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                            Table of Contents
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1) Introduction/Update History
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2) Controls
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3) Walkthrough
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4) FAQ
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5) Secerets/Tricks
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6) Mega Man X Advanced Moves (Dash Jumps, etc)
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7) E-Mails
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8) Credits
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9) Legal Section (READ THIS IF YOU ARE A WEBMASTER)
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                      1) Introduction/Update History
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  Hello out there!! It's DaMan with a FAQ for Mega Man X. This thing took
me about... Ummm.. *Counting* 1, 2, 3... *End Counting* About 3 days. I
hope you like it, and find it helpful... If you have questions, comments,
suggestions, praises, chain letters, flames... E-mail them to me at the
e-mail at the top of this document. (Under the sweet-ass art). That's it
for this intro...
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                             Update History
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LAST UPDATE- Friday, January 12, 2001/Version 1.0
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 Wednesday, April 05, 2000/Version 0.1-Hmmmm.. First release, so of course 
everything is new... Duh!
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 Thursday, April 06, 2000/Version 0.2-Mainly updates to section 1. Changed
the crappy intro, and found out I had dated the above update wrong!!!
*GASP!!* 
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 Sunday, June 25, 2000/Version 0.3-After my vain attempts to get this FAQ 
on gamefaqs.com, I have decided to make it an ~exclusive~ FAQ for 
www.lidus.it.    
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 Thursday, August 03, 2000/Version 0.3-Decided against the ~exclusive~ 
idea.
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 Tuesday, Augest 08, 2000/Version 0.4- Changed layout and added to the 
Legal Section.
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 Wednesday, Augest 30, 2000/Version 0.5- Added to the ever popular Legal 
Section.
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 Tuesday, September 05, 2000/Version 0.6- Added to the Legal Section. This 
is simply the calm before the storm... Expect a massive update to ALL of my
FAQs on 09/10/2000...
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 Friday, November 03, 2000/Version 0.9
New site that this is on.
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 Tuesday, November 28, 2000/Version 0.9
Changed e-mail address.
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 Sunday, January 7, 2001/Version 1.0
Added the credits section, and finally a question in the FAQ section.
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 Friday, January 12, 2001/Version 1.0
Added to the credits section.
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                              2) Controls
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Start Button- Pause, start game at title screen
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A Button- Dash (Must have Dash Boots)
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B Button- Jump, choose level, wall jump
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X Button- Nothin'. Notta'. Zippo. Zilch. This button does nothing!
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Y Button- Shoot X-Buster, hold for charged blasts
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Left Shoulder Button- Scroll through weapon powers earned from Mavericks
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Right Shoulder Button- Scroll through weapon powers earned from Mavericks
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Control Pad- Move X. Duh!
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                              3) Walkthrough
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     ~Hmmmm... I shall call this level "Highway of Dooooooommm!!"~

  Okay, basicly just go through the level blasting things.. And you might
have to do the wall jump a couple of times though. When you get to the end,
you meet the boss...
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                                  =VILE=
 
  You don't have to do anything here, although I like seeing how many times
I can shoot this bugger. After you get paralyzed, VILE will pick you up by
the neck and insult you!! Then you will here a gun charging, followed by a
blast blowing of VILE'S machine arm!! Yeah! Zero will pop onto the scene, 
and talk ta ya. Now you can pick a Maverick's stage to go to.

 Small Note- I am listing the Maverick's stages as you probably should 
visit them. Of course you can visit them in any order you please, but I 
suggest that you visit CHILL PENGUIN'S stage first, so you can get the Dash
Boots.

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                             ~CHILL PENGUIN STAGE~
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 ACQUIRING THE DASH BOOTS- Actually, just follow the path until you see a 
capsule. Dr. Light's hologram will apperar, and after much talking, he will
give you the DASH BOOTS!
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 ACQUIRING THE HEALTH TANK- After you beat Flame Mammoth, follow the main 
path until you have to part with the huge robot machine thing (like VILE
had). Then DASH BOOT wall jump (by holding A while pressing B) to the upper
area. Destroy the two Igloo type things with Fire Wave and under one of 
them there will be a HEALTH TANK.
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                        =FIGHT WITH CHILL PENGUIN=
 
 If you have Fire Wave, just keep using that. If not, shoot CHILL PENGUIN
with charged shots and X-Buster pellets while you can. If he shoots ice
pellets at you, wall jump on one wall while charging your gun. When he gets
done, jump down and blast him! If he starts making ice statues, charge up
a weak blast an pelt him with it before he gets done. Destroy the ice 
statues if he tries to shoot ice pellets at you. If he jumps up and grabs
the string, dash in the direction of the wind and wall jump until the 
statues are destroyed, then jump down and blast him. If he tries sliding 
through the statues, wall jump on one side and wait for him to stop, then
jump down and blast him.

