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MEGAMAN X
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COLLECTION
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By Darkfire Super Sonic
Megaman X Collection Walkthrough
(This is for the Gamecube Version, if there is a difference)
Version 1-The First FAQ/Walkthrough
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Read this first
I am going to get this out of the way now! The credits are coming at
the end (once I have some). This is my first attempt at making a FAQ
or a walkthrough. I will not walkthrough the whole level on this
walkthrough because that would take forever, and this will take up
enough space as it is (after all, I am walking through 6 games). Another
reason is that the level is getting from point A to point B. If you
can’t at least get to these bosses without getting a game over, then
this game is not for you. DO NOT PRINT THIS! It is too long to be
printer-friendly! This is very printer un-friendly! Your best bet
is cut and paste. Do not do this if you are puting it on your site
unless the whole thing goes in. THERE WILL BE SPOILERS (because I can't
control myself)!!!!!! Also, read this next part! I don’t care if people
use this on their own site. All I ask is that you email me at
Darkfire_Super_Sonic@yahoo.com to tell me you are going to use it and
a link to it! It must also be put on in full (I will read it so please
don’t alter it without my permission, after all, I put quite a bit of
effort into this). One last thing, give me credit. You have no idea how
long it took me to write this. I spent a long time on this. My latest
updates will be on neoseeker.com. If you have a question, then email me
and I will answer it the best I can. If you have a question, read this
walkthrough before you email me. If the walkthrough is unclear about
something, then email me and I will see if I can clear things up. If I
miss something, then email me and I will put it in after I give it a
test and give you credit for it. Also, email me if there is any errors,
especially spelling errors and typos (no matter how many times I read
this, I always find more), somewhere and I will give you credit for finding
it. If you want to email me to complain, then fine, I don’t care. If you want
to complain, at least give me a few reasons why it sucked so I can improve
it. If I want to make this walkthrough good, I have to listen to the bad, along
with the good. This is probably boring, so it’s time to see what you came
for! And if you are going to email me, put Megaman X Collection as the
subject. I don’t care what you say, but that phrase must be in the subject
or I will delete it.
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Contents
Chapter 1- The Story
Chapter 2-The Basics
Chapter 3- The Walkthrough
Part 1-Megaman X- The Classic
Part 2-Megaman X2-The Lame Sequel
Part 3-Megaman X3-The More Worthy Sequel
Part 4-Megaman X4-The Corny Sequel
Walkthrough 1- X
Walkthrough 2- Zero
Part 5-Megaman X5-The Better Sequel
Part 6-Megaman X6-The Action-Packed Sequel
Chapter 4-The Cheats (ALRIGHT!!!) (you cheaters)
Chapter 5-The Armor
Chapter 6-The Credits
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Chapter 1
Story
Megaman X
Megaman X is a reploid created by Dr. Light, and Zero was created by Dr.
Wily. Sigma was created to protect the peace, but went maverick himself
after fighting Zero, who was a maverick at the time. Now, Zero (the new
Maverick Hunter leader), who is not a maverick anymore, and X have teamed
up to track down Sigma and defeat him. Sigma is the main villain of the X
series who can never stay down and die. He is also one of the most annoying
villians of all time.
Megaman X2
Sigma has been destroyed (or has he?), but not all of his followers have
been destroyed. X and some other guy are on hoverbikes and are going to a
factory where Dr. Cain says the rest of the mavericks are. Little does X
know that a plot is unfolding around him by Violen, Serges, and Agile. They
plan to keep X busy until their plan is complete. After the first level,
they talk about how they will not underestimate X (why does it seem that
every enemy in history of time says this and yet they do it anyway?).
Megaman X3
Dr. Doppler has found a way to stop all reploids from going maverick. His
machine has saved some reploids and they have built a town around their
“savior” and named it Doppletown. However, all the neutralized mavericks
have reemerged and have begun an attack on the maverick hunter base. X and
Zero have been recalled from their mission to take out Doppler to defend
the base.
Megaman X4
In this one, the Repliforce (the spelling is probably wrong) is competing
with the Maverick Hunters. When Sky Lagoon is under attack, X or Zero
(depending on who you chose to play the game with) must go and check it
out. You will see Magma Dragoon in the first level (Hmmm, I wonder who is
behind this attack). Sigma’s secret plans have put these two forces against
each other even though they fight for the same cause. In Zero's storyline,
you will uncover secrets about Zero's past (and Sigma's).
Megaman X5
Sigma is back again (if you’re surprised, then you haven’t played enough
Megaman X games). Sigma hires the reploid mercenary Dynamo to send the
Eurasia space colony colliding with the Earth (which is completely pointless
because the whole planet would be destroyed). Anyway, Dynamo leads the colony
into a crash course with our world. X and Zero must defeat Sigma and Dynamo
along with stopping the colony from colliding (which I guess was designed to
“purify” Zero or turn him into a maverick again).
Megaman X6
Zero has gone missing and X is looking for clues as to his whereabouts while
trying to investigate the Nightmare Virus (which is pretty much the Sigma
Virus just with a cooler name). Gate (who was Alia’s colleague) has sent
mavericks to "investigate" the Nightmare (it is also referred to as the
Zero Nightmare because of Nightmare Zero). In this one, I think they went
with the Ending from X5 where Zero destroyed the space colony with the
shuttle operation and where X makes it out of that battle with Sigma and
gets the Z-Saber at the end. The beginning sequence has most of the
information.
