Black X

"“So now tell me this: why would I lessen myself and my legacy to be the next Volthur, when I can be the one and only Black X?” ―Black X" Black X (ブラックエックス) is an original character and the secondary antagonist-turned-antihero of Super Robot Wars U. He is based off the character of the same name from the Super Famicom game The Great Battle IV. He pilots three X-Robos, the Thunder-Bolt, Max-Magma and Steam-Punker.

Appearance
Black X wears a gleaming dark-purple and black armor decorated with gold accents and red jewels all across it. He also wears a purple helmet with a black dome with gold accents shaped like a brain, red eyes and a face armor that can be removed to reveal only the lower part of his face, confirming that he has at least humanoid elements to him.

Personality
As General of the Ministry of Satan Darkness, Black X detests humanity and wishes to see them destroyed. He is aggressive in the field of battle but not ruthless. He can be calm in the heat of the situation and even honoring his enemies for being worthy opponent to him and his army. Sometimes, he would also switch sides and fight alongside the heroes to fend off other alien invaders such as the Decepticons, Metarex, Vajra, Anti-Spirals and STMC's. However, as the story of the game progresses, Black X's rage and narcissism grows worse, such as when he attempted to destroy both Emperor Overlord and the Universal Fleet All-Stars during the invasion of the Ministry's homeplanet of Valiant. Nearing the final battle, he then becomes somewhat suicidal.

It is revealed near the end that Black X's very destructive behavior stems from all of his negative emotions controlled and manipulated to the extreme by Overlord. Some time ago, when he was a human, he was loved, appreciated or cared for by literally no one and hated his family for abusing him and taking away any hope of him living. In fact, his miserable life led him to seclude himself from the world and despise everyone and everything around him. This gave Overlord the advantage to control him and take him in the Ministry as his right-hand man.

In the end, after convincing by the heroes of the All-Stars for what "seemed like forever" to everyone, he reveals that all that he ever wants in life and what he wants now just for once is to feel loved, to feel appreciated and to feel like he is not alone.

Background
Black X is the High General of the Ministry of Satan Darkness that is ruled by the ultra-powerful despot Emperor Overlord.

During an encounter, Black X's helmet falls off to reveal a human face, shocking the heroes. He reveals his past as a human who was never loved and was always hated by the world. He was the bastard child of a chauvinist father and brother of a delinquent. After his mother died when he was a baby, he was raised poorly and abuses immensely by his only "family", which he defines very loosely. The only person in the world who even cared for him was his girlfriend, but she was also taken away from him by the same family. He was eventually thrown out to the streets to rot and die alone. That was he always was: alone. He grew resentful and lost all hope of ever living. Soon, Overlord offered him a chance to start over and thus, he sold his humanity to the dark lord and became his general. He tells the All-Stars that he doesn't want to be seen as a human again, and retreats.

During the Universal Fleet All-Stars' invasion of Valiant, the base world and homeplanet of the Ministry, after the heroes defeat Emperor Overlord in his massive Colossal Emperor robot, Black X stabs Overlord which seemingly kills him. The heroes are confused as to why Black X would turn on his own leader. However, their confusing piqued when Black X tried to kill them as well before fleeing the planet.

In the final battle, after Volt awakens the Evil Dragon God Inferios to fight the All-Stars, Black X controls the Colossal Emperor and declares that he doesn't want to live and wants to take everybody with him to oblivion, leading to a three-sided battle near Earth. However, the real Overlord appears and absorbs both Inferios and Black X into him, while revealing that he is actually Dark Brain and that the identity of "Emperor Overlord" and the Ministry of Satan Darkness was just created to bring his true form back into the physical realm.

Black X, inside Dark Brain, is despairing and desperately wishes to die. However, the heroes of All-Stars, especially the protagonists, plead the man not to give up and remind him that even if he sold his humanity to Dark Brain, he still has a shred of that inside him. Black X finally admits that his ultimate desire was to be loved and that is what he seeks all along his entire life, the love that he never felt from his family or those around him. After lending a bit of energy and power from the All-Stars, Black X is able to break free from the evil god's control and joins the heroes in defeating Dark Brain.

Other Trivia

 * The golden tones of Black X's armor display the letters V on the knees, X on the plate mail area, T on the chest and U on the shoulder armor, which are the letters of the four recently released games in the Super Robot Wars series which are Super Robot Wars V, X, T and U, all of which are part of the so-called "International Era" where games in the series are released across the Asia.