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                           ~STORM EAGLE STAGE~
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 ACQUIRING THE HEALTH TANK- (You must have the DASH BOOTS) From the start, 
go to the moving platforms and get as high as you can. At the top, dash 
jump to the left and keep going left and you'll fall on a platform with the
HEALTH TANK.
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 ACQUIRING THE SUB TANK- Keep going until you reach the part with the 
Vertical moving platforms. Go left instead of right, and blast through the
glass. Jump up and acquire the Sub-Tank.
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 ACQUIRING THE HELMET-(You must have the DASH BOOTS)
Go past the part with the vertical moving platforms until you reach a big 
high tower type thing. When you get to the top, go down instead of jumping 
on the platform. Slide down about to the middle of the tower type thing, 
then dash jump to the right. Destroy the explosive tanks and go into the 
chamber to find the capsule containing the helmet.
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                         =FIGHT WITH STORM EAGLE= 
 
 EASY!! Okay, if you have Chameleon Sting, use that, if not, the X-Buster
works just fine. At the start of the battle, he'll try to blow you away
by flapping his wings, keep dashing back towards him and blast him with 
charged blasts or normal pellets. After awhile, he might try one of two 
things. The first, he'll shoot a tornado at you, blowing you away. Just 
dash until you get away from the tornado, then blast him with all you got.
The other thing he might try is he'll fly up, (at this point he might 
throw an egg down, with four birds hatching from it) and start using a 
diving attack. Just jump to avoid his attack, and blast him if you can. 
Eventually he'll head back down (he might throw an egg here) and either
try to blow you away with a tornado or flapping his wings, or he might
just go back up and do some more diving attacks. Blast him when you can
'till he dies.

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                          ~FLAME MAMMOTH STAGE~
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 ACQUIRING THE X-BUSTER-(Must have HELMET and DASH BOOTS) Okay, go past the 
part with all of the conveyer belts, and go to a place where you see icy
looking blocks on the celing. Go right to the next platform, and dash jump
to the blocks. If you hit one of the blocks, keep dash wall jumping until
you reach the top and the capsule to reach a powered up version of the
X-Buster.
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 ACQUIRING THE HEALTH TANK- (Must beat CHILL PENGUIN'S STAGE first) Go to 
same part with the platforms as you did to get the X-Buster. Instead of 
climbing up the platforms, go under them to the right to receive this 
stage's HEALT TANK.
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 ACQUIRING THE SUB TANK- (Must have HELMET and DASH BOOTS) Go to the 
platform area, and instead of going up and towards the right, go to the top
and dash jump to the very left until you get to an area with blocks you can
destroy by wall jumping them. Collect the SUB TANK.
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                         =FIGHT WITH FLAME MAMMOTH=

 Use the Storm Tornado for this battle. Get as close to him as you can, and 
then blast him with the Tornado. Reapeat until he dies. In the event you 
don't have the Storm Tornado (shame on you!) then you can still kill him
with your trustsy X-Buster. Dash under him when he jumps and blast him with
a charged shot when he lands. When he starts throwing fire at you, just 
wall jump on the nearst wall. When he gets done, blast him!!

Note- From here you can go one of two places, STING CHAMELEON STAGE (if you
would like to get powered up armor) or SPARK MANDRIL STAGE (because you can
kill him easily). STING CHAMELEON is really really tough if you don't have
the Boomerang Cutter. I am going to take you to STING CHAMELEON's level, so
you can get the armor.                            