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Chapter 2
The Basics
Basically this section talks a little about the games themselves and how to
play them and stuff like that. If you don’t understand, don’t worry, no one
will until they read on.
Here is some terminology to get familiar with. Read this carefully.
Heart-a red thing that increases total health (in X5 and X6 it will also be
referred to as a life-up). This is in every Megaman X game I have ever played.
Energy-up- something you’ll get from either the end of a level in X5 or from a
reploid you save in X6. This will be more clear later on. In X6, there will be
one in each level from a reploid, so find all of them.
Extra life-these are little helmets that are red (for Zero) or blue or whatever
color you are (X). These are good for one more crack at the level if you die.
Sub-tank- these handy little tanks store extra life energy. In X1-X3, you have
to get health while yours is full to put it in the sub-tank. In X4-X6, a little
will go in with every health you get. These have the same concept as the
energy tanks in Metroid. These will not revive you though, so use them
carefully because it can be wasted.
Weapon tank- this is the name I am giving it. Only in X4-X6, you can store
extra weapon energy in it. I never use it and think it should have been a
sub-tank, but that’s just me. This also goes by the name W-tank. As expected,
it refills weapon energy when used.
EX tank-this is also in X4-X6. It lets you start with four lives instead of
the average two. Still useless though, by the time you get it, you don't even
have a use for it.
Reploids in distress- This is only in X5 and X6, but I am listing it here
anyway. Of course, these are reploids who need some help. They give you an
extra life, and in X6, you may get a goodie at the end of the level.
Maverick-this is referring to reploids who have gone crazy. Most follow
Sigma. These are what the bosses are referred as.
Boss Weakness- this mostly refers to what weapons hurt the boss the most
or stuns them. Not all weaknesses will stun them though.
Special attacks- these are attacks you steal from defeated mavericks (bosses
only). In X4, they are referred to with Zero as Learned Moves, but I will
still call them by their names. For the most part, I will refer to specific
ones such as Frost Tower and Double Cyclone.
Giga Attack- this is a special attack that only a certain armor can do. Each
Armor for X has a different Giga attack except for the Nova Armor and the
Ultimate Armor because they are essentially the same (and freakin awesome).
Armor- of course I refer to X’s armors. Zero is always in his red armor or
black armor depending on some codes you can put in for X4-X6. In X5, you can
get a capsule for Zero’s black armor.
Dash jump- this simply means jump while dashing or holding dash button while
jumping from a wall. This makes you jump better than a normal jump, and you
can cover more distance. You don’t go any higher though.
I am not even going to bother with controls for the most part. They can be
changed into whatever. I do recommend you look and change the Dashing from
X to L (on Gamecube of course) or things will be ten times harder than they
could be. For PS2, it would be a good idea to change the dash to L1 or L2 and
the jump to X. Also in games with Auto Charge (in X5 and X6), TURN IT ON! You'd
be surprised how sore your finger can get from holding a button down for a
long time.
If you see a Capsule with a hologram of an old guy, it is a piece to armor. In
X1-X4, the pieces with add on to your blue normal armor (for X, Zero only gets
one capsule which is in X5 and the black armor will go on over Zero’s red
armor immediately). In X5 and X6, you must find all four pieces before you
can use it. I’ll go over it later.
Most if not all Megaman X games have eight main mavericks. Normally there are
sometimes a few extra boss fights (like Dynamo in X5 or the Colonel in
X4). There are at least 3 what I call the “Sigma Levels”. These levels are
usually in some type of stronghold. Beat all the eight main mavericks and
Sigma will be in the last Sigma Level. In X5, the intro level, you fight
Sigma but this is not a Sigma level (and Sigma doesn’t die or even appear
to because he loses on purpose). Sigma's an annoying loser (but without him,
how would we have 6 great games to spend all our time on?).
X1-X3 use their original password features, so if you have any passwords from
the Super NES or PSX (X3 only) they’ll work, but they also have a new save
feature which just saves your passwords. X4-X6 use saved games, so same
concept, each game has only 3 save slots. If you don’t like it, get another
memory card.
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Chapter 3
The Walkthrough
Part 1-Megaman X- The Classic
This game was the beginning of a wonderful series. I will list the
recommended order of the levels. Feel free to do them in any order,
but you must do Chill Penguin first so you can get the Leg Upgrade
to your Armor. Then get a game over and start back at the level selection
screen if you want to fight someone else first.
Intro Level- This level is the beginning. You will start at this
level. Fortunately, it is somewhat easy. There is nothing in this
level so don’t bother with anything. Make it to the part where the
ship will drop cars mavericks and destroy them. After a certain amount,
Vile will jump down in his Robot Armor. Don’t bother trying to beat him
just put the controller down and let him beat you. Zero will rush in to
help once you are defeated (and you will be). Skip the talking then get
the password and save. Not hard right? It’ll get harder later on.
