I don't think it's as good as Mega Man 9 but it's not big enough of a difference for me to care. It technically is even more polished but the level design is worse and a handful of the boss fights suck. They focused on making the weapons just fun to use instead of making them all practical and I think it worked out wonderfully. Also has an endless mode that you could argue is better than 9's.

Your more modern Mega Man game. The shop is especially broken in this one and it's a bit short but that's about it. The stages all were really fun and the bosses and minibosses were pretty good too for the most part. The Double Gear system is a great way to get people acquainted with the more difficult gameplay while also not being super intrusive for people who don't use it.

Still solid but a step down from the first two. You take way too much damage from everything and the soundtrack is way too same-y and not very well-composed for the most part. It's fine enough though if you can get past the absurd amount of unnecessary collectibles there are.

A lot of people would have this as their favorite X game, but I think it's a bit style over substance. The head upgrade is very broken but in the kind of way that makes the game better. It's really easy and I prefer the game feel of the SNES trilogy.

Not only does Alia stop you from moving way too often, but the level design itself has way more stop-and-go mechanics that just do not suit this series at all. A lot of it feels really derivative from X4 too. This is the first X game I didn't 100% on my first playthrough.

Playing this game makes me feel like I'm losing my mind.

Very boring, but an attempt was at least made and it looks pretty without taking assets from its predecessors. There is no reason to play this game.

I didn't like the Chain Rod but this is otherwise a great beat-em-up platformer with a really nice overarching storyline. Not much else to say.

Completely fixes the screen zoom issue, the plot here gets better here than either of its predecessors ever do, and the Recoil Rod is one of the most fun weapons I've used in any game. The combo system against bosses is super fun. Strong contender for my favorite game ever.

You might be better off watching someone play this one on YouTube than playing it yourself. This game is very unfair and cumbersome to learn but has a really fun sense of humor and a few interesting design elements to it.