# General Info # Phantomire's MM7 Tutorial [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu9v9BR8l89jfhqU6G9YllrApwy\_sv2zs](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu9v9BR8l89jfhqU6G9YllrApwy_sv2zs) # Version Differences ### Weapon Get Cut Scenes The most obvious difference between the US and Japanese release of the game are the cutscenes after clearing one of the 8 robot stages. On the US cart, you only ever see Dr. Light talk to Mega Man. On the J cart, you can see any of Dr. Light, Roll, or Auto. Dr. Light is always the fastest conversation. Auto is usually the longest. The notable exception is "Burst Roll". ### Timing Differences *Data courtesy PJ. Better Formatting in progress* Bass dialogue
SegmentNA (time)**JP (diff)****JP (Light)****JP (Auto)****JP (Roll)****JP (Average)****JP (Best)****JP (Worst)**
Intro123.278-6.922 -6.922-6.922-6.922
Bass Dialogue12.995-0.216 -0.216-0.216-0.216
Cloud proto14.459-0.765 -0.765-0.765-0.765
Cloud weapon get27.521 -3.6110.7990.666-0.715-3.6110.799
Junk end load2.446-0.017 -0.017-0.017-0.017
Junk weapon get28.686 -3.9431.032-0.566-1.159-3.9431.032
Freeze weapon get26.306 -1.0485.0753.2782.435-1.0485.075
Burst weapon get27.754 -4.2102.3636.8721.675-4.2106.872
Pre-museum lab49.900-11.913 -11.913-11.913-11.913
Post-museum lab scene7.338-0.383 -0.383-0.383-0.383
Turbo proto14.093-0.599 -0.599-0.599-0.599
Turbo weapon get25.973 -1.4142.0473.3111.314-1.4143.311
Shade load19.651-0.050 -0.050-0.050-0.050
Shade proto 118.486-3.611 -3.611-3.611-3.611
Shade proto 236.106-2.313 -2.313-2.313-2.313
Shade weapon get28.486 0.1505.7242.5292.8010.1505.724
Slash weapon get23.910 0.0834.5096.1233.5720.0836.123
Spring weapon get27.920 -3.8771.464-0.266-0.893-3.8771.464
Lab cutscene76.456-6.805 -6.805-6.805-6.805
Bass 1 intro10.5321.980 1.9801.9801.980
Bass 1 end7.754-1.864 -1.864-1.864-1.864
Bass 2 intro18.8851.697 1.6971.6971.697
Bass 2 end8.7192.629 2.6292.6292.629
# Route Differences - 100% Route Choices ### First 4 Robots From PJ on why the first four robots are what they are > stage order is chosen to eliminate revisits and minimize buster usage on bosses, even though it means a pretty awful burst stage > > Freeze-Burst-Cloud-Junk: standard > Freeze-Cloud(+19)-Junk-Burst(-15): +4 (time loss on Cloud from buster fight, time gain in Burst from having jet and weapons) > Cloud(+19)-Junk-Freeze(-19)-Burst(-15)-Junk(+36): +21 (time gained on Freeze from having weakness, but needs Junk revisit) ### Second 4 Robots Form PJ on why Shade 5th > Shade Man revisit (to the respawn point and exiting, since that is all the additional content): > 2684 frames (44 seconds) > Minus the cost of death abuse and respawn: > 91411 - 90650 = 761 (11 seconds) > Total cost of revisit: +33 > > Shade Man fight (first pixel to teleport frame): > Hyper fist: 93758 - 92147 = 1611 (26.8 seconds) > Regular S.Adapter: 71314 - 69692 = 1622 (27.0 seconds) > > > Turbo Man: > Good truck with T.Bolt: 9.8 (from slide-shot to movement after truck death) > Other trucks with T.Bolt: 11.5, 10.5, 14.5 > Good truck with Noise Crush: 6.8 > Difference: -3-8 seconds, based on pattern > > Turbo Man fights (from first pixel of health to end teleport): > Buster (good): 74931 - 71773 = 3158 (52.6 seconds) > S.Adapter (good): 74725 - 71773 = 2952 (49.2 seconds) > Noise crush QK: 106034 - 104966 = 1068 (17.8 seconds) > Difference: 32-35 seconds (probably 33 best case, since health refill is needed) > > Total Turbo Man difference: 36-41 seconds with good luck on boss. Probably -48 vs really bad luck. > OVERALL route difference: 33 seconds lost during revisit and Shade Man fight without Hyper Fist, 36-48 seconds saved with Turbo Man QK and truck fight. In all, 3-15 seconds faster. # Route Info The two main categories being Any% and 100%. 100% collects all permanent upgrades, such as Protoman's Shield, the Energy Balancer, and the Exit Module. ### Any% 1. Cloud 2. Junk 3. Freeze 4. Burst 5. Slash (use Ice) 6. Spring 7. Shade 8. Turbo An alternate route would be to visit Shade early to get a second Quick Kill on Spring Man ### 100% 1. Freeze (so avoid a Junk revisit) # Noise Crush Quick Kills Shade Man's weapon bounces off walls, creating a unique opportunity to have a shot bounce around a robot master's room. In theory, this can be used to strike a boss the moment its life meter appears, reducing it from the first HP it gained to 0, killing it. In practice, even with the use of options to get Noise Crush early, there are only 2 viable places to use this trick - Spring Man and Turbo Man. ### Execution Mega Man must fire the noise crush as he moves into the