Chill Penguin- In this level, you are on ice. Be careful when you walk on
ice (not the snow) as you will slip and if you didn’t expect that then you
are not smart. Go and eventually the armor capsule will appear in front of
your face. Grab it and move on. Now you can dash (if you played other games,
you cannot air dash in this game at all). Once you get to the Robot Armor,
you will be able to get to the top with the ice things. You cannot get up
there in the armor though. There is a heart in one of those things, but you
can’t get it yet, so come back when you get the Mammoth Fire. No sub-tanks
though. You should be able to do this on your own. Chill Penguin is pretty
easy, just hit him with charged shots. If they bounce off, that is your signal
to get on the walls. Once you beat him, you’ll get Shotgun Ice. If you want
to know his weakness for further reference, it’s Mammoth Fire. That’s it
for this, time to move on.
Storm Eagle- In this level get up the platforms and dash jump left and
grab the heart on the building. Then go further and there will be a
rising platform with an enemy on it. Destroy the enemy and get on it.
Destroy the glass to get in and get the sub-tank. Go further and there
will be an area you can get into with some tank on a platform. Dash jump
from the wall to the right and destroy the tanks. Get the Helmet Upgrade
(now you can destroy little blocks that you find in some levels) and move
on to get to Storm Eagle. Storm Eagle is also easy. Use the charged
shots and defeat him to get Storm Tornado. For future reference, Chameleon
Sting is his weakness even though it doesn’t stun him. Next, Flame Mammoth.
Flame Mammoth- If you beat Chill Penguin, the lava will be frozen over
allowing you to get the heart later on. If you go till you see blocks
on the ceiling, there should be a platform. You have to dash jump to
get to the blocks (which you must have the helmet to break the blocks
and the dash obviously). This takes patience, time, and resisting the
urge to break the game in half.  You must have the leg upgrade and the
helmet upgrade so you can get up and destroy the blocks. Once you get
up there you’ll get the buster upgrade (lets you charge till you are
purple and fire off a cool purple shot, this also lets you charge
special attacks). Grab and go underneath the platforms on the frozen
lava (no, it won’t hurt you unless the lave is orange then it’s not
frozen and you haven’t beat Chill Penguin) and grab the heart. Go up
then get on the high platform and go left. Go until you run out of
platform and dash jump from the platform to the wall and break the
blocks (again, if you have the helmet upgrade). Grab your sub-tank. Now,
move on to Flame Mammoth. This boss fight is another easy one. Avoid
his attacks and hit him with Storm Tornado (he doesn’t get stunned
either, half the bosses don’t). His attacks include spitting fire,
jumping (watch out because if you’re on the ground when he does this,
it will stun you), and spitting a hard substance that does nothing. Try
to get Flame Mammoth to set it on fire (he rarely ever does with me). It
is cool how it catches fire (just don’t stay on top once it catches
fire or you will regret it). Beat him and claim your prize, Mammoth
Flame. Time to move on.
Spark Mandrill- The beginning of this level is annoying. If you followed
this guide parts are different, namely at the beginning. I guess the ship
is Storm Eagle's level crashed here. As you go on, you will see a sub-tank
if you take a wrong turn. You cannot get it without the Boomerang Cutter. Once
you get it, use it to grab the sub-tank. You have to jump and then
fire a boomerang or it won't grab it. Moving on, once you see the heart,
dash jump from the wall to get on the platform. This takes a while to get,
but you’ll be happy. Eventually you’ll get to a bubble mini-boss. Hit
it with Storm Tornado. After that, move on to Spark Mandrill. No Armor
Capsules in this level. Spark Mandrill is easy if you have Shotgun Ice. He
is hard if you don’t. His attacks consist of sending sparks in two directions
and climbing on the ceiling (they should call him Spark Monkey), but if
you don’t have Shotgun Ice, hit him with charged shots. Once you beat him,
you’ll get Electric Spark. Moving on.
Armored Armadillo- This level starts out with a platform you can ride. Along
the way, you’ll see a big bat. Stop and destroy him. This bat will almost
always give you an extra life. You can do this again by moving off the screen
and going back to encounter him again. Keep doing this until you get nine
lives (Megaman’s a cat). Move on until you get to a drill thing. Let him pass
you then go left. You should find a sub-tank over where you first saw it. You
can destroy it easily using Mammoth Flame. Just be careful it doesn’t fully
charge. Move on until you fall into a fake pit and encounter another
drill. Destroy him IMMEDIATELY. If you don’t, you won’t be able to get the
heart. To make things even more annoying, he’s faster than the other one. The
best way is to hit him with Mammoth Flame. Watch the charging up if you
have the arm upgrade though. If you destroy him, you can get the
heart. Now on to the maverick. Armored Armadillo is very annoying at
the beginning. Once you have an opening, then hit him with Electric
Spark. If you don't have Electric Spark, consider yourself royally
screwed. After that, you can hit him with just about everything. I used
the buster, because it doesn’t drain weapon energy. He’ll give you Rolling
Shield once you beat him. After you beat all the mavericks and get all the
powerups, come back. Just before the boss door is a wall that you can jump
up and see a platform with a health on it. After you get everything, make
it up to the platform off of the cart ride. Have 9 lives before doing
this. It takes a little while for it to appear. If you don't see the
capsule, jump off of a cliff and die (not literally, please don't take
that literally). Do it again and again till you see the capsule. It usually
takes about 5 lifes before it appears. Get into the capsule and you'll get
the energy blast. This is perfect for toasting every single boss with one
hit (EVEN SIGMA! HELL YEAAAAAH!). You must be at full health to use it
though. Anyway, moving on.
