TUM Ranks the Mega Man X Maverick Themes

Ranks 71 - 61
'''Rank 71. Optic Sunflower (Theme 1) (Mega Man X8)''' http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/3504/opticsunflower.jpg http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/7232/optic1st.jpg

Stage theme - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iup1mxsj4kM&fmt=18

Starting it off with the worst of the worst....and I doubt it could get much worse than this for anyone.

Ok what is this....the same 4 seconds being played over and over.........this isn't music, well I mean technically it is, but it's awful! Granted I've never played X8 so I don't know how much of the stage is this theme is played on. Hopefully not much though because this is about as opposite of a Mega Man theme as you can get.

And unfortunately Mega Man X8 has a good supply of garbage like this.

'''Rank 70. Dark Mantis (Theme 1) (Mega Man X8)''' http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/7799/darkmantis.jpg http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/4541/dark1st.jpg

Stage theme - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvhzBJaIicI&fmt=18

Need I remind you X8 that I am looking for music.....not random sounds!

For the stage this theme is meant for, I'm sure it fits very well....but for music it doesn't fit AT ALL. Seriously, get that out of here!

'''Rank 69. Dark Mantis (Theme 2) (Mega Man X8)''' http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/7799/darkmantis.jpg http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/5342/dark2nd.jpg

Stage theme - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqROgJgy1LY&fmt=18

You again X8? Will you ever stop failing?

Ok this time you've given me what I'd "almost" consider music, however, it's more of a continue screen rather than a stage theme. And that puts both of Dark Mantis's themes in the bottom 5, so this stage must be extremely boring to listen to.

'''Rank 68. Burn Rooster (Theme 2) (Mega Man X8)''' http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/6295/burnrooster.jpg http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/80/burn2nd.jpg

Stage theme - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUV5jjqeWYk&fmt=18

X8 again....why am I not surprised.

And what have you for us this time? You've gone from the most repetitive thing ever, to random noises, to continue screen music so what could possibly be next? Oh yes....just plain blaring music....that's just perfect.

You know what, you suck X8, and if it wasn't for a couple of your songs I'd remove you from the rankings all together. <_<

'''Rank 67. Frost Walrus (Theme 1) (Mega Man X4)''' http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/2355/mmx4frostwalrus.jpg http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/4951/frostr.jpg

Stage theme - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpWnIPxFMXw&fmt=18

Ok I know some of you may be thinking "Why is there Mega Man X4 music this low?". Well that's just it, it's not really music. It's a few notes and noises, that's it. But before you get your hopes up let me just say now that I do not consider Mega Man X4 to have a good soundtrack based on the 8 Maverick themes. Sure none of them are as bad as this, but still...overall, I think X4 was pretty weak music wise on the 8 stages. There is 1 in particular that stands out as really enjoyable for me though...

'''Rank 66. Earthrock Trilobyte (Theme 1) (Mega Man X8)''' http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/3966/earthrocktrilobyte.jpg http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/8185/earthrock1st.jpg

Stage theme - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8u5TsyBtFU&fmt=18

And right back to X8.....wonderful.

Well at least this time you've given us some music...it's just very bad music that annoys me. Unfortunately though, the next few themes I also don't like but I put this one lower because as I said it annoys me.

Sad thing is...I'd say we won't start getting into anything I care for till about Rank 57.

'''Rank 65. Dark Dizzy (Mega Man X5)''' http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/6452/mmx5darkdizzy.jpg http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/9282/darkc.jpg

Stage theme - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FZ-8J_-YWE&fmt=18

Ok for starters, I have heard there are people that like this theme, and to be fair it isn't terrible like the first 4 that I listed. So I don't hate it....I just don't like it. I find that it's really lacking and is just overall very boring. While it does fit the stage well, just because it fits doesn't make it great. This theme just has wayyyyyy too many soft notes and it doesn't feel like much of a song at all outside of the 2 short repetitive strings of music that play throughout it, only the first which I could say I don't dislike.

Still, it's only X5's first theme listed and it's way outperforming X8 at this point, but isn't everyone? <_<

'''Rank 64. Neon Tiger (PSX) (Mega Man X3)''' http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/346/mmx3neontiger.jpg http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/8002/neonn.jpg

Stage theme - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMiJ2qbrcrM&fmt=18 SNES version - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMk78h69OLk&fmt=18

For the X3 themes, since it has both an SNES and PSX version I will list both versions but let you know at the top which version it's rank is based on.....though for Neon Tiger it really doesn't matter as I don't like either. XD

While this isn't the only X3 theme that I dislike, it is the only one that I feel is absolutely boring. And X3 has some good music, however...while X8 may be matching original 8 in awfulness right now, X3 SURE doesn't match original 3 in epicness.

