Slide Canceling

Mega Man cannot jump out of a slide in Mega Man 6. Whether underwater or not.

Pressing A again in a slide will make Mega Man stand up. This leads to two ways to cancel your slides.

• "Back cancel", by "pushing left" (assuming you are sliding right)
• "A-Cancel", by pushing A

This behavior makes the game require fancy finger gymnastic to perform quick slides and jumps, such as the "Clutch Jumps" in Wind Man's stage.

It also makes identifying platforms where a single full slide can be made extra important. Several such "Raiden" slides are noted in guides.