Launch Octopus- This level starts out on top of the water. As the level
progresses, the water level will seemingly get higher. This is because you
will go in. When you encounter the drill sub thing, destroy its headlight
if you like (don't know what the point is, he doesn't use it). Then hit it
with the buster till it dies. Once you get to the ship, you must destroy it
to open the way to the heart. The ship will fall and open a new way to go. Go
and encounter a swimming monster. Use Storm Tornado to destroy him, but be
careful to not fall onto spikes. Megaman always seems to be a magnet for
disaster. Anyway, grab the heart and make it to the boss. Launch Octopus
is a little more annoying than the others. Hit him with Rolling Shield and
he’ll eventually die. I prefer to hit him with the super-charged buster
because it easier to hit him with. Do not let him touch you while he is
doing his water tornado. He will absorb your health. After you beat him,
you’ll get Homing Torpedo. Moving on.
Boomerang Kuwanger- This is an annoying level. Make it to the outside of
the fortress till you see the heart. Use the charged up Shotgun Ice to go
out so you can get on the side. It is hard to do, but after awhile you
can get it. Move on to get to the boss. Boomerang Kuwanger is one of the
hardest bosses to fight. Once you have the Homing Torpedo, you can toast
him. If you don’t he will seem impossible. Either way, staying on the
wall is essential. If you have Homing Torpedo, then you can stay on the
wall during the whole fight. If you don’t have the special attack, you
will have to go to the ground to attack him. Either way, just avoid his
boomerang attack. Once you beat him, then you’ll get Boomerang Cutter. Next
is Sting Chameleon.
Sting Chameleon- Once you see the cliff right before the cave with the
falling bricks, you can jump on top to fight the robot mini-boss. If you want,
you can get the heart first then fight the robot or vice versa. If you did not
beat Launch Octopus, you cannot get it. Go down the pit right before the
mini-boss. There should be some blocks to destroy. Then dash jump over to
get the heart. If you beat Launch Octopus, you should be submerged in
water. After that, move on. As for the mini-boss, hit him with charged shots.
It is easy, but time consuming. Once you beat him, you’ll get the body
upgrade. Grab it and move on to get to the boss. This is an annoying
boss. If you have the boomerang cutter, you can toast him. If you don’t,
consider yourself screwed. This boss is almost impossible without Boomerang
Cutter. Use it and you’ll beat him easily. If you don't, hit him with the
buster and pray he goes easy on you. If you thought Boomerang Kuwanger was
hard using the buster, he was nothing till now. After, you get Chameleon
Sting. If you followed my guide, you should see a cut scene with Zero and
X talking about how they finally found Sigma’s fortress. That's what happens
when you beat all 8 levels.
1st Sigma Level-  Chose the Sigma Level from the Greek Sigma symbol
(yes it has a name) in the lower right corner of the mission select
screen. If you save from this point on, this level is where you will
start no matter how far you get, so have at least an hour on hand before
starting this. Well, anyway, this is the outer part of Sigma’s fortress.
There are no hearts or sub-tanks from this point on. If you keep going,
you’ll get to Vile again. Zero will go in and try first. Zero will fail
and be trapped. You will have to lose to Vile again, unless you want to
play around with some of your special attacks. I try to use the energy blast
as many times as I can. I like to have fun with it. After you lose, Zero will
needlessly sacrifice himself to destroy Vile’s armor. Next, you’ll have to
face the puny real form of Vile. Watch X break out of his bindings, and then
you need to equip Rolling Shield. Now you have to destroy him. An easy way
of killing him is the energy blast. If you can hit him with it, he's
finished. This is not a fight you must lose, because now it will be like
every other boss fight. Once you beat him, move on and watch the scene
with Zero dying. Keep going and you will see an old enemy. Now you have
to face Boomerang Kuwanger (again!). Stay on the wall and hit him with
homing torpedo (or if you’re crazy, then just fight him with the buster). Use
the energy blast right off if you can, and he will die instantly. Move on
to fight the Spider Boss. This is the hardest boss with the exception of
Sigma. Hit him with the buster when he gets down and opens his eyes. Have
all sub-tanks and have them full (you’re going to need it especially if
you are inexperienced in the X series). You can also hit him with the energy
blast when his eye is open. It takes practice to get the timing right
though. Beat him and move on.
2nd Sigma Level- Start out and go to the platforms, and keep going to get
through some doors. You will have to face Chill Penguin again. Beat him the
same way as before or toast him (literally, he will be one well done
penguin) with Mammoth Flame. Move on and you will get to Storm Eagle. Again,
you can defeat him the some buster shots or hit him with Chameleon Sting. He
should be as easy as last time. Keep going in until you reach the actual boss
of the level. Anyway, You will face the Face. Hit his eyes with Chameleon
Sting and hit his nose with Homing Torpedo.  Destroy the eyes first or you
will regret it miserably. If the nose is destroyed, the walls will stay close
together and not go back, and you will have to destroy the eyes from the
wall. Well, only two Sigma Levels left.