The bad thing about this theme is not only is it extremely repetitive, it doesn't even have a little start up that most themes do. It just goes right into it's repetitiveness and doesn't stop.....ugh make it stop....please...

'''Rank 63. Metal Shark Player (Mega Man X6)''' http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/3033/mmx6metalsharkplayer.jpg http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/9755/metalu.jpg

Stage theme - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD97rQ4DlBc&fmt=18

And with that, there are only 3 games remaining that have yet to appear on the list. X1, X2.....and surprisingly X7. o_O

First thing I want to say about this, is that it's a real shame that one of the best named Mavericks has such a boring song.Metal Shark PLAYER.........not that I have any idea why he has the word player in his name but it still sounds cool.

The theme itself....I really can't make any excuses for. I would say "How can you make a theme about a recycling lab sound good?", but they made Dust Man's theme sound good so yea, no excuse. His stage really should have been a watery stage with a pirate theme!

Anyway, we're almost out of the bad/boring themes, just 5 more to go!

'''Rank 62. Gigavolt Manowar (Mega Man X8)''' http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/8804/gigaboltmanowar.jpg http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/1858/manowar.jpg

Stage theme - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KTvqiJk2hk&fmt=18

Well X8, I see you decided to take a slight vacation before returning to the fact that your soundtrack is SUCKING! Well anyway, talk about being the dumbest looking Boss in the history of Mega Man. And you know it's a real accomplishment when you beat out Toad Man for that honor.

About the song though...it's actually real music o_O.....I just don't like it. There may be people who like this theme, and I really couldn't blame you if you did, so maybe I was a bit harsh saying it's returned to sucking. The only thing that puts it so low is that it's kind of like Earthrock Trilobyte's theme where it just annoys me some. Honestly though, it sounds like a really long game show theme of the future....which sounds cool, but I just don't like the song, sorry. =p.

'''Rank 61. Web Spider (Mega Man X4)''' http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7341/mmx4webspider.jpg http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/3530/webbs.jpg

Stage theme - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk1YWlE396Q&fmt=18

Well, it's quite obvious now that Web Spider was not the Mega Man X4 theme that I really liked. However, I think taking into account the type of songs I've been listing so far people could have guessed that this theme would be low. =p

This theme is at least better than the other "barely music" songs that I've listed so far. This one is actually not awful, still bad, but it's just severely lacking. It seems at first like it wouldn't be a boring theme, but that's because the tempo being so fast can fool you into believing it isn't. The song has a very usable beat that could have worked well if there was just more to it.

Ranks 60 - 51
'''Rank 60. Frost Walrus (Theme 2) (Mega Man X4)''' http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/2355/mmx4frostwalrus.jpg http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/2118/mmx4mysscrnv2walrus2.jpg

Stage theme - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFaKWt9RWrg&fmt=18

Of all the ice themes in the Mega Man X series, and there aren't many, I feel that Frost Walrus is the weakest music wise. Of course his Theme 1 is a good bit worse, but I still don't care for this one either.

This is another one of those songs that's really lacking. Sure it sounds like an ice theme, I'll give it that, but it's not something I really enjoy listening too. I don't notice it too much when I'm playing the stage though due to it being so quiet while the sound effects are anything but. This theme picks up a little at 0:27, and that part is ok...but just ok at best while the rest of it is boring.

'''Rank 59. Bamboo Pandamonium (Theme 1) (Mega Man X8)''' http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/7364/bamboopandamonium.jpg http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/4633/bamboo1st.jpg

Stage theme - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLCSKeIQ31Y&fmt=18

I knew you couldn't stay away for too long X8.

Ok, as for this one.....idk this song is just really really weird for me. It's like something I'd expect from a Terminator game not a Mega Man game. It's also a good bit repetitive, and in the bad way. Though, what puts it this low is simply that I don't really like it. It's not a bad theme though, just really not to my tastes.

And with that, X8 now has over half it's songs in the bottom 15. 13 songs in all, and 7 of them are this low. 2 more songs to go in the bottom 15 though, will another X8 theme appear?

