X's
Ultimate Armor: Press Start at the title screen, then press Left(3),
Right at the main menu before starting a new game. A sound will
confirm correct code entry. You will begin the game with X's Ultimate
Armor, which is very much identical to the same armor from Megaman X5.
Nightmare
Zero: Press Start at the title screen, then press L1(3),
R2 at the main menu. A sound will confirm correct code entry. Start
a new game. When you rescue Zero after defeating him in battle, you will
play as the Nightmare version of Zero. Nightmare Zero has all of Zero's
normal moves, but he is much more powerful.
Hint:
Zero: Find Zero with the teleporters and fight him. He will join you
after he is defeated.
Hint:
Easy attack with Zero: Press Attack and Dash continuously with Zero.
Hint:
Zero's best attacks: First, you have his normal three slash combo. This is best used
with the first two slashes repeatedly and is done by tapping X(2),
wait until he begins to put his weapon away about a second later, then tap
X(2) again. Keep doing this as many times as needed. Instead of
using his spinning jump slash which engulfs his whole body, use his normal
jump slash without the double jump. Ensuizan, however, is one of his best
attacks. It is basically the jumping spin slash wherever you want it.
After gaining the Fire attack
for Zero, just attack as you normally would except tap his slash attack
two times and on the third time use his Fire attack.
Hint:
Slash combo with X: This trick can be done with any of X's armors except the Shadow
Armor. Go to the controller configuration screen and turn on the
"Auto-Fire" feature. Play the game normally. Whenever you want
to make slashing combos, make sure you are not directly next to a wall and
have a comfortable position for Dash (R1 recommended). Hold Slash
as soon as the saber touches the ground, but before it starts to get
small, press Dash. This will cancel the slash and start a new one.
You can use this technique to perform slash combos similar to Zero's from Megaman
X4 and Megaman X5.
Hint:
Stronger Z-Saber slash: When using the Blade armor for X, instead of pressing Triangle,
use Up + Square.
Hint:
Nightmare effects: Each effect is neutralized in almost in all cases by the same
weapon it comes from. In the case of the raining magma, blow it up with
ShouenZan or Magma Blade. For iced floors, use Hyoroga/Ice Burst. For
gnats, use Yammark Option. For iron blocks, use Metal Anchor/Rakukojin.
For soul spirits, use Laser Shield. Finally, red crates can be blown up
with SentsuiZan/Ground Dash; black and blue ones can be moved with the
same weapon. The rain and the spotlights cannot be neutralized.
Amazon Area, Laser
Institute: Metallic gnats (very pesky)
Amazon Area, Magma Area: Metallic gnats
Inami Temple, Amazon Area: Normal rain (slows you down)
Inami Temple, Central Museum: Normal rain
Magma Area, North Pole Area: Magma rain. Also, some walls break an allow
access to secret area.
Magma Area, Weapon Center: Magma rain.
Weapon Center, Amazon Area: Spotlights (dispiriting and very difficult
to maneuver with)
Weapon Center, Inami Temple: Spotlights
Laser Institute, North Pole Area: Soul spirits (attacking soul clones of
Zero/X, respectively)
Laser Institute, Inami Temple: Soul spirits
North Pole Area, Recycle Lab: Iced floors
Recycle Lab, Magma Area: Iron blocks
Recycle Lab, Weapon Center: Iron blocks
Recycle Lab, Central Museum: Iron blocks
Central Museum, Recycle Lab: Red, blue and black crates
Central Museum, Laser Institute: Red, blue and black crates
Hint:
Blade Armor parts and locations:
Boots: Amazon area. After
falling into the first cave you will notice a path behind a Praying
Mantis Maverick at the bottom of the drop.
Helmet: Central Museum. In
one of the random totem pole areas.
X-buster: Weapons Center.
After defeating the gigantic Maverick, a portal will appear. Once inside
the portal, go left instead of right.
Armor: Laser Institute. At
one point in the level, you will see a laser activated door in the
floor. Direct the laser to it and open it. Inside will be a large system
of lasers to correct. Once finished. you will open another door in the
floor. Drop down and go left (you can go through the wall). Jump across
the ledge beyond the wall to find the capsule.
Hint:
Blade Armor special abilities: The Blade Armor can perform a powered Mach Dash by pressing X(2).
The longer you hold X and/or the D-pad, the farther he will
dash in that direction. It special attack is firing two waves of two
Z-Sabers in the direction he is facing.
Hint:
Falcon Armor special abilities: Its special attack is a fully charged X-Buster blast that falls
all over the screen.
