"Bwah ha ha ha! It's finally done!! I'm going mad and it is so... liberating! ...No. The plan has only just begun... I'm going to bring all low-grade... Reploids into submission! Those too simple to understand my work!! I'll build an ideal world only for Reploids... a wonderful world where I control everything!"

―Gate, Mega Man X6

Gate (ゲイト, Geito) is a Reploid scientist who is the main antagonist of Mega Man X6. Formerly a colleague of Alia's, Gate has always sought to create the most powerful Reploids imaginable, a goal twisted into world domination once he is driven mad by experiments on Zero's DNA. Gate is the creator of the eight Nightmare Investigators,^[1] the Zero Nightmare, High Max, and the Nightmare itself. He is also responsible for the resurrection of Sigma.

Appearance

Gate is a tall male Reploid in purple armor. His clear face is recognizable for his sharp purple eyes and confident expression; he also appears to be slightly older than X and Zero. His helmet is distinguished by a pair of metallic blades running up the visor and a diamond shaped blue gem. Another blue gem with the shape of a pentagon is located on the center of his chestplate. He wears a white lab coat featuring golden accents and cuffs.

In combat, Gate changes to a golden form. His armor becomes sharper and bulkier, especially his shoulderpads, with white details and blue gems on the arms and legs. His labcoat is replaced with a flowing white cape.

Personality

Gate is a devoted researcher with a sardonic attitude, a large ego, and an irreverent personality. In order to achieve his goals, he's willing to do everything necessary to get what he wants. Like many of the villains in the series, Gate desires a Reploid government under his leadership, though he specifies that his utopia will only include certain advanced Reploids such as himself and his own creations.

In the Japanese version, he uses the pronoun 僕 (boku) to refer to himself, meaning "I" but in a humble, masculine way, giving off a sense of professionalism. Additionally, Sigma referred to Gate as a "brat" (小僧, kozou) in Japanese, suggesting that Gate's programmed age is that of a young man.^[2]

Gate aims to make the strongest Reploids possible, which is why he is so fascinated by the legendary X and Zero and their unanalyzable bodies. He is a genius in Reploid engineering and unafraid to show it, sometimes to his own detriment. During his time on the research team, unlike Alia, he broke protocols by making his Reploid creations unanalyzable, causing him to be shunned by his peers. Gate could not understand, as he considered them excellent Reploids, and found it hypocritical that X and Zero were not treated with the same fear. He became resentful when his creations were destroyed by his very own colleagues, especially because Alia was in on the conspiracy, and chose to escape the scorn by hiding in solitude.

Despite this, Gate appears to have some concern for the world, as he laments the ruin caused by Eurasia and is bitter that authorities claim they should be thankful for the reduced damage. Alia also mentions in the ending that she and Gate longed to create a program resistant to all viruses. However, any compassion Gate once had is completely lost when he is infected by Zero's DNA; although he realizes that he is losing his sanity, he finds the sensation "liberating" and loses himself in his own selfish goals.

History

Background

Gate formerly worked in a team of Reploid engineers, including his close colleague Alia. He was fascinated by the legendary X and Zero because their DNA and body structures were mysteries to even the world's finest minds. Gate saw it as a challenge to someday analyze the two, or to at least create Reploids of similarly elevated quality. Eventually he reached his goal, creating at least eight Reploids whose DNA couldn't be analyzed by other scientists. Gate's Reploids were highly effective and used in various capacities. However, this fostered jealousy and fear in his colleagues. Gate's supervisor demanded that he stop producing such powerful Reploids, but he arrogantly ignored them and continued his work. This resulted in his supervisor conspiring against him, and Alia was reluctantly roped into the scheme.^[3]

All of Gate's advanced Reploids were either sabotaged or labeled Maverick by Gate's research team, but in any case, all of them were destroyed. Two of them, Shield Sheldon and Rainy Turtloid, committed suicide out of sadness and remorse, while Alia was personally forced to dispose of Blizzard Wolfang and Ground Scaravich. Commander Yammark had his flight system sabotaged and crashed while Metal Shark Player is persecuted and killed for illegal DNA resurrection. And lastly, Infinity Mijinion and Blaze Heatnix were given karmic punishments for their selfishness. Bitter and betrayed, Gate left the research team, becoming an anchorite somewhere on Earth.

Mega Man X6

Two weeks after the Eurasia incident, Gate visited the crash site. There, he found what he at first thought was mere debris, but which he discovered was actually a sample of Zero's DNA. He immediately began analyzing it, and after roughly a week of study, he was turned insane by its viral power. With the help of the mysterious Reploid scientist Isoc, he decrypted 99.98% of Zero's DNA, using his new knowledge to create the Nightmare and High Max, along with resurrecting eight of his deceased subordinates.