'''Rank 58. Blizzard Wolfang (Mega Man X6)''' http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/6518/mmx6blizzardwolfang.jpg http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/1640/blizzardso.jpg

<B>Stage theme</b> - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDiVxIwToyU&fmt=18

And we've finally come to the last of the songs I would put in the bad category.

This song actually could have been really good because there are some parts of it I don't mind, but other parts just sound really really bad to me. As usual with ice themes, they really do a good job of letting you know it's a ice theme, and I'm pretty sure many people could point this out as the ice theme of the game even without knowing his name or seeing the stage.

A couple quick comments on the song though. The start up is ok but really could have been better. Then it goes into I guess a slow cool down you'd call it which I also don't like. Then it waits till 41 seconds into the song to actually reach anything else decent, which is ridiculous. It finishes off with 24 seconds with what I would consider decent to ok music. All and All though, best of the worst for me.

'''Rank 57. Vile (PSX) (Mega Man X3)''' http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/6894/vilex3.gif http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/2190/vilestage.jpg

<B>Stage theme</b> - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnx1hNSHMnQ&fmt=18 <B>SNES Version</b> - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIYA6CQ_E_k&fmt=18

And optional boss with his own stage. It's a short stage but a stage nonetheless.

I'm not quite sure how people feel about this theme, seeing as this is probably one of the lesser played X games and even those that have played it I'm sure not all of them even knew about it.

For me this theme starts out like it might be good....and then just disappoints. Yea, for what it has it's not bad, but it doesn't really have much. All it is, is 3 short strings of music. You hear the first part 4 times, the 2nd part 3 times, then the last part however many times cause I don't feel like listening to it again. It's another theme that severely suffers from a lack of variety, and also the fact that it's just ok to begin with. There are many songs that lack in variety that can still sound really good, but I feel that this one just doesn't cut it, it's average.

'''Rank 56. Tunnel Rhino (PSX) (Mega Man X3)''' http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/1876/mmx3tunnelrhino.jpg http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/5848/tunnelb.jpg

<B>Stage theme</b> - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tjIvVcd_0U&fmt=18 <B>SNES version</b> - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta9ZpVPGLLI&fmt=18

Losing another theme already X3? Let's not be pulling an X8 here.

Ok, I've heard some people like this theme....and I'm really not sure why. Compared to the better songs in this game it's stale and bland......but I guess compared to Neon Tiger's it's amazing so bad way to put it I guess. Most of this song is pretty meh. Sure the song never drops to any seriously low points but it never reaches a place where I would call it good either. I really dislike the background theme to this song as well, and unfortunately it really sticks out for me. Anyway, slow and a bit boring, not awful but definitely could have been better.

'''Rank 55. Burn Rooster (Theme 1) (Mega Man X8)''' http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/6295/burnrooster.jpg http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/3811/burn1st.jpg

<B>Stage theme</b> - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Youf0LY6MCQ&fmt=18

Speaking of X8....only 5 themes left and I haven't even reached the top 40 out of 71. That's pathetic, very pathetic.

Burn Rooster seems to be plagued by random blaring music. At least this one though has some actual MUSIC to it instead of the other theme where it sounded like a 5 year old got ahold of an electric guitar. As far as X8 goes, it seems to be more hard rock type music...and that really isn't my thing. I mean yes, there are exceptions, but this is not one of those. About all I like with this song is the high notes it hits from 0:50 to about 1:05.

'''Rank 54. Splash Warfly (Mega Man X7)''' http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/9937/mmx7splashwarflylarge.jpg http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/1449/splashw.jpg

Stage theme - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsEkn2GZV50&fmt=18

And X7 makes it's list debut. And for such a horrible game I'm even surprised myself that it hadn't been listed before, but as awful as the game is the music isn't as awful. Not that I'm saying I love this theme or anything, no, I don't really care for it but I don't hate it, so....that's something I suppose.

This song is a bit of a hard one to explain for me....I mean, it's like a huge mess jumbled with parts I like and parts I don't like. For a couple seconds it can start seeming real catchy to me, then it just takes a sharp turn and I don't like it at all.I like the way it starts up, but then after that bleh...and then it starts getting better again and then....well yea you get the point.

And now only X1 and X2 have yet to appear on the list.

