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Thanks! That section is quite tough to do quickly. It makes sense that it houses one of the more powerful Cyber-Elves.

Thanks! Using Model a during boss fights does take a lot of patience. It's much more suited to fighting regular enemies, so if you ever want to give it a try, I recommend picking any stage and messing around with it to see what you can come up with.

Thank you! For all of my Zero/ZX stuff, I play using Retroarch. I find emulation much more convenient for recording purposes. For ZXA specifically, I use the undub romhack.

Glad I could help you discover some new tricks. That's the beauty of Mega Man in general. There are always new and interesting ways you can approach stages and bosses, no matter how many times you play.

DZ3 never fails to amaze

I honestly can't recall if I knew about the secret rooms before, but even if I did, I certainly forgot about them. For this run, I made sure to reference a map so that I could commit the route to memory and ensure I didn't miss any items.

Thank you very much!

I'm glad you enjoyed it! Full item collection runs aren't something I typically do, but this one ended up being quite interesting, so I'll consider doing more in the future.

Skipping the first few platforms and hooking onto that one saves a lot of trouble. Generally, you want to minimize the amount of precision swinging with the Chain Rod, as it's quite difficult to get right, even after extensive practice. Thanks again for the suggestion, it was fun to work on.

Yup. There are a few reasons why, but I find that aiming for one video per week works well for me, especially when trying to complete particularly difficult ideas like this one.

@@DZ-Three I see.

To be fair to Model ZX, it does have the intro portion where Powmettaur gets bonked in the head. Still, ZX taking roughly a third of the runtime on its own is indeed funny.

Dark Skies while fighting Powmettaur is hilarious. I wouldn't be able to focus at all.

Thank you! I only recently discovered the rapid-fire trick with PX myself. It's certainly a very handy technique to know.

Yup, the Metall Daddy in MM4 was unquestionably the inspiration for Powmettaur. I also think Metall Daddy is more challenging; Mega Man has some pretty solid weapons in MM4, but there's nothing that matches the offensive power of stuff like Model HX.

@@DZ-Three Yeah, though I actually enjoy your Model FX showcase the most, you destroying that Powmettaur with just one Ground Breaker W attack and the 2nd fight where you do Buster Edit to change your shots and shoot backwards. Also you did mention MegaMan 4 weapons yes? Well not as great as MegaMan 9 Weapons Archive but still decent regardless, even Skull Barrier which is the weakest weapon imo still have its uses.

Thanks! Even when knowing exactly which moves to go for, there is some inconsistency in the OX combo since the exact damage you deal with each Arc Blade is difficult to control. The timing on the Rekkoha finish is tricky too; you want to land Ryuenjin just before Powmettaur hides so that the flame effect keeps you safe until it emerges.

Yup, I do try to come up with as many fun ideas as I can. I hope that the things I showed here end up helping you.

Always has been

Inti certainly loves making callbacks to their previous games. The obvious one in ZX is the incorporation of Dr. Weil's theme into "Fate - deep-seated grudge."

@@DZ-Three can't wait for more in ZXC!!!

@@enderslayer0848 Yup, I'm also looking forward to the year 2058.

It's quite a tricky combo to get. Aside from the perilous platforming required to avoid the spikes, it's also quite easy to fire the dart at the wrong time and have it bounce off the ledge instead of hitting the Roll Cannon.

Thank you! I appreciate the kind words; I did my best to get as creative as I could with the various weapons and skills available. Guard Counters are certainly an interesting mechanic. Inti did a good job with making them entirely optional since every S+ is possible without ever having to go for one.

Thanks! The acceleration, speed, and homing properties of the ring Elpizo fires can be pretty wacky at times, but that's what makes it a fun attack to manipulate and dodge.

Zero will be credited as the discoverer of the "Infinite Energy Pantheon Principle".

I did briefly consider redoing it after seeing that, but despite this playful nature of this fight, there are actually a few precise moments. A detail you might appreciate is that the charged slash I use at 1:19 was a frame-perfect release. I'm not sure if it's actually necessary to be that precise, but it certainly did cost me a few attempts.

Even worse, X's armors were all made by Dr. Light, so they're especially rare and valuable.

Elpizo's story is rather tragic. He constantly finds himself in unfortunate scenarios, and ideas like this one certainly don't help. The reason I came up with this specific idea is that I realized that I'd never showcased Filter Shield in any capacity prior to this; in a normal run, it has no application at all. I knew Elpizo would be a good choice since I already have an old video where I beat him with a reflected shot from a Pantheon Hunter. That's how this "fight" came to be.

Yeah the economy in 22xx is just that awful

The Ultimate Form is an expensive thing to acquire. Gotta fund it somehow.

Yup, it's a lot of fun to time your jump correctly and land tons of hits with it.

Thanks!

Indeed. The time you spend in the air also serves to bait Inarabitta into firing his next set of missiles in the wrong direction. It's interesting how Ryuenjin's horizontal and vertical momentum work out perfectly for this particular combo.

I wasn't quite satisfied with FX having just the Overdrive method, so once I realized that I could punch Inarabitta out of the sky, I was dead set on performing that whole routine. Nice to hear that my efforts paid off.

Thank you!

I can certainly see how you'd get that impression, but I'm glad that you still enjoyed it. I think it'd be neat to do combos with multiple Biometals if you could seamlessly switch with no pause in the action. ZXA comes close with its touchscreen switching, but there's still a delay.

I'm always glad to hear that I can inspire others to pick up these games. The missile dodging is definitely unnecessary but fun to pull off.

ESPECIALLY THAT COMBO FROM OMEGA CHILL

I consider it payback for the whole submarine chase in MMZ3.

Thanks for sharing your notes! It's good to have the exact numbers available for those who are interested in the precise details. For anyone that wants a good example of the 6-hit counter in action, go to 00:15 and play the video frame-by-frame. You'll see that the Shuriken hits Flammole twice, then escapes the range of his hitbox for 10 frames. This is more than enough time to refresh the counter. Afterward, the Shuriken hits Flammole 6 times in a row without pause, and so it dissipates.