MegaMan Zero 4 (BR)

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------Rock Man Zero 4 - FAQ/Walkthrough v1.04 (05/10/2005)------------------------------------------------------------------------------

writer: Aaron Paul Madriñan (Aeon17x)e-mail: snoocete [at] yahoo [dot] com

_______________ 0. Introduction\______________________________________________________________

Greetings, and welcome to my Rock Man Zero 4 FAQ! My name is Aeon17x, and I'llbe your tour guide for this game. With this article, I'll try to do my bestinto helping you beat the latest addition to the MMZ series. Why would I dothat? Simple -- I love this game, and I believe the best way of showing it isby assisting fellow Mega Man gamers through the path to victory. =)

As of the time of this writing, there is still much to be learned from thisgame... so any comments, suggestions, and corrections would be highlyappreciated. Drop me a line through my inbox or visit the GFAQs RMZ4 forum.

http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=925724

I'll just hang around there, together with the veterans who would gladlyhelp you on your way. That said, let's get started!

__________________ 1. Version History\___________________________________________________________

1.04 (05/10/2005) - Lots of stuff added on the enemy and chip recipe sections.

1.03 (05/08/2005) - Ultimate mode info added. (c/o xybazelu, mech gouki)

1.02 (05/02/2005) - Confirmed an e-mail saying that you don't get the minigames if you play through the game on Easy mode.

1.01 (05/01/2005) - Fixed some spelling/grammar errors, double checked and reordered the enemy list. Usual maintenance work. Added

some ways to quickly gain extra lives and Ceramic Titanium.

1.0 (04/29/2005) - First release. Walkthrough complete to the end of the game. Most of the in-depth sections are also complete; the only big thing I'm waiting for is the English release. ^^;

____________________ 2. Table of Contents\_________________________________________________________

0. Introduction 1. Version History 2. Table of Contents 3. Controls and Player Interface

4. Weapons 5. Cyber Elves 6. Weather System 7. Chip Creation 8. Intro Story 9. Walkthrough .1 Intro Stage 1: Trailer Defense .2 Intro Stage 2: Area Zero .3 Underground Forest .4 Populated City


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.5 Scorching Particle Cannon .6 Cold Sleep Facility .7 Intermission Stage 1: Base Defense .8 Intermission Stage 2: Prison .9 Artificial Sun .10 Deep Sea .11 Airconditioned Park .12 Magnetic Zone .13 Final Stage 1: Ragnarok Control Room .14 Final Stage 2: Large Transfer Base .15 Final Stage 3: Inside Transfer Circuit .16 Final Stage 4: Ragnarok Core 10. Appendices .1 Enemy List / Z-Knuckle Weapons .2 Cyber Elf Effects .3 EX Skills .4 Parts List / Chip Recipes 11. Secrets .1 Galacta Armor .2 Unlockables 12. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 13. Disclaimer, Copyright, and Contact Information 14. Special Thanks

________________________________ 3. Controls and Player Interface\_____________________________________________

Take note: I know nearly nothing about the Japanese language, so please don'tshoot me if I interpreted something the wrong way. ^_^'

On the first time you start the game (assuming you bought it brand new), you'llbe presented with the following options on the title screen:

> New Game (Continue) Enemy Database (Minigames)

You wouldn't see the Continue and Minigames options if it's your first timeplaying. Of course, the Enemy Database won't contain anything as well, so let'ssee the first option for now.

Easy Mode > Normal Mode (Hard Mode) (Ultimate Mode)

The difference between the two is that enemies need a lot less effort to killin Easy mode, and you also get nine lives and two full sub tanks right from thestart. Your Cyber Elves are pre-grown to level 5 as well.

The default controls are nearly the same as the ones you used in the last game.

Left, right button - move Zero horizontally; quickly tap twice to dashUp button - climb ladders, enter doors, talk to other charactersDown button - descend ladders, slip through platforms with A buttonA button - jump; stick to a wall to perform wall jumpsB button - fire primary weapon; hold R while firing to use 2nd weaponL button - dash; combine with A button to perform dash jumpsR button - activate secondary weapon; see B button


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Select button - discard current enemy weapon (Z-Knuckle function)Start button - pause the game

Now this is an ASCII art preview of the screen you see when you pause the game:

_________________ | | Zero x2 | Play Time: E-Crystals| ("_)| Level F | [00:00'00] [ 0]| __| [=== ] | Code Name:| | | [Hunter ] ̄ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ____ ________ __ __ |MAIN| __ |EX SKILL| __ | | __ | | ¯¯¯¯ | | ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ | | ¯¯ | | ¯¯ ¯¯ ¯¯ __ ¯¯ __ __ | | __ | | | | ¯¯ | | ¯¯ ¯¯ ¯¯ ____ ________ __ __ |SUB | __ |SUB TANK| __ | | __ | | ¯¯¯¯ | | ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ | | ¯¯ | | ¯¯ ¯¯ ¯¯ ¯¯ _ _ _______ |L| ______ |R| _________

|| ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ _____________________________________ | | | | ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

I guess that should be pretty self-explanatory. The EX skill and sub tank panesremain empty until you earn them in your playthrough.

In the Parts screen, there are four options you could check out: ____ ____________ > |HEAD| | |

¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ____ ____________ |BODY| | | ¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ____ ____________ |FOOT| | | ¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ __________ |Parts List| ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯The first three show the set of chips you can equip on Zero's armor. The partslist contains all the parts you've obtained from enemies.

In the Options screen, you can configure the buttons as you like: _________________________________________ |Button Setting (recommended: Type A) | | > Type A Type B Custom| ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Main B Button Jump A Button Dash L Button Sub R Button Discard Select Button


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_________________________________________ |Attack Mode (recommended: Type B) | | > Type A Type B Custom| ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ B Button - Main R+B Button - Sub _________________________________________ |Dashing by double tap | | > Yes No | ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

In the Elf screen, you can decide what elves are you going to use:

Lv. 0 MAX __________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ |¯¯| | |KUROWAARU______|[Nurse ] ==================== | | | |Elf Capacity 00| |¯¯| | |Elf Total 00|[Animal] ==================== | | |¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| |¯¯| | |[Hacker] ==================== | | | | ¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

I'll explain the slightly different Elf system on Section 5. Cyber Elves, andin the appendices.

__________ 4. Weapons\___________________________________________________________________

Z-Buster - same as the previous game. By default you can only have three shots on screen, and can be charged up to two levels. Buster EX skills allow you to shoot different projectiles.

Z-Saber - same as the previous game. By default you can perform a three-hit combo and a charge attack. Saber EX skills allow you to execute different saber moves.

RMZ4's weapon system is different from its predecessors in that you don't

have a built-in rod and shield anymore. Instead, Cerveau enhanced your veryown hands, and turned it into what we call the Z-Knuckle.

Z-Knuckle - a new weapon for this sequel. By default you can hit enemies with it for relatively low damage (compared to the Z-Saber). However, whenever you do kill an enemy with it, it's possible that you will get a part from them to use in combat! For example, you can take a Met shield from a Metall, a spread shot buster from a Cannon Hopper, etc. You can also use it to dislodge objects in the environment, which can be useful to open up new paths and uncover hidden items.

For a list of Z-Knuckle weapons, go to Section 10.1.

______________ 5. Cyber Elves\_______________________________________________________________

RMZ's cyber elf system is unlike the one we knew from MMZ1-3. You don't have togo out of your way to search for all those elves; instead, you can now talk toAlouette who will feed this one super cyber elf (who can copy the abilities ofthe other cyber elves) as you collect E-Crystals. By doing that, your elf willgain levels:


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Lv0 -> Lv1: 50Lv1 -> Lv2: 100 (150 total)Lv2 -> Lv3: 300 (450 total)Lv3 -> Lv4: 600 (1050 total)Lv4 -> Lv5: 1000 (2050 total)Lv5 -> Lv6: 1500 (3550 total)Lv6 -> Lv7: 3500 (7050 total)

Every time you level-up, you also earn three more cyber-elf powers. However,you can only use one cyber elf power from each category at a time (i.e. onlyone Nurse, one Animal, and one Hacker can be active altogether).

Furthermore, your Elf Total (sum of the levels of your equipped elf) must notexceed your Elf Capacity; otherwise, you will receive penalties on your Elfscore on your current mission. You are free to use higher-than-allowed elflevels as you want outside of a mission though.

For a list of Cyber Elf effects, go to Section 10.2.

