Mega Man X2 Walkthrough

Fastest Route For Item Collection
This is the fastest route to collect all of the 16 items in the game. Each step assumes you are defeating the boss at the end of that stage unless otherwise specified or they have already been defeated. It is recommended to die to exit Overdrive Ostrich's stage on the first visit as he may be too difficult for some players and his weakness will not yet have been acquired.


 * 1. Wire Sponge's stage.  Acquire heart and energy tank.  (2 / 16 items)
 * 2. Wheel Gator's stage.  (None)
 * 3. Overdrive Ostrich's stage.  Acquire heart and Air Dash.  (Die to exit stage)  (4 / 16 items)
 * 4. Bubble Crab's stage.  Acquire heart.  (5 / 16 items)
 * 5. Flame Stag's stage.  Acquire heart and energy tank.  (7 / 16 items)
 * 6. Wheel Gator's stage.  Acquire heart and X-Buster.  (9 / 16 items)
 * 7. Bubble Crab's stage.  Acquire energy tank.  (10 / 16 items)
 * 8. Morph Moth's stage.  Acquire armor upgrade.  (11 / 16 items)
 * 9. Magna Centipede's stage.  Acquire heart and energy tank.  (13 / 16 items)
 * 10. Crystal Snail's stage. Acquire heart and helmet scanner.  (15 / 16 items)
 * 11. Morph Moth's stage.  Acquire heart.  (16 / 16 items)
 * 12. Overdrive Ostrich's stage.  (None)

Return to Central Computer (Final Battle)
This is the same stage as Magna Centipede's stage (except the music is from the intro stage, if you listen carefully)! So for the walkthrough, refer to the first visit. The stage is the same until you reach where Chop Register was. If you didn't get the Zero Parts, you'll face... ZERO! Zero is HARD. He fires charged and normal Z-Buster shots, slashes with his Z-Saber, does Z-Impact, where he slams his saber into the ground, which causes debris to spray. Worst of all, he blocks every weapon! He can only be hit when he fires his buster or has his back to the screen. You only need to deplete his energy column until he has 1 bar left, then you win. If you collected all the Zero Parts, there will be a black Zero instead, which Zero destroys. Either way, he'll destroy a section of the floor, and he tells X to go after Sigma, while he tries to destroy the Central Computer. Drop into the hole and when you hit the bottom, the fight with Sigma will begin. Sigma will somtimes dash at you, then slash with his claws. He'll also fire electric shots. They home in to where X is located. Luckily, they only need to lock on to X, so scatter the shots. It's best to stay away from Sigma and fire at him with charge shots. When he's low on health, he'll gain a new attack: Nightshade Electric Spark. This acts exactly like the Electric Spark's charge shot from Mega Man X1. Stay on the top to avoid this. When Sigma's defeated, it's not over yet. Sigma finally reveals his true form: the Sigma Virus. In this form, Sigma is a giant wireframe version of his head. You'll notice that this form of Sigma does not have a energy column, so this is more like a miniboss fight. There is, however, a way to find out how much health he has left: His color. When he's green, Sigma has eather full health or he has lost very little health. Sigma goes from green to light blue to dark blue to orange to red and finally to dark red. Sigma reflects almost all weapons, except for the Strike Chain, the Shoryuken (which you can use if you want to be cheap), and Level 3 or higher X-Buster shots. He'll use Viral Laser, where he fires a laser straight down. He also uses Viral Summon Shot, where he fires blue wireframe orbs that become eather Scrivers, Tiranoses, or Fisherns. When he's red or dark red, he'll use his ultimate attack: Error and Delete. He'll appear on X and drain X's health. Don't give up when he uses this, just keep attacking him. Sigma takes 56 hits in his virus form. Now watch the ending.