Mad with power, Gate formed a plan to conquer all Reploids. He dreamed of his own society of advanced Reploids, independent from humanity; all other "low-grade" Reploids would be brought into submission or exterminated. To accomplish this, Gate created a psychotic discolored copy of Zero called the Zero Nightmare, which Isoc publicly blamed as a scapegoat for the Nightmare Virus. Isoc encouraged Reploids all over the planet to join High Max and the eight Nightmare Investigators to hunt the Zero Nightmare before it was too late. In reality, Gate intended for as many Reploids as possible to be exposed to the Nightmare Virus, so they could either survive to prove their worth or succumb to the Nightmare and become mindless slaves.

When the Maverick Hunters destroyed one of Gate's Nightmare Investigators, Isoc shared the news. Isoc suggested simply using High Max to subjugate the world, but Gate insisted on using the Nightmare. He asked Isoc about his search for Zero, allowing him to continue despite having no need for Zero's DNA.

Once the Maverick Hunters destroyed all eight of Gate's Nightmare Investigators (or defeated High Max), he personally contacted Hunter Base to invite X and Zero to face him in his Secret Lab. He believed this would be his opportunity to finally analyze the two ancient robots. After they destroyed the Nightmare Mother, Gate finally revealed that Zero's DNA is what he used to cause the Nightmare in the first place, and challenged the Hunters to come face him in battle.

By the time X and Zero destroyed High Max, Gate had created a nigh-invincible transformation with golden armor to battle them himself. X and Zero still managed to exploit his own power against him, coming out victorious. Injured and desperate, Gate chose to reveal his trump card: though he regretted doing so, he had partially resurrected Sigma. The incomplete and vengeful Sigma refused to acknowledge Gate's part in his resurrection, killing him instead.

After Sigma had been defeated, X salvaged Gate's body from the laboratory, unwilling to leave him there as he used to be Alia's friend. Alia was given the choice of what to do with Gate, repairing him or otherwise; however, her decision was never made clear and Gate's fate remains unknown.

Strategy

Gate faces the Maverick Hunters in a combat form derived from Zero's DNA. The battle takes place in an arena with a deadly open floor, forcing the player to maneuver amongst the scattered platforms. Gate flies freely, and makes the arena even more hostile by placing Nightmare Holes with various effects to harass the player.

Not only is the arena hostile, but Gate is totally invincible to all of the player's weaponry. The only way he can be harmed is by attacking his Nightmare Holes; upon their destruction, they split into six projectiles that fly outwards left and right. The player must practice timing and accuracy to destroy the Nightmare Holes so these projectiles hit Gate.

	Nightmare Hole (ナイトメアホール, Naitomea Hōru)[4]
	Gate fires a colored ball from his buster, which stops in the player's location. Once it has stopped moving, it can be destroyed to scatter six fragments that can damage Gate (but can also hit the player). Depending on his boss level, Gate can have up to three Nightmare Holes active at once. They are color-coded based on effect: Orange fires a projectile at the player every so often. Green pursues the player for contact damage. Red slows down the player's movement and attacks. Blue pulls the player towards it horizontally, even disrupting wall kicks. Purple summons a Nightmare Virus every so often.
	Damage: 3:4:5 (all variants)
	Nightmare Move (ナイトメアムーブ, Naitomea Mūbu)[4]
	Gate hovers towards the player to ram them, stopping in their initial location. His speed is higher depending on boss level.
	Damage: 4:6:7
	Nightmare Strike (ナイトメアストライク, Naitomea Sutoraiku)[4]
	Gate slashes his hand upwards, leaving behind a tall energy construct for a moment. This attack can destroy the arena's platforms, though they respawn eventually. He only uses this attack if there are three Nightmare Holes active, or once he's lost 50% health.
	Damage: 6:8:10

Quotes

Dialogues

First Nightmare Investigator defeated

Gate's Secret Lab revealed

Nightmare Mother defeated

Boss battle

In-battle Quotes

Action	Japanese	Translation	Audio
Nightmare Move	そこか？(Soko ka?)	Over there?
Nightmare Move	待て！(Mate!)	Wait!
Nightmare Hole	逃げられないよ。(Nigerarenai yo.)	You won't be escaping.
Nightmare Strike	とどめ！(Todome!)	The ender!
Nightmare Strike	失せろ！(Usero!)	Get lost!
Taking damage	あああ！(Aaah!)	Agh!
Defeated	嘘だ！(Uso da!)	This can't be! / No way!

Other game appearances

• Gate is a boss fought alongside Dynamo in the X Challenge mode from Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2 and are the final bosses on easy or normal difficulty. If the player defeats Dynamo first, Gate will periodically resurrect him to perform attacks for the remainder of the battle.
• Gate appeared as a Hunter Program in Mega Man X DiVE, equipped with his golden armor. His Active Skills are Nightmare Hole and Nightmare Strike. He is also an Event Boss with some differences to his original battle: the arena is a basic rectangle, he is vulnerable to all attacks, and he has a new ability to summon a clone to fight alongside him.
• Gate appeared as Unit Cards in TEPPEN, and he is also present in some Action Cards.

Other media

Archie Comics

Gate was revived in his golden battle form during the events of Worlds Unite, where he appeared as part of Sigma-2's Maverick army. After helping attack the Sky Patrol, he departed to invade other worlds on Sigma's orders. He was presumably destroyed along with the rest of the Mavericks.