_________________ 6. Weather System\____________________________________________________________

Now for something that is totally new for this game: the weather system. I'mnot sure why this works (because in Soviet Neo Arcadia, weather changes YOU!),

but I could tell you how to use it.After you have entered the boss selection screen, but before you proceed intothe stages, you have the option to 'change the weather'.

Proceed with Mission > Change the Weather Choose Another Mission

You'll know that you got the right weather for that specific stage if theborder is flashing; if you didn't, then the border will be gray.

Why is this useful? Well, it changes the very environment of the stage you're

going to, which leads to some interesting possibilities. For example, if youvisit the Air Conditioned Park while the weather is bad, clouds will blockyour view and the wind will be strong enough to push you back. But if theweather is sunny, then the clouds and strong wind will not be present.

It doesn't stop there. The weather also affects the boss' behavior: it wouldonly use its EX skill on you if the weather is suited to its element. And ifyou defeat it in that condition, you will win its EX skill. In some way thiscomes as a relief, as you no longer have to struggle to A/S rank just to getthe EX skill.

For a list of EX skills, go to Section 10.3.

________________ 7. Chip Creation\_____________________________________________________________

In MMZ3, we used to acquire our chips by finding Secret Disks, or defeatingthe bosses. Not anymore. This time, we create them from the spare parts ofnormal enemies you've killed. Preview:

____________________ ___________________ / -> /Manual Creation\ | || ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| |¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|


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| Ark Cannon x9 | | || R*B Cannon x3 | | || Axeroid x1 | | || Ee*Laser x7 | | || Eledeserter x4 | |___________________|| Gan*Ga*Gahn x9 | | || Cannon Hopper x4 | | | . . . . . . . . . . . ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

You'll know that you got the right parts when you see its name on the secondtab of Cerveau's menu. Additionally, you can check out your own Parts List.Just combine the parts within Cerveau's lab and voila, the chip is yours.

For more information about enemy Parts and chip recipes (translated toEnglish), go to Section 10.4.

______________ 8. Intro Story\_______________________________________________________________

[from the Rock Man Zero 4 intro, as translated into English. Credit to gngfn of the Planet Mega Man forums (thanks dude!). You can find more of his work here - http://poke.dyndns.org/rmz4/rmz4.htm]

Repliroids...Those are the robotscreated long agoto be as much like humans as possible...

Those Repliroidsgiven personalitieswith their advanced technologyworked on humans' behalfand walked together with humans.They should have becomethe best partners...

But...On the opposite side of a time that had flowed peacefully,the gears between humans and Repliroidsquietlybegan to grate...

As a result of their beingexceedingly similar to humans,Repliroids at timesopposed humans.Humans feared thedangerous Repliroidsof that kind,

calling them "Irregulars."

The Repliroids who had become Irregularswere retiredat the hands of similar Repliroids...That was the solutionthat humans came up with...

For the Repliroids whotried to protect the humans who were their masters,


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there was no margin for choice.

Thus, with no idea when it would end,a violent war began withtheir Repliroid comrades.

They racked up many battles...Time passed...Even though the Utopia of the humanswho had been protected by Repliroids,Neo Arcadia,was completed,the fighting didn't stop...

Thanks to the Irregulars pursuing their cause,Neo Arcadia'sleader was defeated.And now...The place once known as Neo Arcadiais controlledby the criminalDoctor Vile.

There is no longer any trace

of the humans' Utopia.The place they could call "safe" is gone.There are not many humans leftwho left that place...

Yes...Again, we too...When a caravanmade its escape from Vile's control...

______________ 9. Walkthrough\_______________________________________________________________

So here it is, what you've downloaded this file for (right?): the walkthrough!Whether you're reading this from the start, or you're just checking some partin the middle for a stage/boss you're stuck in, I hope that you'll be backon track after reading this. Yeah.

This walkthrough is written on Normal mode. Whatever I write here may or maynot work on Easy or Hard mode. I also say that this is not the best way tobeat the game; this is just the way I found that works. Your mileage may vary.

Load your game now...

______________________________________________________________________________ > Intro Stage 1: Trailer Defense (9.1)

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MISSION: Secure the caravan by eliminating the enemy threat.

ENEMIES: Valiant*Fire, Lamproid X, Ark Cannon, Gyro Cannon H, Beamwalker

The moment you gain control of Zero, don't rush into the action just yet: change your weapon and controls as you see fit. I recommend that you swap the buster for the saber, but keep the Z-Knuckle: it's a fun weapon to have.


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Now move forward until you meet your first enemy: Valiant*Fire. These guys fire bullets that leave a flame upon contact with a surface: dispose them quickly with a dashing slash.

Carefully jump into the next truck. Wait for the Lamproid to turn around and quickly kill it with the Z-Knuckle to get a Lamp Burner. After that, board the truck after it and go into the hole in the trailer to gain an extra life. Drop into the gap after that to earn a large E-crystal.

Discard your Lamp Burner (press Select) once you see some cargo boxes and use your knuckle on one to get three Burst Bombs. Spend these sparingly on enemies you don't want to get near to (Lamproids, Ark Cannons). Try to preserve a full set until the end of the level.

Once you have changed vehicles, just dash forward while dodging the missiles. If you're running low on health, destroy the main body of the lone Gyro Cannon H, but leave the propellers intact. Jump into it and press Up on the handle to take a ride upwards and snatch the two health capsules to the left.

If you want to finish the next boss fight quickly, do not charge your saber beforehand. I have a faster way.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOSS FIGHT - SubDesert Core! (2 life bars)

resist: none weak: burst bombs

attacks: - Big Blue Lasers - The core glows before sending out three consecutive BBL's. Dash under those and wait until its over. If you have nothing on your Z-Knuckle, then you could try yanking out the blue wires below the core to disable this attack.

- Wave Beam - The core releases two streams of energy balls that follow a wavy pattern. Stay in between the streams.

strategy: - The boss sends out some Beamwalkers across the ceiling and the floor when it's doing nothing.

- Remember when I told you to keep those Burst Bombs? That's because this boss takes 1/2 life bar damage for every bomb! If all those bombs connect, you'll need no more than two three-hit combos to wrap this up. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After the mission, you'll automatically proceed to the Resistance Camp. Save your game when it asks you, or you can talk to Ciel later and choose the 'Save' option.

Operator > Ciel

> Manage Data Talk

> Save Data Load Data Erase Data


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Afterwards, go out and turn left to Cerveau's laboratory. He'll talk for a bit, then you're free to go. Return to Ciel's command room for another intro mission.

______________________________________________________________________________ > Intro Stage 2: Area Zero (9.2)¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

MISSION: Investigate what's going on in Area Zero.

ENEMIES: Molgul, Medyu Hopper, Popplan, Yadokaroid, Ark Cannon, Beamwalker, Teribomb, Cannon Hopper, Gyro Cannon H

Yes, this stage counts as an intro as well. Weird, isn't it?

Other than the gorgeous scenery and amazing music (which you'll find an even better version of in the official Rock Man Zero 4 website), the first stretch of the level doesn't offer much. Just zoom past everything and kill those who block your way; you have better opportunities to collect parts later in the game. Be careful of the Popplans as they can snap at you even if you dash jump over them; use the Z-Knuckle to kill it.

You'll meet some Yadokaroids upon leaving the forest: to score a kill, you

must get rid of the shell *and* the robot inside, which you should use the Z-Knuckle on to get an Aim Shot. Although weak, it's a useful subweapon since it automatically aims towards the nearest enemy and is infinite. Anyway, fall down the waterfall at the end and turn left to claim the two large E-crystals.

Once you get inside the ruins, maneuver through the enemy fire and hit the Teribomb to send it away, hopefully to the Ark Cannons on the wall. Grab the lift and send yourself up. Board the sliding platform and let it propel you over the spikes, or you may dash towards the ceiling to obtain an extra life and a large health capsule.

After that, just jump over the spikes and hold the rails until you reach

the wall with a Gyro Cannon H and some Ark Cannons. Your Aim Shot should blast them off without putting yourself in trouble. Enter the boss door.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOSS FIGHT - Carnage Force 0! (3 life bars) resist: none weak: none

attacks: - Giant Punch - Not a threatening move, as you need to position yourself right into his fist to be hit.

- Multi Missile - CF0 launches multiple missiles to the top of the

screen, which then lands in waves moments later.

- Green Circles - CF0 positions itself on top of the screen and fires five green circles at a time.

strategy: - The object you're going to hit in this boss is its head, so stay close to it and do three-hit combos if it's not firing anything. Charged slashes take too long to execute and do less damage overall.


