an attack, defense, special move and item usage. And there are two things the Super Mario RPG remake has introduced, the chain system and the use of teamwork abilities.

The chain system uses a gauge that holds up to five levels. When you make a successful action command, you'll increase the chain gauge. The higher the chain, the higher the effects will occur, so perfect action commands would keep the chain intact. But blow an action command, you'll break the chain and have to start from square one. Successful action commands also fill up the teamwork gauge. It holds up to three bars and is consumed from using powerful teamwork abilities.

Teamwork abilities are powerful abilities that are quite similar to Triple Attacks in the Super Mario RPG remake. They vary by what characters you have in battle and require 1-3 bars of the teamwork gauge. Example, if you have Mikey, Frank and Drake in combat, they'll perform Rude Trip, which allows them to drive a vehicle and run over enemies, dealing a ton of damage. Each teamwork ability has action commands you must successfully make and the coolest thing about them; unique text cutouts of names of teamwork abilities.

Each enemy has a weakness, so if any of the attacks match the picture, the enemies get stunned and they take a lot of damage. For example, if the enemy has the picture of a sword, sword attacks match the picture to stun the enemy. While stunned, the amount of damage dealt increases.

With the explanation out of the way, here's what I think of Legends of Starkadia so far. I'm gonna say, the game is so near perfect. The combat is great, making successful action commands increasing the chain is an interesting touch. The teamwork abilities are so unique that they each have a unique logo and text cutout. I get to play the game for free before the pricing model came. I even left a review on how much I have enjoyed this game and recorded my gameplay. But I didn't upload it until further notice.

As I have said, the game is unfinished because it currently spans on Scrap World and has two hours of gameplay on it. Doom Turtle stated that building the remaining planets is a massive gamble that they had to limit the game to Chapter 1. And thankfully, there is some great news for the future of Legends of Starkadia.

Doom Turtle has recently posted an article that tells us that the transition to the pricing model is live and we have changed everything. What does that tell us? Well, if you look closer at the part of the article...

It shows that the game roughly had 28,000 total downloads. As of now, it has officially surpassed 200,000 downloads, which became a huge wake-up call for Doom Turtle to realize how important it is to continue working on future planets beyond Scrap World. It's also more than enough player interest to convince the team to get back to work and offer us more ways to fund the development bucket, so we have several packs available.

The Supporter Edition comes with exclusive skins and the official soundtrack.

And here are the current tracks in the official soundtrack for Legends of Starkadia. There are currently nine tracks. As we look at the soundtrack as a whole, each planet will have their own combat and boss arrangement like that of Mugen Souls. If we look closer to the last three tracks...

There are three bonus tracks for the next three planets, Sci-Fi World, Library World and Prehistoric World. The soundtrack will have more tracks once the game is in its complete form.

Now, surely, we would see a party of seven. Surely, this game is gonna have a character that throws playing cards like Spider. Surely, devs can develop a character that specializes support abilities like Cinnamon, right? Well, sadly, that will not be the case.

According to the splash art, there are four characters to join Mikey's party to make a party of five. The names are Frank, the anthropomorphic pig, Drake, the anthropomorphic duck wearing a red hoodie and Mutt, the fat one holding a claw, who is actually seen at Scrap World, but will not be joining the party yet. The name of a blue-skinned pink-braided girl holding a pistol is unknown. We can find out what her name is now that they are convinced to eventually get back to work on this game. The party is not quite as fleshed out as Mega Man X: Command Mission, but on the upside, we do have Frank wielding giant axes and hammers like Massimo.

The blurb currently reflects the game in its current state and it will be updated to reflect the game in its complete form. As of today, the news shows that we rallied together to fund and build the development bucket to give the project a fresh and new wave of momentum so that we can see more planets get added and find out what is the name of the girl holding a pistol on the splash art. 

This brings me to my point. Remember what I said that we won't be seeing the Spider and Cinnamon-likes in Legends of Starkadia because of the party of five? If funding and building the development bucket is gonna help them develop future chapters and planets, then this brings me to hereby believe that funding the development bucket even further should also help Doom Turtle develop the Spider and Cinnamon-like characters for this game to expand the party to seven. But that's just my thoughts. It's just me speculating. We can find out if they are coming to fruition or not.

The latest news from Doom Turtle is indeed hopeful while their time to continue development on Legends of Starkadia is inevitable, but Welcome to Harmony is their main focus right now while whether the Spider and Cinnamon-likes are confirmed or not remains a mystery. It is a bit too early and it's proven to be beyond my sight. Once that's done, then they can get back to work on developing more planets.

The base game is available for $2 and the Supporter Pack is available for $5. Every purchase directly funds the developers' bucket needed to build the remaining chapters beyond Chapter 1, so feel free to donate money to the team while they are working on Welcome to Harmony. The demo version of Welcome to Harmony is available now, so go check it out.

Here's the link to the base game and the link to the Supporter Pack below.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2618160/Legends_of_Starkadia_Chapter_1/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/5243840/Legends_of_Starkadia_Supporter_Pack/

This is just the first post in regards to Legends of Starkadia. Stay tuned for follow ups to this post that cover updates.