3rd Sigma Level- This level is deeper into Sigma’s Fortress. It is a good idea
to have four full sub-tanks before going into this level just in case. Get
past some obstacles and face the remaining mavericks with obstacles in
between. This is what I think the order is (email me if I miss up this order):
Armored Armadillo
Spark Mandrill
Launch Octopus
Sting Chameleon
Flame Mammoth
Before you tell me this is impossible, there are obstacles with health in
between the boss fights. Use the strategies that you can hit them with their
weaknesses or the X-buster if you feel like the extra challenge. After the
last one (which I know is Flame Mammoth), you will go through a short shaft
with nothing in it directly to the Monster Truck boss (and he really does
give a new meaning to the term monster truck). This guy is hard to beat. Use
the charged up Chameleon Sting so he doesn’t hurt you and hit him with what
you have left. If you lose you invulnerability, then charge up what you have
left and repeat the strategy. Once you run out (and you will), his actual
weakness is Boomerang Cutter. Hit him the buster shots if you don’t have
anything left. Once you beat him, move on.
4th and Final Sigma Level- You will start out in a vertical shaft. If you
need to fill your sub-tanks, this is a good place to do it. There will be
holes where worms will pop out. Charge up Rolling Shield and just get on the
hole so you destroy them as they come out. For me, they seem to love giving
me extra lives, so you may be able to do that as well. After that, go up
and you will get to Sigma (I beat you’re thinking it was too easy). Well,
there are three boss fights here, and if you die on any one of them, you
have to start completely over at the first one. Try not to use sub-tanks
for the first two boss fights, or the last will never fail to destroy you
and your pride. Anyway, first Sigma will come in with his dog. He will talk
then he makes you fight his dog. You must be mad at his arrogance. You
should hit that damn dog with Shotgun Ice. This seems to do the most
damage. Use the Energy Blast as soon as the fight starts and you should
be able to toast him. Be careful of his attacks because they hurt (I want
a dog like that! This dog makes Scooby-Doo look like an old mutt!) Anyway,
after you beat him, listen to yet more talking and fight Sigma himself. He
has a saber like Zero (probably back from when he was leader of the Maverick
Hunters) and is one powerful SOB. Stay on the wall and charge up Chameleon
Sting. Hit him the same way you hit the Monster Truck boss. He will block
with his saber on the ground sometimes (and that is ANNOYING!). After you
run out of Chameleon Sting (and again, you will), hit him with Electric
Spark. Energy blast works here too if you can get one off as soon as the
fight starts. Once he is beaten, you will see Sigma’s head attach and
activate a HUGE wolf robot. Well, get on his claws and pound him with
Rolling Shield. I don't know if the energy blast works or not. He always
hits me by the time I can get on his claws. I know that the Buster rarely
works, only Rolling Shield is a constant hit. So if you can somehow hit him
with the energy blast, tell me if it works. Watch out for what his claws will
do. They will fire lightning and move to try and hit you, and then do the
lightning again. His mouth will breathe fire and range from one end to the
other. His energy balls actually start on the wall, so be careful. For me,
this is how he starts. He fires energy balls at the wall I attempt to
climb. After you beat him, then watch the ending and save your game (yes,
you do need to save it if you want to unlock the stupid Megaman Battle &
Chase game). You will get the Megaman Battle & Chase game after you beat
X1-X3. Now, on to the next game.
Part 2-Megaman X2-The Lame Sequel
This game was such a lame sequel. I played it for the first time on Gamecube
and it was such a disappointment. It got better after a while though. Not my
favorite though. Anyway, for those of you who think this game is worth
playing, here it is. Once again, I will do the walkthrough in the recommended
order of Mavericks. You have to start out in the intro level no matter what,
but then, just do whatever works for you. I’ll talk about the X-Hunter stuff
later. I won’t tell you exactly how to get to each X-hunter door, but you do
have to do it only during the level before you beat the boss maverick. In
order to get the X-Hunters to appear, you must beat two of the
mavericks. The place they are will be marked with Sigma’s Greek symbol.
Intro Level- You start out on a bike which will crash into a robot. I
must explain what you start out with. You can do a normal dash like
in the previous game. Unlike in the last one, you can hold the dash button
on the wall and jump to dash jump instead of holding to the two buttons
simultaneously. Go through the level and make it to the boss. This is one
of the easiest bosses in all of the Megaman X games I have played so far. Just
hit him in the head with charged shots. If you cannot defeat this boss,
then put the game away and try chess, because my ten-year-old brother
(who was ten at the time and still doesn't like the series) with almost
no Megaman experience can beat this guy. But anyway, if you can’t beat this
guy, then I can’t help you. Just put in a code and go to the Sigma Levels or
something. After you win (hopefully), then watch a cut scene with the
X-hunters. Then save.
Crystal Snail- This is the level that I always start with because it’s
easiest (in my opinion). Some people start with Overdrive Ostrich. Do
whatever. First off, go down the ice and avoid the pit. Grab the armor
and go back up toward the pit I just mentioned and get yourself and the
armor onto the platform and dash jump and hover, then jump out and air
dash to the ledge. Grab the heart once you get to it (it may take a quite
a few tries). Take the platform overhead and get to the other side of the
large gap. Get out of the pit back onto the ice and grab the ride armor
again. Keep going and you will see a platform above you. Get up there
with the armor, and you will eventually find the X-hunter door, if you
are fighting X-hunters. The Hemet is later on in the level after the
crystal mini-boss. It will be in another fake pit (noticing a trend
here?). You’ll find it by the entrance will have those annoying things
that fire at you. Once you get the helmet upgrade, go to the boss. Crystal
Snail is one of the easiest bosses in this game besides the intro boss.