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- When CF0 is doing its Multi Missile attack, hide underneath the platforms while the missiles are overhead, and go back to slash it again after it passes. About the Green Circles attack, stay at the wall opposite the robot. It repeats its pattern after that. Shouldn't be too hard to take down, despite its long life. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After you have been introduced to Kraft (the green dude who has a slight resemblance to Axel of X7) and his gang, you're back to the Resistance Camp. This time you should pay a visit to Alouette in room 001. She will give you the super cyber elf I was talking about in Section 5 (its name is Kurowaaru, which translates to 'Clowall' or something). Hirondelle in room 002 also has a purpose in this game, but that'll come much later.

This time you could pass through the guard to the right and enter the human village of Area Zero, which shelters Neige (the orange haired chick you rescued earlier) and her friends. A cutscene will ensue. After that you'll be back in the Command Room to choose any of the eight bosses to kick the crap out of.

____________________________________________ | | C - Resistance Camp | (3) (8) | | (5) (7) | 0 - Area Zero

| (1) (0) | 1 - Magnetic Zone | | 2 - Deep Sea | (C) | 3 - Air Conditioned Park | | 4 - Cold Sleep Facility | (4) | 5 - Artificial Sun | | 6 - Populated City | (2) (6) | 7 - Underground Forest | | 8 - Scorching Particle Cannon ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

Before proceeding, you might want to do any of these chores: 1.) Feed the elves up to at least Lv2 (or Lv3, if you're patient with e-crystal collection). See the Cyber Elf appendix for more info.

2.) Talk to everyone in the human village *twice*. Some of them have something to give to you, like chip recipes. And don't destroy their water tank. 3.) Return to Area Zero and collect some robot parts (and e-crystals, too), particularly two Beamwalkers, one Cannon Hopper, and one Gyro Cannon H. You'll know you're getting robot parts when you pick up a wrench icon after you have defeated them.

For information about the parts, consult the Parts List in the appendices.

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MISSION:

ENEMIES: Valiant*Fire, Molgul, Ark Cannon, Bombsect, Beeneran, Gyro Cannon H, Ee*Laser

WEATHER: Sunny

This is the stage to show off the potential of the Z-Knuckle.


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The stage starts in what seems to be a fine morning in the middle of a forest -- too bad this is a game. Greet the incoming Valiants with your saber, and enter the door in the middle of the tree. Drop straight down and stay close to the wall. Now there are some vines that block your path; yank them off with your Z-Knuckle. See those plants on the ground? Pull them out as well.

You'll reach a path split not too far after that. The lower one has some vines and one large E-crystal; the upper one has some spikes on the walls, but it also has a large energy capsule and three E-crystals. I say you seize them both.

Either path you take, you'll eventually start going up a wall. But look at a certain patch that looks more fragile than the other parts of that wall. Wall jump and slide on it until it gives way, and you'll get an extra life inside. From there, just climb up, making use of the rails. Charge your Z-Saber before going in.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MINIBOSS FIGHT - Fire Rainant! resist: none weak: none

attacks:

- Flamethrower - The miniboss walks around the whole room (including the walls and ceiling) while shooting off flames from its mouth. Cannot be deflected.

- Egg Bomb - Once the miniboss is in low health, it will start to lay eggs that have a short time delay to explode. You can pick these up with your Z-Knuckle if you're curious.

strategy: - This guy is very easy to deal with. Two hits from a charged saber will cause it to change direction, so all you have to do is to stay in front (not directly, but on a 90-degree corner) and whack it before it turns its body. You could also chase after its back, but it releases Egg Bombs

from there at low HP, so you better be at the front. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Now be very careful in the upcoming section, as there are a LOT of spikes on the way down; don't hold on the rails for too long as they crumble after a few seconds. Fortunately, that's the only hard part of the level. Don't go through the door yet when you reach the bottom; slide through the wall to the left again to get a Ceramic Titanium.

Destroy the first Gyro Cannon H, but don't completely annihilate the second one; keep the propellers intact so you can ride on them (press up). On the top of the narrow spike-filled shaft are two large E-crystals and a Sub Tank.

We got a Sub Tank this early! Woo-hoo! =D

From there, it's easy. Discard any Z-Knuckle weapon you have and dig through the vines if you want to instantly fill up your newly procured Sub Tank with a full energy capsule. Don't do anything stupid across the rails, and jump your way into the boss door.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOSS FIGHT - Nobel Mandrago! (2 life bars) resist: none


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weak: none

attacks: - Dig - Mandrago will just drill into the ground/ceiling. No one gets hurt but her as you slash her apart while she's drilling.

- Mandrago Spin - Mandrago stretches her arms and spins around the floor. Stay up the wall to dodge this.

- Mandrago Heal - Mandrago sparkles for a bit. During this time, she heals a bit of her HP. Don't try to attack her when she does this as she's invulnerable for that short period.

- Nectar Splash - Mandrago throws around three nectar balls. If one of these stick to you, your jumping abilities are bogged down, and some bees will come in and bite you.

- Seed Planting - Mandrago throws some seeds (which look like Venus fly traps) into the wall and ceiling. If these succeed in planting themselves, they'll turn into plant versions of traps or cannons. The seeds and the plants can be pulled out of the ground, or slashed if fully grown.

- Tsuibangeki - The same as Mandrago Spin, but this time she does it in (EX SKILL) mid-air, and there are rock projectiles when she lands on the floor. Once again, stay on the wall.

strategy: - As you see, Mandrago is a plant. So we'll do what we did to the other plants we (used to) know earlier in the level: when she shows herself from the ground or ceiling, pluck her out with the Z-Knuckle. This will stop whatever attack she's doing and do moderate damage. Keep on doing that while dishing out three-hit saber combos if she's on the ground, or charged hits if she's on the ceiling, and she'll whither soon as long as you hurt her more than she recovers. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Now I'll explain something I overlooked - the stats screen at the end of a mission. Example: _____ |Score\ Notes: |¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| |Mission 100% 20p| - You must completely fulfill the |Time 2'20 10p| conditions of that mission to gain |Damage 10 20p| all 20 points. |Enemy Kill 30 15p| - Time and damage must be at most a |Retry 0 15p| certain limit, while enemy kill must |Weather Yes 10p| be at least a certain limit. |Elf 0- 0 0p| - Retry should always be 0 to earn full

|-----------------------------| credit. And your elf total must not |Mission Total 100p| exceed your elf capacity. |Mission Average 100p| - Weather score depends on whether (pun) | Rank S | or not you chose to enter that stage | Title Hero | with the right weather. If you do, | | you get 10 full points. ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

Back to the mission. You get Mandrago's EX skill, Tsuibangeki, if the weather is sunny. It replaces your non-elemental downward slash with a


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non-elemental downward STAB that throws out rocks when it hits the ground. Great for you Sephiroth wannabes out there. =)

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MISSION:

ENEMIES: Cerberus, Bombsect, Medyu Hopper, Triaformer, Cannon Hopper, Megamezone, Eledeserter, Bomaider, Hecrysta, Metall, Cross Vine

WEATHER: Sunny

Yeah, the weather is supposed to be sunny... but it's nighttime. -_-'

One more thing about elves: you elf capacity increases by 1 for every main boss you defeat (not counting minibosses and the bosses in the intermission and final stages). So for now, equip Nurse Lv1 or Animal Lv1.

Proceed to the right and kill everything you meet while dash jumping over the spikes -- nothing special, other than the Cerberus (robots on wheels), which you might want collect some parts from later on. Charge your buster

before entering the next room, and release it on the Medyu Hoppers in the hallway.

You'll be in a room filled with spikes on the floor and some rails above. As usual, grab the handles to transport yourself over the spikes, but try to destroy the Bombsect first (it'll explode eventually, and the projectiles might hurt you) before proceeding.

The room after has blocks that can move around by themselves, and it simply sucks if you got squished by one. Take your time here, because the last retry point is way back in the beginning.

Soon you'll be back outside to face the miniboss. Reequip your Z-Knuckle.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MINIBOSS FIGHT - Ribops! (8 plugs) resist: none weak: none

attacks: -

strategy: - Actually, you don't have to pull the plugs; any method that could destroy other enemies will work. It's just that it's much faster if you would just your knuckle. What makes this difficult is the enemies around,

particularly the Triaformers, which aims three sparks to your direction. Very annoying if it hits you while you're climbing the walls. Otherwise, this is a very simple miniboss, and you don't have a time limit so no rushing is needed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The whole structure crashes down once you defeat it. From there, it's a long winding path with Cannon Hoppers, Megamezones, and Metalls (o_O). Then you'll be in a vertical shaft with spikes on the floor and walls, and moving blocks. One slightly difficult puzzle here looks like this:


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| | Looks familiar? Those blocks move to the opposite wall |[] | regularly. There are many methods to go through that without | []| going splat, but here's an easy one: position yourself above |[] | the first block on the left, and when the blocks switch, | []| hold the right button and jump. You'll be on the second block |[] | then. Repeat until you're on the fourth or fifth block, and | | it should be easy to dash jump your way out of there.

