<s>
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X7	I-Application
,	O
known	O
as	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Capcom	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
console	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
seventh	O
main	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X	I-Application
series	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
to	O
appear	O
on	O
the	O
sixth	B-Application
generation	I-Application
of	O
gaming	O
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X7	I-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
July	O
17	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
with	O
North	O
American	O
and	O
European	O
releases	O
following	O
in	O
October	O
2003	O
and	O
March	O
2004	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
exclusively	O
in	O
South	O
Korea	O
and	O
Taiwan	O
until	O
the	O
re-release	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Mega	B-Device
Man	I-Device
X	I-Device
Legacy	I-Device
Collection	I-Device
2	I-Device
(	O
Rockman	O
X	O
Anniversary	O
Collection	O
2	O
in	O
Japan	O
)	O
on	O
July	O
24	O
,	O
2018	O
for	O
the	O
worldwide	O
release	O
and	O
July	O
26	O
,	O
2018	O
for	O
Japan	O
,	O
whose	O
Windows	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
internationally	O
via	O
Steam	B-Application
along	O
with	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
and	O
only	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X	I-Application
game	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
third-person	O
shooter	O
(	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
third	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
game	O
to	O
use	O
third-person	O
view	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
franchise	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X7	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
22nd	O
century	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daily	O
human	O
life	O
is	O
often	O
disrupted	O
by	O
"	O
Maverick	O
"	O
crime	O
from	O
the	O
"	O
Reploids	O
"	O
robots	B-Device
that	O
live	O
and	O
work	O
among	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
other	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X7	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action-platform	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
fights	O
through	O
an	O
octet	O
of	O
selectable	O
stages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X7	I-Application
involved	O
a	O
challenging	O
transition	O
of	O
the	O
well-known	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X	I-Application
characters	O
into	O
3D	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zero	O
goes	O
into	O
action	B-Application
without	O
hesitation	O
and	O
Axl	O
's	O
remorse	O
for	O
what	O
he	O
has	O
done	O
fuels	O
his	O
desire	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
Maverick	O
Hunter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Zero	O
's	O
ending	O
,	O
he	O
has	O
a	O
nightmare	O
in	O
which	O
X	O
gains	O
a	O
strange	O
desire	O
to	O
destroy	O
all	O
Mavericks	O
,	O
foreshadowing	O
the	O
rise	O
of	O
Copy	O
X	O
in	O
[ [ 	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
Zero	O
(	O
video	O
game	O
)	O
|Mega	O
Man	O
Zero ] ]	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X7	I-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
to	O
have	O
3D	O
gameplay	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
standard	O
2D	O
style	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X7	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
about	O
30	O
people	O
,	O
led	O
by	O
producers	O
Tatsuya	O
Minami	O
and	O
Tatsuya	O
Kitabayashi	O
of	O
Capcom	O
Production	O
Studio	O
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
series	O
worked	O
on	O
by	O
Kitabayashi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
explained	O
that	O
transitioning	O
the	O
character	O
models	O
of	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X	I-Application
from	O
2D	O
to	O
3D	O
graphics	O
was	O
a	O
challenge	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
including	O
both	O
2D	O
and	O
3D	O
gameplay	O
was	O
not	O
,	O
as	O
they	O
had	O
planned	O
to	O
have	O
them	O
in	O
equal	O
amounts	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
team	O
took	O
into	O
account	O
the	O
less-than-favorable	O
reception	O
for	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X6	O
,	O
but	O
instead	O
of	O
simply	O
trying	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
next	O
game	O
new	O
and	O
fresh	O
with	O
3D	O
graphics	O
,	O
they	O
decided	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
"	O
getting	O
3D	O
right	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
also	O
attempted	O
to	O
build	O
upon	O
the	O
action-style	O
gameplay	O
for	O
which	O
the	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
franchise	O
is	O
known	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
more	O
adult-themed	O
storyline	O
of	O
the	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prominent	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
artist	O
and	O
Capcom	O
producer	O
Keiji	O
Inafune	O
had	O
little	O
involvement	O
in	O
the	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X	I-Application
series	O
after	O
the	O
fifth	B-Application
installment	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
only	O
contribution	O
to	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X7	I-Application
was	O
lending	O
advice	O
to	O
the	O
illustrators	O
on	O
creating	O
the	O
new	O
protagonist	O
Axl	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Red	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
the	O
Grim	B-Device
Reaper	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yoshikawa	O
thought	O
the	O
team	O
would	O
have	O
to	O
create	O
"	O
polygon	O
friendly	O
"	O
bosses	O
,	O
but	O
decided	O
to	O
stick	O
to	O
the	O
traditional	O
design	O
concepts	O
set	O
forth	O
by	O
the	O
early	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
series	O
had	O
finally	O
transitioned	O
into	O
3D	O
,	O
Yoshikawa	O
also	O
expected	O
the	O
team	O
to	O
rethink	O
the	O
way	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
made	O
as	O
they	O
had	O
done	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X	I-Application
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Suegutsu	O
's	O
work	O
from	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X6	O
also	O
served	O
as	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
other	O
illustrations	O
by	O
Yoshikawa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
musical	O
score	O
for	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X7	I-Application
was	O
composed	O
by	O
nine	O
individuals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X7	I-Application
debuted	O
on	O
Japanese	O
sales	O
charts	O
as	O
the	O
third	O
best-selling	O
video	O
game	O
at	O
copies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
budget	O
re-release	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
included	O
alongside	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
versions	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
six	O
original	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
games	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Rockman	O
Collection	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
December	O
19	O
,	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X7	I-Application
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpy	O
concluded	O
"	O
I	O
ca	O
n't	O
fault	O
Capcom	O
or	O
the	O
MMX7	B-Application
team	O
for	O
trying	O
to	O
reinvent	O
a	O
series	O
that	O
had	O
obviously	O
completely	O
lost	O
its	O
way	O
...	O
 [ but ] 	O
the	O
flaccid	O
2D	O
sections	O
in	O
this	O
game	O
are	O
n't	O
half	O
as	O
good	O
as	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
levels	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
instead	O
placed	O
the	O
blame	O
wholly	O
on	O
the	O
3D	O
sections	O
:	O
"	O
We	O
ca	O
n't	O
help	O
but	O
think	O
that	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X7	I-Application
would	O
have	O
been	O
better-suited	O
staying	O
2D	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
until	O
Capcom	O
realizes	O
that	O
the	O
better	O
action-oriented	O
3D	O
titles	O
allow	O
you	O
to	O
manipulate	O
the	O
camera	O
whole-heartedly	O
,	O
future	O
installments	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
will	O
likely	O
run	O
into	O
the	O
same	O
problems	O
that	O
this	O
one	O
did.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
retrospective	O
article	O
involving	O
the	O
franchise	O
's	O
worst	O
games	O
,	O
1UP.com	O
included	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X7	I-Application
citing	O
"	O
usual	O
3D	O
design	O
issues	O
"	O
and	O
the	O
titular	O
character	O
requiring	O
to	O
be	O
unlocked	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
flaws	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamesRadar	O
compared	O
it	O
with	O
the	O
similarly	O
poor	O
received	O
Castlevania	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
due	O
to	O
how	O
both	O
games	O
tried	O
staying	O
away	O
from	O
their	O
predecessors	O
 '	O
formula	O
by	O
adding	O
3D	O
gameplay	O
and	O
the	O
transition	O
failed	O
to	O
gamers	O
.	O
</s>
