So after beating all 8 Robot Master and collecting all 40 Bolts for Roll, I finally decided to enter the 8th Wily Tower.
And how does its first stage start out? Why, with another "JUMP! JUMP! SLIDE! SLIDE!" course, of course! This takes up about two-thirds of the whole level, with the last third mainly involving using the Thunder Claw to swing over bottomless pits.
Remember, none of the Wily Tower stages have Bolts.
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The boss of this stage is called Atetemio. Some of your weapons will work against it, but the one that works best is, surprisingly, the Mega Ball. Just aim it just right to hit the boss with it as it appears from the top of the screen.
There will be other things to hit besides Atetemio. Those yellow/pink/green cylinders shoot out rockets, and the ones that are purple instead of green launch bouncy bombs, but you can destroy them all to stop that. There are also blue and yellow crates with an X on them. Break them open to get more Weapon Energy, and a lot of it, too!
As Atetemio runs out of health, a fake one will start appear alongside it. If you hit the fake, it will crash to the ground to unleash a shockwave on both sides. You can jump to dodge it, but it might be harder to do if you also have those rockets and bombs to dodge, too.
Keep kicking your balls at Atetemio, and eventually he'll give in and give up, allow you to move onto Wily Tower 2.
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