No, it's not over yet. The next room is filled with rails and spikes again, and an enemy called Cross Vine. There is an extra life on the top left corner, and a Ceramic Titanium on the platform. The boss room is in the upper right.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOSS FIGHT - Purpura Cockapetri! (2 life bars) resist: none weak: none

attacks: - Jump - What? Chickens can't fly. >_>

- Feather Shed - Cockapetri jumps up and sends out feathers that float down. Can actually damage Zero.

- Tackle - Cockapetri runs a short distance toward you, even if he bumps into a solid wall.

- Green Blobs - Cockapetri throws out three green blobs to your direction. Only the middle one is aimed directly at you.

- Egg Lay - Cockapetri releases an egg which will hatch into a small chick that could also damage you.

- Time Stopper - There are two versions of this attack: (1) Cockapetri (EX SKILL) shoots a green projectile that freezes you on contact; jam your buttons to break free, or let yourself get hit.

(2) Cockapetri jumps up high and flashes a light on whole screen -- you will be frozen, and you can't escape this. Afterwards, he will spin around and distribute green blobs which will fall down as you unfreeze. Dash to the few free spots that won't have a green blob falling on.

strategy: - This boss doesn't move around much, and even if it does, it's through jumping and mindless ramming. You can do three-hit combos on this guy without worrying about a serious counterattack. The floor also rises every now and then, and it hinders him much more than you. Just dodge his projectiles carefully (especially Time Stopper v1) and you'll be

just fine. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After completing the mission, return to this stage for a minute and collect three Cerberus parts. Submit them to Cerveau to get the Quick foot chip, which increases your running speed by 25%. This has the same effect as Animal Lv1 and the effects don't stack, so remove the elf point on that.

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MISSION:

ENEMIES: Refbeamer, Valiant*Missile, Ark Cannon, Gan*Ga*Gahn, Beamwalker, Valiant*Fire, Lamproid X, Faitar, Cannon Hopper

WEATHER: Sunny

RECOMMENDED ELF SETUP: (Hacker Lv2) OR (Nurse Lv1, Hacker Lv1)

The Time Stopper you got last stage comes in handy here, as there are some enemies you might want to skip since they take too long to kill (Gan*Ga*Gahn, for example). Your Hacker Lv2 elf also modifies your three-hit combo such that the third hit will be upward (and slightly stronger) if you hold the Up button. It is a pretty straightforward level with nothing worth noting, except for the miniboss which is actually larger than most main bosses.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MINIBOSS FIGHT - Spy Rarrier F! resist: ice weak: lightning

attacks: - Tail Laser - SRF points its tail in front of you and fires three lasers. Do nothing on the higher one, jump/dash on the middle one, and jump over the lower one.

- Body Slam - SRF moves forward with its claws in front and grabs Zero before smashing him to the ground, doing some major damage.

- Flame Pillar - SRF spits out a fireball that produces a fire tornado somewhere in the screen. Dash away (not run, you'll be sucked in) repeatedly until it dissipates.

strategy: - Although it is slightly quicker to move in and attack the dragon, doing so will likely get you killed. Just keep your distance, charge your buster and fire big ones to its face, while dodging the lasers and stuff. When he moves in to latch on you, immediately let go of any buster charge you have, and execute a three-hit combo. This will cause it to retreat (although barely). It also moves faster as its HP goes down, so you might get slammed a couple of times. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Once you finish the fight and drop down to the lower floor, you'll see why this stage is called 'Scorching Particle Cannon'.

Because there is this REALLY BIG beam of fire that travels over your head. Exposing yourself into it will kill you in two hits at your current HP. The only good thing about it is that it also kills all enemies that was stupid enough to stay on its path.

Hide within the gaps on the ground and the ceiling to dodge it as you slowly move forward. You can use the top of the Faitars as platforms in case you can't reach the ceiling by normal jumping. However, do not be on top of one if it's lying on the ground; it'll shove you into the particle cannon's line of fire when it goes up. There's a Ceramic Titanium somewhere on the ceiling,


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but you have to dash jump from the top of a Faitar and kill the Valiant*Fire guarding it. Near to it is an extra life, but you can't get it (yet).

You'll eventually get past the particle cannon. From there, it's an easy stroll until you reach a set of walls that spout fire from both sides. Time your wall jumps so that you won't be crossing the walls with the fire active, and enter the boss door.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOSS FIGHT - Heat Genblem! (2 life bars) resist: ice weak: lightning

attacks: - Flamethrower - Genblem raises his paws and withdraws his head into his shell. During this time, he lets out a stream of continuous fire that follow a wavy pattern. There is a blind spot right in front of him where you can stay and slash him until the attack is over.

- Genblem Spin - Genblem withdraws all of his appendages into his shell, then he spins very fast and with flames around him. He will then bounce along the walls.

- Solar Death Ray - This attack is always done after a Gemblem Spin. With this, he spins in place while letting out a beam of concentrated heat in a counter/clockwise direction. The only way to dodge this is to climb up the wall and dash jump over him, which is made harder by the fact that his main body is surrounded by flames.

- Shouenga - There are once again two versions of this attack, and (EX SKILL) they are both counters. (1) Genblem charges up a fire punch that will throw one flame, or (2) Genblem does an uppercut that will toss you to the opposite wall and also sends out two flames to your direction.

strategy: - Genblem moves surprisingly fast for a turtle. Stay on your toes.

- You may wonder why the heck didn't I bring you first into some stage that will allow you to get his weakness. The reason for this is that even if you do use a weapon he's weak at, it's very hard to wield it against him, due to the behavior of his AI.

- This fight is not hard if you know what you're supposed to do to beat him. At the start, he may either use Flamethrower, Genblem Spin, or nothing at all. See my second to the last comment if he did nothing. - Flamethrower - Immediately dash in right in front of his face. If you did it right, the flamethrower will go right over your

head, and you can do three-hit combos until the attack is done. - Genblem Spin - Either dash or wall jump over it. When he comes down, he will either be back on the ground, or most likely, stay floating in midair. If the latter happens... he will definitely use the Solar Death Ray.

- When Genblem uses his Solar Death Ray, start charging your saber, and climb the wall beside Genblem, fast. Once you're over his level and ready to jump, also press the dash button; this will let you do a dash jump


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from the wall itself, and clear both Genblem and his flames. Release your charged saber on the tail part of his shell (the end without the Solar Death Ray streaming from it) and you will do some damage to Genblem. Repeat for the next three rotations. After that he'll fall down, and you can do a quick three-hit combo before he defends himself.

- Once he's back on the ground and walking, slash or shoot him repeatedly. This will cause him to turn around and charge an attack. Stay away from him during this. If he does the uppercut, dash under the flames and slash as he falls. If he sends out a single flame, then just jump over it.

- You'll beat him eventually. This boss is one of the harder ones, so don't be afraid to use a Sub Tank. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After defeating Genblem in the right weather conditions, you will earn his EX Skill, Shouenga, AKA the classic upward flame saber. What's more, I could lead you to concocting some very cool items. Collect these parts, the first two of which can be found at the Scorching Particle Cannon stage:

Faitar Gan*Ga*Gahn Gyro Cannon H Cannon Hopper

Submit them again (not necessarily in order) to Cerveau. You get the Double Jump chip for combining those. Now go out and find two of each:

Ceramic Titanium Faitar Megamezone Valiant*Fire

Head to Cerveau's lab once more and exchange these for two S Crystals. Now visit Hirondelle in room 002 and give him the S Crystals. In return for your efforts, you will get... two Sub Tanks.

This game seemed a lot more friendly now, didn't it? =D ______________________________________________________________________________

> Cold Sleep Facility (9.6)¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

MISSION:

ENEMIES: Valiant*Fire, Valiant*Claw, Hikyarunikosu B, Hikyarunikosu C, Grachal, Beamwalker, Serpent Gear, Metall, Phanteon*Corpse, Pure Elf

WEATHER: Snowy

RECOMMENDED ELF SETUP: (Animal Lv3) OR (Nurse Lv1, Hacker Lv2)

Before going through this level, you might want to upgrade your cyber elf to Lv5 by collecting E-crystals from either Area Zero or Underground Forest. Due to some storyline factors, you cannot immediately return to those stages after finishing this mission. Just a suggestion.

