| “ | We're going to build a nation for the Reploids. That's our ultimate goal. We'll fight anyone who tries to interfere with our independence. | „ |
| ~ General |
The General is the secondary antagonist of the 1997 action-platform game Mega Man X4.
He is the leader of the Repliforce. The General makes his debut in the Final Weapon's second level, right before the game's Boss Rush. After X and Zero defeat Sigma, the General appears to sacrifice his life by stopping the Final Weapon, allowing him to rejoin his men who died in battle.
He is voiced by Mark Hagan in English and by Ryuzaburo Otomo in Japanese.
Biography[]
The General is a gigantic robot built to serve as the leader of Repliforce, a military group of Maverick Hunters. The Repliforce was created to assist the Maverick Hunters, and the General proudly led his group to many victories against the Mavericks, even though Maverick activities showed no sign of reducing. One day, Sigma, disguised as a cloaked figure, approaches the General. Sigma attempts to convince the General that the Maverick Hunters would soon turn against Repliforce, with his reasons being that the Maverick Hunters' only goal was to destroy any who opposed the humans. The General quickly dismisses him, however, not wishing to betray the humans. Sigma leaves, but warns him that the General would soon change his mind.
Some time later, the floating city of Sky Lagoon is attacked by Mavericks and falls to the ground, causing the death of thousands. Because of Repliforce's presence on the city, the Maverick Hunters label the entire Repliforce as Mavericks. Indignant, General decides to start a coup for independence to build their own Reploid nation. Though General's only intent was to avoid conflict, the Maverick Hunters are called into action and forced to fight Repliforce. Even though Magma Dragoon is revealed as the culprit behind Sky Lagoon's attack, General grows more distrustful and paranoid, building a huge satellite laser called Final Weapon, where he intended to build his utopic nation.
X and Zero make their way into the Final Weapon and confront the General, who is unwilling to give up on his plans. After a fierce fight General ends defeated, but suddenly the laser cannon activates, so the General realizes someone else should be controlling it. X and Zero go after the control of the weapon and find that Sigma had been behind the entire conflict the whole time, pitting the two groups against each other so they wouldn't pose a threat to his plans. After Sigma is defeated, he tells the hunters the weapon is aimed at Earth before exploding. The General then decides to use his own body to stop the weapon, sacrificing himself to follow his men who died in battle.
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- The General is the second biggest Repliroid to appear. Illumina, in Infinity Mijinion's stage, is the biggest.