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                        ~STING CHAMELEON'S STAGE~
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 ACQUIRING THE ARMOR-(DASH BOOTS NEEDED) Follow the path until you get to
the part with a three different places to go. (Up, down, right) Dash Jump
up to the edge of the cliff and wall jump to the top. At the top you'll 
meet a pretty tough mini-boss, so be careful. After you destroy him, the
capsule will appear containing the Armor.
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 ACQUIRING THE HEALTH TANK- (DASH BOOTS needed, LAUNCH OCTOPUS' stage 
needed to be completed, HELMET needed) When you get to the part with three 
different paths to choose, go down. Destroy the blocks by wall jumping, 
and when you touch the ground, Dash Jump to the edge with the HEALTH TANK.
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                      =FIGHT WITH STING CHAMELEON=

 If you have the Boomerang Cutter, use it. If not, follow this startegy.
When STING CHAMELEON hangs on to the celing by his tongue, shoot him
with the X-Buster as many times as you can OR blast him with a charged 
shot. When he goes up to one of the top corners of the room, go directly
diagonal from him and wall jump up the wall and blast him. When he gets
close to you, blast him while avoiding his dangerous tongue. Good Luck! 

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 ACQUIRING THE SUB TANK- (Must have Boomarang Cutter attack) Go forward,
kill the rocket launching machine, go up the ladder, to the right and down
that ladder, kill the machine, get close to the wall, jump up and use the 
Boomerang Cutter attack to collect the SUB TANK.
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 ACQUIRING THE HEALTH TANK- (DASH BOOTS help) Go along until you come up to
the part with the rocket launching turtle. Destroy it, and go to the right
most wall. Wall jump up and get on the platform with the HEALTH TANK and 
collect it.
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                      =FIGHT WITH SPARK MANDRILL=
 
 Just use Shotgun Ice on him. I have never fought him without it.

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                       ~ARMORED ARMIDILLO STAGE~
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 ACQUIRING THE SUB TANK- Go to the part with the first huge machine that 
destroys the land. Let it pass you and go into the chamber where it was
to get this SUB TANK. 
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 ACQUIRING THE HEALTH TANK- Go to the part with the second huge machine
that destroys land. Pull out your Fire Wave attack and destroy it quickly.
Go along the path, and you'll see the HEALTH TANK. (Guess how to get it).
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 ACQUIRING THE HOUDOYUKEN(sp?)- (You must have every Maverick defeated, all
SUB TANKS, HEALTH TANKS and capsules found + 6 or more lives) Go to the 
boss door and climb up the cliff and collect the health capsule. Now jump 
off the cliff and die. Repeat about five times to find a hidden capsule
containing the HOUDOYUKEN. You must have full life to pull it off. Press
down, down+forward, forward and Y. 
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                       =FIGHT WITH ARMORED ARMIDILLO=

 (Note- I have not fought this guy without Electric Spark) Use Electric
Spark to shock off his armor, then dodge his attacks while using Elecric
Spark.

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                          ~LAUNCH OCTOPUS STAGE~
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 ACQUIRING THE HEALTH TANK- Go past the second ship like thing, and on the
surface of the water will be a huge submarine (like the one on the cover
of the cartridge). Destroy the submarine and stay on as it takes you to 
the depths of the ocean. Go into the small crevice and fight a dragon 
thing. When it dies, go farther right to find this TANK.
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                       =FIGHT WITH LAUNCH OCTOPUS=

(Note- I have not fought this guy with-out the Rolling Shield attack)

 At the start of the battle, bust out your Rolling Shield, and attack 
LAUNCH OCTOPUS with it. Dodge his missles he shoots out, and when he tries
to suck you up with a vertical tornado, walk/dash in the oppisite 
direction. Blast him as many times as you can.

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 ACQUIRING THE HEALTH TANK- (Boomerang Cutter required) Right before your 
final climb to the top of the stage, you'll notice a HEART TANK just out
of reach. Use the Boomerang Cutter to get this HEALTH TANK.
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                       =FIGHT WITH BOOMER KUWANGER=

 (Note- I have not fought this guy without the Homing Rocket)

 Pull out your Homing Rocket, and let 'em loose!! Just dodge his attacks 
and let the Homing Rockets do the rest!!

*At this point in the game, collect all of the stuff you missed, such as 
HEALTH TANKS, SUB-TANKS and Enhancements.*

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                             ~SIGMA STAGE 1~
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                                 =VILE=
 
 At the begining of the fight, just let him paralyze you like before. Zero
will then break free of his prison and self-destruct on the back of VILE,
destroying his machine thing. For the second part of the battle, pull out
your Rolling Shield, and let loose like there's no tomorrow!! 

 After you destroy him, talk to Zero and if you didn't collect the X-BUSTER
in FLAME MAMMOTH'S stage, Zero will give it to you for free!!
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                     =RE-FIGHT WITH BOOMER KUWANGER= 

 (For all of the refights, I will just put the above stratigies down here,
so you don't have to scroll up!) 