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readily access the upper one anytime, but if you want to pass through the lower one, you have to melt the snow down there . Your Shouenga EX skill can do that. I want you to take the lower path, but I'll also detail what happens in the upper path.

Here's what you'll see on the two paths:

- Upper path - You have to go down an elevator with Valiant*Fire's on both sides. After that you have to slay more Valiant*Fire's until you reach the miniboss door.

- Lower path - You have to go down some production lines that have Hikyaru- nikosu B's on it (B - bomb?). However, when you reach the bottom look out for one Hikrayunikosu C which carries a key card -- kill it with the Z-Knuckle to obtain that and don't use it until I tell you.

Both paths end up in the room with the miniboss.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MINIBOSS FIGHT - Giabank! (4 outlets) resist: lightning weak: fire

attacks: - Serpent Gear - Giabank releases a bunch of these robots that will circle the whole room. The Serpent Gears move faster as the miniboss' HP is depleted.

strategy: - You have four targets to destroy on Giabank. You can hit the lower three by mere slashing, while you have to jump to damage the top one. Don't forget to use your saber (and your Shouenga EX skill) on the Serpent Gears before they come too close. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

From here, dash carefully over the spikes, and you have to go up an elevator

flanked with Valiant*Fires and even more spikes. Once you reach the top, get the large energy capsule at the right if you need it, and swipe your Card Key on the electrically-shielded door. Inside is a Sub Tank.

We've got all Sub Tanks, and we're not even halfway through the game. =D

The Card Key is worthless now, so discard it. Climb up the production lines and kill the Metalls. You'll be in a long hallway filled with Pure Elf capsules and Pantheon*Corpse's -- we can't do anything significant here yet, so please proceed to the boss door as soon as possible.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOSS FIGHT - Fenrir Lunaedge! (2 life bars)

resist: lightning weak: fire

attacks: - Slash - Lunaedge moves in forward and uses the ice blade on his wrist to cut you.

- Lunaedge Wheel - Lunaedge jumps into the air and spins into a wheel that bounces along the floor before uncurling. He's invincible while doing it, so just dodge.


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- Wolf Mirage - Lunaedge stands on a corner and creates two ice copies of himself. After a few seconds, these copies also move and attack on their own.

- Intercept - A difficult move to dodge, since it's so quick and unexpected. He will do these moves in this order, assuming you're on the wall opposite him: - jump upwards to the upper part of your wall and release an ice blade downwards; - jump horizontally to the wall he came from and release two ice blades diagonally up and down; - jump downwards to the lower part of your wall and release an ice blade upwards.

- Shougetsujin - Lunaedge leaps into the air and slashes through (EX SKILL) the air, discharging two large ice blades that travels through the lower and upper half of the screen, respectively.

strategy: - The floor is covered with ice which makes it slippery. This may cause your dashing to mess up a bit. Lunaedge suffers no such disadvantage, of course.

- Lunaedge is not fast overall, but he does have some quick moves to pull like Intercept. To dodge that, dash under the first one, dash under the second one, and climb to the middle part of the wall on the third one.

- The Shouenga EX skill literally melts his defenses, but you shouldn't get careless. His own EX attack is also hard to dodge (in some ways harder than Intercept) since there's so little room to maneuver around it, and he sometimes uses it twice in a row. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After you have defeated Lunaedge, you will be brought back to the Resistance Camp to instanly proceed to another mission. Save your game, preferably in

another save file. ______________________________________________________________________________

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MISSION: Defend the human village from invading forces.

ENEMIES: Keroshu, Valiant*Fire, Yadokaroid, Maulroid, Bombgal

RECOMMENDED ELF SETUP: (Animal Lv1, Hacker Lv3)

This is a very short stage compared to the main ones, and you can't return to it, so take a nice long look at the background... familiar, isn't it?

Fortunately there are some uses for your newly acquired Shougetsujin EX skill in this stage. It fires an ice blade that travels along the ground (like a shark fin), freezing enemies on its way. Perfect for the sloped environment.

From the start, dash carefully to the top of the shaky floating platforms. Do the Tsuibangeki (downwards stab) if you need to get down fast (or you just want to instantly kill an unsuspecting Valiant*Fire ;).


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There are some usual Yadokaroids later on in the level, where there's a lot more solid ground. You have to ascend a slope with incoming Valiant*Fire from above and spikes below, on the top of which is a tower with a full energy capsule that you can only reach by double jumping. There are also three large E-crystals on the way down to the human village.

We get to meet a new enemy here, the Maulroid. Its Z-Knuckle weapon is the Mega Hammer; very powerful, but the reload time takes ages. I take special mention of it here since this is the only known mission to get it, and you need two Maulroid parts to make some nice chips.

We have a new mission objective as well (the village is already overrun). Rescue as many caravan people as you can, and put out the fires. Piece of cake. Just enter the doors and kill the Valiant*Fire's that's holding them hostage, and use your Z-Knuckle on the fire extinguishers so that Zero can shoot water on the fires.

After you've done that, talk to the kid on the right end of the village to let you through. Wall jump up the tower and get the large energy capsule if you need it, and prepare yourself...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOSS FIGHT - Kraft! (3 life bars)

resist: none weak: none

attacks: - Homing Missile - Kraft aims his gun up and fires one homing missile that leaves an explosion even when destroyed. Slash it once and do a few quick hits on him.

- Laser Beam - Kraft stands in place for a few seconds while beaming out a thin red line. Then he shoots one blue laser. Either position yourself behind him, or double jump over the laser.

- Shot Bomb - Kraft throws out a bomb that explodes on the ground and shoots four bullets in different directions. Try to destroy the bomb before it hits the ground.

- Bayonet Stab - Kraft tries to poke you with the built-in knife in his gun. If he succeeds, not only do you take damage, but he also releases it so that it will hit you for even MORE damage. Very evil, so jump at all costs! HINT: He always says 'ha-tse-ge-da' before doing it.

- Grenade Triad - Kraft releases three grenades to varying distances. Stay away from them.

- Dodge Roll - Kraft moves quite quickly across the screen. He is invincible when he does this move, but he won't be able to hurt you either.

- Beam Dive - Kraft jumps to the other end of the screen, hovers there for a moment, and flies forward while shooting the same blue laser. Dash jump forward and slash him in midair to halt this attack.

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- Formulating an efficient battle strategy for this dude is a very hard thing to do. All I can tell you here is that, good luck and hurt him every opportunity you get. Slash him in the back if that's the only way to hit him. You do have four Sub Tanks, so I guess you'll outlast him in a direct battle. =/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

So yeah... Kraft isn't dead. Instead, he leaves with someone you know, and you must retrieve the one he left with. The next mission is about rescue!

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MISSION: Save Neige from the Neo Arcadia prison.

ENEMIES: Cerberus, Valiant*Fire, Ee*Laser, Cannon Hopper

RECOMMENDED ELF SETUP: (Animal Lv1, Hacker Lv3)

Another night stage. Dispose of the Cerberus as usual, and double jump *over* the entrance to collect a large energy capsule in the other end. Go back to the main path and use the Z-Knuckle on the Ee*Laser to obtain a Bend Shot.

Use it on folks you can't take a direct aim on. Drop down the shaft. It turns out that this path is one big ventilation system. Use your ice saber EX skill to quickly destroy the fans. It's up to you to take alternate routes to find out energy capsules and E-crystals. All paths lead to the same boss door anyway.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOSS FIGHT - Hell the Giant! (3 life bars) resist: none weak: none

attacks:

- Smash - There are about three versions of this attack: - Hell tries to smite you with one of its spiked balls. Nothing a quick dash can't solve. - Hell brings together both of its balls in midair. This time, dash under it. - Same as the second version, but Hell brings them together to the floor, creating a shockwave on both directions. Climb the nearest wall to avoid the shockwave. This also shakes up the ceiling, and two slabs of rock fall a few moments later; you should know where these will land by looking at the small pebbles.

strategy:

- Hell is not hard either, but he is quite strong. He'll kill you in no time if you're are not good at evasion. Taking him down takes a while though, since he has some high defenses. Hacker Lv3 might help more than Animal Lv4. Just use charged sabers (and maybe a Sub Tank) and he'll fall before you do. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After you have rescued Neige and met Dr. Kool Ade -- I mean, Dr. Weil -- you'll be in the second part of the level. Heal up before you continue, and turn up the music for great justice!


