I'm sorry, but the x series beats all others, and it had lots of mega buster.

That's some solid reasoning you've got there.

It's not reasoning, it's fact.

So Mega Man 2 kicked the shit out of you too, huh?

The last time I even played MM2 was about 15 years ago, maybe more, so yeah, it probably did kick my ass.

Bet I could make a speed runthru video for it now though lol

I'm not even going to dignify that with an elaborate answer, so here you go:

You're wrong.

but I bet you started writing an elaborate answer, amirite?

Anyway, I'll be the bigger man and write one:

Megaman x and x2 (not including x3 cuz I've never played it) are better than the standard franchise games because everything was improved upon. Weapon strategy and diversity was improved, finding hidden items were much more rewarding, the tiered system of armor/equip upgrade made it possible to explore more, enemies were very interesting, graphics were amazing, and the story, while not wasting too much of the player's time, was deeper and more interesting.

Pfft, I love dodging the enemy, letting the M-buster charge, only to blast it when I get that small opening. I don't really enjoy pounding the shoot button constantly. When you get hit, it cancels out, so it's a trade off best used for those who master the game (granted in MMIV it doesn't cancel your charge).

I hate spamming shoot so much that although I usually play through MM IV, V, and VI using the Buster only, I usually use weakness weapons in all the other MM games.

Actually no, I didn't start writing an elaborate answer. But since you've proven to be smart enough to back up your opinion I suppose I could tell you why you're wrong:

Mega Man X didn't improve upon everything. It switched genre completely. The classic series are pure platformers, while the X series are much more action-driven. Sure, the changes that were made suited the new style of play just fine, but they totally moved the focus.

I wouldn't ever try to say that Mega Man X is in any way deeper than Mega Man 9. I wouldn't say that the weapon "strategy" or diversity are better, either. When it comes to finding hidden items and exploring the levels, well my point stands there, as well. Different genres. Classic series were never designed to have those things. And about the story? Mega Man games (at least the classic series) put their main emphasis in two areas: Style and gameplay. Story isn't part of that.

In short: You're wrong in your statement that X is better because they are two entities that aren't really comparable, since they are too different.

Megaman 9 (and the ones on NES as they were the only other ones I played) were incredibly frustrating until you figured out which stages to do first, and which order to do them in. I can beat 9 in ~40 minutes no problem now, but being the first Mega Man I played in over 10 years, it was definitly a challenge.