Zero

Zero (ゼロ) is a video game character present throughout Capcom's Mega Man franchise. First appearing in the 1993 game Mega Man X for the Super Nintendo, Zero is a Maverick Hunter, a mechanical soldier, Reploid, in charge of defeating enemy Reploids, Mavericks, who turned against humanity and with enemy robots, Mechaniloids. He continues his job as the main character of the Mega Man Zero series. Zero has also played a supporting role in other game series such as the Mega Man ZX series and appeared in crossover video games as a guest character.

First developed by Keiji Inafune when he was attempting to create a new design for Mega Man for the X series, Zero was instead used as a secondary character. In the Zero series, which was developed by Inti Creates, Zero is the protagonist and had a change in his design, which was meant to create a more "human feel" to him. Zero tragically died in Megaman Zero 4, which was the final end of the Mega Man Zero series. Also, Zero has since played a minor role in the ZX series as Model Z. His inclusion in the Mega Man X series has generally received positive critical response from video games reviewers while his story within the Mega Man Zero series received similar response but mostly due to how darker and different Zero became from previous Mega Man characters.