His only attacks are retreating into his shell and trying to hit you,
slow time, or freeze you. Only him hitting you will hurt at all. If you
get frozen, just smash buttons to get free (no, it won’t hurt to be trapped,
but the boss might hit you with his shell if you’re too slow). Just hit
him with charged shots and he’ll eventually die. For future reference, his
weakness is Magnet Mine. If you use Magnet Mine, fire one off as soon as
the battle starts, then send on the the wall he is facing. The just walk
up to his shell to throw it around (HAHAHAHA! YOU JACKASS!). Play keep
away and smack him in the process. Now you’ll get Crystal Hunter. Now
moving on.
Overdrive Ostrich- A lot of people start with this level. The X-Hunter door
is around the beginning if you plan to take that route. Destroy the blocks
with Spin Wheel. The heart in this one is over a spiked corridor with some
health and weapon refills. You should be able to get there with the speeder
if you are that good. Otherwise, use the air dash and charged up Speed Burner
(but you will die if you use this method). Anyway, there is the leg power-up
on a ledge over the right way down a wide fall later on. You have to break the
blocks with Spin Wheel. Come back once you have it. Now you can air dash (I
will refer to the use of the leg power-up as the air dash in this game). Now
move on to the boss. Overdrive Ostrich is easy if you have Crystal Hunter. You
can freeze him with this. If you started fighting him instead of Crystal
Snail, then just hit him with charged shots. His attacks include charging
after you, jumping after you, trying to stomp you, and Firing a bunch of
Sonic Slicers from above (it’s raining death! OUCH!). After you beat him,
you’ll get Sonic Slicer.
Wire Sponge- The heart in this one is at the very beginning. Once you start,
turn around and climb up the wall. You should eventually jump into a place
and be able to walk into it to get the heart. There is also a sub-tank in
this level (FINALLY!). Probably could have used it in the fight with Overdrive
Ostrich, but whatever. The sub-tank is over the first big set of spikes you
see with the moving platforms. It is on the platforms above the one you must
get onto. The weather should be dark and rainy where you get the sub-tank if
you didn’t change it. If you want to change it then read this:
Strike Chain (from Wire Sponge)- makes weather nice and sunny
Speed Burner (from Flame Stag)- makes weather very bright and very sunny
(background is almost completely yellow, you can barely see anything).
Crystal Hunter (from Crystal Snail)-makes it dark and misty. I like this
one the best because it gives the level a really cool look.
Bubble Splash (from Bubble Crab)-makes it dark and rainy.
Anyway (getting back on subject), grab the sub-tank and move on. There
shouldn’t be anything else in this level of importance unless you need to
find the X-hunter door. Right after the part with the sub-tank go down under
the elevators on the wall to the right and go down. You should hit a dead
end with health and a door. Go in to face the X-hunter. After that, go to
the boss. Wire Sponge is very easy (not as easy as some). Use Sonic Slicer
on him and you won’t have problems. Sonic Slicer will destroy his vine shield
thing he makes. Beat him and you’ll get Strike Chain.
Wheel Gator- This level gets annoying at the very beginning. Keep going
until you see an opening in the ceiling. If you have the Leg Upgrade, you
can get up there. Once you get up there (you might be able to do it without
the air dash but I can’t), go into the capsule and get the buster upgrade.
Now you can charge your special attacks (namely the Speed Burner to go
farther and go back and get some hearts), and you can also do a double shot
(fire one shot then fire another out the other arm). The heart in this one
is once again out of reach until you get the Speed Burner and arm power-up.
Come back once you get it and get to the higher ledge just out of the spikes
view. Dash jump off the ground then initiate the charged Speed Burner. You
should just barely clear the spikes and grab the heart and move on. Well,
now move on to the boss. Wheel Gator is a little annoying. Hit him with the
Strike Chain once he comes out of his bloody pool. You can also hit him with
a double shot (if you got it). I always use the buster because he doesn't
retreat and I can kill him faster. It might be easier to hit him with Strike
Chain so he doesn’t have more chances than he needs to hurt you. His attacks
include jumping and drilling into a wall, throwing Spin Wheels at you, and
jumping out of his pool to try and grab you. Once you beat him you’ll get Spin
Wheel. Now, move on.
Bubble Crab- For those of you who have played Duff McWhalen’s level in X5, the
music in that level comes from Bubble Crab’s level. The heart is just above
the gate on the ground that the Fish Sub thing opens as it goes along. Jump
up the wall to the right. You have to jump onto a moving pillar to the left
and it is just above the water on a ledge. The sub-tank comes after the fish
opens the red floor gate thing. There should come a wall you should be able to
jump left on once you have the Bubble Splash. Charge up Bubble Splash and jump
and hit the jump button once you get to the top of the water and you should be
able to get on the platform. It may take a few jumps to figure out exactly
where the platform is, but don’t waste energy. Well, the X-hunter door is
right after the fish mini-boss. Just before the ledge you jump on with the
shudder thing opens, go up. You should eventually see a dock and the fish
sub if you didn’t destroy it (if it’s there, make it disappear by blowing
it back to the stone age). Do whatever you need to do with the X-Hunter. After
that, move on to the boss. Bubble Crab takes a lot of jumping. Hit him with
the Spin Wheel and then jump over him. Keep doing this and avoiding his
attacks. The Spin Wheel will bring down his bubble barrier. Once you beat
him, you’ll get Bubble Splash.