gate, making the noise crush spawn on the other side of the gate and bounce around the room. As a slow method, you can tap right and Y at the same time to have Mega Man inch forwards. This is slow, but faster than the boss fight. Faster methods certainly exist. # Weapon Notes ### The Mega Buster The charge speed is kinda awful. Lemons out DPS it against bosses (though if you do have free time to charge, do it). ### Wild Coil (Spring) This weapon can be charged. Charged springs do more damage (perhaps obviously), but can also bounce higher. Hold up when releasing Y to get a high bounce. This is extremely useful when fighting Shade Man and the Wily Capsule. ### Freeze Cracker Has 6 directional fire, hold up or down to fire diagonally. If you use it against Freeze Man, it will heal him to full HP. ### Rush Jet and Coil Rush can get hit in this game. If Rush takes damage, he will cease being a platform for Rush Jet, so be careful. ### Danger Wrap (Burst) If you hold down when firing, the bubble will not spawn, and Mega Man will simply put a bomb on the floor. This is extremely useful to make the Cloud fight faster. The bubble also flies up at a steeper angle if you hold up. ### Noise Crush (Shade) This weapon can be charged by firing a shot off a wall to bounce back into Mega Man. It really only needs Mega Man inside the weapons' hit box to make Mega Man absorb the shot and charge the weapon. This can be done with a quick "shot slide". This technique is used often, especially when a wall is not available such as the boss of Wily 3. ### Junk Shield It's really strong, but super laggy ### Fast Swap Weapon Wheel

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Pressing L+R at the same time resets Mega Man to the buster (just like most games). Jet, Coil, Rush Search, the Super Adaptor, and the Proto Shield are not part of the rotation. Otherwise, pressing R will select the next weapon on this list that Mega Man has available. Pressing L similarly goes backwards through the list to the next (previous?) available weapon. Buster - Freeze...........Spring # Mega Man 7 Shop While the shop is generally not used in top level speedruns, knowing how to access it is useful for beginners as a means of accessing E-Tanks. ### Shop Access The shop can be accessed from the stage select screen by pressing select. ### Item Availability At the start of the game only "the usual" items are available, mainly E-tanks and 1ups. Beat Whistles can be purchased if you rescue Beat from Slash Man's stage. More items become available, and most basic consumables become half price, if you recover Auto's Super Bolt from Spring Man's stage. ### Auto's Bolt This is in the top left of the very large room late in Spring Man's stage and (will be) documented in that stage's notes. It is behind a wall that must be knocked out by one of the punch springs. ### Bolt Currency The screws recovered in stages either in the open or as drops are the "money" spent on items here. # MM7 Damage Table *Damage table taken from [https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/Mega\_Man\_7\_Damage\_Data\_Chart](https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/Mega_Man_7_Damage_Data_Chart)*
Mega BusterFreeze CrackerJunk ShieldDanger WrapThunder BoltWild CoilSlash ClawNoise CrushScorch WheelSuper Adapter
Mad Grinder1:1:21.5:1.51:22:3:43:12:312:444
Bass1:1:21.5:1.51:22:3:43:12:312:444
Freeze Man1:1:2+4:+44:41:1:11:11:111:132
Junk Man1:1:21:10:01:1:14:41:121:202
Burst Man1:1:24:31:10:0:01:11:111:240
Cloud Man1:1:21:10:04:4:42:21:111:213
Spring Man1:1:21:11:11:1:10:0\*0:041:212
Slash Man1:1:26:41:10:0:01:11:111:242
Shade Man1:1:21:11:11:1:11:13:610:014
Turbo Man1:1:21:11:11:1:10:0\*1:113:602
Shirokumachine1:1:21.5:1.51:2\*2:3:43:1\*2:31\*2:444
Kanigance1:1:21.5:1.51:2\*2:3:43:1\*2:31\*2:444
King Gojulus1:1:21.5:1.51:2\*2:3:43:1\*2:31\*2:444
VAN Pookin1:1:21.5:1.51:22:3:43:12:312:444
Truck Joe1:1:21.5:1.51:2\*2:3:43:1\*2:31\*2\*:4\*44\*
Sisi Truck1:1:21.5:1.51:2\*2:3:43:1\*2:31\*2:444
Proto Man1:1:2111111111
Mash1:1:21:10:04:4:42:21:111:213
Bass1:1:22:11:22:2:12:11:212:226
Guts Man G1:1:20:00:00:0:00:00:02:4\*0:002
Super Bass1:1:22:11:22:2:22:11:212:224
Gamerizer1:1:20:00:01:0:80:02:300:000
HannyaNED²1:1:10:02:00:0:00:00:032:400
Wily Machine 71:1:21:10:00:0:02:10:000:021
Wily Capsule0:0:11:10:00:0:00:0\*1:200:001
# Other Notes ### Advancing Text Outside of the opening cutscene that always takes 2 minutes, you should hold START to advance text as quickly as possible. Note that the cutscene after the clown boss also lets you hold start. ### Always Center After Bosses Even the castle bosses.