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It feels like this game really expects you to fly through the stages if you want an S rank. So far I've had to replay every stage because I wasn't fast enough on my first attempt. In Zero 3 on the other hand I don't think time was ever a big issue. Anyway, the Zero Knuckle is really useful in this s...

Looks like it's time for Mega Man Zero 4. As usual I'll be playing along, and going for S ranks, and not using any chips, cyber elves, etcetera. The new weapon this time around is the Zero Knuckle, and I find it pretty fun to use, at least from what I can remember, as well as playing the intro stage...

I never realized how strong Zero's Rasetsusen is when used with the D Glaive. Also, I like Cut Man's appearance here. Though he is pretty weak, but it makes sense considering he's a 100 year old robot; he's basically ancient technology at this point. Anyway, back to Zero's weapons, I was doing in de...

So the cleanup begins. X's armor can make him pretty strong. Also, I'm pretty sure I've said this before, but I appreciate the fact that you can mix and match armor sets, as well as the fact that you don't have to assemble an entire armor before you can use it. I mostly just stick to one setup, but ...

I missed commenting yesterday, though I didn't really have much to say other than that I liked the stage, and that Bamboo Pandamonium is a great name. As for this stage, I like it quite a bit. I generally enjoy going for high ranks in games in which you are ranked, and this stage is no exception. Si...

This is an alright stage, though I wish the big robot would give you a bit more space before the rubber banding kicks in. Also, despite the operators telling you to hurry, there's no time limit on the way back through the stage, but considering there is a stage that kills you if you take too long I ...

I still think having a level where you can't use your special weapons in a Mega Man game isn't the greatest idea. However aside from being unfit for a Mega Man game this stage is actually enjoyable, which is more than I can say for Gigabolt Man-o-war's stage. And while you might not be able to use s...

The downward autoscrolling here can be a bit troublesome. Zero's double jump can be really helpful here, as can Axl's hover ability (which I'm just finding out now; you can probably tell which character was the one I barely used). X doesn't have any unique air mobility options, but he can at least a...

I've missed a few videos, but now I'm caught up, and I'm just in time for the worst stage in the game. For one thing this is a bad Mega Man stage; given that one of the big things about the Mega Man series is obtaining weapons from bosses that you can use to have an easier time in other stages, havi...

When raocow played X7 I hadn't played it myself so I skipped those videos. Now I've actually played X7 and I'm almost done with X8, so I can actually watch and comment on these videos. While I'm talking about X7 I figure I might as well give my opinion on it. I could probably spend ages talking abou...

Once again I haven't bothered to S rank the final stage (although my average is high enough that I could probably get it if I were to beat the stage without dying). I don't have much to say about this stage, other than pointing out that a few of these bosses can potentially be different than their i...

I never actually knew about this secret the first time I played this, so this is actually my first time fighting Phantom here. He gave me quite a bit of trouble, causing me two deaths the first time I fought him (though my only health increasing elf is the one that doubles Zero's health. You might n...

I don't really have a lot to say about this stage, except for the secret, which I'll talk about when raocow gets to it. The one thing I will say is that you don't have to do it on your first visit, which is nice since it means I can do it later where it won't affect my rank. Anyway, the only other t...

I didn't have too much trouble with this stage, despite it being fairly long (my successful run was a little over five minutes). I found the moth enemies to be pretty annoying, though most of the annoyance came from the fact that I'm not using chips, so I couldn't turn on the lights to deal with the...

I feel like those snowboarders aren't the best enemies; they move fast and they're too durable to be taken out with just a regular attack. However if you memorize where they are and prepare a charged attack to deal with them (or if you're using attack mode type B you can just attack with one weapon ...

I found this stage to be really fun, though this is a stage where attack mode type B helps significantly. While charging the recoil rod to deal with the Cattatanks you can attack other enemies with your other weapon, or even attack the Cattatanks themselves so that they're too busy blocking to attac...

This stage is neat, though I do have some issues with it. One thing is that there aren't very many enemies here (other than the ones on the water that can't be killed). I tried to keep track of how many enemies I killed while also trying to remember what doors to use, though in the end I ended up ki...

I remember this level from the first time I played this game. Surprisingly I seem to remember being careful enough to get through without dying on the spikes (though it has been awhile so I might not be remembering correctly, and I also had to play many more times to get an S rank). This time around...

I thought I was lucky when I got an extra life in this stage, but raocow's out there getting two extra lives. This is another stage that gave me little trouble, but this time the boss didn't give me much trouble either; I got an S rank on my first serious attempt. The mid boss was a bit tricky thank...

I don't really have a lot to say about this stage; I found it pretty easy and it doesn't even have a mid boss. Though I do have things to say about the boss. He certainly seems to have gotten an upgrade, though I don't remember all the details of his first fight. The projectiles he throws down while...

Even though I always leave exploration for a revisit, I kind of like levels like this with a lot of room for exploration. The Tile Cannons can be a bit annoying, but attack mode type B lets you destroy them while charging the recoil rod. Overall this stage didn't give me much trouble once I decided ...

This stage didn't give me too much trouble, except for the ball cannons. I had a fairly easy time dealing with them in the previous stage, but in this stage they're placed in positions that make it awkward to approach and attack them. While those enemies were somewhat annoying, the missile part made...

It's been awhile since I first played the Zero games so I don't really remember many details of the levels, but when I came to this level I felt a sense of dread. As soon as I died to the lava pit near the end memories of dying there several times came rushing back. The only other noteworthy thing i...

Despite people saying that this stage is hard to get an S rank on I didn't have too much trouble with it other than taking a few runs to find where all the buttons are. Though balancing things out a bit is the fact that I had quite a bit of trouble with the boss that people seem to agree is easy. An...

This stage is pretty easy, though it just might have the most difficult mid boss of all: babysitting! Jokes aside, the actual mid boss is also pretty easy if you use the shield boomerang (though you have to use attack mode type B if you want to be able to attack while blocking). If I recall correctl...