

Learning from his past mistakes, including the accidental creation of Bassnium and his construction of Bass and King, Wily constructed Zero as a far more advanced robot than anything he had ever built before, with a power level far superior using Proto Man as reference for Zero's design. Schematic blueprints of his body were seen during Bass's ending in Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters. Wily alluded to him during Bass's ending in Mega Man: The Power Battle, where he mentioned he was developing a robot that would blow away both Mega Man and Bass. Albert Wily sometime in the early twenty-first century. Zero revealed in Bass' ending in Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters. He briefly tapped back into this dark persona in the bad ending of Mega Man X5, just as misanthropic as before but with a degree more self-control. He often made feral screams and laughed psychotically, and took great pleasure in tearing apart Sigma and his comrades. Instead, he was a violent and uncontrollable Maverick. Though their relationship was tenuous at first, due to Zero being exasperated by Axl's enthusiasm and criminal background, he came to respect him as well while still playfully teasing him.
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Zero again acted the mentor upon meeting Axl. Even then, he still remains a voice of reason who helps ground X and overcome his doubts. As X grew stronger, Zero gained more respect for him, seeing him as an even greater Maverick Hunter than himself.


Zero initially acted as something like a mentor to X, understanding his latent potential and even helping him unleash it. However, he has said that he doesn't have any problems fighting, unlike his more pacifistic friend, X. His care for others was detrimental during the Great Repliforce War, where he was forced to face his friends, Iris and Colonel, and their deaths at his hands caused him great emotional turmoil.Įven though Zero does not openly show it, he too seems to long for peace between humans and Reploids. He will even disregard his own safety, sacrificing himself, to save others, such as during the battle with Vile in Mega Man X and willingly piloting the shuttle into the Eurasia colony in Mega Man X5. He has a great distaste for the deaths of innocents. He is very protective of his allies, such as X and the Maverick Hunters, going to great lengths to ensure their safety. He is also very straightforward and down-to-earth, often sarcastically snapping back at the unpleasantries of Mavericks and destroying them without entertaining their philosophies or taunts.ĭespite this, Zero truly does have the capacity to care for others. He constantly keeps his cool, even in times of crisis. Outwardly, Zero is a somewhat cold individual, and a ruthless Maverick Hunter. When he was briefly disabled during his fight with Sigma, Zero manifested a "W" emblem in his forehead lens. In addition, Wily claimed that Zero was powered by a power source that was even stronger than Bassnium. His body material is comprised of a Titanium Z alloy, and is equipped with peculiar mechanisms called the Z-Brain (the head lens) and the Z-Heart (the chest lens), which conceal an unknown power. Like X, Zero's power source is solar energy. A small "backpack" device is also added as both storage and recharging unit for the Z-Saber. His shoulders gained reinforced shoulder plates, along with improved arm guards, new dash thrusters and golden designs on his legs, and thicker chest armor. When Zero was reconstructed by Serges of the X-Hunters, his body received several upgrades that completed his design. This version of Zero was apparently an incomplete prototype, since his upgraded design is shown in his blueprints in Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters. He possessed two green lenses on his chest, arm guards on his wrists, and a flowing blond head of hair that extended from the back of his helmet. His forehead was white with a deep blue lens on the front. One of his shoulders was emblazoned with a stylized "Z" insignia, and his helmet had extended face guards around his cheeks and curved ridges on top that resembled horns. In Zero's first appearance, his armor's design had a distinct red color with white highlights along his knees, toes, abdomen, and shoulders.
