Mega Man X2/Desert Base

Items

 * Leg Upgrade
 * Heart Tank

Stage walkthrough
Now that we've got a saw wheel we're gonna head to the Desert Base and Fight Overdrive Ostrich.

Right away you'll find a small wall that if shot with the x-buster will turn into a ramp. If you shoot the wall the [pig motor cycle robot] can't proceed. Bust him and the scorpion bot that follows.

To the right of the ladder down you'll see a dirt wall that your Saw wheel can 'mine' thru. If you go thru here you'll find the secret boss area where you can fight Violen.

He might look like a pug, but he can be tough at this point with how few health upgrades you have. He has a few moves to watch out for. He can jump up high and rain down an arc of shots. You can dash between the shots, or climb the wall to his back.

He sometimes shoots at you on the ground, you can climb the wall and drop down in between the gaps in the shots to avoid this.

His last move is to fling a spike ball on a chain around the room. It initially goes to where you were at, so dashing back and forth while taking shots where you can helps.

After some judicious x-busting, he bails and drops the first of three Zero parts.

After leaving the room you now make your way back to the left and go down the ladders. Bust some one wheeled robo-bacon and make your way to a hover-bike like the one you rode at the beginning of the game.

As you ride up, you can drive over spikes and spam y to blast more pig-cycles. When you get to the top you'll need to blast down another ramp. You can also go left to a strange room, but you'll need the silk web charge shot to find the hidden health units up here.

As you continue on watch the road for motorcycles, just like real life. Unlike real life, blast them, hit a ramp, jump the sand generator, and just keep spamming the shot to keep lowering the ramps. This part gets tricky. Each ramp you come to you need to shoot to knock down and also hit a to boost the bike for maximum jump. If you can manage it you'll get the bike across the chasm, shoot another wall jump (dont boost), go into a series of mini jumps inside the base, and finally to a death spike trap. Make sure to turn the bike around before you ram into spikes.

Well I'll bet you had as much fun as I did burning lives and loading save states.

Now continue right and find yet more suspicious blocks that you can saw thru with saw wheel. Here you'll find some sweet new red and white kicks, Thanks Dr. Light, even dead you still manage to make some pretty slick duds. Now you can dash easily in the air.

Continue on right, blow up that rocket and keep those pesky reploids from starting their space program.

Now it's time to make short work of this bird with your new found air dash. He's pretty easy, at this point I just used the x buster's upgraded double shot. When he get's close I usually just dash away so he jumps in from the background. You can also dash to the high point on the hill and jump then air dash over him. Occasionally he will jump up and rain down easily avoidable sonic shots from above.

Next stop, either bubble crab and Agile (if you're going for speed) or Wire Sponge if you're going the easy path.

Maverick Boss: Overdrive Ostrich

 * Weakness: Crystal Hunter