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Your mission objective has changed again. Since Ciel can't beam you out and Dr. Weil seems to send out the whole army after you, you have to get out of there on your own as quickly as possible. For some reason there is no time limit, which is always a good thing. Use your ice saber EX skill to instantly freeze the mass Valiant*Fire's.

You can't destroy the electric poles, so grab the rails or double jump over it. Go up the wall, and you'll be against another set of puzzles: closing gates. Use the switches to open them, and quickly dash past the gates before you're stuck (don't worry if you flunked; they don't cause instant death).

After that is a long, long downwards slope. Of course it isn't empty; we have Cerberus on the ground, and giant bowling balls from the ceiling. Hold on the rails if you think you're about to be overrun. This is where Animal Lv1 shines: because of that, your running speed is the same as the bowling balls, so you can let one go ahead of you and watch it mow down the enemies. Watch out for the spikes in the end, and enter the door to finish the level.

Yep, no boss fight. *whew*

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Once you return to the Resistance Camp, here's a sidequest:

Return to Lunaedge's stage while the weather is set to sunny. Play normally until you reach the room where you obtained your Sub Tank here. Just beyond that are some Metalls strolling down the production line. Ignore them, but look up. See those light bulbs? Grab one with your Z-Knuckle to obtain an Electric Light.

Proceed to the part where there is this Pure Elf near some beams of sunlight. Use your light on it, which will make the elf retreat. Keep on doing this until you corner it into the sunlight, instantly killing the elf. Move away a bit so that it will respawn. Repeat until you get one Pure Elf part.

These are the parts you should bring to Cerveau: Pure Elf Metall Beeneran Ceramic Titanium

A mixture of those parts will yield you the Elf body chip, which increases your Elf Capacity by 1 (and changes the color of your costume to a shade of green). Equip it immediately.

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MISSION: Destroy the heat generators.

ENEMIES: Valiant*Fire, Axeroid, Popplan, Lamproid, R*B Cannon, Ark Cannon, Glass Cannon, Gyro Cannon H, Sundozer

WEATHER: Sunny

RECOMMENDED ELF SETUP: (Animal Lv5, if you have Elf body chip)


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Those who followed my advice to create the Elf body chip and used Animal Lv5 will see that their elf shoots auto-aiming lightning balls. To those who didn't... =P

Okay, this mission will be a bit harder than the others because of the environment you're in. See, this place is so hot, you have a counter on top of the screen that tells you how close you are to melting point; if you stay in the sunlight and it reaches 100.0%, your circuits will overheat and you'll take damage.

From where you begin, dash to the shade in front of you and kill the Valiant- *Fire. Move up and always pause in the shadows for your counter to go down. Try to kill the Axeroid with your Z-Knuckle to win a Mega Axe. Use your upwards flame saber on the Popplans to burn them. Go further up until you reach a door in the wall. Enter it and blast the Lamproid X and the heat generator.

For every heat generator you destroy, the rate of heat increase goes down by 0.1%, allowing you to stay longer in the sunlight. The next room you'll enter is a much larger one in the form of a tower. There are R*B Cannons on the edges, which might make your ascent a bit more difficult -- your Mega Axe will do short work of them. There are two doors near the top: the lower one

contains another heat generator, and the upper one has the miniboss. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MINIBOSS FIGHT - Tiareen! (8 glass cannons) resist: none weak: none

attacks: - Tiareen Shot - Tiareen aims eight consecutive energy balls at you. Stay on your position and jump over every other ball (1st, 3rd, etc).

- Cannon Barrage - Tiareen's Glass Cannons revolve around it, while

firing multiple energy shots at you. - Tiareen Chain Beam - After you have killed off all the glass cannons, Tiareen will shoot many energy balls in rapid fire around the room. use the same strategy you used against Genblem's Solar Death Ray.

strategy: - This miniboss is easy, even though you'll get hurt badly if you're reckless. Charge your saber while dodging the Tiareen Shot. After that, release the charged saber on the glass cannons, and mash the subweapon button to keep on axing. It's much more powerful than your three-hit combo. From there, you know what to do when Tiareen uses the Chain Beam.

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The weather outside would be significantly cooler now. However, there is still a problem: the Sundozers. These robots have a shield up front so you can't attack directly, and the ones on the higher levels dump dirt. Try not to be cornered. The boss door is not far away from here.

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weak: lightning

attacks: - Flame Mine - Titanyan swoops down and lays some mines on the ground that explode into four fireballs after a few moments.

- Flamethrower - Titanyan flies horizontally while breathing out a continuous stream of fire. Dash under it when the flame is at its high point.

- Green Rotor - Titanyan releases two green rotating flames; one goes vertically up, while the other moves horizontally back to her.

- Red Rotor - Titanyan releases two red rotating flames; both of which curve downwards and upwards, respectively.

- Burning Shot - Titanyan raises her hands and throws to the ground (EX SKILL) a large fireball which splits into six smaller butterflies.

strategy: - Awww... isn't that one of the cutest Mega Man bosses ever? 'Tis a shame we have to fight her. >_<

- The main purpose of lightning here is to stun. The elf doesn't lock on bosses, so you have to jump for the lightning to hit her. Follow it up by a charged saber, or if you still have it, the Mega Axe. With the exception of Flamethrower and Burning Shot, all of her attacks can be destroyed by your own, so don't hesitate on attacking her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

It's chip-making time once again. From now on I'll only discuss how to make the ordinary chips -- if you want to know about the Galacta Armor sidequest, then look at its own section in Secrets.

Anyway, the Quick Charge Lv3 chip requires the following:

Beamwalker R*B Cannon Hikyarunikosu B Serpent Gear

This chip halves the amount of time you need to charge your weapon.

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MISSION: Make it to the bottom of the first part of this stage within 140 seconds.

ENEMIES: Needballoon, Krio Neon, R*B Cannon, Yadokaroid, Bombgal, Megamezone, Eledeserter, Bomaider, Hecrysta, Teribomb

WEATHER: Rainy

RECOMMENDED ELF SETUP: (Nurse Lv1, Animal Lv5, if you have Elf body chip)

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is huge. If you want a map that could pinpoint to you exactly where to go, I suggest taking a look at my friend Mykas' map for Deep Sea.

http://db.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbadvance/file/mega_man_zero_4_water.gif

That'll explain the stage much more than I can. You should look for the door at the very bottom to exit.

Upon entering said door, change your elves to Animal Lv3 and Hacker Lv3... we have a miniboss.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MINIBOSS FIGHT - Spy Rarrier I! resist: lightning weak: fire

attacks: - Tail Laser - SRI points its tail in front of you and fires three lasers. Do nothing on the higher one, jump/dash on the middle one, and jump over the lower one.

- Body Slam - SRI moves forward with its claws in front and grabs Zero before smashing him to the ground, doing some major damage.

- Icy Wind - SRI breathes into the ground and forms some ice shards which it will blow forward. Stay far from this attack to avoid being frozen, and dash or jump through the ice shards.

strategy: - This is your chance to use the Burning Shot EX skill. Always fire fully charged shots at this guy, and since your charge rate is so fast, that dragon will fall faster than you expected. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The second part of this stage looks like the exact reverse of Prison; instead

of a long gentle downwards slope, we have a long jagged uphill climb. Fun, if you're a sadistic nerd like me. >_>

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOSS FIGHT - Tech Kraken! (2 life bars) resist: lightning weak: fire

attacks: - Ground Hunter - Kraken releases four pods that travel along the ground and climbs up the wall. Almost exactly like X4 Jet Stingray's version, but you can't destroy the robots this time.

- Bouncing Cannonballs - Kraken shoots out two streams of green balls that bounce along the walls.

- Ice Wall - Kraken conjures a floating ice shield that will also reflect his cannonballs. Use a fire-element weapon to melt it.

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tentacles in an attempt to puncture you; dash jump around to fudge up his aim.

- Ice Javelin - Kraken floats up and releases two ice vortexes. (EX SKILL) These vortexes will freeze you on contact, while at the same time shoot long icicles that hurt a lot. Dash under the icicles and stay in the middle until it's over.

strategy: - Definitely one of the easiest boss fights ever. You can immediately follow up your Burning Shot with Shouenga (upward flame saber) and the latter one will still count! Because of that you can literally finish this battle in about 10-15 seconds, provided that Kraken doesn't stall by hiding. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

For the next stage to be much easier, we need to get out of our way to get a special chip. Note that you don't *need* to create it, but don't blame if you keep slipping to your death in the next stage...