Flame Stag- Well, this level has some good music to it. Keep going till you
hit a wall with a bug thing. This looks similar to the bug mini-boss in Megaman
X3. Go up the wall, and you should see a ledge to the left. If you don’t
see it, take my word for it. You need to do and air dash, and then do a Speed
Burner. Come back once you have the Speed Burner and both of the upgrades. Just
kidding, you can do it without the upgrades. Simply jump on top of the bug
on his platform looking back and he will go up. Once you are able to get on
the platform to the left, grab the sub-tank. After this go into the mountain
and move on until the lava rises. You have to be fast to do this, but if you
can, you should have enough time to grab the heart. It’s about halfway up
guarded by an enemy you can make disappear. Just destroy the thing guarding
it with the buster, grab it,  and move on quick. Keep going until you see
another wall like the first one and go to the highest blocked entry. Let the
bug destroy it and go in. Make sure it doesn’t destroy another entrance
because you only get one shot at this. Go up once you see a hole in the
ceiling and you should see the X-Hunter door. If you need to go in there,
then go in. Anyway, move on after that to the boss. Flame Stag is not even
a true boss fight if you fight him with Bubble Crab because it’s so easy. Just
hit him while dodging his attacks, and you’ll eventually beat him. Once you
beat him, you’ll get Speed Burner (FINALLY!). Now you can go back and grab
some of the hearts and grab the sub-tank in this stage. If you need to, then
go get some power-ups, but if not, then move on.
Morph Moth- This level is a handful. At the beginning, before you enter the
complex, freeze the shield guy then jump off him to get on the wall to the
get heart. Once you get the heart, you can move on. Once you see the magnet
on the ceiling, pull out your I-Tracer (Helmet upgrade) and find the entrance
to the body upgrade. Once you find it, then use the spin wheel and open up
the entry way. It won’t look any different from the ground around it, so trust
your I-Tracer, that’s what it’s for. Go in and get you body upgrade (G. Crush).
I will refer to all uses of the body upgrade as the G. Crush. This is the
first introduction to the Giga Attack, which comes in later games (of course
they don’t refer to it as a Giga Attack). I don’t know where the X-hunter
door is in this one. Anyway, Once you do all that, go to the boss. At first,
he’ll be a little thing on a string. Hit him with Speed Burner, and at a
little less than half health, he’ll actually change into a moth. At this
point, pound him with anything in your arsenal. Kill him quick or things get
very hard. Defeat him and get Silk Shot.
Magna Centipede- In this level you will see spot lights. Don’t touch
them. Keep going and if you don’t set off the alarms, you’ll see an
opening on the ceiling and a thing attached to the ceiling. Go right
onto a ledge and use the Speed Burner and air dash to get to the thing
hanging off the ceiling. Go up and get the heart. Later on there should
be another gap in the ceiling. Go back to a higher platform and air dash
along with Speed Burner and get up there to get another sub-tank. There
should come a part with a fake pit with more spot lights. Avoid them and
go to the next part. Pull out the Speed Burner and use it to zoom over
to the X-hunter door before it’s blocked. If it gets blocked, you have to
die and do it again. If you don’t get caught by the spotlights, the blocks
will not all come down as fast. If you don’t want to fight the X-hunter
or the X-hunter is not there, then go up. Oh, and avoid being scanned
or the mini boss above the door will be tougher. Each time you got scanned,
he will become stronger. Defeat him and move on. You should make it to
the boss with too many problems. Magna Centipede is somewhat easy. First
of which, use Silk Shot to destroy the thing coming out of his back or he
can get you and make it so that you cannot charge anything up through the
whole battle and make it ten times harder to beat him. Anyway, beat him
and you’ll get Magnet Mine (this attack is so fun to use on Crystal
Snail!). Anyway, moving on.
Okay, before I go into to the Sigma Levels (in this game referred to as
the X-Hunter Base), I will go through the X-hunter fights for those who
don’t feel like fighting Zero. If you get all the Zero parts (defeat all
X-hunters), you won’t have to fight Zero later on. There are three Zero
parts (the head, body, and legs), so that means one for each X-hunter for
those of you who can’t do loooong division. Well, time to fight some hunters!
Agile- This guy is by far the EASIEST X-Hunter. He is annoying, but he is
the easiest. Anyway, stay on the walls and avoid his projectile things
that he fires. His other attack is to charge at you slashing like a madman
(which he is). Hit him with the double shot when you see an opening. Defeat
him to get your Zero part.
Serges- This is far more annoying and will get you mad quick. Anyway, hit
him when his shield goes down or hit him while he’s in the air. His attacks
are planting mines (which hurt!), and jumping and firing stuff in a circular
pattern. He is harder than Agile, but you can hopefully beat him without too
much more trouble. If you have trouble with his shield, hit him from behind.
This always hits him unless he turns around. Beat him to get his Zero part.
Violen- This one is by far the HARDEST X-hunter, have at least a few full
sub-tanks before trying to take this guy on. Anyway, his attacks include
firing projectiles similar to the Old Man X-Hunter. He can also through a
ball and chain at you, but try to avoid it unless you want to change your
name from Megaman X to Megaman Crushed. Anyway, beat him to get yet another
Zero part.
