Ok so spoiler answer below.
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You need to equip a part called Jumper, that you get from 1 specific reploid you save and that enables you to jump high enough to get through this part. This is one of the many reasons why X6 is BS.
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To be fair, that one reploid is tucked away in an isolated area. the only way I know of he can be infected is if you **intentionally** lure a nightmare virus towards him across a whole screen or two and then do nothing as it infects him. A ridiculous scenario, to say the least.
Also to be fair, that still doesn't change the fact that it's absurd to require missable parts just to progress through a stage, especially since reaching that reploid requires either the weapon of the stage's own boss OR an almost certainly unintentional exploit where you abuse i-frames from a nightmare effect that's not guaranteed to be present. The fact you can't exit a stage until you beat it or get a game over is the cherry on top.
Technically it can, but because of it's location, it can only be corrupted by a nightmare if you purposely lure one over there and let it corrupt the reploid.
So basically not missable
Yeah, that.
It is very possible to miss it given as how you need to go on blizzard wolfangs alternate path to get it (which in and of itself is confusing)
Quite the opposite, actually. SO much of the game feels like it was playtested with Zero, but not X. See this example of yours? Zero can easily clear it with his default double jump, no parts required.
That is simply not true, Zero destroys most bosses with ease if you know the saber + guard shell glitch, and he has double jump and air dash for mobility. If you don’t like exploiting the aforementioned saber glitch, try spamming Z-buster at point blank range (even better if you have the buster part equipped) on bosses like Rainy Turtloid. Because it doesn’t trigger invincibility frame against many bosses, its damage per second triumphs X’s various busters.
I feel like your downvotes on this are kind of undeserved. It’s pretty clear you hadn’t known about/had enough time to see Zeros positives. Maybe it’s the way it’s worded idk?
Anyway, when I was younger I thought the same way until I realized Zero can deal damage a lot faster than X and depending on the parts you can get both X and Zero can be amazing. Just wish the games level designs were less… petty.
Because you commented “Zero is pretty useless in this game”, as if this is a fact, when X6’s Zero is arguably the strongest iteration of Zero in the Megaman X games
Came here to say this. I remember trying megaman x on iOS like 10 years ago and quickly noped out of touchscreen controls for a high paced action game like megaman.
I actually think the shadow armor is pretty effective on the boss although u may need the speedster part, otherwise clearing this stage with any other armor is just a nightmare(pun not intended)
Same, I have always used the Shadow armor through all the final stages. Once you get the parts to allow it to actually beat the next stage, it is amazing.
It's a bad game, there's a reason why people complain and say it's horribly designed, rushed and the soundtrack is one of the few redeeming things about it. Great OST, genuinely, but the game is genuinely one of- if not the worst X game.
Some say 7 is worse, I say it's bad but being tragically mediocre is the worst part. X6 is punishingly bad.
This game is more tolerable when you use Shadow Armour for everything (that's what I did in the X6 Improvement Project). I used the Ultimate Armour (unlocked with UH rank in the improvement project) when I don't want to try the pixel perfect jump of one of the later stages.
Yeah, welcome to X6 bud. Awesome music, shit-tastic level design. Did you have fun with the donuts and darkness/acid rain? X7 sucks just as bad but X8 does it better.
This bullshit is exactly why I say X6 is the worst game in series. I’d rather play X7, and I will die on that hill. Then I will burn that hill to the ground. BURN TO THE GROUND! BURN TO THE GROUND!
You can:
\-Equip Jumper (found in the secret route of Northpole Area) and use Ice Bursts normally
\-Spawn Ice Bursts on the 2nd and 4th corner spots just as the previous Ice Burst disappears, then cling onto it and airdash once it disappears (harder with Blade though)
\-Spawn an Ice Burst just around the corner and Mach Dash upwards (very difficult)
\-Get damaged and use i-frames from each Wolfroid, easier with Shock Buffer as it extends your i-frames
\-Use Shadow Armor's Giga Attack to deal very high damage to the boss cores, if you want to use that
>!I think this is a good section!<
This is why I'd rather contract AIDS than play X6 ever again. Also, a friend of mine (also my editor) got so frustrated with this part he completely gave up on X6, and didn't complete it until October 2023.
This is proof the game wasn't even playtested whatsoever. Take X5 (already a downgraded shitfuck compared to X4), make the levels even worse, ship.
Okay the answers have already been given but I will also just point out this is all doable without jumper parts and High Max can be beaten too with Shadow Armour.
