Capcom is no stranger when it comes to creating handheld experiences of Mega Man games. They've done five games on the original Game Boy so it's kind of a no-brainer that Mega Man X would get the same treatment as well, and what we got was Mega Man Xtreme. It was probably ambitious in 2000, taking the formula of the X series on the go, but in a 2023 lens, it's more a watered-down version of X1 and X2. It plays identically to those two with the only difference being the dash placement options; you either double-tap on the d-pad or use the start button. I'm not a fan of either of these controls, but I went with the 2nd option, and wow this felt cumbersome; I had to readjust my fingers to dash comfortably, but at that point, I rather not have the dash at all. They also do this thing where they split the campaign into two difficulties where you fight the first four Mavericks on Normal and then the second half on Hard. There's also Extreme Mode that has your typical Mega Man X stage select screen with all the eight Mavericks featured from the first two games available at the start, but at that point, I just didn't see a reason to replay it again when I've seen everything the game had to offer.

Mega Man Xtreme is an interesting little game. It's cool seeing these selected stages from X1 and X2 being remade on a tiny handheld shot-by-shot, and while it's inoffensive, it offers little reason to play this in 2023 when the SNES games are readily available on modern systems.