Design and concept

When designing Gate, Suetsugu originally intended for the helmet horns to flick up when Gate was angered. He also chose the color gold for his combat mode because it was an uncommon Reploid color at the time, and he added diamonds to the body to accentuate the one on his helmet.^[5]

Gallery

Videos

Trivia

• Looking at the details of Gate's sprites, Gate shoots the Nightmare Holes using his arm cannon and also releases the Nightmare Strike from it. The color of the crystals in his body change with the color of different Nightmare Holes.
• Gate is the first villain in the Mega Man X series not to be manipulated by Sigma.
• Gate is the first boss in the X series to be weak against his own weapon.
• Before Gate's battle, the player enters the shutter into a black room and walks forward onto a platform. However, when the room lights up, it can be seen that there was no platform for the player to walk on, meaning they were walking on nothing.
• The clone that Gate summons in his Mega Man X DiVE boss fight is differentiated by its odd purple and white color scheme. This effect is achieved by applying the normal Gate's textures to the model for his armored form, resulting in a bizarre pattern across his body.

Notes and references

Mega Man X6
Bosses
Commander Yammark • Ground Scaravich • Blaze Heatnix • Blizzard Wolfang Rainy Turtloid • Metal Shark Player • Shield Sheldon • Infinity Mijinion D-1000 • Zero Nightmare • Dynamo • Nightmare Mother • High Max • Gate • Sigma
X's Special Weapons
Yammar Option • Ground Dash • Magma Blade • Ice Burst • Meteor Rain • Metal Anchor • Guard Shell • Ray Arrow
Zero's Special Techniques
Yammar Option • Sentsuizan • Shoenzan • Hyoroga • Ensuizan • Rakukojin • Guard Shell • Rekkoha
Armors
- X - Falcon Armor • Blade Armor • Shadow Armor • Ultimate Armor - Zero - Black Zero
Stages
Opening Stage • Amazon Area • Central Museum • Magma Area • North Pole Area • Inami Temple • Recycle Lab • Laser Institute • Weapon Center • Secret Lab
Miscellaneous
Walkthrough • Another Route • Parts • Injured Reploids • List of Enemies Damage Data Chart (X) • Damage Data Chart (Zero) • Game Script (X's story) • Game Script (Zero's story)

Mega Man X series
Main characters X • Zero • Axl • Dr. Light • Dr. Cain • Double • Iris • Signas • Douglas • Lifesaver • Alia • Layer • Pallette Middy • Techno • Spider • Cinnamon • Marino • Massimo • Nana • Chief R • Aile • Professor Gaudile • RiCO • ViA • iCO Sigma • Vile • Agile • Serges • Violen • Dr. Doppler • Bit • Byte • Colonel • General • Dynamo • Gate • Red • Lumine Zain • Geemel • Berkana • Gareth • Shadow • Ferham • Scarface • Botos • Epsilon • Colonel Redips Games Mega Man X • X2 • X3 • X4 • X5 • X6 • X7 • X8 Mega Man Xtreme • Xtreme 2 • Mega Man X: Command Mission • Mega Man X DiVE Mega Man Maverick Hunter X • Mega Man X Collection • Mega Man X Legacy Collection • 2
Damage data charts Mega Man X • 2 • 3 • 4 (X) • 4 (Zero) • 5 (X) • 5 (Zero) • 6 (X) • 6 (Zero) Mega Man Xtreme • Xtreme 2 (X) • Xtreme 2 (Zero) Maverick Hunter X (X) • Maverick Hunter X (Vile) Scripts Mega Man X • X2 • X3 • X4 (X's story) • X4 (Zero's story) X5 (X's story) • X5 (Zero's story) • X6 (X's story) • X6 (Zero's story) X7 (X's story) • X7 (Zero's story) • X7 (Axl's story) • X8 (X's story) • X8 (Zero's story) • X8 (Axl's story) Mega Man Xtreme • Xtreme 2 • Command Mission Maverick Hunter X (X's story) • Maverick Hunter X (Vile's story) Related items Maverick • Maverick Hunters • Maverick Virus (Zero Virus • Sigma Virus) • Mechaniloid • Doppler Army • Nightmare Investigators • Nightmare Rebellion Army • Red Alert • Repliforce • Reploid • Parts • Injured Reploids • Chips • Ride Armor X-Buster • Z-Saber • Zero Buster • Axl Bullets • A-Trans X's weaponry • Armor Parts • Zero's weaponry • Axl's weaponry • Vile's weaponry Rockman X Mega Mission Related Media OVA The Day of Σ Manga Rockman X (manga series) • Irregular Hunter Rockman X • Rockman Remix • Rockman X5 • Rockman X7 4Koma Manga Kingdom Soundtracks Capcom Music Generation - Rockman X1~6 • Rockman X7 Original Soundtrack • Rockman X8 Original Soundtrack Rockman X8 e-Capcom Original Special Sound CD • Rockman X: Command Mission Original Soundtrack