<s>
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X	I-Application
:	I-Application
Command	I-Application
Mission	I-Application
,	O
known	O
in	O
Japan	O
as	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
and	O
GameCube	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
the	O
spin-off	O
to	O
the	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X	I-Application
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Command	O
Mission	O
differs	O
from	O
previous	O
entries	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
rather	O
than	O
an	O
action-platform	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
team	O
members	O
who	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
Capcom	O
's	O
Breath	B-Application
of	I-Application
Fire	I-Application
series	O
of	O
role-playing	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
producer	O
of	O
Command	O
Mission	O
,	O
a	O
plot-focused	O
role-playing	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X	I-Application
games	O
was	O
created	O
because	O
the	O
series	O
is	O
well	O
known	O
for	O
its	O
action	B-Application
and	O
storyline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
action-platformers	O
of	O
the	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X	I-Application
series	O
,	O
Command	O
Mission	O
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
follows	O
a	O
narrative	O
that	O
forces	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
go	O
to	O
the	O
different	O
stages	O
in	O
order	O
,	O
which	O
abandons	O
the	O
stage	O
select	O
feature	O
of	O
many	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
action	B-Application
is	O
split	O
between	O
a	O
field	O
screen	O
and	O
a	O
battle	O
screen	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
player	O
always	O
in	O
the	O
center	O
of	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
view	O
and	O
with	O
a	O
map	O
of	O
the	O
surrounding	O
area	O
in	O
the	O
bottom-right	O
hand	O
corner	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
other	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X	I-Application
games	O
,	O
stages	O
are	O
spread	O
around	O
Giga	O
City	O
,	O
which	O
have	O
to	O
be	O
cleared	O
to	O
progress	O
through	O
the	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
a	O
few	O
differences	O
between	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GameCube	B-Application
version	O
makes	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
GameCube	I-Device
Game	I-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
Cable	I-Device
,	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
can	O
connect	O
a	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
(	O
GBA	B-Device
)	O
to	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
,	O
enabling	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
special	O
radar	O
function	O
to	O
find	O
secret	O
items	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
radar	O
screen	O
appears	O
on	O
the	O
GBA	B-Device
screen	O
,	O
showing	O
the	O
immediate	O
area	O
around	O
the	O
player	O
,	O
the	O
direction	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
facing	O
and	O
the	O
location	O
of	O
any	O
hidden	O
items	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
features	O
an	O
unlockable	O
demo	O
of	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X8	I-Application
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
frequency	O
of	O
enemy	O
encounters	O
is	O
higher	O
in	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
if	O
a	O
player	O
takes	O
too	O
many	O
turns	O
to	O
defeat	O
an	O
enemy	O
,	O
they	O
experience	O
penalties	O
far	O
quicker	O
in	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
version	O
than	O
in	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X	I-Application
Command	I-Application
Mission	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
during	O
an	O
unspecified	O
year	O
in	O
the	O
23rd	O
century	O
(	O
"	O
22XX	O
AD	O
"	O
)	O
;	O
about	O
100	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
other	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
leader	O
,	O
Epsilon	O
,	O
is	O
branded	O
a	O
Maverick	O
by	O
the	O
government	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
Maverick	O
Hunter	O
team	O
is	O
dispatched	O
by	O
Colonel	B-Application
Redips	I-Application
to	O
Giga	O
City	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
liberate	O
it	O
from	O
the	O
grasp	O
of	O
Epsilon	O
's	O
Rebellion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
later	O
revealed	O
that	O
Epsilon	O
was	O
not	O
a	O
Maverick	O
,	O
but	O
Redips	B-Application
is	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Luckily	O
for	O
X	O
's	O
team	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
Epsilon	O
's	O
commanders	O
,	O
Ferham	O
,	O
helps	O
the	O
group	O
by	O
removing	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Force	O
Metal	O
from	O
Redips	B-Application
,	O
giving	O
X	O
and	O
company	O
a	O
chance	O
to	O
defeat	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Great	O
Redips	B-Application
weakened	O
,	O
X	O
's	O
party	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
finally	O
defeat	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Redips	B-Application
reverts	O
to	O
his	O
original	O
form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
epilogue	O
narration	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
revealed	O
that	O
due	O
to	O
Colonel	B-Application
Redips	I-Application
 '	O
treason	O
being	O
unveiled	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
,	O
Epsilon	O
was	O
posthumously	O
cleared	O
of	O
his	O
Maverick	O
status	O
,	O
and	O
peace	O
returned	O
to	O
Giga	O
City	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Command	O
Mission	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Capcom	O
Production	O
Studio	O