'''Rank 53. Shield Sheldon (Mega Man X6''' http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/4330/mmx6shieldsheldon.jpg http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/5385/shieldj.jpg

<B>Stage theme</b> - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ19cgghtvU&fmt=18

The first X6 theme I don't really dislike.

This theme is just kinda there though...it's nice sounding but nothing really special. I love the tones they used for it but the beat is just kinda bleh, it bores me. I like the way the song starts up but after that...eh, it's just boring. And that's the problem with many songs in the fact that they don't necessarily sound bad, just the melody bores me. If it wasn't for the background noises, part of this theme could easily be used as music at an Inn for an RPG.

'''Rank 52. Ground Scaravich (Mega Man X6)''' http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/882/mmx6groundscaravich.jpg http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/5982/ground.jpg

<B>Stage theme</b> - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZnEjPft2A8&fmt=18

And now you know which 4 X6 themes I like and which 4 I dislike. This theme is actually a favorite of a friend of mine, but I really don't care for it.

I will say that I really like the instruments used in this song. I even think the beginning of the song is quite good...it's the rest of the song I have my doubts about. It starts on a nice high note like it's really going to be a great theme, but the rest of the song just doesn't have much to it, it's not very enjoyable for me to listen to. I do have to say though, that this theme, strangely enough, fits the stage very well.

'''Rank 51. Flame Hyenard (Mega Man X7)''' http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/1255/hyena.jpg http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/2600/flamem.jpg

<B>Stage theme</b> - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCGFJEXEh7Q&fmt=18

And now our 2nd installment of X7.

Ok this theme in particular is one I'm half and half on. I mean it doesn't sound all that bad but it seems completely wrong for Mega Man as well as a fire theme at that. Still, to be fair it's not something I really enjoy listening to anyway so I'm not putting it this low simply because it doesn't fit the game or stage. This theme sounds ok at first, but the more I listen to it the more it starts bothering me and I just want to turn it off, but at least I can almost slightly enjoy it the first time through.

Ranks 50 - 41
'''Rank 50. Optic Sunflower (Theme 2) (Mega Man X8)''' http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/3504/opticsunflower.jpg http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/5974/optic2nd.jpg

<B>Stage theme</b> - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=polxN6d2HSA&fmt=18

And I believe that leaves X8 with just 4 themes remaining. only 5 out of 13 that weren't in the bottom 17 <_<

This is the first theme I'd have to put into the "ok" category. It's not good but not bad either for me.

Well anyway, it's nice to know that this is the main theme of the stage instead of that other theme, because this is a vast improvement over the other. Still though...vast improvement doesn't mean it's a great song. This is another one of those "I only like parts of it and dislike the rest" songs. Like the start, don't like the next part, then I like it again....etc etc etc. I will note that my favorite part of this song is probably the very beginning of it, it starts off pretty nicely.

'''Rank 49. Snipe Anteator (Mega Man X7)''' http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/2838/anteaterp.jpg http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/686/snipeq.jpg

<B>Stage theme</b> - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOsm_RIYsOk&fmt=18

Ok what happened to you X7? You were competing with X1 and X2 and then all of a sudden you've dropped 3 songs all here close together while they still haven't appeared on the list once. The hopes of the worst game in the series having a surprisingly great soundtrack is slipping away.

As for this song, there's just 1 thing that has put it this high, 1 thing. I don't like the start of it, I don't care for the beat, I don't care for the fact that it's techno although I do like some techno. It's that one instrument that gets added in at 0:35. I feel that 1 thing completely changes the song and if the whole song had been using that instead of w/e it was at the start this theme would place a good bit higher. That 1 thing brings the song together and makes it sound great. But w/e it is they're using other than that 20 second time frame annoys me, so this song gets put this low.

'''Rank 48. Mattrex (Mega Man X5)''' http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/7457/mmx5mattrex.jpg http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/8069/mattrex.jpg

<B>Stage theme</b> - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4qFY1b_d2U&fmt=18

This may be an unpopular pick for this low, and it's a really hard one for me too because I actually do like some of this song. This is just a demonstration of how the original series differs with the X series.

With the original series, there are a small group of songs I don't like, a small ground of songs I love, and a large group of songs I either like or am just ok with.

With the X series however, there are a larger group of songs I don't like and a larger group of songs I love and a smaller group of songs I like/am ok with.

Anyway, about this song, I happen to think that even though I put this song this low that it's done VERY well. It being this low is really just a matter of preference because I really can't find much fault in the way it's arranged. I think that when it repeats those high notes like 10 times or however many it does(didn't count) that part is a bit annoying, but the rest of the song is pretty good.