 Pull out your Homing Rocket, and let 'em loose!! Just dodge his attacks 
and let the Homing Rockets do the rest!!
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                          =FIGHT WITH SPIDER=

 The spider will come down from the top of the screen to the bottom of the
screen on strands of green spider web. When it gets to the bottom and opens
it's red part on it's abdomom, blast it with Shotgun Ice. Sometimes it will
let down spiderlings, just destroy them with charged X-BUSTER blasts.

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                     =RE-FIGHT WITH CHILL PENGUIN=

 If you have Fire Wave, just keep using that. If not, shoot CHILL PENGUIN
with charged shots and X-Buster pellets while you can. If he shoots ice
pellets at you, wall jump on one wall while charging your gun. When he gets
done, jump down and blast him! If he starts making ice statues, charge up
a weak blast an pelt him with it before he gets done. Destroy the ice 
statues if he tries to shoot ice pellets at you. If he jumps up and grabs
the string, dash in the direction of the wind and wall jump until the 
statues are destroyed, then jump down and blast him. If he tries sliding 
through the statues, wall jump on one side and wait for him to stop, then
jump down and blast him.
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                      =RE-FIGHT WITH STORM EAGLE=

(Note- I suggest not using Chameleon Sting, save it for the main boss of 
this stage)

 EASY!! Okay, if you have Chameleon Sting, use that, if not, the X-Buster
works just fine. At the start of the battle, he'll try to blow you away
by flapping his wings, keep dashing back towards him and blast him with 
charged blasts or normal pellets. After awhile, he might try one of two 
things. The first, he'll shoot a tornado at you, blowing you away. Just 
dash until you get away from the tornado, then blast him with all you got.
The other thing he might try is he'll fly up, (at this point he might 
throw an egg down, with four birds hatching from it) and start using a 
diving attack. Just jump to avoid his attack, and blast him if you can. 
Eventually he'll head back down (he might throw an egg here) and either
try to blow you away with a tornado or flapping his wings, or he might
just go back up and do some more diving attacks. Blast him when you can
'till he dies.
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                =FIGHT WITH TWO EYES AND FLOATING THING=

 Okay, this boss is pretty darn easy! When a eye opens up, blast it with
Chameleon Sting as many times as you can. When the walls start closing in,
wall jump to stay up and away from the spikes, all the while shooting the
floating thing. Reapeat the process until all of the parts are destroyed.

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 (Note- I forget the exact order in which these bosses appear, but these
are pretty close)

                   =RE-FIGHT WITH STING CHAMELEON= 

 If you have the Boomerang Cutter, use it. If not, follow this startegy.
When STING CHAMELEON hangs on to the celing by his tongue, shoot him
with the X-Buster as many times as you can OR blast him with a charged 
shot. When he goes up to one of the top corners of the room, go directly
diagonal from him and wall jump up the wall and blast him. When he gets
close to you, blast him while avoiding his dangerous tongue. Good Luck!
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                    =RE-FIGHT WITH SPARK MANDRILL=

 Just use Shotgun Ice on him. I have never fought him without it.
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                  =RE-FIGHT WITH ARMORED ARMIDILLO=

 (Note- I have not fought this guy without Electric Spark) Use Electric
Spark to shock off his armor, then dodge his attacks while using Elecric
Spark.
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                   =RE-FIGHT WITH LAUNCH OCTOPUS=

(Note- I have not fought this guy with-out the Rolling Shield attack)

 At the start of the battle, bust out your Rolling Shield, and attack 
LAUNCH OCTOPUS with it. Dodge his missles he shoots out, and when he tries
to suck you up with a vertical tornado, walk/dash in the oppisite 
direction. Blast him as many times as you can.
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                    =RE-FIGHT WITH FLAME MAMMOTH=

 Use the Storm Tornado for this battle. Get as close to him as you can, and 
then blast him with the Tornado. Reapeat until he dies. In the event you 
don't have the Storm Tornado (shame on you!) then you can still kill him
with your trustsy X-Buster. Dash under him when he jumps and blast him with
a charged shot when he lands. When he starts throwing fire at you, just 
wall jump on the nearst wall. When he gets done, blast him!!
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                    =FIGHT WITH CHOMPING THINGY=

 Okay, use the Boomerang Cutter for this fight. Attack the upper part. When
it chomps down, make sure you are in mid-air. Some-times it will charge up
a shot, which takes about 5 seconds to charge. Blast him before he blasts 
you, and then go back to the wall. Repeat until well done.