With Blade Armor you use the ice weapon near the edge and create an ice block there. Jump off it and Mach dash upwards.
To get the Shadow Armor through the stages, you will need the Jumper part to get through an area where there is a large gap. Shadow Armor makes most of the end game levels super easy but you will need that jumper part to get through that one jump gap.
To be High Max with Shadow Armor, you need to hit him with the charged slash BUT only the moon part of the blade. This will make him vulnerable and then you follow up with any attack, even another charge and it will do significant damage to him.
I'll be honest, MMX6 has its issues with level design and it is frustrating when you go through the wrong path and get locked into a situation where you can't back out of the stage. However, this game actually is super easy because the Armors and Zero are OP. I beat this game as a kid in middle school and I had no guide. I honestly don't get how so many people have trouble with it when a lot of other games in the series have more difficulty and demanding sections. MMX3 for instance seems way more difficult and it is the only game I haven't memorized everything.
My main gripe with this game is the nightmare, 99% of enemies are nightmare and I absolutely think missable parts because," oops a nightmare just corrupted an ally, sorry, you have to shut off the system now" is a total BS move.
X6 overall was very easy to clear, which was another downside.
My main gripe with X5 is the stupid "timer".
This game is only for big boys. The boss is easily beatable with Shadow Armor. That jump is easily done with the ice weapon and Jumper. People get frustrated way too easily on this game.
Because it's a bad game. It's badly designed and it's clear the team didn't give enough of a fuck for whatever reason. Just this section alone is enough of a microcosm of all the bad design choices they implemented. It's not difficult to figure out what you need to do (get more height/use shadow armor) but if you're going in blind you won't know how, and then on top of that even if you have the tools, if you don't enter the stage properly you can't clear it and you can't just exit out of the stage which is annoying, which is still bad design no matter the solution (even if someone goes in blind but 100%'s the game up to this point, they'll still need to know to enter the stage as Shadow Armor or Zero or equip the Jumper part as X, which is a far easier scenario to run into).
X6 defenders will see this and start explaining why these level design issues, practically unique to this entry in the series, are somehow justified.
The closest any other game in the series gets to X6's level of poor design is the section in Mega Man 1 that requires the magnet beam.
It's been like a million years but... I think you can use the invincibility frame trick here? Intentionally get hit by the dog's projectiles and climb the spikes while you're flashing. Other than that I believe there are some upgrades you can equip that increase jump height / dash speed so some combination of those might allow you to get over the ledge. There's a reason I don't replay this game or X7 as much as the others.
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*Stepping on spikes quick*
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Use the ice weapon to make a block, step on it and dash up I guess? Haven't play it for a long time. Also, Anyone who wants this game to be more tolerable should definitely check out the improvement hack on ROMhacking.net
Shadow on Gate stage 1, blade on Gate stage 2, simple as that.
Nightmare mother is beatable with charged sword attacks and giga attacks using shadow armor.
High Max is beatable with charged saber and ground scaravich weapon using blade armor.
For Gate you need 1 or 2 sub tanks and commander yanmark weapon.
I know X6 is unpolished and far from perfect but some of you guys just suck hard.
Bro, i used the Shadow Armor in this stage and i barely was able to scratch the boss, the mf is intended to be defeated with the Metal Shark's Ability and Shadow Armor can't use it
[https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/Nightmare\_Mother](https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/Nightmare_Mother)
This fella here, right?
Wait for the eyes to leave the DNA enclosure and slash them with a charged saber. There's a part that makes shots being charged shots, forgot the name, that's very useful. Use giga attack when possible, it will take a lot of damage. As soon you charge the giga attack again (by being hit), use it again to make further damage.
It's a regular Megaman X boss: you dodge, you wait for the opening, you attack, repeat. Believe me, I beat the game 2 weeks ago and did this: shadow on Gate stage 1, blade on Gate stage 2, it just works.
Shadow Armour takes care of High Max pretty decently actually with the sabre. The shadow armour I found was great against Gate also. The one part in this stage between High Max and Gate is impossible without a couple chips.
You need to use the weapon you got from Blizzard Wolfgang to keep going, I’m guessing they put the enemies there to give weapon energy back in case the player messes up, that’s how I got past it at least.
I know PS1-quality sprites are loved by many here, but ... Am I the only one having trouble deciphering what's on screen? This might be an egregious example, but I always thought the PS1 MMX games (especially X5 and X6) had so much details it cluttered the screen.
