Mega Man 2
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Fighting the bosses
Order
Stars change
Tricks
Dr. Wily stage tips
Get lots of power ups and 1ups
Passwords
Fighting the bosses
Sent in by Nobie
The best way to defeat the Dragondroid is with a charged up atomic
fire and several little blasts afterwards. You'll destroy hi in a hurry.
The best weapons to use in the stages, not the Dr. Wily Skull Castle are
Bubble Man: Metal Blade (4 hits) Tip: Don't jump too high and just let him
have it.
Air Man: Leaf Shield (2 hits) Tip: Jump over and run under air shooters
and get a clear shot. When he starts jumping, stand all the way to the
left, because he'll stop right in front of you, and then turn around to
shoot, making him a sitting duck.
Quick Man: Time Stopper (Full meter knocks off half of Quick man's
energy) Tip: Run and shoot. Keep running and jump over the boomerangs
when they converge and spread. He's weak, so pummel him.
Heat Man: Bubble Lead (4 hits) Tip: Shoot as soon as possible, and then
jump over his Atomic Fire. Repeat. watch out, Crash bombs RESTORE
his energy.
Wood Man: Atomic Fire (1 fully charged hit) Tip: Jump forward over
his shields and fire rapidly! crash bombs can go through his shield.
Metal Man: Quick Boomerangs (4 hits) Tip: Run at him so he jumps over
and launches 1 metal blade. Jump in between the Metal Blade and fire
at metal Man. Repeat. And remember, other than that, he fires only
when you do.
Flash Man: Crash Bombs (2 explosions) Tip: Jump just as you hear the
pling sound, and always stay above him. Never make contact, unless
you want to sacrifice energy and lure him into a crash bomb "time bomb".
Crash man: Air Shooter (2 hits) Tip: Jump and shoot at point blank range
for guaranteed shots. the safer way is too shoot, and when he jumps
over and launches a crash bomb, run away from the bomb and shoot him
in mid-air. Remember, only one crash bomb can be on the screen at a time.
Sent in by Justin
Robot Dragon:
Use Quick Boomerang. Try to stay on the right-most blocks.
Detachable Walls:
Use Metal Blade. (Remember you can aim in any of eight directions!)
Guts Dozer:
Use Bubble Lead or Quick Boomerangs. You can safely stand on the front end.
Orb Room:
Use Crash Bombs. Be careful if you blow all the walls away you won't
have enough Crash Bomb energy to take care of the orbs. You can only afford
to take out the two walls that directly block the orbs (use the Items to
reach the rest), and even then you must enter the room with the Crash
Bomber fully charged. You can, however, take out some or all of the walls,
kill yourself, then recharge the Crash Bomber and come back to take
care of the orbs. (The orbs will come back the walls won't.) Also,
if you're having a hard time dodging their shots, try hitting START rapidly
right before they connect, and they'll go right through you!
Wily 1st time:
Use Metal Blade or your arm cannon.
Wily 2nd time:
Use Bubble Lead. Whatever you do, don't make contact with the alien
doing so will hack off about half of your energy. Notice the pattern in
which the creature moves (it's the same pattern that its holographic
projector makes after you defeat it, of course, since the alien was just
a hologram). It's moving in a figure 8. Keep this in mind and you should
escape with hardly a scratch.
Wood Man is invincible when using his Leaf Shield, except to the
Crash Bomb. If the bomb misses a leaf, it will pass through and
hit once. If it hits a leaf, it will explode and the explosions will
hit multiple times.
On a similar note, try luring Flash Man into a corner and latch a
Crash Bomb on the wall. As it explodes, it can hit him about 3
times if he stays in place.
Order
Sent in by Justin
It's hard to suggest an order because unlike most of the games in the
series, this one has no real pattern of "Use this weapon on this robot
and use that robot's weapon on the next robot..." on and on down the line.
In Mega Man 2 there are tons of ways you can complete the levels and
still have the weapon you need for the next battle. Here's just one of
those ways. (For beginners, you might want to start with Air Man instead.)
Metal Man (Use Metal Blade for a one-hit victory)
Air Man (Use arm cannon or Leaf Shield. Try standing behind him.)
Crash Man (Use Air Shooter)
Bubble Man (Use Metal Blade)
Heat Man (Use Bubble Lead)
Wood Man (Use a powered-up Atomic Fire or detonate a Crash Bomb on
Wood Man's Leaf Shield, not on the Robot Master himself. Either way can
get you a single-hit victory in normal mode, though doing it with a Crash
Bomb is a bit more difficult to pull off.)
