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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 ...
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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
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.
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...
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...
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...
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%.
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 ...