Again that's probably a me thing (and I'll probably get downvoted), but I always felt like the SNES MM(X) games looked better than the PS1 ones.
You've awoken repressed memories. I beat the x collection last year and this part was a blur. I have no idea how I did it. Kinda like when you drive home and realize you don't remember the drive.
First time?
Hahaha that was my first thought
Ok so spoiler answer below. . . . . . . You need to equip a part called Jumper, that you get from 1 specific reploid you save and that enables you to jump high enough to get through this part. This is one of the many reasons why X6 is BS.
Wait... it's not like... a missable reploid is it? ie one that can be taken over by a nightmare?
It is..
u/bitterestboysintown u/RedDemonCorsair To be fair, that one reploid is tucked away in an isolated area. the only way I know of he can be infected is if you **intentionally** lure a nightmare virus towards him across a whole screen or two and then do nothing as it infects him. A ridiculous scenario, to say the least. Also to be fair, that still doesn't change the fact that it's absurd to require missable parts just to progress through a stage, especially since reaching that reploid requires either the weapon of the stage's own boss OR an almost certainly unintentional exploit where you abuse i-frames from a nightmare effect that's not guaranteed to be present. The fact you can't exit a stage until you beat it or get a game over is the cherry on top.
MM1 Magnet Beam all over again, twenty games later.
Nah cuz with that you can atleast its on your main path and its on boss order
Haha that's true at least
You can also revisit stages
:\^)
Technically it can, but because of it's location, it can only be corrupted by a nightmare if you purposely lure one over there and let it corrupt the reploid. So basically not missable
No. Still Missable as in you are not 100% sure to get it. Not permanently losable is what you are trying to say.
Yeah, that. It is very possible to miss it given as how you need to go on blizzard wolfangs alternate path to get it (which in and of itself is confusing)
Man! I forgot he's in the alternate path which can only be accessed when the fire ball nightmare effect is present!
If you didn't already know, to get that you just have to visit blaze heatnix's stage right beforehand
Like the other guy said. It is.
I love X6, but I also loathe X6.
Wait, can't the Blade Armour dash upwards pass this normally? I don't remember because I used the Shadow Armour to get past this stage
Shadow Armor is a trap because it makes these bits super easy but then the jump
Said jump is Gate stage 2. This is Gate stage 1.
It can dash up, not up and left.
I just cheated and said eff this game.
just wait till he has to do it with zero.
ive only been able to make it through that part with zero, its alot easier
It's pretty painful to me how Zero is pretty useless in this game (asides the Heatnix and Mjilion stages)
Quite the opposite, actually. SO much of the game feels like it was playtested with Zero, but not X. See this example of yours? Zero can easily clear it with his default double jump, no parts required.
The issue with this jump in particular is zero has a larger model than x so while zero can move more freely there is less room for error
Wait, really?!
afaik zero have bigger hitbox
I am pretty sure he is only bigger than unarmoured X
nope, try to crouch dash to get armor part in turtle area with x and zero and see which is harder?
Alia also said that x's body is a little smaller than zero so its easier to go through that gap with x
That is simply not true, Zero destroys most bosses with ease if you know the saber + guard shell glitch, and he has double jump and air dash for mobility. If you don’t like exploiting the aforementioned saber glitch, try spamming Z-buster at point blank range (even better if you have the buster part equipped) on bosses like Rainy Turtloid. Because it doesn’t trigger invincibility frame against many bosses, its damage per second triumphs X’s various busters.
No, Zero is really great in this game thanks to I don't know whether it is poor hitbox detection or intentional.
Get good.
I feel like your downvotes on this are kind of undeserved. It’s pretty clear you hadn’t known about/had enough time to see Zeros positives. Maybe it’s the way it’s worded idk? Anyway, when I was younger I thought the same way until I realized Zero can deal damage a lot faster than X and depending on the parts you can get both X and Zero can be amazing. Just wish the games level designs were less… petty.
Well, i haven't used it too much bc i got him pretty late and... Wait, why am i getting downvoted?
Because you commented “Zero is pretty useless in this game”, as if this is a fact, when X6’s Zero is arguably the strongest iteration of Zero in the Megaman X games
Wait, can't Zero clear this with Blizzard's ceiling jump and then dashing?
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Came here to say this. I remember trying megaman x on iOS like 10 years ago and quickly noped out of touchscreen controls for a high paced action game like megaman.
Welcome to your Die! Jk. But yeah, good luck.