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                           ~SIGMA STAGE 4~
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                      =FIGHT WITH SIGMA'S PET=
 
 Not so hard. Just blast him with Shotgun Ice. Avoid his Ice-Blasts and 
Fire-Blasts. Also make sure not to stay in one spot for to long.
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                         =FIGHT WITH SIGMA=

 Sigma seems to be weak agains Electric Spark, so use that. Wall jump about
to the middle of the wall, and Sigma will follow. Jump down right when you
can face him so you will blast him in mid-air. Repeat untill he dies.
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                      =FIGHT WITH SIGMA'S HEAD= 

 You must bust out the Rolling Shield for this fight, because nothing else
will hurt him. When one of the claws comes down towards you, JUMP ON IT. 
Blast the head with Rolling Shields, and try to stay on the hand as long
as you can, avoiding the heads fire and electric blasts, at the same time
avoiding the claws vertical lightning bolts. Use Sub-Tanks when you have 
about a sixth of your life meter left. Destroy him and you beat the game!!

Thanks to lever_2000@hotmail.com, who pointed out that you can hurt Sigma
with a charged X Buster Blast.

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                                4) FAQ
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 This is the part where I will ask your questions. 

Q: How do I use my SUB-TANK???

A: Well, I'm not exactly sure on this, as I lended my game out, but I 
believe that first you highlight the name "SUB-TANKS" in the menu and press
B. The game will autmaticly use 1 SUB-TANK.  Could someone please send in
the real way to do this? Thanks.

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                           5) Secrets/Tricks
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 ACQUIRING THE HADOKEN- (You must have every Maverick defeated, all
SUB TANKS, HEALTH TANKS and capsules found + 6 or more lives)In the Armored 
Armidillo stage go to the boss door and climb up the cliff and collect the 
health capsule. Now jump off the cliff and die. Repeat about five times to 
find a hidden capsule containing the HADOKEN. You must have full life to 
pull it off. Press down, down+forward, forward and Y.
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 ALMOST UNLIMITED 1-UPS- Also in the Armored Armidillo stage, near the 
begining, there is a fat bat. One of a kind. If you shoot it at the right
time, it will give you a 1-up. Go to the left just enough so that the spot
where the bat hangs, then come back and it will reapear!
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E-Mail me any other tricks you have and you'll get full credit!!

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            6) Mega Man X Advanced Moves (Dash Jumps, etc)
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 Wall Jump- To preform this, hold the control pad in the direction of the
disired wall, and jump repeatidly.
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 Dash Wall Jump- To preform this, just tap A (with DASH BOOTS) the same 
time you tap B on a wall jump.
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 Dash Jump- Hold or tap A button while jumping to have add a little more
distance and speed to your jumps.
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                               7)E-Mails
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  I found that the Haduken move can only be executed when you're at full 
energy. Also, if you die 5 times in the pit *before* collecting all the 
heart capsules you can collect them and then return to the level and the Dr.
Light pod will be there. It's nice to know the game is flexible for these 
sorts of things. It'd also be a good idea to mention that the Haduken is 
incredibly powerful and can beat Vile in his normal state (without his big
rotbot suit) in one hit. 

Submitted by "DJ eN".
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                               8) Credits
  "DJ eN"
For submitting the information on the Hadoken.
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  "mGlucose" -- mglucose@hotmail.com
For telling me how to spell "Hadoken"!
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  "Rapheal Orozco" -- rapheal_orozco_007@hotmail.com
For sendint the first FAQ question.
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                            9) LEGAL SECTION

 YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO STEAL THIS FAQ WITH-OUT MY PERMISSION. THE ~ONLY~ 
PLACE YOU SHOULD CHECK FOR UPDATES IN THIS SECTION IS WWW.GAMEFAQS.COM. 
ALWAYS CHECK HERE FOR UPDATES IN THE LEGAL SECTION, AND NO WHERE ELSE.

THE ONLY SITES THIS FAQ IS CURRENTLY ON-
http://www.gamefaqs.com 
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http://home.mmcable.com/laynehome/zerobarrier
http://home.planetinternet.be/~twuyts
http://www.protoman.com
http://www.world-of-nintendo.com
http://www.nintendocc.com 
http://www.gameunited.com 
http://www.geocities.com/redx1187/index.html 

THAT IS ALL.

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