Hint:
Shadow Armor parts and locations:
Body: In Rainy Turtloid's
stage, when you get to the inside of the tree trunk, there are five
narrow passages with spikes on the ceiling and floor. Three are on the
left side and two are on the right side. The upper right passage leads
to the Shadow Armor body program. You will need the Blade Armor and use
the Mach Dash to get through the narrow passageway. Make sure to release
Right or you will walk into the second set of spikes. Repeat this
to go through the second set of spikes.
Leg: You find this in
Blizzard Wolfang's stage. Shortly, after passing the area with vertical
avalanches and pillars of ice you have to stand on, you will reach a
downward slope to a ladder. Above the ladder is a ledge. Zero can double
jump to that ledge. X with the Blade Armor can Mach Dash straight up and
land on the ledge.
Arms: You find this in
Blaze Heatnix's stage. After the second mini-Boss Donut Mechaniloid, you
will get to a vertical area with an upper and lower door. You will
notice the ceiling is quite high above the upper door.
Head: If you have not come
from Metal Shark Player's stage, you will need the Blade Armor's Mach
Dash ability to get to the armor capsule. You must climb either the left
or right side of the vertical chamber. Once you see the left or right
ledges, dash jump off the wallm then Mach Dash upwards and land on the
ledge. Continue to climb up, and you will see the capsule.
There is another way to get
the body part of the Shadow Armor in Rainy Turtloid's stage. Before going
to Rainy Turtloid's stage, go to the "Parts" section of the
stage selection menu and equip the Hyperdash and D-Barrier parts on X. Go
to Rainy Turtloid's stage with the Falcon Armor. Enter the tree trunk and
find the upper-right passage. Instead of trying to dash in the air to get
through the set of spikes, go back to the ledge. Then, wait until one of
the many bats with bombs follow you. Make sure you get hit by it directly
in front of the spikes. After you are hit you will have about four or five
seconds before you stop flashing (are invincible), dash rapidly forward.
You will first see a Reploid that needs to be rescued. Either rescue her
and die, or keep going and find the armor capsule. It is recommended that
you wait to rescue her until you get the Shadow Armor, as it makes you
invulnerable to spikes.
Hint:
Shadow Armor special abilities: The Shadow Armor has Hydroga as its special jump. It also
allows you to touch, walk on, and climb on spikes without getting hurt.
Its giga attack is Z-Saber becoming released and circling around him.
Shadow Armor can perform Hydroga, by pressing Up + X.
Hint:
X's armor special abilities: Zero can perform a double jump by pressing X at the top
of the first jump. The special attack is a Raynoka Blast fall from the top
left to the top right of the screen.
Hint:
X's Ultimate Armor special abilites: Its special is the Invincible Dash. Press X, then X
again. You will be invincible while performing any part of it, and it does
not use GigaAttack energy.
Hint:
Easy Nightmare Soul gain: After defeating all eight Mavericks, go to a stage that you can
get to the teleporter fairly quickly and easily (such as Infinity
Mijinion). Get to the Boss (not the main one, the one where you fight Zero
or High Max). You should find Dynamo there. Get next to him and use the
Meteor Rain attack (Ensuizan for Zero) twice. Dynamo should drop a
Nightmare Orb worth 200 Souls. You can make him do this three times before
he goes away for a total of 600 Souls. You can do this as many times as
you needed.
Hint:
Defeating Blaze Heatnix: Immediately as the battle starts, magma flows up from the
bottom of the screen. Find a ledge. After you hit Blaze Heatnix a few
times, the lava recedes and comes down from the top of the screen. You now
have the little space below the ledges; so use Meteor Rain to kill Blaze
Heatnix quickly.
Hint:
Defeating Gate: Use the Magma Sword on Gate when he throws his spheres. Hit the
spheres so that they explode and turn into smaller spheres. They will hit
him back.
Note: To reach Gate, defeat
all eight bosses, or enable the "X's Ultimate Armor" code and
defeat him the first time you fight him after the Crazy Maverick. Whenever
you defeat High Max, Gates stage will automatically be open. The best way
to pass the spikes at the start of Gate's level is to use the Zero or the
Shadow Armor. When in the second area in which magma apperas from the
bottom of the screen, run under the opening in the ceiling and use Hydroga
with Zero or the Shadow Armor. When you are by the wall, grab it and
climb. The Gate Sub Boss #1 is weak against Metal Anchor and Giga Attacks.
If you can get X up to him, use the "Storm Eagle" trick for
heavy damage.
