Then the game was released in Japan on the PlayStation Network in January 2007, then in America's PSN, it was released on October 2009. This game tells the origins of Mega Man X, how Sigma became a Maverick, and for the first time, Vile has a story of his own schemes to destroy X, Zero, and even Sigma himself to change the world.
Plot. Before the Maverick Wars began, Mega Man X was sealed in a capsule by Dr. Light, and then thirty years in the future, Dr. Cain finds him and decides to replicate this robotic model to create his first reploid. When X joins the Maverick Hunters he befriends another hunter named Zero and he becomes part of Sigma's command. Things take a turn for the worse when Sigma revolts and becomes a Maverick, and so X and Zero must put a stop to his schemes. On the other hand in this battle, a rebellious reploid named Vile has plans of his own, destroy X, Zero and even Sigma himself to change the world.