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Frost Man
Frost Man is second in the any% route, and weak against Grenade. The stage contains 2 bolts collected in the any% route. It contains 6 bolts overall, 1 of which requires a revisit with Astro Crush.
Tengu Man
Tengu Man is third in the Any% route, and is weak to Ice Wave. Tengu also takes extra damage from the Buster. There are 4 bolts in Tengu's stage. 1 is collected in Any%, another is the fastest bolt not collected in any%. The bolt requiring a revisit (from H...
Clown Man
Clown Man is 4th in the Any% Route, and weak against Tornado Hold*. The stage has 5 bolts, 1 of which requires a revisit with Flame Sword. One of them is collected in any%.
Mid "Duo" Stage
After defeating the 4th robot, you skip That Movie then go to this stage. It contains 2 bolts that require no revisits, however in the Saturn release, you must fight Cut Man for one of them.
Astro Man
Astro Man is the 5th Robot in any%, the first of the second four. He is weak to Homing Sniper but takes extra damage from Flash Grenade. There are 4 bolts in this stage, all only relevant to 40 bolts.
Aqua Man
Aqua Man is 6th in Any% and weak against Astro Crush. There are 4 bolts for 40 bolts, all in the second half. This route optimally uses an intentional Game Over to return to the stage Mid-Point
Sword Man
Sword Man is 7th in the Any% route and weak to Water Balloon.
Search Man
Search Man is the 8th robot in any% and is weak to Flame Sword. There are 4 bolts for 40 bolts.
Wily Stage 1
Wily Stage one is primarily a Jet Sled reprise of Frost Man, with some fancy Thunder Beam grappling at the end.
Wily Stage 2
Wily 2 is largely a Rush Jet autoscroller, with a twist...and an RNG heavy boss.
Wily 3
Wily Stage 4
Final Stage
General Information - WRs
The current Original Release any% world record is 50:27 by orsa, played on a Playstation 2 with Fast Disk Speed enabled. The current Legacy Collection any% world record is 49:43 by choc, playing on PC/Steam The most current TAS (read: not current at all)...
Weapon Swapping
The quick weapon switch order is Mega Ball -> Flash Bomb -> Thunder Claw -> Tornado Hold -> Water Balloon -> Flame Sword -> Homing Sniper -> Astro Crush. Remember you can always press L+R to return to Mega Buster. Mega Man 8 is unique in that quick weapon ...
Route Information
Any% The current any% route does Grenade Man first and Astro Man 5th. This is the most consistent route due to getting Rush Bike in the former and Astro Man being more reliable than Sword Man in the latter. The current any% route shops once, and buys only H...
Bolt Locations - Intro
These bolts are in the passage that appears after pushing the Ammoner (the snail) onto the switch. They can be acquired on your first visit to the stage. These bolts are only required for the 40 Bolts category.
Grenade Man - Boss Fight
HP: 40 Damage Chart M. Buster M. Ball T. Hold F. Bomb I. Wave T. Claw 1:2:3 1 1:1 2 1 4* *Reflecting Grenade Man’s Flash Bombs with Thunder Claw will deal the same amount of da...
Bolt Locations - Grenade Man
There are 5 bolts in the stage. Only 4 are collectable on your first visit; the fifth requires Flame Sword. Only 1 bolt (the second bolt in half 1) is collected for any%. First Half Credit for this image to the MM8 Compendium (https://i.imgur.com/bMoVz45.p...
Frost Man - Boss Fight
HP: 40 Damage Chart M. Buster M. Ball T. Hold F. Bomb I. Wave T. Claw 1:2:3 1 1:1 3 1 1 A. Crush W. Balloon F. Sword H. Sniper R. Bike R....
Bolt Locations - Frost Man
There are 6 bolts in the stage. The two in the first half of the stage are collected in any%. One bolt in the second half requires a revisit, specifically after Astro Man. Thanks to the Compendium for image and bolt descriptions. Note that red numbers are co...
Shiriko da Gama
This page lifted directly from the Mega Man 8 Compendium HP: 33 Damage Chart: M. Buster M. Ball T. Hold F. Bomb I. Wave T. Claw 1:1.5:3 3 1:1 0.5 2 2 A. Crush ...
Ururunn
HP: 32 Damage Chart: M. Buster M. Ball T. Hold F. Bomb I. Wave T. Claw 1:2:3 3 1:3 2 3 3 A. Crush W. Balloon F. Sword H. Sniper R. Bike R. Bo...
Tengu Man - Boss Fight
From The Compendium HP: 40 Damage Chart: M. Buster M. Ball T. Hold F. Bomb I. Wave T. Claw 2:3:4 1 2:1 1 6 1 A. Crush W. Balloon F. Sword H. Snipe...
Bolt Locations - Tengu
There are 4 bolts in Tengu Man's stage. Only 2 are collected in any% - the visible bolt after the mid boss in part two, and the low bolt on the last screen before Tengu. If the last bolt is difficult to obtain, substitute the stage's first bolt. Special - T...
Sisi Roll
From the Compendium HP: 32 Damage Chart: M. Buster M. Ball T. Hold F. Bomb I. Wave T. Claw 1:2:3 3 1:2 2 3 3 A. Crush W. Balloon F. Sword H. Sniper ...
Clown Man - Boss Fight
From the Compendium HP: 40 Damage Chart: M. Buster M. Ball T. Hold F. Bomb I. Wave T. Claw 1:2:3 1 1:4*** 1 1 1 A. Crush W. Balloon F. Sword H. Snip...
Bolt Locations - Clown Man
Clown Man's stage has 5 bolts, one in the first half and 4 in the second half. The one bolt collected in any% is pretty much in the way. One bolt in the second half hard-requires a revisit after Sword Man, and a second bolt is best collected at the same time a...
Mid Stage - General Tips
There's not much extra to explain about this stage - Ice Wave is a great weapon. After releasing the first ice wave, hold a buster charge for level 2, to destroy the flying enemies Ice Wave cannot reach. If you forget, just spam lemons after the ice wave.
Bolt Locations - Mid Stage
From The Compendium Both bolts in Duo’s stage are up the first ladder. To get to the right one quickly, use Thunder Claw to swing across. Note that the second bolt is not as located in the Saturn version - it is moved slightly to the Cut Man fight.
Mid Stage - Cut Man
From The Compendium HP: 40 Damage Chart: M. Buster M. Ball T. Hold F. Bomb I. Wave T. Claw 2:3:4 4 2:3 3 4 4 A. Crush W. Balloon F. Sword H. Sniper ...
Frost Part 2 - General Tips
Immediately* summon Rush Bike at the start of the stage. Besides generally moving fast, the bike "Goes through" the ice blocks as long as you don't shoot them. * in 40 bolts, on the second visit with Hyper Slider, slide to the bolt first. "Yoshi Ditch" Rush ...
Clown Part 2 - The Climb
There is one bolt in this section for 40 bolts. Map For a detailed tutorial video, look here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK5J5iEp4pc All Climb Strats Start... Slide onto the screen, jump when Mega Man's front toe starts going over the Circle blo...