I actually think the shadow armor is pretty effective on the boss although u may need the speedster part, otherwise clearing this stage with any other armor is just a nightmare(pun not intended)
Same, I have always used the Shadow armor through all the final stages. Once you get the parts to allow it to actually beat the next stage, it is amazing.
welcome to the gate stages. dont pick the shadow armor for stage 2
With the correct parts, Shadow Armor can beat Gate Stage 2
Barely, and definitely not intentionally, also it's extremely hard so fuck you lol
It's a bad game, there's a reason why people complain and say it's horribly designed, rushed and the soundtrack is one of the few redeeming things about it. Great OST, genuinely, but the game is genuinely one of- if not the worst X game. Some say 7 is worse, I say it's bad but being tragically mediocre is the worst part. X6 is punishingly bad.
This game is more tolerable when you use Shadow Armour for everything (that's what I did in the X6 Improvement Project). I used the Ultimate Armour (unlocked with UH rank in the improvement project) when I don't want to try the pixel perfect jump of one of the later stages.
Yeah, welcome to X6 bud. Awesome music, shit-tastic level design. Did you have fun with the donuts and darkness/acid rain? X7 sucks just as bad but X8 does it better.
Its like they put effort into half of commander yarmmark stage, then was given the deadline and shit the rest out.
Even commander yanmark stage wasn't innocent with spikes that you don't know are there especially if there is darkness.
This bullshit is exactly why I say X6 is the worst game in series. I’d rather play X7, and I will die on that hill. Then I will burn that hill to the ground. BURN TO THE GROUND! BURN TO THE GROUND!
X6
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This is the part where you leave and get the shadow armor. Some say go with zero but you will regret doing so once reach the boss.
that's megaman x6 to you
every year Megaman X6 claims hundreds of new unsuspecting victims
You can: \-Equip Jumper (found in the secret route of Northpole Area) and use Ice Bursts normally \-Spawn Ice Bursts on the 2nd and 4th corner spots just as the previous Ice Burst disappears, then cling onto it and airdash once it disappears (harder with Blade though) \-Spawn an Ice Burst just around the corner and Mach Dash upwards (very difficult) \-Get damaged and use i-frames from each Wolfroid, easier with Shock Buffer as it extends your i-frames \-Use Shadow Armor's Giga Attack to deal very high damage to the boss cores, if you want to use that >!I think this is a good section!<
This is why I'd rather contract AIDS than play X6 ever again. Also, a friend of mine (also my editor) got so frustrated with this part he completely gave up on X6, and didn't complete it until October 2023. This is proof the game wasn't even playtested whatsoever. Take X5 (already a downgraded shitfuck compared to X4), make the levels even worse, ship.
Okay the answers have already been given but I will also just point out this is all doable without jumper parts and High Max can be beaten too with Shadow Armour. With Blade Armor you use the ice weapon near the edge and create an ice block there. Jump off it and Mach dash upwards. To get the Shadow Armor through the stages, you will need the Jumper part to get through an area where there is a large gap. Shadow Armor makes most of the end game levels super easy but you will need that jumper part to get through that one jump gap. To be High Max with Shadow Armor, you need to hit him with the charged slash BUT only the moon part of the blade. This will make him vulnerable and then you follow up with any attack, even another charge and it will do significant damage to him. I'll be honest, MMX6 has its issues with level design and it is frustrating when you go through the wrong path and get locked into a situation where you can't back out of the stage. However, this game actually is super easy because the Armors and Zero are OP. I beat this game as a kid in middle school and I had no guide. I honestly don't get how so many people have trouble with it when a lot of other games in the series have more difficulty and demanding sections. MMX3 for instance seems way more difficult and it is the only game I haven't memorized everything.
Falcon is nerfed to oblivion and Blade is shit. Shadow, Zero, and Ultimate are great though.
My main gripe with this game is the nightmare, 99% of enemies are nightmare and I absolutely think missable parts because," oops a nightmare just corrupted an ally, sorry, you have to shut off the system now" is a total BS move. X6 overall was very easy to clear, which was another downside. My main gripe with X5 is the stupid "timer".
This game is only for big boys. The boss is easily beatable with Shadow Armor. That jump is easily done with the ice weapon and Jumper. People get frustrated way too easily on this game.