'''Rank 47. Grizzly Slash (Mega Man X5)''' http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/8711/mmx5grizzlyslash.jpg http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/5921/grizzlyi.jpg

<B>Stage theme</b> - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwPuibHZNeE&fmt=18

Ok, this theme is actually kinda catchy. I also like how it changes directions a few times....except for that part at the end. 0:45-0:57 I just don't like at all. I'm not sure what it is about that part but it just doesn't sound good to me. Unfortunately though, that does bring down the songs placement a bit, it probably would have been lower 30's if not for that. Other than that, it's a nice song, not really something I love, but it's a little better than ok at least because like I said, it is a bit catchy. =p

'''Rank 46. Ride Boarski (Mega Man X7)''' http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/4884/boar.jpg http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/1952/riden.jpg

<B>Stage theme</b> - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4hz5SXP52E&fmt=18

F-Zero...this is not.

However, this theme doesn't sound too bad at first, and a good bit of it even sounds good (from 0:35 until the song goes back to the beginning), but that first 34 seconds really starts to annoy me once I hear it again and again. It's another one of those "make it stop" moments. So again I'm left with a song where I like half of it and dislike the other half, and well, that places it here in the ok section. Now that I think about it, I probably should have placed this below Grizzly Slash and Mattrex, but no matter, it's still in the right area.

'''Rank 45. Axle The Red (Mega Man X5)''' http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/2396/mmx5axlethered.jpg http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/9526/axlex.jpg

<B>Stage theme</b> - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVKbPkeL78s&fmt=18

This is one of those themes I wish I could have put higher but was unable to do so. =/

Ok yea, the start up is a bit meh, and then after that it's so so, but the part from 0:33 - 0:47 The part at 1:01 is also somewhat good.

Ok, to be more precise the start up of the song annoys me for some reason. Just w/e that noise is that it's making...I don't like that all. 0:33 - 0:47 though is just so awesome that it deserves to at least be this high.

'''Rank 44. Magma Dragoon (Mega Man X4)''' http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/8013/mmx4magmadragoon.jpg http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/3066/magma.jpg

<B>Stage theme</b> - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHuzsD0Z3Qs&fmt=18

Ok, I know already that this is most likely an unpopular pick for being so low, but I just never really cared for Magma Dragoon's stage theme. Sure the Maverick himself is one of the most awesome ever, and it's from what most consider the best game in the series....but the music just doesn't do it for me. Yes the theme is done well, I just don't really enjoy listening to it that much. I don't know what exactly to say is wrong with it, because like I said it's done well just like Mattrex is, just for some reason I don't like hearing it.

'''Rank 43. Morph Moth (Mega Man X2)''' http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/6655/mmx2morphmoth.jpg http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/2520/morphs.jpg

<B>Stage theme</b> - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-b53V_RF5E&fmt=18

And X2 finally makes it's appearance on the list with what I consider to be the weakest, yet still enjoyable, song in the game.

This game has kind of a strange start up really, it seems like the start up could be the ending of the song. Instead of building on the start up, the song changes and goes another way. Right after the start up though at 0:08 seconds, I really like that part, I wish more of the song were like that. If it were, it would have been higher but I feel that after that the song kinda falls. It stays ok but never again reaches that high point for me.

And now we wait to see how long it will take X1 to appear. =p

'''Rank 42. Tornado Tonion (Mega Man X7)''' http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/9947/mmx7tornadotonionlarge.jpg http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/4020/tornadol.jpg

<B>Stage theme</b> - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeluZp7rLLk&fmt=18

Well, he doesn't look as stupid as Gigavolt Manowar, but he comes awfully close! Still, that doesn't take away that his theme isn't too bad.

I like the start of this theme, it's really nice buildup....but then the shriek right after that....ugh! At 0:26 it manages to pick itself back up and does ok for the rest of the song. However...the thing about this theme is that after you get use to that part I mentioned I didn't like...it actually sounds better and the song manages to come out with an ok finish. Personally...I think this song could have been higher if it had just added a little more to it.

'''Rank 41. Earthrock Trilobyte (Theme 2) (Mega Man X8)''' http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/3966/earthrocktrilobyte.jpg http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/2465/earthrock2nd.jpg

<B>Stage theme</b> - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlT8Hl8pdQU&fmt=18

Well X8, we're only at #41 and you're down to 3 themes left. Completely pathetic I must say.

