Mega Man X/Chill Penguin: Difference between revisions

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'''Snow Mountain'''

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You'll soon come across an Axe Max. It is a stationary Mechaniloid equipped with an axe, and always stationed by a mechanical tree with three sections that keeps rebuilding itself. He'll swing at the regenerating stump with his axe, sending its sections flying in your direction. Each piece he launches will open up to reveal spikes, but they can be destroyed with Buster shots. You'll either have to shoot away at the stump sections to expose the Axe Max, or leap over the stump pieces entirely and bombard him with bullets, but the Axe Max will start swinging at you instead. The best way to take out this first one is to back up on the slope so you may position your Buster shots to make the projectiles go ''under'' the stump and hit his legs. If you are struck by a piece of the stump, the Axe Max will start laughing like a smug buffoon, but this will give you a perfect chance to blow it away with a Charge Shot!

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=== Mid-level ===

You'll soon run into a cave full of Batton Bone bats and Spikys, spiked wheels. The Batton Bones explode with one hit, but the Spikys are a bit more durable then you'd think and will take a little punishment before they get destroyed. Here's some helpful advice: if you hit a Spiky with a slightly charged Buster shot, the shot hits it with enough for to topple the Spiky on its side, and it needs a few seconds to right itself. Use that time to finish one off, but if you try this, the Spiky's leftover momentum makes it slide forward a little ways before it comes to a stop. On a sloped incline, knocking a Spiky over won't keep it from tumbling down very well.  

=== Leg Enhancement ===

'''''Please note that there is no way to avoid this upgrade beyond the realm of cheating. If you are attempting an enhancement-free run of the game, this is an unfortunate impasse.'''

After Dr. Light's hologram finishes speaking, it will shut off, and you can step inside. X will start to glow and the capsule will start streaming green data bits into his body. A flash of energy will hit the red receptor on the capsule dome, transferring a brand new set of armor plates onto X's legs and boots.  

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=== Boss Battle ===

One of the easier bosses of the game, Chill Penguin should only be able to damage you if you make a mistake like jumping in the way of fire. The best way to beat him is to let off a fully-charged blaster shot once you enter the room, then quickly scale the wall and continue to jump in the corner, as shown in the pictures. When you're in this spot, Chill Penguin will continue to launch attacks. Most of the time he'll create decoys of himself and either shoot ice pellets at them or slide around the room, instantly destroying them. Once you see him slide, jump down to the ground and shoot him with a fully-charged blaster shot. Scale the wall again and hide in the corner, and repeat this strategy.  

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Sometimes, he may pull the handle at the top of the room, which initiates a blizzard, either blowing you away from him or towards him. The blizzard will also push any decoys in the direction it is going. When you are getting blown towards him, simply keep dashing until you reach a wall, and then hide back in the corner. You can also get a free shot at him during the blizzard, so make sure you take it. Chill Penguin might jump around the room randomly, but if you hide in the corner, he should not be able to touch you. Once again, you can get another free shot off once he's jumping. Refer to the strategy above and you'll defeat Chill Penguin easily.  

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==Reward==

=== Weapon ===

Shotgun Ice! This fires a single blast of ice that shatters on impact, spraying five shards of ice that do the same amount of damage as the first projectile backwards.  You can fire this against walls to spray projectiles towards your enemies from various directions. If you obtain the X-Buster upgrade, you can charge Shotgun Ice to a second level and it will make a snowboard in the shape of Chill Penguin that you can ride for a while and send crashing into enemies.

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Without Chill Penguin around to regulate the conditions of the missile base in the Snow Mountain, its climate control is thrown into disarray. Some of its cooling systems were connected to the weapons plant factory Flame Mammoth oversees. The plant is particularly active, full of boiling hot molten metal and raw materials used to produce weapons. The factory pumps in the intensely cold air from the Snow Mountain to keep the plant's heat from building to dangerous temperatures, but now that there's nobody around to regulate the cold air being pumped into the factory, too much is flowing into it, which might just freeze up the works...

===Password Thus Far===

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