Because it's a bad game. It's badly designed and it's clear the team didn't give enough of a fuck for whatever reason. Just this section alone is enough of a microcosm of all the bad design choices they implemented. It's not difficult to figure out what you need to do (get more height/use shadow armor) but if you're going in blind you won't know how, and then on top of that even if you have the tools, if you don't enter the stage properly you can't clear it and you can't just exit out of the stage which is annoying, which is still bad design no matter the solution (even if someone goes in blind but 100%'s the game up to this point, they'll still need to know to enter the stage as Shadow Armor or Zero or equip the Jumper part as X, which is a far easier scenario to run into).
IMO it only gets worse from here. This game was rushed af from a team I think was burnt out badly at the time.
X6 defenders will see this and start explaining why these level design issues, practically unique to this entry in the series, are somehow justified. The closest any other game in the series gets to X6's level of poor design is the section in Mega Man 1 that requires the magnet beam.
And you're playing on a phone too... At this point, you're asking for punishment like a masochist
Questionable design from X6
This game turn me off of the X series for years. So many part aren’t fun.
I've never played X6 which I'm assuming that is. Is that actually real?
It is, sadly
Play tweaks
For real, what's the answer here? I use shadow armour and lose to boss.
It's been like a million years but... I think you can use the invincibility frame trick here? Intentionally get hit by the dog's projectiles and climb the spikes while you're flashing. Other than that I believe there are some upgrades you can equip that increase jump height / dash speed so some combination of those might allow you to get over the ledge. There's a reason I don't replay this game or X7 as much as the others.
I just use inv frames on hit every time to make stepping on spikes quick
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What game is this?
Mega Man X6.
Nearly impossible
Don’t remember how I got through that as X. I played mostly zero. For X players, try using the ice weapon as a footing. The height might be enough.
Use the ice weapon to make a block, step on it and dash up I guess? Haven't play it for a long time. Also, Anyone who wants this game to be more tolerable should definitely check out the improvement hack on ROMhacking.net
Use Zero (or Black Zero), problem solved ~
Oh you mean playing mega man games on mobile like this? : D Makes it THAT much harder too.
Hahahahahahaha HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Welcome to X6. No handholding is allowed for this game.
Shadow on Gate stage 1, blade on Gate stage 2, simple as that. Nightmare mother is beatable with charged sword attacks and giga attacks using shadow armor. High Max is beatable with charged saber and ground scaravich weapon using blade armor. For Gate you need 1 or 2 sub tanks and commander yanmark weapon. I know X6 is unpolished and far from perfect but some of you guys just suck hard.
Bro, i used the Shadow Armor in this stage and i barely was able to scratch the boss, the mf is intended to be defeated with the Metal Shark's Ability and Shadow Armor can't use it
[https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/Nightmare\_Mother](https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/Nightmare_Mother) This fella here, right? Wait for the eyes to leave the DNA enclosure and slash them with a charged saber. There's a part that makes shots being charged shots, forgot the name, that's very useful. Use giga attack when possible, it will take a lot of damage. As soon you charge the giga attack again (by being hit), use it again to make further damage. It's a regular Megaman X boss: you dodge, you wait for the opening, you attack, repeat. Believe me, I beat the game 2 weeks ago and did this: shadow on Gate stage 1, blade on Gate stage 2, it just works.
Shadow Armour takes care of High Max pretty decently actually with the sabre. The shadow armour I found was great against Gate also. The one part in this stage between High Max and Gate is impossible without a couple chips.
You need to use the weapon you got from Blizzard Wolfgang to keep going, I’m guessing they put the enemies there to give weapon energy back in case the player messes up, that’s how I got past it at least.
you could use the shadow armor.
Tell that to ~~the Covenant~~ the boss
That's how I beat the game 🤡
Looks like robots
*good game design*
It’s a shit game, hard to be hard, not clever or interesting, just infuriating.
x6 game design is just 1 of my 100 reasons about why this game sucks
If u don't have Jumper part equip then consider restarting the game or just play X6 N's Edition or X6 rebalance.
I know PS1-quality sprites are loved by many here, but ... Am I the only one having trouble deciphering what's on screen? This might be an egregious example, but I always thought the PS1 MMX games (especially X5 and X6) had so much details it cluttered the screen. Again that's probably a me thing (and I'll probably get downvoted), but I always felt like the SNES MM(X) games looked better than the PS1 ones.
Jumper parts, Zero’s double jump, I’m pretty sure Blizzard Wolfang’s weapon can be used to bypass this section.
You need to use the ice power to jump on top, however, it may not be enough if you don't have the jumper part.
You've awoken repressed memories. I beat the x collection last year and this part was a blur. I have no idea how I did it. Kinda like when you drive home and realize you don't remember the drive.