Not to mention LOL @ this Youtube comment

"This song should prove to anybody how well﻿ heavy rock worked in Mega Man X8, it's just amazing. "

Um...no, I'm pretty sure that's why the majority of the soundtrack is very poor quality and it's doing the worst by far out of all games thus far. Be that as it may though, it may still churn out a good theme or two, but the fact is I think it would have been much better if they hadn't gone with the heavy rock style.

The theme itself is ok, I mean it's nothing special but it isn't bad like most of the crap from X8 has been so far. The tune isn't really catchy or anything IMO it's just simply an ok song. I don't think it fits the stage well, but I suppose most of the music in X8 didn't really fit the stages. And yes I know what people will think with me putting this higher than Magma Dragoon, but the pure and simple fact is that I don't really care to listen to either but this one is just a tad more enjoyable for me.

Ranks 40 - 31
'''Rank 40. Sting Chameleon (Mega Man X1)''' http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/1138/mmxstingchameleon.jpg http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/9861/sti.jpg

<B>Stage theme</b> - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfH9QAGi0sk&fmt=18

X1 finally appears on the list, and with what I consider it's weakest, yet still good, theme.

Yes Sting Chameleon is still a good theme, but I feel it was a notch below the rest of the X1 Maverick themes. Every game has to have a weakest theme, even if X1 was all in the top 10.

I personally think this theme has some wasted potential, they really could have kicked it up and made this an epic theme. It's a very short song, only 34 seconds long. Some of that 34 seconds is also a bit repetitive. Now, I know that short can still be good, and repetitive can still be good, but combining the 2 is hard to bounce back from. When I listen to the other X1 themes, I know they were fully capable of keeping this one on that same level of enjoyment, but it's just lacking. So yea, again, they should have added more to it, then it would have been higher.

'''Rank 39. Crush Crawfish (PSX) (Mega Man X3)''' http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/5874/mmx3crushcrawfish.jpg http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/9519/crushg.jpg

<B>Stage theme</b> - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k3eEk1w5pM&fmt=18 <B>SNES version</b> - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1MuWLHpmxA&fmt=18

Well Go Go Power Rangers! Yes I believe that's what many people think when they hear this theme.

Ok, so we know it resembles the power rangers, but what else makes it place this high? Or this low? Or however you wish to put it because it's almost middle of the pack.

Well, for starters, it's a nice start up.....ok that sounds corny. Anyway, after the power ranger part, the theme actually doesn't really have much else. So uh...the power rangers nostalgia is enough to being it middle of the pack but not enough to push it over any themes that I really like so this is a fine spot to place it.

'''Rank 38. Flame Stag (Mega Man X2)''' http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/8408/mmx2flamestag.jpg http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/4671/flamen.jpg

<B>Stage theme</b> - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShqLb9MwBco&fmt=18

And Mega Man X2 takes it's 2nd loss, but there are still 6 themes left so it's doing just fine.

Ok the main problem with this song is it's only 40 seconds long and I don't like the first 14 seconds of it. Pretty soon (At #27) we're going to get into the themes I really like and from then on there can be no huge sections of a song like this that I have problem with. #27 and on will be based on preference. After that 14 seconds, the theme is really good but that's still less than 2/3rd of the song that I enjoy and that's enough to keep it from going higher.

'''Rank 37. Soldier Stonekong (Mega Man X7)''' http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/3383/mm018v.jpg http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/317/soldieri.jpg

<B>Stage theme</b> - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtmY0cIdoFA&fmt=18

Getting real close to elimination here X7, only 2 songs for it remain and it now has the least amount of songs left.

This guy definitely looks weird, and I assume he's suppose to be a gorilla but pink/yellow/light blue is not what I would have chosen for a gorilla robot. <_<

Anyway, this theme is a bit of an interesting one. I feel the start up of this theme is awesome.....then at 0:07 - 0:31 it just drops into somewhat annoying for me. After 0:31 it gets good again but man does that 24 second period completely kill this song for me. 0:32 until the start starts to replay is completely beautiful. So, awesome start up, beautiful ending, awful middle section that's giving me a headache. Good enough to get it middle of the pack but wow, what a huge difference could have been made without that high pitched shrieking sound. This song could have been top 20 easy if that part didn't annoy me so much.