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That's it. Up canceling slides. In addition to the expected methods of slide canceling (back canceling and jumping out of slides), you can cancel slides with the up button. There are a few places this is useful throughout the run, though it is also almost req...

Mega Man's charge shot is replaced by firing his entire fist. Charge Shots A "half charge" is about 30-89 frames of holding B. A full charge is then 90+ frames. Half charges deal 2 damage, full charges 3. The fist after that returns to Mega Man, and the beh...

Pluto's Break Dash weapon works by charging. Uncharged fires a normal lemon 15-29 frames of charge is a very short dash that uses 0.5 energy 30-89 frames is a longer-but-still-short dash that uses 1 energy 90+ frames is a full charge long dash using 2 en...

This page is something of a troll, but it is true. Neptune > Mars > Venus > Jupiter > Saturn > Mercury > Pluto > Uranus > Terra > Neptune Bolded robots are in the second half of the game. As such, it is true you cannot use only weakness order. Other Weaknes...

Suggested Route is Neptune First Mercury Mars Venus Dark Moon Pluto Jupiter Saturn Uranus Route Rationale Neptune and Mercury have good early game weapons. Mercury's weapon does 2 points of damage a shot, and Mars is weak to Neptune. Venus coul...

Most text in this game can be mashed forward with any button, including the D-pad (up/down/left/right). As such an effective way of advancing text is to spin your thumb around the D-pad. Leaving the Shop Since the D-pad advances text, you can mash left/right...

Regions The US and Japanese releases of this game play exactly the same, and both are accepted for runs. Text on the Japanese cart takes approximately 0:28 seconds longer than the US version. Much of this is locked in stone, such as the passageway before Dar...

The first few screens are on the top of a rising and falling sub. There are 2 helicopter enemies with 9 HP each, which is the focus of moving through this screen quickly. The strats for this screen rely on being able to follow the rise and fall of the sub. Yo...

This game has an opening Cutscene you can press start through. Most game timing allows soft resetting before timing, as the cutscene will not play on a soft reset. The stage select only respects left and right presses. Both screens of 4 start you in the top l...

Movement Patterns Mercury has two ways of moving across the room that depend on his remaining HP. As a note, a full meter has 19 HP. Even - slow hopping across the room Odd - the fast slide across the room Buster Fight In Mercury's stage, you fight with t...

From this point on, you do not regain weapon energy/ammo between stages. Any ammo used in this fight is not restored before the following stage (without refilling it at the shop, or continuing from password or game over) The Dark moon fight starts with this Y...

If you're looking for this stage's Gem, it's near the end This stage uses Pluto's Break Dash properties A LOT. Be familiar with its mechanics if going for better times. Screen 1 This is the start screen. Just be near the ground at the transition. Depending ...

Screen 3 This single screen is simple - use a Break Dash to iframe through the enemy attack, and proceed. Be on the ground for the screen transition. Screen 4 Ceiling Enemy Your initial movement on this screen manipulates the ceiling enemy. Safe Way - Sl...

This screen requires very tight movement. First 3 enemies Land on the top platform, and use a Pluto Break Dash through the Joe. Completely ignore the Hammer enemy on the bottom. Your goal from here is to either use the Pluto iframes to get through the magne...

Screen 15 This screen is outside again - Low Gravity Give the hammer enemy a moment to walk down so it does not stop to use its hammer. Then either use a small break dash through it, or kill it (such as if you are saving Pluto ammo, or using Mercury for heat...

This screen heavily uses Pluto's Break Dash knowledge of extending i-Frames. First Joe Optimally you can Break Dash through the first hammer enemy, slide, jump to the Jupiter Joe's spot, then slide through it before iframes wear off. Backup - Optionally, yo...

Screen 12 If you are low on health, this is a good screen to switch to Mercury's Grab Buster to defeat enemies and absorb health. This is slower than other strats, but is a nice safety for new players. The hammer enemies take 2 hits from Grab Buster. You can...

Jupiter has a simple pattern, but can deal a lot of damage. Fortunately, it is impossible to be here without his weakness, and Venus Bubble Bombs are very effective. This Room Has Ice Physics in Jupiter's stage. (but not in the refight) Your goal is to hit J...

Terra's arena is lined with blocks usable with Uranus's Deep Digger. Pattern Info Terra has 3 actions If Mega Man gets to the center 2 blocks of the screen, Terra will jump away and teleport. This loses time and should be avoided. Terr can otherwise either...

This stage is a side scrolling space shooter in a Space Modified Rush Marine. It is largely an auto-scroller. Controls Obviously the Directional pad gives you four directional movement, and B fires lemons. You can also hold B to fire a traditional Mega Buste...