When I was fighting Neon Tiger, I was climbing up the walls when he was in the middle of the screen, because the usual tactic I use to dodge his shots doesn't work when he is in the middle of the screen. The only exception is Toxic Seahorse, if you use the charged frost shield, Toxic Seahorse takes one less hit to kill. I mostly use the non-charged versions of special weapons because the charged versions are usually slower in a boss battle. This run could definitely be improved, but I'm not really motivated enough to do so. In addition, the tornado fang is needed to obtain both the arm upgrade and the robot armors, which in turn are needed to acquire more items. Going back to Tunnel Rhino's stage isn't a big waste of time because the helmet upgrade adds time to every stage you enter. Going back to Gravity Beetle's stage is a smaller sacrifice to your time than going through the box segment in Blast Hornet's stage AND fighting Blast Hornet without his weakness.Ģ. There are two stage repeats in this run, but they work out well for these two reasons:ġ.

After completing the elevator segment of Doppler stage 2 (which I end up erring a bit) I feel like I have completed all of the challenging segments of this run, and to me the run is essentially over.Ībout this route, there might be a better one but I highly doubt it. Having all those items makes me feel invincible, and I know I shouldn't be so complacent but it's like my subconscious just knows I'm overpowered and I stop caring.Ģ. My play is good up until the 2nd half of Doppler stage 2, where you might notice my level of play goes down. I also thank McBAIN for giving me the idea to take damage to get past the first elevator in Doppler stage 2 faster. Available in 3 versions: low quality, normal quality, and 60fps high quality.įirst off I have to give a big thanks for Radix for coming up with this route, without this route I probably wouldn't have bothered with this run.

Single-segment speed run of Mega Man X3 collecting all items, done on January 19 2005.

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