Game:

Mega Man (1987)

Duration: 2:50

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This stage is pretty rough. It feels like there's a lot of enemies that're REALLY in the way. Especially those Gravitons. The Homing Sniper homes in on the little drops so a lot of the time, it'd go way out of the way instead of hitting what you want to. So my strategy is to just spray and pray baybee. It's not very elegant nor is it 100% consistent. But it gets the job done most of the time, I'd say. Overall, I'd say this stage is one of those where if you take it slow and steady, it's not that bad, but going fast, you're gonna need a lot of planning and luck.

This stage is also home to some pretty difficult Yoku Block segments. Doing them can be pretty hard because it feels like the blocks disappear pretty quickly and skipping them can be pretty hard too. It might actually end up being faster to do some of the Yoku Block segments instead of skipping them with Rush Jet, but it's pretty hard and scary. The ones in some of the long rooms especially. Since their timers start as soon as you enter the room, if you make a mistake, you might end up having to wait a cycle.

By far, the most annoying enemy in this stage is the Bomb Fliers. Especially in the first few rooms. It feels like they're on a generator and they come in at your height at regular intervals. It just so happens that they end up being in really annoying places, right in front of enemies and stuff. They end up blocking shots and you don't really want to wait for them to pass by.

Then we get to Shinsopod What! and Shinkhangel Where!. They're actually not that bad except for the last phase. First you want to spam bullets at Shinkhangel Where!. It has a lot of health, but no i-frames, so just hammer that shoot button. I summon Beat as well for a bit of extra DPS. Once Shinsopod What! becomes vulnerable, you can throw Search Snake at it. It dies in three hits to Search Snake which is cool. But for the last phase, Shinkangel Where! never seems to be at the right height for spamming the Mega Buster at it, so I go with Homing Sniper. As far as I'm all weapons only do 1 damage to it.

This run beats the previous normal record, PineappleDerp's 2:37. Honestly, that's a really good time. A lot has to go right for that, and in a stage where so much is happening, it can be hard to come by a good time. For improvements, I feel like there's a whole bunch. Like better doing better with the Yoku Blocks. And the fully underwater room never seems to go well for me. The biggest source of time save is probably the boss though. I botched it pretty good with me fumbling around the weapons so much. I should've probably thrown Homing Sniper on the Weapon Wheel too.

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