3	O
and	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
team	O
members	O
that	O
worked	O
on	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X7	I-Application
and	O
Breath	B-Application
of	I-Application
Fire	I-Application
:	I-Application
Dragon	I-Application
Quarter	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Long-time	O
producer	O
and	O
artist	O
Keiji	O
Inafune	O
had	O
always	O
viewed	O
the	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X	I-Application
series	O
in	O
the	O
action	B-Application
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
asked	O
why	O
the	O
team	O
chose	O
to	O
make	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X	I-Application
into	O
an	O
RPG	O
,	O
producer	O
Tatsuya	O
Kitabayashi	O
explained	O
,	O
"	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X	I-Application
is	O
respected	O
as	O
an	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
but	O
also	O
has	O
a	O
good	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
their	O
experience	O
with	O
the	O
Breath	B-Application
of	I-Application
Fire	I-Application
series	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
created	O
a	O
new	O
battle	O
system	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
but	O
found	O
it	O
difficult	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Mega	O
Man	O
has	O
been	O
about	O
jumping	O
and	O
shooting	O
in	O
an	O
action	B-Application
setting	O
,	O
so	O
I	O
needed	O
to	O
add	O
a	O
new	O
system	O
for	O
this	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
quite	O
difficult	O
to	O
create	O
something	O
that	O
is	O
action-like	O
but	O
still	O
has	O
an	O
RPG-like	O
fighting	O
mode.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Cross	O
Orders	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
mark	O
the	O
pace	O
,	O
but	O
since	O
action	B-Application
games	I-Application
are	O
all	O
about	O
being	O
good	O
at	O
them	O
,	O
they	O
tried	O
to	O
make	O
that	O
into	O
the	O
decisive	O
factor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
the	O
Action	B-Application
Triggers	O
of	O
Zero	O
and	O
Axl	O
can	O
be	O
ugraded	O
across	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
also	O
decided	O
not	O
to	O
include	O
a	O
New	O
Game	O
Plus	O
option	O
because	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
an	O
RPG	O
rather	O
than	O
an	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ryuji	O
Higurashi	O
,	O
a	O
veteran	O
artist	O
of	O
the	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X	I-Application
series	O
,	O
acted	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
chief	O
character	O
designer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
he	O
learned	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
to	O
take	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
period	O
as	O
the	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
Zero	I-Application
series	O
,	O
Higurashi	O
added	O
several	O
features	O
to	O
his	O
designs	O
to	O
Command	O
Mission	O
to	O
reflect	O
their	O
relation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X	I-Application
:	I-Application
Command	I-Application
Mission	I-Application
was	O
first	O
announced	O
and	O
presented	O
by	O
producer	O
Koji	O
Nakajima	O
at	O
the	O
Tokyo	O
Game	O
Show	O
in	O
September	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
North	O
American	O
PS2	B-Device
version	O
includes	O
an	O
unlockable	O
demo	O
version	O
of	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X8	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
coincide	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
NubyTech	O
announced	O
Mega	O
Man-themed	O
game	B-Device
controllers	I-Device
for	O
both	O
console	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
only	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
controller	O
arrived	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X	I-Application
Collection	I-Application
in	O
early	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PS2	B-Device
version	O
holds	O
a	O
69	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
on	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
version	O
holds	O
a	O
67	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Official	O
Nintendo	O
Magazine	O
claimed	O
Command	O
Mission	O
was	O
a	O
decent	O
RPG	O
with	O
an	O
"	O
interesting	O
"	O
universe	O
;	O
however	O
the	O
staff	O
found	O
its	O
genre	O
too	O
different	O
from	O
other	O
entries	O
in	O
the	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
X	I-Application
series	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
platformers	O
that	O
required	O
quick	O
reflexes	O
,	O
and	O
thus	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
used	O
to	O
the	O
platform	O
style	O
would	O
not	O
enjoy	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Comparing	O
the	O
versions	O
,	O
IGN	O
and	O
RPGamer	O
criticized	O
that	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
version	O
has	O
a	O
much	O
higher	O
random	O
encounter	O
rate	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
cited	O
a	O
smoother	O
frame	O
rate	O
and	O
marginal	O
improvements	O
in	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
called	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
version	O
"	O
a	O
bit	O
crisper	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Famitsu	O
,	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
version	O
sold	O
36,635	O
units	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
312th	O
best-selling	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
region	O
for	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GameCube	B-Application
version	O
sold	O
18,599	O
units	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
460th	O
best-selling	O
game	O
in	O
Japan	O
for	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
