Copies of this game included a 'Megaman X' card for the Megaman Trading Card Game.
The first Mega Man X (AKA Rockman X) video game series to be a turn-based RPG instead of its traditional side scroll action game.
In the Japanese version, Marino's Action Trigger, Emotional Reel, the miss symbol is Hayohn with miss written in its mouth. In the American and European versions, Hayohn was replaced by a line.
The game's opening theme has lyrics in the Japanese version. The lyrics were removed in the US and European versions.
In the Japanese version, the Power of Cinnamon's weapon Kitty Gloves was 66. It was reduced to 16 in the American and European versions.