Mega Man Zero

About This Game

Gameplay

Mega Man Zero adopts the action-platforming gameplay prescribed by its predecessors in the original Mega Man "Mega Man (original series)") and Mega Man X series. The player, as the protagonist Zero, is tasked with completing several side-scrolling stages, destroying enemies, completing objectives and battling bosses "Boss (video gaming)"). The player can run, jump, fire the player character's primary weapon, or use a secondary weapon if it is available. As in the Mega Man X games, the player can dash along the ground, cling to and scale walls, or perform a combination of these abilities.#cite_note-ignreview-5)#cite_note-zero1manual-8) Unlike previous titles in the franchise where separate stages are selectable from a menu, Mega Man Zero is presented as a single, interconnected overworld. The Resistance base acts as a hub with almost every area in the game freely explorable from it. The player is given a choice of missions to undertake for each section of the map.#cite_note-zero1manual-8) Completing one mission may unlock others. The player has only three lives to successfully complete a mission before receiving a game over.

History

### Conception Mega Man Zero was developed by Inti Creates, a company established in 1996 by several former members of the game's publisher Capcom.#cite_note-17) Prior to the game's conception, Capcom had developed numerous games in its Mega Man franchise beginning with its classic series in 1987, then expanding to its Mega Man X spin-off series and two non-platformer series, Mega Man Legends and Mega Man Battle Network.#cite_note-playmag-18) Up until the development of Mega Man Zero, Inti Creates was not a successful venture.#cite_note-edge-19) The company's vice president Yoshihisa Tsuda had wanted to create a Mega Man game and would often attend game conventions to express this interest to Keiji Inafune, an artist and producer for the franchise.