BREAKING: Mega Man X: Command Mission is Coming to PlayStation Plus

In today's post that has some breaking news, I'm talking about a turn-based JRPG that I hadn't talked about in ages. And that is one of the turn-based JRPGs in my childhood, Mega Man X: Command Mission. Now, I played Mega Man X: Command Mission when I was a kid back in the day. I hadn't played this game for decades and guess what? It's apparently changing because Mega Man X: Command Mission is officially announced at State of Play to launch on the classics catalog September 15. If you're not familiar with this game, I'll explain it now.

Mega Man X: Command Mission is a turn-based RPG spin-off for the Mega Man X sub franchise primed to launch on PlayStation Plus Premium on PS4 and PS5. Command Mission's entails the original characters never before seen in any of the mainline games like Steel Massimo, Spider, Marino and Cinnamon. The original story involves X and his team's struggle with a criminal organization known as the Rebellion Army, led by Epsilon. Their goal is to turn Giga City into their nefarious... Holiday Inn resort to make Reploids a part of the Rebellion in the Northern Hemisphere. It's up to the Anti-Rebellion League to stop the Rebellion and bring peace to Giga City.

During combat, it uses a queue window to determine who is next to perform an action and is manipulated with decreasing or increasing speed. There are sub attacks that consume a small amount WE and Action Triggers that require at least 50% WE. The higher the WE, the more powerful it will be. Each character has a Hyper Mode, which offers temporarily fortified armor and augmented power. Examples include X's fire suit, Massimo's golden armor and... Marino's sexy Quicksilver armor. Look at them thighs. Look at how attractive and juicy they are.

If you need a better plan, you can equip Force Metals, trinkets that augment the character's stats. I equip Analyzer on all characters to unlock Analyze on the combat menu. With it, I can pinpoint the enemies' weakness and their stats. If the enemy's data shows that it can take 150% or 200% damage from water attacks, it is intended to convey an enemy being weak against water. Now this a sound strategy that is basically coined to explain how we exploit weaknesses in Visions of Mana and Pokemon.

But very loosely, an enemy, in this case, would be Mach Jentra, is weak against water, but strong against fire. You must use water attacks on Mach Jentra since he is weak against water. It is imperative to equip certain weapons that exploit weaknesses. That's what the star by the number of damage taken means.

The thing is, Capcom gave it a shot at making a turn-based RPG spin off for the Mega Man X franchise. While a fan favorite, it turned out to be a fail. If we look at the Metacritic scores and the sales for both versions, the PS2 version scored a 69 out of 100 and sold 36,635 units. The GameCube version scored a 67 out of 100 and sold 18,599 units. The PS2 version is relatively better than the GameCube version in terms of the rate of random encounters. One battle system designer has expressed his stark interest in making a sequel, implying that a hypothetical Command Mission 2 would have enemies present and visible on the field instead of annoying random encounters while Nintendo Life listed it as a game they like to see on the Switch. And guess what? Since we have GameCube games on the Switch 2, the GameCube version could one day be playable on the Switch. But I prefer the PS2 version.

Fortunately, there is one good news. With the success of Onimusha: Way of the Sword and Mega Man: Dual Override and a brand new Okami on its way, Capcom is looking to follow SEGA's footsteps by reviving more of their IPs that have been dormant for decades. Other than collections and the mobile game, Mega Man X could one day make a comeback with the opportunity for a Command Mission remake to have the same treatment as Expedition 33 with the use of the RE Engine, innovative and cinematic turn-based combat that involves pressing a button at the right time to deal more damage, enemies visible outside of combat, new features, better cutscenes and change the way we equip Force Metals without the use of slots and balance the bosses and the regular enemies' level range.

And not just Mega Man X. Whether you're a fan of Asura's Wrath, Viewtiful Joe, Darkstalkers, Final Fight, Breath of Fire, whomever you can think of!

Speaking of Breath of Fire, this leads me to my point. Since Mega Man X: Command Mission will be the first turn-based RPG of the mid 2000s by Capcom to ever launch into the classics catalog, the notorious Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter now has more of a chance to launch into the classics catalog. This allows a precedent to be set, especially for fans of turn-based PS2 JRPGs in the golden age.

I know what you're trying to ask. Am I gonna revisit Mega Man X: Command Mission? Obviously, but this time, it's gonna be way different than the time I played this game in my childhood. How is gonna be different? Well, during my childhood, I had trouble because I kept on escaping battles and rushing through the game. But I can change that, by doing this.

Defeating the members of the Rebellion Army requires a little more time levelling up, so stalling and fighting more battles to level up the party enough before moving on is the way to do it. And also equiping stronger weapons and weapons that exploit weaknesses is a sound strategy, especially when defeating the bosses after a fewest amount of turns, so when I'm going against Wild Jango, I need to have fire-type weapons because thunder-type enemies are weak against fire. However, defeating Epsilon is gonna require more time in the oven levelling up the party.

Here's the beauty to this. If I get the party to lv. 35, I'll have a better chance of kicking Epsilon's butt and will be overkill during round two with Scarface. But if I get the party to lv. 40, I'll have a very overkill chance of defeating both Scarface during round two and Epsilon in a fewest amount of turns taken. In the sprit of commerce, I think I'll get the party to lv. 40, because it's an overkill way to defeat Epsilon in the fastest amount of time.

I have a Let's Play series planned for Command Mission, but for some reason, somehow, Remote Play shuts off on its own without warning despite plugging in an Ethernet cord, so sadly, it won't be until I figure out why it shuts down without warning. That or until Capcom decided to port it to PC.