Just gonna note here that it’s not canon that X split in pieces and it’s mentioned nowhere at allofficially. It’s purely fan conjecture and has been going around again and again on the megaman wikia.The Guardians were all built, and their original purpose was world restoration (except Phantom, who was charged with guarding X).
Oops. Well, that’s what I get for trusting the wiki. I think the Copy Ability synthesis theory is cool though. Hmm well if that’s the case, my original theory of Robot Masters surviving through to become the Guardians is still technically plausible, although their loyalty to X would have to be explained some other way. Thanks for correcting me there, I assumed it was mentioned in an art book or Complete Works or a soundtrack or something.
Well if nothing else the design similarities from series to series have been noted in my posts, which was my original intention. I stitched the fanon on as well to hold it together better.
I don’t think the original robot masters could have survived that long, considering the vast changes from robots to reploids, and then some as the technology progressed. Not to mention that before X was discovered, robotics had grinded to a halt due to conflict that had begun with it. I don’t think any original robot master survived, but it is still possible that the idea behind them remained, at least in use, and was later applied.
They were all made from X’s DNA data, too, making the theory null.
Still, the similarities are nice to note, although the MM9 robot master’s similarity was very intentional, as Inti Creates was in charge of that game, and they were the ones in charge of the Megaman Zero franchise. It was mostly a shoutout to their first megaman games.
