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A Reploid, or Repliroid (レプリロイド, Repuriroido^?) in the original Japanese games, from the science fiction video game series Mega Man X, Mega Man Zero and Megaman ZX, is a robot with complete free will and thought processes comparable to that of humans. The term originally was reserved for robots whose design was ultimately derived (or "replicated") from the original Mega Man X design, but throughout the series the term has been extended to cover any robot with similar intellectual capacity. Some fans of the series commonly use the term outside the context of the Mega Man X setting to refer to any robot that has the capability to think and make decisions for itself without human programming. Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... A Mega Scorpio attack Mechaniloid in the Mega Man Zero series A Mechaniloid (Mechaniroid in Japanese) is a term for a fictional series of robots in the Mega Man series. ... Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Reploid. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a cultural phenomenon. ... The Mega Man X (Rockman X in Japan) series was the second Mega Man franchise released by Capcom. ... Zero as he appears in Mega Man Zero, holding the series version of his signature weapon, the Z-Saber This article is about the Mega Man Zero Mega Man Zero (video game) Mega Man Zero is the fifth series of Capcoms Mega Man video games, and debuted in 2002... Mega Man ZX , Rockman ZX) is a spin-off of the long running Mega Man video game series from Capcom for the Nintendo DS. Mega Man ZX is side-scrolling shooter like Mega Man, Mega Man X, and Mega Man Zero, and features an art style similar to Mega Man... ASIMO, a humanoid robot manufactured by Honda. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Origins

Some time around 100 years after the events of the Mega Man Classic series, after the apparent death of Dr. Thomas Light, an archaeologist named Dr. Cain was excavating one of Dr. Light's laboratories, and discovered a capsule containing a highly advanced robot named "X". X represented a substantial jump in robotics technology, so Dr. Cain attempted to reproduce X's technology from Dr. Light's original work and notes. When he was unable to reproduce the technology perfectly, Dr. Cain was forced to invent alternative solutions. All robotic designs based on that technology have been referred to as "Reploids", since they are imperfect "replicates" of the original X. The original NES Mega Man. ... Name trivia Right Labs logo from the Famicom game RockBoard. ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... // History 21st and 22nd Century Archaeology Dr. Cain was most likely born sometime in the mid-21st Century (he is depicted in the Mega Man X games as a man most likely in his mid-60s), and according to the manual of the games he was an archaeologist particularly interested... Image:Mega Man X from X7. ...

Technology

Mind

In 20XX, robots that resembled Mega Man were not entirely capable of free will. In an example, Dr. Wily's Robot Masters were capable of limited thought and moral decisions which lead to such things as hobbies and preferences as these aspects were already set in their programming, giving the programmer some kind of status as a God. Dr. Wily usually abused this aspect and most programmed or reprogrammed his robots to hate Mega Man to the extreme. Reploids however do not posses similar structure in their AI, giving them absolute free will to same extent as human beings have. This however has lead to the concept of Reploids becoming criminals or rebels, which leads to the classification as a Maverick / Irregular. It has been suggested that Enker be merged into this article or section. ... In the Mega Man original series, a Robot Master (AKA Super Robot) is a special kind of robot or android that possesses a very advanced level of artificial intelligence. ... Look up maverick in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Body

By default, a Reploid's body is a mimicry of the human body with biomechanical organs and parts. This concept can be thought of as an advanced version of a homunculus. The biomechanical construction allow for human actions such as sensory abilities, breathing (displayed by air bubbles while submerged) and consumption, although this also allows for fatigue, pain and exhuastion. However, most Reploids choose to enhance themselves through more mechanical means such as enhanced leg parts and primitive mechanical muscle. Being a maverick hunter requires such modifications for basic combat. Some Reploids such as the original Steel Massimo have mechanically enhanced themselves so far that they resemble primitive 20XX mechanics more so than the more advanced 21XX design. Another example of this form of enhancement was used by Vile in all 3 of his incarnations, where by choice he removed most of his biomechanical organics in order to house concealed weapons or vernier rockets/thrusters inside of his limbs. Reploid growth is an unpredictable factor, as displayed by Mega Man X's Axl who has matured into a teenager since X7, and Mega Man Zero's Alouette, who has retained an adolescent age throughout the Mega Man Zero game series. Finally, the power of the robotic body is variable, but the majority of Reploids lifting and power capacity far exceeds that of normal humans. Maverick Hunters usually can lift in the proximity of around several thousand pounds, while civilian and normal Reploids are somewhat weaker, but still beyond human strength. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

New Generation Reploids

The New Generation Reploids were created in Mega Man X8 from the prototype Axl. Their main purpose was to serve as the workers for a space elevator project, known as Jakob. These reploids were fitted with a chip that granted immunity from all viruses known at the time, and also permitted these reploids to change the shape of their bodies (like Axl). However, this ends in failure, as the advanced chip also incorporates data from Sigma, causing them to go Maverick at will. It can also be argued if the Sigma Virus (that is Sigma itself) contaminated all the DNA data, thus creating "clones" of Sigma with very different nature. Mega Man X8, released in Japan as Rockman X8 ), is the eighth and most recent game in the Mega Man X video game series, released in PlayStation 2 and PC. After fan complaints over Mega Man X7s foray into 3-D, Capcom went back to 2-D linear progression... For the Guns N Roses lead singer, see Axl Rose. ... Sigma is the main villain of the Mega Man X video game series and is the final boss in all games of the series except Mega Man X: Command Mission and Mega Man X8. ... A Maverick, in the video game series Mega Man X and Mega Man Zero, is a Reploid who generally defies the will of the Maverick Hunters or of the human governments. ...

Lumine, the main supervisor of Jakob, believed himself and all new-generation Reploids to be superior to even the original Reploids, and plotted to destroy both humans and old-generation Reploids alike. Lumine is a character from the Mega Man X series who appeared in Mega Man X8 and is the final boss of the game. ...

Notes

• Reploids have an unfortunate tendency to become Mavericks for multiple reasons that have changed with each new installment in the X series, these methods include a Reploid willingly choosing an evil path (classifying it as a Maverick), choosing a path considered deviant to the humans wishes, and the Maverick Virus, seemingly created by Dr. Wily and originally implemented into Zero, though Sigma has been its main carrier. The Maverick Virus has been the primary cause of Mavericks for most of the games in the series.

• Reploids come in every shape and size, and their designs range across the areas of humanoid and anthropomorphic to abstract. Many designs are reminiscent of the robot foes of Mega Man.

• Notably, all of the 64 Maverick bosses from the 8 mainstream X series games (8 bosses for each game) are anthropomorphic. Most of them are based off of animals and only 4 are based off of other aspects of nature (namely plants and in the case of Mega Man X4's Split Mushroom; fungi.)

• In Megaman Zero, the anthropomorphic Reploids of Neo Arcadia are called Mutos Reploids.

• In Mega Man ZX, reploids were given human mortality, except for reploids who had been built before this redesign.

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See also

• Android

The android Data, portrayed by Brent Spiner, from the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation An android is a robot made to resemble a human, usually both in appearance and behavior. ...