PS1 Rock vs Metal | Spike Rosered Stage [Mega Man X5]

Into the Jungle, the Spike Rosered stage theme from Mega Man X5 on the PlayStation [2000], known in the West as Axle the Red's stage. Composed by Capcom's X5 sound team, Naoto Tanaka, Naoya Kamisaka, and Takuya Miyawaki. Picture where it plays. The MMKB entry describes the level as an abandoned secret Repliforce facility buried in a mechanical jungle, left to rot after the war in Mega Man X4, with a working Orbiter Engine still humming somewhere inside it. That engine is the whole reason X and Zero are here. The MMKB documents that a space colony called Eurasia is falling toward Earth, and the Hunters need the Orbiter Engine to power a shuttle that can stop it. The Reploid sitting on the part they need is Spike Rosered, a boss built to look like a walking rose. His head and wrists are shaped like red roses, a single petal drooping over his face, a thorny vine climbing one leg. He refuses to hand the engine over, so you take it from him by force. Now the part this channel cannot ignore. In the Western release the rose Reploid was renamed Axle the Red, after Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses, part of the run where every X5 boss got a Guns N' Roses name. And the MMKB notes that his stage theme, Into the Jungle, is very likely a nod to Welcome to the Jungle. So you have a rose shaped boss, named after the Guns N' Roses singer, in a level whose theme winks at their most famous song. A metal cover is not a reinterpretation here. It is just finishing the joke Capcom's localizers started back in 2001. Turn on captions for 8 facts about Into the Jungle, the falling Eurasia colony, the rose-shaped boss renamed after Axl Rose, and the X5 sound team every 14 seconds. ⏱️ CAPTION TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro, the track and the composers 00:18 - The abandoned Repliforce jungle facility 00:32 - The falling Eurasia colony and the Orbiter Engine 00:46 - The boss who is literally a rose 01:00 - The Axl Rose name swap 01:14 - The Into the Jungle song reference 01:28 - The green boss called the Red 01:42 - X5's place in the series and the 2018 name restoration 🎸 MEGA MAN X5 METAL COVERS PLAYLIST    • Mega Man X5 - Metal Covers   🎸 ALL MEGA MAN METAL COVERS PLAYLIST    • Mega Man - Metal Covers   🎼 CREDITS Song: Into the Jungle! (Jungle Maze) - Spike Rosered / Axle the Red Stage Stage: Jungle Stage, the abandoned Repliforce jungle facility Composers: Naoto Tanaka, Naoya Kamisaka, Takuya Miyawaki (Capcom Sound Team) Game: Mega Man X5 (2000) Platform: PlayStation Boss: Spike Rosered, localized as Axle the Red (after Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses) Localization Note: Mega Man X Legacy Collection (2018) restored the name Spike Rosered Developer: Capcom Production Studio 3 Publisher: Capcom Arrangement & Creative Direction: GHUB Metal Covers 🛠️ PRODUCTION Style: Instrumental melodic metal, twin electric guitars and a touch of chiptune. Creation: AI Assisted Mix: Audacity, preserved the Into the Jungle melody on the harmonized leads ⚠️ Mega Man X5 and Into the Jungle are © Capcom. Fan made metal cover arrangement for artistic purposes. #megaman #megamanx5 #spikerosered #metalcover #playstation #capcom #axlethered #ghubcovers