Mega Man

NES/Famicom

DEATHDragon 4 Sep 2021 17:02

The first part of the fight is kinda tricky, you need to strike the pink sphere with Fire Storm while avoiding his arch shots. After beating the first form, get close to him, not too much, but enough to get almost under the cockpit of Wily's Machine. Then jump, fire, wait for the projectile and repeat. If you stay in that spot near the cockpit of the Wily Machine, the shot will go over your head, just don't get greedy with your shots. Patience is key.

TimeLink 28 Sep 2022 12:43

First Phase:
Attack with Fire Storm. Sometimes you can get up close and get hits with the shield to end the phase faster. Sometimes due to his backwards movement projectiles will also double-hit.
Generally you just want to weave around close to the Wily Machine. Don't hesitate, don't slow down. Just run back and forth, get a jump and shot in when you're on the left side. This phase goes down in 7 hits.

Be very careful with the phase transition! This is a little luck-based, as it locks up your controls and the projectile hitboxes are awkward. You can easily take a cheap hit here.

Second Phase:
Use Thunder Beam. It's not technically a weakness, but it double-hits most easily.
Run back and forth between under the Machine and about 4 tiles left of it. Jump, get a shot in, run back. Repeat. You always want to be dodging the projectile from below, staying under the Machine.

Reference Video: RoahmMythril's Perfect Run (Timestamped)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt8V5ZQG-Kw&t=213s

DavidLR04 23 Jan 2023 20:22

mega buster to win

DeliaESymbols 23 Feb 2023 06:34

Fire Storm in phase 1 and Thunder Beam in phase 2 helped a lot!

CritClaws 13 Jul 2023 14:41

I found using the cut blade on phase 2 to be easier.

Moshe613 28 Mar 2024 00:16

My God... Now I understand why Mega Man pointed his mega buster at Wily in MM7. Tough achievement.

MedliFan 1 Dec 2024 00:40

I second using Cut on Phase 2. I got 3 hits more often with it.

Additionally, I found that I could get an easy 2 shots right at the start of the Phase 1.
The thing that helped me the most with Phase 1 was using small jumps in between walking. It made it easier for me to dodge the projectiles.

Shreks0ph0ne 26 Jan 2025 08:07

terrible. its so much more punishing because of the bosh rush if/when you get a game over and draining weapon energy. not fun after all that for me to get hit in the phase transition.

Shreks0ph0ne 26 Jan 2025 08:27

somehow i did it. that was so scary lol

DeadStanley 28 Jan 2025 19:52

It didn't unlock for me. I'll have to try again and see what's going on.

In general it's pretty easy to avoid damage. Phase one I back up as he approaches and his shots are shallow and don't reach me, and then stay in close as he retreats and his shots are wider and arc over my head. Fire weapon on that phase.

Then on phase 2, I use the Cut weapon and basically time a jump about mid distance in front of him in a rhythm such that when I land I can run toward him and his shot will go over my head. Then I run back out and repeat. Takes some practice to get the timing down, but it's highly predictable.

Now if someone could explain how best to understand Fire Man's patterns -- they seem so erratic ><

HikanowaGuild 6 Feb 2025 10:20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Zwzy0y5rs

berti 24 Mar 2025 20:49

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_rxWZE0tYw

Esse aqui foi complicado.. O que me ajudou bastante na primeira fase é desviar sempre pulando, O Mega Man pega mais velocidade ao mudar de direção se vc pular. Na ultima fase dele, fique embaixo da wily machine se ele estiver indo na sua direção, ou um pouco na frente da wily machine se ele estiver dando ré. Dessa forma vc consegue desviar do primeiro hit, que é bem chato de desviar, depois é só manter o padrão com a arma do cutman ;D