The ingredients are: Valiant*Claw Popplan

Glass Cannon You'll get the Spike*Type W foot chip from those. This will let you walk normally against strong wind.

I also advise that you upgrade your cyber elf to Lv6 right now. A few trips to previous stages with Hacker Lv5 equipped should do the trick.

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MISSION: Destroy the power generators.

ENEMIES: Raiken, Grachal, Gyro Cannon H, Valiant*Fire, Triaformer, Megamezone, Eledeserter, Bomaider, Hecrysta

WEATHER: Cloudy

RECOMMENDED ELF SETUP: (Nurse Lv1, Animal Lv5, Hacker Lv1, if you have Elf body chip)

Hmm... doesn't this place look awfully similar to one of the final stages in MMZ1? Anyway, use your buster as the main weapon here, and deactivate your buster EX skills; your battles in this stage will be long range.

You meet another new enemy here, the Raiken. It shoots lightning balls that trace the ground (more if the weather is really bad). Try to acquire two parts from it. Now step on the fountain and freeze it with Shougetsujin (ice saber); use the frozen water as a platform to obtain three large E-crystals on the roof. Remember to go back down and destroy the generator.

In the next room (well, not really a room since it's open space), you will see why I asked you to produce the Spike*Type W foot chip. You have to cross some platforms over bottom pits, which usually isn't a hard thing to do. The


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catch is, sometimes you wouldn't see where you're going to land due to the thick clouds, and you might get blown away by the wind. At least your foot chip will keep you in place long enough for you to regain visibility.

Note that Spike*Type W has no effect in mid-air; the wind will still push you back while you're jumping. So if you feel you're more comfortable with double jump, then stick with it. Traverse the platforms carefully, and shoot your charged buster on the next Valiant*Fire before he lands. Dodge the sparks created by the Triaformer.

Destroy another generator, and be wary of the Valiants hiding in the clouds; you may not see them, but they can see you. Take your time dash jumping over the spikes. Freeze the next fountain, get the Ceramic Titanium on the roof, and go down again to ruin one more generator.

Now change your animal elf to ice, equip the Ice Javelin EX skill and enter the miniboss door.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MINIBOSS FIGHT - Spy Rarrier E! resist: fire weak: ice

attacks:

- Tail Laser - SRE points its tail in front of you and fires three lasers. Do nothing on the higher one, jump/dash on the middle one, and jump over the lower one.

- Body Slam - SRE moves forward with its claws in front and grabs Zero before smashing him to the ground, doing some major damage.

- Lighting Bolt - SRE shoots three balls of lighting forward that splits into separate lightning bolts once they're over you. Stand between the bolts to dodge.

strategy:

- Since the Ice Javelin is one long stream of ice, the beam will hit the dragon as long as you jump first before firing. It also hurts multiple times, and together with your ice elf, your enemy won't stay flying for so long. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Revert your Animal elf to Lv5, and disable Ice Javelin (elementals work best at stunning your enemy, not killing them). Use your saber on Megamezone, and freeze the fountain to reach a large energy capsule and E-crystal. Dash jump over the spikes, and there *is* a bottomless pit next to the Megamezone, so blast it first before proceeding.

Now you have to cross some moving platforms. The wind will not blow you back

that much, but you only need one slip to die, so don't take any chances unless you know exactly where you're going to land. You need to dash jump and fire your buster on the second to the last platform to destroy the next generator; otherwise, you need to reequip the double chip to reach it.

From there it's a short climb to the boss door. Your Ice Javelin will work wonders here.

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resist: fire weak: ice

attacks: - Bolt Conductor - Ekrehl shoots out two small lightning bolts that plant themselves on the ground. These bolts then connect to each other before dissipating, so don't stay in the middle.

- Ekrehl Charge - Remember those movies where some knights ride on horseback and try to drive a pointy stick through the other knight's chest? Ekrehl does that, too. Dash jump over it when it comes to your level.

- Ekrehl Stomp - Ekrehl swoops down on you and gives you a nice kick on the back, propelling you forward to the bottomless pit if you're unlucky.

- Line Lightning - Ekrehl focuses his energy, and streams out two lightning beams that reach the end of the screen. To dodge it, stand on the lower platform and dash when the beam moves over your head.

- Buraitotsu - Same charging animation as Line Lightning, but this

(EX SKILL) time Ekrehl dives in towards you while enveloped with lightning energy. He's invincible in this state, so stay away.

strategy: - This guy would be a lot harder if we didn't prepare beforehand. The rain in the stage doesn't make it slippery, but the wind does. There is also no solid ground; only three platforms over a bottomless pit, which means that there's a fair chance you'll die by gravity.

- In case Ekrehl does skewer you with Ekrehl Charge, immediately pull out your saber and give him a three-hit combo to the face.

- Ekrehl is one of the 'smarter' bosses. If you jump up and shoot your Ice Javelin, he'll move up a bit to dodge it. However, he's also stupid: he's likely to come down after that, so you can fire consecutive IJ's and he will still get hit by some. Also, I noticed it's better to shoot when Ekrehl is off-screen; he doesn't evade as much for some reason. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Here's something for those who are tired of charging. Collect these parts:

Valiant*Missile Sundozer Raiken Raiken

That's the Auto Charge head chip. Personally, I don't use it since Quick Charge Lv3 is much better, but it's here in case you're too lazy to hold a button. =/

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MISSION:


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ENEMIES: Raiken, Valiant*Missile, Axeroid, Bombgal, Magnepa N, Magnepa S, Ee*Laser, Minicraban N, Minicraban S, Gan*Ga*Gahn, Valiant*Fencer, Gyro Attacker, Triaformer

WEATHER: Thunderstorm

RECOMMENDED ELF SETUP: (Animal Lv5, Hacker Lv3, if you have Elf body chip)

Ooh... scary. Our last mission on the eight main bosses ends with one of the craziest levels around.

Let's start with the magnetic field. The field will either make you float or sink; look at the sand to know the direction. The Raiken around are also powered-up now. Try to get a Mega Axe as usual, use your double jump to reach the large energy capsule, and go indoors.

Unfortunately, you have to dispose of the axe now, since we need a certain weapon to advance peacefully. See that blue robot with two legs? That's a Magnepa S, and we don't want that. Instead, go through the blue portal and use the Z-Knuckle on the red one, Magnepa N, so that we get the Magnepunch N.

The portal you just passed through put a charge on your body. Because of

it, the Magmine that has the same color as you are will be repelled, and the Magmine with a different color will be attracted. The floor also acts the same way; if the same color, it'll push you up, and if it's not, it'll pull you down. Basic magnetism.

From the portal, dash forward and ignore the blue Magmine as they will move away from you naturally, but always wham your Magnepunch on the red ones as they will attach themselves to you and explode. Do NOT enter the next two portals you go through; the upcoming floor will attract you if you do. By the way, there's an extra life in the ceiling after the first portal.

Your charge will disappear eventually. There's another red portal on the end of the hallway. Enter that one and climb the shaft. Your lightning

Animal elf will take care of the Ee*Lasers, so all you have to do is dodge the missiles, kill the Valiants firing them, and navigate the electrified platforms until you reach the miniboss door.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MINIBOSS FIGHT - Crabbanger NS! resist: fire weak: ice

attacks: - Raise Platforms - Crabbanger pulls the floor closer to the ceiling using electrical beams. The electricity can hurt you. If you want to bring the floor back to

normal, just step on it.

- Release Minicraban - Crabbanger spawns some miniaturized versions of itself. These crab robots have a charge; if two of different colors touch each other, they explode and hurt the Crabbanger itself. o_o

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Ice Javelins. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The next part has a magnetic field that's going up, so you'll float for a long while before going down. In fact, you can double dash jump your way through the whole level if you don't want your hands to get dirty. The consequence is that you get a low kill score.

Quick way: go up until you reach the rails, and stand on the highest platform. From there, just dash jump and land on the platforms until you reach the last one. The exit is a short walk from there.

There's a Ceramic Titanium below the second to the last platform, if anyone wants to collect one.

Time-consuming way: go through the lower path. Kill everything until you end up in the boss door.

Now change your Animal elf to ice for the boss battle.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOSS FIGHT - Mino Magnax! (2 life bars) resist: fire weak: ice

attacks: - Magnax Slam - Magnax dashes forward and tries to grab you. If he succeeds, he will put a magnetic charge on you and toss you to the wall. The charge attracts junk and makes you heavier over time.

- Magnetize - Magnax creates a glowing ball over his shoulder that either attracts or repels you towards him.

