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Mega Man X7 (PlayStation 2)

Unused Graphics#

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Stage Select#

While the opening stage can't be revisited, both parts of the stage have a name for the stage select screen: Crimson Fortress and Highway.

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It also has placeholders for an armor portrait and an extra icon for Zero's attacks (who has one less than X and Axl).

Regional Differences#

Title Screen#

US

Japan

Europe

This game, as well as Command Mission and X8, and just like the Mega Man Zero (from 2 to 4) and the Mega Man Battle Network (Battle Chip Challenge, 4, and 5) series, the European title screen uses a different, plain-looking logo compared to the US version.

Introduction#

Japan

International

In the Japanese version, Aluce (one of the criminal Reploids in the opening scene) has a cigar that was removed in the international versions. To accommodate the censorship of the game, the cigar was eventually removed in Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2.

Japan

International

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In the Japanese version, the opening song is "Code Crush" by Rina Aiuchi. The international versions have an instrumental song instead, named "No Holdin' Back" in Rockman X Sound Box. The opening cutscene is also made slightly faster in the international versions.

Options Menu#

The US version has an option to switch the voices from English to Japanese. This was removed from the European version.

Name Changes#

Five of the eight members of Red Alert had their names changed for international releases, but you probably guessed that by yourself.

Japan

International

Tornado Debonion

Tornado Tonion

Hellride Inobusky

Ride Boarski

Snipe Ariquick

Snipe Anteator

Wind Karasting

Wind Crowang

Vanishing Gungaroon

Vanishing Gungaroo

Ending#

Original English/Japan

English Legacy Collection 2

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The ending song "Lazy Mind" by Showtaro Morikubo (X's Japanese voice actor up to this point) was edited to remove vocals for the International versions. In order played: International starts at 0:00 and Japanese starts at 3:03.

In English Legacy Collection 2, this song was changed again by replacing it with a track called "Break Out".

Revisional differences#

The loading times for X7 in Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2 were drastically lowered.