Let's start with the obvious: Mega Man 7 is not Mega Man X.
The latter is one of the best examples of a big video game franchise adapting to a shift in era; the former is yet another entry in a series that had already returned to the well a few too many times. Given that they're the two major SNES entries for the beloved retro icon — no, we do not talk about Mega Man Soccer — comparisons between the two are inevitable, and not particularly unfair, either.