- Junk Attract - Magnax summons a green ball that pulls out the junk on the ground. The junk could hurt Zero as they fly to the ball. After the green ball has accumulated enough

garbage, it drops down, and Magnax halves it with its axe, sending to walls two chunks that splits up into many more fragments.

- Magnax Split - Magnax jumps into the air and splits his body into five parts: head, two arms, and two legs. The head stays in the middle, the two arms somewhere up on the walls, and the two legs on the corners. - The two legs hop to the middle and up the wall. Dash under one and stay on the corner as they will skip that. - The two arms join in the middle of the floor, and then separate again to move to the corners. Wall

jump up the wall and fire an Ice Javelin to the head. - The head connects to the arms before dropping to the ground and hovering again to add the legs. You can shoot him again at his legs as he falls. This attack is really hard to dodge it on the first few times you fight him.

- Tractor Shot - Magnax shoots out another green ball to the wall, but (EX SKILL) this one returns with a lot of junk instantly. Either be first to reach the wall and climb it, or dash under


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the junk and watch out for the projectiles.

strategy: - Don't be surprised if Magnax totally whomps you silly on your first fight. He's THAT strong.

- The key to defeating Magnax is to hit him in the head with several Ice Javelins. But you can't do it in front of him since it's guarded by his axe most of the time. The solution? Hit him in the back as he's landing from a jump. Also, stay somewhere in the middle and don't get cornered. You should be able to beat him after a few tries (or just one, if you plan on using your Sub Tanks). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Finally. You have beaten all eight missions! Now Ciel asks you to save, which means only one thing... a forced mission. -_-

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MISSION: Stop Kraft from firing the Ragnarok satellite cannon at Neo Arcadia.

ENEMIES: Medyu Hopper, Refbeamer, Valiant*Missile, Teribomb, Lamproid X,


From where you're standing, do a dashing double jump to the right and grab the rails. There's a large E-crystal and Ceramic Titanium in sight. Go back to the rails and move further right until you see a cracked wall. Wait for the Teribomb to fly over there, then slash it while it is within the wall to detonate it. Walk through the hole you made and board the platforms, while staying away from the Lamproids' flames and the Valiant* missiles. Take the full energy capsule in the top. Use your jumping slash on the Medyu Hoppers, and carefully dash jump to obtain the extra life.

In the next room, we have a bottomless pit under the area we have to cross, and rotating platforms that don't provide enough space to go under the spikes. What isn't immediately seen is that the platforms have rails underneath it, so you can safely hang from there (remember to press up, or else you'll fall). There's another series of platforms on the upper floor, but I guess I'll let yourself guide you through that since I doubt you'll be reading this when you're like a circus performer over bottomless pits and spikes. >_>

And yes, we get to fight Kraft again. Alrighty.

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BOSS FIGHT - Kraft! (3 life bars) resist: none weak: none

attacks: -

- Mass Missiles - Kraft jumps up and uses his gun's laser beam to keep him in mid-air. He also releases multiple missiles downwards in an increasing radius that will eventually


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hit everything on the ground.

strategy: - He's the same Kraft you fought in the human village, and he doesn't do anything special other than that new attack (which is actually more surprising than painful). This time, we have the Ice Javelin EX Skill, and although he's not weak to it, the fact that it hits multiple times still makes it the best way to finish this quickly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A series of events happen after you defeat Kraft. For details on what is going on, please go to this link-

http://www.planet-megaman.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6395

After all, I'm only supposed to help you with the gameplay. =)

Now, if you don't want to be forwarded to the next mission immediately, choose the SECOND option when Rogue (the operator) asks you to.

There aren't many things left to do in the camp, but what's remaining is very important.

1.) Create whatever chips you want to have. The ones I've pointed out in

the walkthrough are the chips I believe to be essential to beating the game. Here's a list of some chips that isn't as needed, but quite useful nonetheless:

Auto Filling Absorb Rolling Strongest Extend

2.) Fully upgrade your cyber elf to Lv7 -- believe me, it's worth it. And it doesn't take that long; equip Hacker Lv6 and stay in the first part of Scorching Particle Cannon for 20-30 minutes, killing everything back

and forth (especially the Refbeamers and Gan*Ga*Gahns). When you're ready, proceed to the only orange dot on the map.

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MISSION: Unlock the four protection switches.

ENEMIES: Valiant*Fire, Valiant*Fencer, Keroshu, Needballoon, Hikyarunikosu B, Teribomb, Gan*Ga*Gahn, Cross Vine


You start in a room with four doors on each side. I'll discuss the rooms behind each door in its own section.

Just a quick note: in the end of each hallway is a closed room with Cross Vines appearing constantly and a switch (that looks more like a giant fuse). Pull it with your Z-Knuckle, then proceed to the other rooms.


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North door: - Just some Valiants of different varieties. Be careful near the top, as there are two Valiant*Fires and a Valiant*Fencer waiting.

East door: - In this one we have Keroshus and Needballoons. When you come to a part with an open ceiling, double jump up to obtain a large energy capsule and a Ceramic Titanium. Take this path last.

South door: - We have Hikyarunikosu B's and Teribombs here. To go down further, you have to wait for the Teribombs then hit them with your saber so that they'll explode on the blocks; you may need to turn off your lightning elf. There's also a Gan*Ga*Gahn on the bottom left side.

West door: - More Gan*Ga*Gahns and Cross Vines here, plus some lava. Solid rock also falls down from the tubes, and when they land on the lava, they splash some of it on dry ground. The most difficult path.

When you have pulled out all four switches, return to the main room: the computer doesn't want to let you go yet. Enable the Tractor Shot EX Skill.

"Alert... alert... eliminating program... start... ha ha ha ha ha ha..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOSS FIGHT - Random Bandom! (3 life bars) resist: none weak: none

attacks: - Bandom Bounce - Random Bandom rebounds along the walls. Slash it once, dash around, and start charging your buster.

- Bandom Shots - During this time, Random Bandom disappears, and multiple gun turrets appear on the wall. You're not

screwed; the Tractor Shot will absorb all the bullets and grow larger. Shoot the green ball to Bandom when it reappears.

- Bandom Eye - Random Bandom uses its eyes to shoot projectiles that fragment into two smaller ones in this sequence: down (climb the wall), middle (stay away from wall), up, middle, and down.

- Bandom Sparks - Random Bandom shoots shuriken-like projectiles from its core in a clockwise direction, then does it again in counterclockwise. I've only seen this in Easy mode...

- Bandom Select - Random Bandom disappears again, while several parts of the wall flash rapidly. A turret that shoots a six-way laser shot will show a few seconds later. Destroy it before it could fire. It'll repeat a couple of times, and much faster than before.

strategy: - Easy, but annoying. That laugh could get on your nerves, but that could be solved (turn the volume off). It shouldn't be too hard to get its pattern down.


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Nothing to see here, move on.

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MISSION: Destroy the protect program in the transfer circuit to freely transfer to the Ragnarok satellite.

ENEMIES: Metall, Ee*Laser, Raytri, Bombsect, Krio Neon, Needballoon


It's the second to the last mission, and this time we're doing it in cyber space! It's not like Z3's cyber space where everything's green, but it's even more hallucinating. @_@

There aren't a lot of enemies in this level. What you should be watch out for are the Raytri; invincible rotating lightning rods. Without Animal Lv7, these objects take out 5 HP (out of your default 16), so it's better to wait until

it lets you pass. You should also carry the buster as your main since you can't move in on your enemies immediately.

There's a full energy capsule in the ceiling after the rails; get under the first Raytri and grab the rail just before the second one. You'll also see another path below the first Bombsect you see. I prohibit you from taking that though, as the only reward is a Ceramic Titanium (and you have loads of it now). Better take the upper path with more enemies.

In the next room, nearly everything you see glows in the dark, so you might have a hard time spotting the Krio Neons and Needballoons. Ride the platforms and remember to hold to the rails underneath it when going over spikes. There's an extra life in the far left corner. To the right are more platforms

that have an electric charge on one side, so quickly hop over each one until you reach the boss door.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOSS FIGHT - Cyball! (3 life bars) resist: none weak: none

attacks: - Cyball Round - Cyball goes around and between the platforms. Double jump over it, or hang underneath the platform while charging your weapon and attacking it occasionally.

- Cyball Split - Cyball transforms into four energy balls and rotate to the other side. Stand on the upper platform and jump over the balls.

- Electric Wall - Cyball disappears, and the four objects around the stage conduct lightning between them. Stay in the middle.

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keep slashing and stay away from them until they disappear on their own.

- Cyball Laser - Cyball and the cannons fire pink lasers

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