Hint:
Defeating the Giant Maverick: For the first battery. equip AutoCharge, then dodge until you
are fully charged. When fully charged, shoot the little red gem. On the
way to the second battery, a tracking system targets you. If it locks on,
wait until it shoots, then jump. For the second battery, use the same
tactics as done against the first, except there are lasers that shoot at
you from the side walls, and the targeting system is still activated.
Hint:
Defeating High Max: After getting Zero, go through the teleporters and find High
Max with Zero. Make sure to have both Sub-tanks full before facing him.
Use the Sharks weapon with Zero. Take your time facing him -- it takes
awhile to figure out his attacks and how to get close to him.
The following trick requires
the Ultimate Armor and Zero in your party. Charge up Ultimate Armor X's
Buster and fire it at High Max while he is blinking. Then, immediately use
the Giga Crush on him. Three or four hits are required to kill him. When
you win, you can skip all the Bosses and go directly to Gate's level.
After acquiring Zero, choose
the Falcon Armor at the character selection screen. Go to the teleporters
to High Max. Before he fires the three waves of energy balls, hit him with
a fully charged Buster Shot. This will make him vulnerable. Afterwards,
hit him with any special weapon (they take off the same amount of damage
on him). After you hit him, he will either chase you with a shield on or
fire a huge ball. To dodge the shield chase, just duck. To dodge the ball,
jump on the wall and over it or him. Repeat these steps until High Max is
defeated. You do not need to find all of Dr. Light's armor parts to defeat
him. After you win, an intermission sequence will begin and you will have
access to a new level, the Secret Laboratory.
Use the following trick to
defeat High Max with Zero and no sub tanks. This strategy requires that
you obtain more than half the heart tanks for Zero. It also helps if you
have a sub-tank. When the fight begins, dash to the other side of High
Max, making sure he fires four fireballs by the time you are at the
corner, and four more while you climb up the wall. Then, dash to your left
and use Magma Blade to paralyze him. Next, jump and attack him. He will
get injured and fly up. When he descends, he will do one of two things. If
he appears to be charging a ball with his fist, double jump over him and
then use Magma Blade while he is in the bottom corner of the field. Use
the Z-Buster, as it takes more damage. If he surrounds himself with
something, he will be invincible. This takes a lot of damage, so stay away
from corners as you will receive no damage if you duck. Repeat the process
until his life is low. He will surround himself with some fireballs and
bombard you non-stop with them. Just jump and keep performing Ensuizan (Down
+ Triangle) This will result in some damage and eventually he will
die, as he only does this attack when low on health. Note: Do not try to
fight High Max in Blizzard Wolfgang's stage as it will be more difficult
and you cannot to jump on the walls because of the ice.
To defeat High Max with the
Shadow Armor, get close to him and hit him with a charged attack. This
makes defeating High Max in the final level fairly easy, and any other
time you face him.
To defeat High Max with Zero
(whether Nightmare or not), you must first obtain the weapon from Blaze
Heatnix. Get close to High Max then use Shoezan (Up + Attack).
This will stun him. Then, just attack, either with his Jumping Spinning
Slash, his Jumping Slash, or his combo. It should not take too long to
defeat him, and if you dodge High Max's attacks well, you should not need
anymore than just Zero with the Shoezan.
Hint:
Defeating Infinity Mijinion: Note: Zero is required. First, destroy the doors that power
Illumina. Then when the crystal appears, keep running to the right. You
will reach Infinity Mijinion's Boss doors. Then, just use Zero's Z Blaster
until Mijinion has been defeated.
Infinite Mijion's weakness is
the X-Buster that Zero has. Do not try to use specials. Instead, turn on
Rapid Fire. When the battle starts, just start blasting (pressing Square
recommended). When you blast him against the wall, jump over the opponent
in front of you, as he is a fake, and blast the one by the wall.
Hint:
Defeating Rainy Turtloid: Equip the Blade Armor and Ultimate Buster part. Fire the Ice
Weapon and Mach-Dash up. You will fire icicles and one will hit Turtloid
in the head, freezing him and causing heavy damage. The fully-charged ice
weapon is Turtloid's only weakness; the Ultimate Buster, which fires all
fully-charged shots, makes this a lot easier. if you do not have it, use
Quick-Charge instead.
Hint:
Defeating Zero: The Z Saber that you are given as a secondary weapon is his
weakness. Zero's special attacks will be neutralized and he fades out and
reappears on the other side of the screen.