1st Sigma Level- DO NOT SAVE BEYOND THIS POINT! Whenever you hit the Save
screen, exit out before you chose your memory card. This game keeps corrupting
all my Megaman X data for all of the games when I try to save it beyond
this point. It could be a glitch, but don’t save beyond this point. This
just applies to this game. It is possible that this might happen to you
as well, but there is also another reason not to save. This game applies
the same rules as the previous one so don’t save because you will also
start at this point no matter what you do. These levels will also be
referred to in the game as the X-Hunter Base. Hopefully you have all
the power-ups, because you are going to need them. Go through this level
until you reach the boss (hmm, look familiar?). Now you have to fight
Violen. This time around, it gets easier. There are blocks that you can
hide behind and most of the time avoid his annoying ball. Other than
that, nothing different. Nonetheless, hit him with the same strategy
as before. Pound him and move on.
2nd Sigma Level- Well, this level goes on like the last one. Make it to
the boss and see another old friend. Now you have to fight Serges again,
and this time it’s way different. Instead of his flimsy little hover thing,
the old man is bringing out the big guns (literally!). First you have to
get the four things on the front destroyed. To do that, use the Silk Shot
or a G. Crush attack (preferably the second). This is where things go
horribly wrong. You have to hit the old man or you won’t do any damage. At
this point, you are able to take down his health. Good luck. Once you
defeat him, move on to the next one.
3rd Sigma Level- The first thing you notice is that the music is different. Now
there is something of importance in this level. After you get past a bunch of
bats and see a ladder out of reach, go back and have a bat follow. Freeze
it with Crystal Hunter and use it as a stepping stone. Once you are able
to get up the ladder, grab the extra life and go forward. You see a spike
floor. There are a few ways to do this. You can freeze the bat or you can
use the charged up Speed Burner to get across. I recommend using the Speed
Burner. You can also get hurt before you go on the spikes and then get on
the spikes while you can’t be hurt and dash like mad to get to the other
side. After you finish with that, you’ll see more spikes (like they couldn’t
put in any more?!). This get tricky. You can get hurt by the things and hope
you can get between the spikes and air dash. My method for getting will take
time, patience, and resisting the urge to break the game in half. You have to
air dash while not hitting the wall and then use the charged Speed Burner
to get to the extra life (at least they give you some). Once you get to
the vertical shaft the hard part is finally over. Slide down the left
side and eventually you will reach the point where you can go in. Listen
to Dr. Light be weird and grab the Flaming Uppercut. This is tricky to do,
and you need full life to use it. In order to use it, hit Forward, Down,
Down-Right, Right, and whatever button you assigned to fire the buster
shot. I rarely use it though (I just go for the extra lives). Well, after
that, you can go and fight the boss. As you might expect, you have to fight
Agile again, and he’s been down-graded this time. If you want to test the
Flaming Uppercut, do it now, because you won’t have another chance. If you
do, watch the spikes because if he doesn’t die, you will probably hit the
spikes (or pit-type thing) and probably die a quick and painful death to
your man (and a excruciatingly painful death to your ego). After that,
avoid his attacks. They include dropping platforms, sending a blast across
the screen (only the blast hurts you, the other things are just for show),
and ramming the wall (most of the time when you are in his way). He is
easier this time (I didn’t need a sub-tank this time!). As I said, he was
down-graded. Beat him and move on.
4th Sigma Level- This level should seem familiar at first. At first sight,
it looks like the heart of Sigma’s old fortress all repaired (because it blew
up last time). Go through the portal on the right (it’s the only one, the
other one is broken). Now you have to make it past EVERY SINGLE ONE of the
bosses again (CRAP!!!!!!!). If you thought they were annoying the first
time, they are still going to be annoying. They are no different from the
first time you fought them, so use their weakness and pound them to beat the
level.
5th (and final) Sigma Level- Does this level look familiar? It should! This
is Magna Centipede’s level (or at least the beginning of it). Go to the door
AND DO NOT TRY TO GET ANY POWER-UPS. There are no hearts, subs-tanks or
capsules in this level even though there are gaps. Don’t waste effort to
grab a heart that is not there. Oh, and try not to forget that you will
need ALL FOUR of your sub-tanks full. Move on and you will encounter the
door to the first boss fight. You should see Zero (either black or red)
in the area where you fought the sword. There are only two ways this works.
If you defeated ALL the X-hunters and got the Zero parts, Zero will be
black, and you won’t have to fight him. If, when you come in, he is red,
then you missed one of the X-hunters the first time around or didn’t bother
at all to go after them. Anyway, this is not as bad as it sounds. Zero
is not that hard no matter what people will say although it is not a boss
fight I recommend for beginners to practice on (if you want that, go to
fight the giant in the intro level). Anyway, if you have to fight Zero,
then no big deal. Zero is actually the not the hardest of bosses in my
opinion. Beating Zero requires staying on the wall a lot though. First I
will go through what happens with the Black Zero before I go through the
Red Zero boss fight. If you collected all the Zero parts, then that means
you just listen to Sigma talk, and the real Zero (red) will come in and
destroy the black Zero with what I consider a great combo. Anyway, Red Zero
destroys Black Zero and listen to Sigma and everyone talk. Zero will open a
path for you in the ground no matter how this part goes. Either way, it ends
the same. The only reason the Zero parts were put in were to let you choose
to fight Zero or not. Anyway, that’s the Black Zero entrance. If Sigma comes