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Mega Man X
Console icon SNES/Super Famicom

  • ZERO Mode

    (50) (232)

    Beat the game without any sub tanks, heart containers, or the body upgrade

    1,344 (902) of 15,364 โ€“ 8.75%

    5.87% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    8.75% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Created by Jaarl on: 15 Aug, 2013 03:25
    Last modified: 06 Jul, 2021 23:07


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    Rainbowmon2 30 Oct 2024 05:23
    *gets to the final boss, but can't get it and it's way too late*

    ...You know what? I really don't wanna have to get back here... So I'm just going to leave the game open for tonight. I'll finish this in the morning, assuming Retroarch doesn't crash for some reason (which would really suck).
    Rainbowmon2 30 Oct 2024 05:23
    Also, another instance of the video embed for the achievement being unavailable. Someone should probably fix that.
    Rainbowmon2 30 Oct 2024 21:28
    *THAT* was hard. Stick to the upper left corner in Phases 1/2, using their weaknesses (Shotgun Ice and Electric Spark, respectively), and learning when to come down to avoid getting hit. For Phase 3? Make a wish. No, seriously, make a wish, because while there's definitely skill involved here, you also need quite a bit of luck. Charge Chameleon Sting whenever you're on the ground, and if you manage to get on a paw before using it, switch to X-Buster and use that. Then hit him with Rolling Shield every time you get the opportunity. Remember that you can stay on the edge of a paw without being hit. Eventually, you'll get it. ...After several hours.
    solidsnake098 31 Oct 2024 03:56
    you can use the feathers
    Rainbowmon2 31 Oct 2024 04:30
    ...What feathers?
    SombraBoss 11 Dec 2024 21:54
    ร‰ necessรกrio usar as pernas se nรฃo num vai passar de fase ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ brincadeiras a parte mas se a pergunta รฉ se pode usar "Dash" pode sim, sรณ nรฃo pode pegar (Armadura de corpo, Sub Tanques E Coraรงรตes).
    SlashingLennart 12 Jan 2025 16:26
    To anyone who got this, congrats and holy sh<3t
    RetroBoy100 25 Jan 2025 21:51
    I have been trying this for 3 days now. My computer and retroarch have been running overnight for 3 days and i cant do it. No matter what i do, no matter how i do it, no matter what, Sigma 2 always messes with me and i keep dying. A few times i almost managed to kill Sigma 2 and i died by the second hand that came at me when i was up there and hit him -.- I am sad, angry, frustrated, all in one!!! Or its easy but im too stupid to do it. How did over 870 people do this on hardcore?
    Its probably the last mega man i ever played because im broken..............................................................................
    MrDynamite92 25 Jan 2025 22:05
    as I'm doing it for years for this cheevo I needed 12 hours for that. Months ago in my fun run I needed almost a hour. If you can do Sigma No Hit (here: https://retroachievements.org/achievement/429755), you can do Zero Mode too :) Sigma 2 is always a problem. Other X Games was easier, especially X4 compared with this one.

    There are a sort of players they get it only a few tries, others (like me) need more time to beat it.^^
    Shotgun Ice, Electric Spark, Sting Chameleon, Rolling Shield are these that mostly recommended.
    RetroBoy100 26 Jan 2025 00:11
    its done, that was pure mind-blowing!!!!!!!!!! I can finally shut down my PC after 3 days! unbelievable..........

    @MrDynamite I dont know if i will master any more other mega man x, that was too much for me..
    BearHugger 27 Jan 2025 13:20
    haha, i can feel with you RetroBoy. The worst on this cheevo is the fact that u have to climb the Walls at the Beginning over and over and over again until ur Fingers are just numb. And with this numb fingers u have to Beat Sigma 1 where u climb again and again and again. Then u reach Sigma 2 with just dead hands..... and die with a single hit :).

    I dont know why the Rarity of this game is 2,5. Maybe im just to noob or to old... i dont know.

    And its not the only hard Achievment in this Set. After this im out of playing Mega man Games on this Side :).
    RetroBoy100 27 Jan 2025 13:48
    @BearHugger thats exactly what really got on my nerves, the climbing and with Sigma 1 also, doing the same thing over and over again in a loop...
    At some point you lose patience and are so angry that it makes you broken and sad!
    I have already mastered 50 games, there were also some very difficult cheevos... I practiced and did it with joy and was proud of myself. But this, the ZERO mode made everything fun, it was just a horror trip lol!
    Ghost1 28 Jan 2025 18:22
    Mano SLK acabei de conseguir fazer essa conquista foi muito difรญcil, 2 dias tentando. Pra for tentar tem que treinar muito na รบltima forma do sigma, principalmente com as cargas elรฉtricas das mรฃos. Agora a conquista de sรณ usar a Buster vai ser tranquila.
    ToxicalStorm27 31 Jan 2025 00:07
    3 days and 5 hours trying to unlock this achievement and I got it, it was a constant torture dying from 2 hits against wolf sigma, nice achievement, but I agree it should be in a subset, normal people suffer with this, we're not speed runners or anything like that lmao
    Jedisplays 8 Feb 2025 05:35
    Opa! Conseguimos, terceira tentativa, cachorro e sigma 1 sem danos, sรณ no wolf que tomei um raio, show demais
    KiymEagle 13 Mar 2025 22:46
    This achievement is impossible to achieve, really impossible, there is no way to achieve it.
    machan1985 15 Mar 2025 21:57
    Holy crapโ€ฆ I did it. How did I do that!?
    KiymEagle 17 Mar 2025 16:25
    How did you do it machan1985?
    machan1985 17 Mar 2025 16:40
    Time, patience, and foul language aplenty.
    machan1985 17 Mar 2025 19:18
    Here was my strategy. There is no โ€œeasyโ€ way to do itโ€ฆ no special trick. But hereโ€™s what I did:

    -If you take damage on Velguarder or Sigma 1, try again. That one extra hit can make the difference.

    -If either hand opens, it will fire electricity, period. It may or may not move from its original position before doing so.

    -Standing on the edge of a hand will protect you from electricity, but the window is fairly small. When in doubt, fall back to the ground to avoid damage.

    -Try to be aware of what the opposite hand is doing. It can easily come across and swipe you.

    -Do not accidentally stand on the opposite hand when it is moving back across the body. Youโ€™ll crash into the head.

    -Try to put out damage quickly. Sigmaโ€™s I-frames are fairly short. Jump, fire the rolling shield, land on the hand if possible, delay for a very short time, and repeat.

    -Donโ€™t give up if hit once. Keep calm, and carry on.

    -You will likely make it to Wolf Sigma and die dozens of times. Luck plays a big role, and you may get a bad sequence many times before you defeat him.

    -Be sure not to close your emulator. It took me two days and dozens of attempts to get it done. Itโ€™d be a shame to have to start the challenge over from scratch.

    Best of luck to all. I sure needed it on my side. But if I can do it, you certainly can as well. Iโ€™m no pro-level gamer.

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