Hint:
Defeating Bosses:
Commander Yammark: Ray
Arrow
Ground Scaravich: Yammark
Blaze Hentnix: Ground Dash
Blizzard Wolfang: Magma Blade
Rainy Turtoid: Ice Burst
Metal Shark Player: Meteor Raiin
Shield Shelden: Metal Anchor
Infinity Mijinion: Guard Shell
Dynamo: Meteor Rain
High Max: Magma Blade
Gate Boss 1: Metal Anchor
High Max: Magma Blade
Gate: Invinsible Dash or Shadow Armor Giga Attack
Sigma 1: Metal Anchor
Sigma 2: Ground Dash
To easily defeat any Boss or
mini-Boss, enable the "X's Ultimate Armor" code. Get to the Boss
and use Giga Attack two or three times. Also, use this strategy to defeat
High Max. Hit him with a charge shot while he is flashing, then
immediately use Giga Attack on him. Do this three or four times to kill
him.
Hint:
Storm Eagle appearance: Play as X, and charge up the Metal Anchor all the way. When
released, a metallic version of Storm Eagle from Megaman X1 will
rain down on your enemies.
Hint:
Sting Chameleon appearance: When fighting Metal Shark Player as Zero, he will use a move
and Sting Chameleon from Megaman X1 will appear and attack.
Hint:
Magna Centipede appearance: When fighting Metal Shark Player, he will sometimes call Magna
Centipide from Megaman X2.
Hint:
Blast Hornett: When fighting Metal Shark Player, he resurrects Reploids from
previous MegaMan X games to help him. He will rarely call up Blast
Hornett from Megaman X3. Blast Hornett fires a large wave of
mechanoid hornets at your character when he is summoned. After a few waves
he will disappear.
Hint:
Keep the charge in the Magma Blade: Equip the Falcon Armor then enter any stage. Select the weapon
and charge it. Then, release Square. Hold Square just before
the birds appear and you will keep the charge. Note: This only works when
X is in the Falcon Armor.
Hint:
Getting the Shadow Armor's Body: When trying to get into the part with all the spikes, jump then
wait until you are in between the top and bottom rows of spikes to use the
Mach Dash. You should use X to do the Mach Dash after jumping and release
all buttons at the time so you do not hit the second row of spikes. After
making past the first row, rescue the Reploid and repeat the procedure for
the next row of spikes. Do the same thing to get out.
Hint:
Transporter to High Max/Dynamo in the Inami Temple: In the tree, there are passages with spikes. There are three on
the right, and two on the left. Go to bottom one on the left and do the
Mach Dash (Invisible Dash for X's Ultimate Armor) and you will fly into
it.
Hint:
Getting Shadow Armor part in the Inami Temple: While getting the part to the Shadow Armor in Inami Temple,
while at the spikes use Ultimate X Jump and Dash as quick as possible.
Hint:
Virus advantages: When playing as X, if you get hit by the Sigma Viruses you
obviously will lose health. However, when playing Zero, he will gain full
health if this happens. This is very useful when running very low on
health when playing Zero.
Hint:
Super high jump: While you are using the Shadow Armor or have the Ice Attack
with Zero, hold Up and press Jump while you are dashing. You
will do the normal high jump, but you will be dashing as in a Dash Jump.
Hint:
Alternate purple doors entrances: If you approach purple doors differently, your character might
enter differently and do poses. For example, if you continuously shoot
peewee shots while approaching a purple door (still shooting when you
enter), you will walk in with your gun raised and aimed forward. If you
slide down a wall into a purple door, your character will turn around and
slide (on nothing) into the next room. Dashing will also result in an
alternative entrance.
Hint:
Stop roof from lowering in Metal Shark's stage: You can stop the lowering roof by getting the big robot and
walking through the level. At one point you will see a large garbage pile.
It is the tallest one. Jump up there and get out of the robot. The roof
will only go down until it hits the robot, and you can easily make it to
the lower area.
In the area where the ceiling
comes down, you get the robot suit. Go all the way to the top of the junk
and jump out with X + Up. The ceiling will try to crush you,
it but will not be able to. Instead, it will stop and go up immediately
after it is touched. This guarantees that you will not get crushed by it
on the top level.
Hint:
Blue portals: At some areas, you will see a blue warp portal. Go inside to
unlock many things in game. The first time is where you meet Nightmare
Zero; it unlocks Zero as a player. The second time is where you meet High
Max again; it auto unlocks the Gate stage. The third and many times
afterwards is where you meet Dyamo from Megaman X5, as you would
always meet him if you still go in the blue portal.
Hint:
Mega Man X and Mega Man X2 reference: In the last battle with Sigma, the music is a combination from
the final Sigma battles in Mega Man X and Mega Man X2.
Glitch:
Mispelling: When you are save your file, the word "Writeng" will
appear instead of "Writing".
Please
select the first letter of the game's title below. If the word
"The" appears at the start of a title, ignore it and search for
the second word in the title:
