Mega Man: Dual Override Borrows Dashing and Hovering From Mega Man X

Mega Man: Dual Override got a new trailer at Gamescom Opening Night Live, and it's leaning hard into Mega Man X territory — dash moves, hovering, and glowing armor panels that suggest some kind of mid-game power-up system. The game is still on track for a release next year.

The trailer showed Mega Man pulling off a dash and a hover, moves that have been synonymous with Mega Man X since that series launched in 1993. It's not confirmed whether these abilities are permanent upgrades or situational tools — the trailer doesn't make that clear. Either way, the armor visually reacts to the changes, with glowing panels that look like robotic plating opening up. Alongside the X-inspired moves, there's also a rapid-charge fire attack that floods the screen with projectiles and wipes out enemies in seconds — something that feels distinct from the X series entirely.

Mega Man X split from the original series by setting its story a century later and building a faster, more aggressive playstyle around the dash mechanic. Dual Override seems to be pulling that speed back into the classic Blue Bomber's world rather than keeping the two lines strictly separate. The game also revealed a new Robot Master: Twinkle Girl, only the second female Robot Master in the mainline series after Splash Woman from Mega Man 9. A fan-designed Robot Master from an earlier contest has not yet been revealed.

The announcement also came with a quick tease: Mega Man and Roll skins are coming to Pragmata, Capcom's long-delayed sci-fi action game that was once rumored to be a stealth Mega Man reboot before its official reveal. No release window was given for those cosmetics.