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There's something really...unusual about Rospark's design...

...eh, it's probably nothing.

One thing you gotta do for the next boss, either for the initial run or the gold star run:

Stand directly underneath the boss as it dies.

Trust me, it's worth it.

One awesome thing about Chronoforce is, even if you're not underwater, he's still a great form to use if you're dealing with attacks from above since you can just tank everything in those circumstances.

One thing I really like about this game is how the typical Metroidvania progression gatekeeping feels far more natural compared to ZX. For example, you're railroaded into getting on the train by the simple fact that going anywhere else requires wall jumping, which you don't have yet, and while there...

I've found that, even if you don't want to lug around an enemy summoning power-up, it's better to just use it all up as soon as you get it instead of just dropping it, since the enemies stick around for a long time and tend to just wander all over the map taking out other enemies for you.

It's implied that Ashe and Grey both exist at the same time, but the two never run into each other.

Also

I got some real bad news. Grey's English voice actor was in X7. He was X's voice actor, but also the voice actor for a certain... OTHER reploid. Also, one important thing you miss in Ashe's storyline at this point is her insatiable quest for booty. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/279149769866...

Fun fact: Serpent's "Evolution requires sacrifice" line is Sigma's mantra after Maverick Hunter X (he even says it word for word in the Day of Sigma OVA,) when his goals shifted from just wanting to kill all humans to wanting to force technological progress and evolution among reploids at ...

I see Christmas came an entire 10 months early this year. Also, on top of normal and hard playthroughs for Boki and Savant, it might be a good idea to finish at least one loop of Endless mode, as there's some exclusive content in there. And yeah, there's some noticeable differences in the tutorial s...

I may be wrong, but judging by info that comes up in Advent, as far as the whole "Chosen Ones are Maverick survivors" thing goes,

it may not be that they just survived a Maverick raid, it's that they were deliberately SPARED by the Mavericks.

Oh hey it's my OTHER favorite theme in the game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uez6UTU6lHo Also protip: Go back and talk to Carrelet (the blue-haired guy in the cargo room of Guardian HQ) several times and he'll eventually give you a really handy item. Another protip: You don't need to find a gene...

Meanwhile, in Vent's campaign, right after the Prometheus fight Prairie confirms that she's Alouette and her "sister" and founder of the Guardians was Ciel, and it's heavily implied that Model W has been behind the Maverick outbreaks ever since the Zero series ended. Vent's campaign is mor...

Aaaand there's the mechanic I hate the most about this game. Instead of traditional weaknesses, each Pseudoroid boss has a specific weakspot where if you hit it it does a ton of damage (you can tell if you hit it when the screen flashes.) HOWEVER, every time you hit the weakspot, you damage that bos...

With that stuffed toy, Prairie does seem AAAAAWFULLY familiar...

I think the ZX games are a little weaker than the Zero ones, mostly because their level design is not quite as tight, imho. That is a very personal opinion, because while I am usually not into score attack/perfect runs at all, Zero feels SO GOOD to play as that making the levels bend to my will is ...

- You can tell if someone's a reploid in ZX by whether or not they have a red upside-down triangle on their forehead (like Giro and Prairie,) which is the universal marker for reploids since there's so little outward difference between humans and reploids at this point. I dunno how much of a spoiler...

raocow is truly at a loss for words.

I'm pretty sure the remixed stages are because of a certain spoileriffic thing that happens in Vile's campaign that requires the fight between X and Vile to be moved all the way back to the end of D-Rex's stage (and maybe because Vile can't dash,) so they figured "Screw it, let's just redo the ...

ano0maly wrote: ↑5 years ago Who would put out a subtank in the middle of the ocean waters

Obviously it fell off the missile boat as it was moving to just arbitrarily drop depth charges on their own giant underwater door.

I'll give one clue for Sting Chameleon's sub-tank location since it's actually a change from the original SNES level design. There's a hole in the ceiling somewhere in the cave area. You'll need to jump out of the ride armor to reach it. Don't forget that the ride armor respawns if you move far enou...

Some future advice that'll come in handy for the clean-up: Vile's Ride Armors respawn, though you gotta go quite a way's away from the spawn point before they'll respawn, which is kind of annoying when everything else spawns/despawns the second they leave the screen.

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I dunno what's in that other crate, but I do know that nothing important is in it (probably another extra life at best.) Also, THREE of my favorite weapon types in a row. The boomerang weapon type is a great shoulder cannon weapon, with Parasite Sword being good for just doing damage (it also passes...

Spamming your leg or shoulder weapons in mid-air actually lets you cover a surprising amount of horizontal distance. It's a lot like the Magma Blade glitch in X6, except Capcom actually expects you to do it this time. Also, Distance Needler punches through Sniper Joe shields, so you don't have to wa...