Flash Man (Use Metal Blade)
Quick Man (Use Crash Bombs and/or the Time Stopper. Try firing a Crash
Bomb at a wall and standing right below it. Quick Man will come for you
and instead land on the explosion!)
Stars change
After you select which stage you are going to, and the screen that
shows the boss of that stage is on, press and hold the A and B Buttons,
then press Start. The stars above and below the picture of the boss
will change to the little bird-like creatures that inhabit many of the
stages.
Tricks
If you pause in the middle of a jump, you'll reset Mega Man's
downward velocity. If you press Start rapidly at the height of
a jump, you can coast for long distances. This also makes Mega
Man "phase out", causing most bullets to fly through you without
harm.
Use the above trick at the beginning of the final stage to fall
to the right. Then, keep running through the cave without
stopping. You should get through the dripping acid unharmed.
Dr. Wily stage tips
The fourth Dr. Wily stage is laced with holographic floors.
To spot floors that aren't real, use the Bubble Lead.
For the boss of this stage, when they all fire at once, try pausing
and unpause the game. The bullets will pass right through Mega Man.
Use the above trick at the beginning of the final stage to fall
to the right. Then, keep running through the cave without stopping.
You should get through the dripping acid unharmed.
Get lots of power ups and 1ups
Try using the Leaf Shield in areas where enemies will keep coming
and coming. Lots of power-ups and even 1-ups will be left behind.
Passwords
Sent in by Roger Crain
A 1, B5
C 3,4 Beaten 1 Robot
D 2,5
E 2,4,5
A 1
B Beaten 2 Robots
C 3,4
D 2,3,5
E 2,4,5
A 1
B Beaten 3 Robots
C 1,3,4
D 2,3,5
E 2,5
A 1
B Beaten 4 Robots
C 1,3,4
D 3,5
E 2,3,5
A 1
B Beaten 5 Robots
C 1,4
D 1,3,5
E 2,3,5
A 1
B 2 Beaten 6 Robots
C 1,3,4
D 1,3
E 2,3,5
A 1
B 2 Beaten 7 Robots
C 1,4,5
D 1,3
E 3,4
A 1
B 2,4 All Robots defeated
C 1,5
D 1,3
E 3,5
Sent in by Matt Tiblier
This is the best way that I found to beat them.
A1 B5 C34 D5 E1234 Air Man beat
A2 C145 D1 E1245 Crash Man beat
A3 B1 C125 D1 E235 Quick Man beat
A5 B234 C34 D24 E4 Metal Man beat
A5 B234 C34 D45 E4 Bubble Man beat
A5 B234 C134 D45 Heat Man beat
A5 B234 C13 D45 E2 Wood Man beat
A5 B24 C135 D45 E2 Flash Man beat
Sent in by Homer
A1,C4,5,D1,2,3,5,E1,4 Crash Man
A1, C3,4, D2,3,5, E1,2,4 Wood Man
A2, B1, C2,5, D1,2,4, E1,4 Metal Man
A1,C4,D1,2,3,5, E1,2,4 Bubble Man
A2,C2,5,D1,2,3,4, E1,2 Flash Man
A2,B1,5,C2,D1,2,4,E1,4 Quick Man
A2,B1,3,5,C2,D1,2,4, E4 Heat Man
Sent in by Lee Honeycutt
To skip directly to Dr. Wiley's Castle go to password and enter
in: A1, B2 and B4, C1, and C5, D1 and D3, E3 and E5
Sent in by LeGrand Lee
A1,B5,C4,D1,D2,D5,E1,E2,E4 Bubble Mans Bubble lead
A2,C1,C2,C5,D2,D3,E1,E2,E3 +Time Stopper
A1,B4,B5,C1,D1,D2,D5,E1,E2 +Boomerangs
A1,B4,B5,C1,D1,D2,D5,E2,E5 +Metal Blades
A1,B4,C1,D1,D2,D3,D5,E2,E5 +Leaf Shield
A1,B4,C1,D1,D3,D5,E2,E3,E5 +Air Shooter
A1,B4,C1,C5,D1,D3,D5,E3,E5 +Crash Bombs
Red dot on A1, B2, B4, C1, C4, D1, D3, E3, and E5. Start of
Dr. Wily's Skull
Castle.
For all weapons and items plus four energy tanks, enter the
password "A5 B2 B4 C1 C3 C5 D4 D5 E2"