Now that we've got one of the Zero Parts, it's on to get the other two will fighting off this new batch of Mavericks.
Overdrive Ostrich (continued)
Jump on the jetbike. You won't be able to take damage while you're on, so keep shooting the entire time so you can push the barriers down and not crash into a wall. You'll run into a sandstorm that makes it harder to see, but it's not really all that bad. When you make it into the next building, take the top path. You'll get the Heart Tank, but you'll immediately crash into the spiked wall and die from touching the spikes. At least you got the Heart Tank.
Crash your bike and then head up the wall to the blocks underneath where the Heart Tank was. Destroy the blocks with Spin Wheel and you'll reveal a path to the Air Dash ability. Take it. It'll come in handy later.
After this, you can head out of here and continue normally. When you reach the rocket, X will automatically destroy it. You'll be back in the desert, and you'll take on Overdrive Ostrich.
Overdrive Ostrich will leap around. You'll want to be under him when he jumps, and that's easier to do when he's going downhill. If he's going up hill, stay away from him until you reach a downward slope and quickly position yourself so that he'll jump right over you, as it is easier for him to hit you while going up a slope. All the while, he mixes it up with two attacks: one where he fires a Sonic Slicer wave out out of his mouth and another where he fires one upwards that turns into four bigger Sonic Slicers that come down around where he fired it.
Sometimes Overdrive Ostrich will run away and run through the background. When he stops, he's going to leap back to where you are. Avoid him and carry on with the battle.
He's also easy to beat with the X-Buster (preferably if you have the upgrade for it), but the Crystal Hunter from Crystal Snail's stage does the most damage.
Beating Overdrive Ostrich gives you the Sonic Slicer. It works much like the boss's regular mouth shot. Powering it up works much like Overdrive Ostrich's other attack - four Sonic Slices come down from above.
Bubble Crab
The bats from Armored Armadillo's stage in the first game are back, and they just fly at you like before. The fish you see as soon as you go underwater just swim back and forth and are just as easy to destroy.
Take out the fish tank with the Sonic Slicer, and destroy the radar light at the bottom first so that you don't get hit by a laser. Take the rest of the tank out afterward as you follow it around. Along the way you'll also meet up with jellyfish robots and columns that look like missiles.
When you hit a wall, you'll see the regular path. If you keep going up, you'll find the X-Hunter area, which is where we're going at first.
Agile will do a jump slice with his sword and shoot an energy beam, before slashing his way to the other side of the room. He tracks you before doing the energy beam thing, so if you jump off the wall before he does it, it'll be easier to avoid.
If you can time it right, you can repeatedly jump off the wall and trap Agile into doing the energy beam as long as you continuously jump off of it. This makes defeating Agile with the X-Buster a lot easier.
Beating Agile gives you Zero Part No. 03.
You'll soon meet Bubble Crab. Bubble Crab will cause the water level in the room to rise and lower every so often, making it harder to jump over him at times. Use the Spin Wheel to break through the bubble he encases himself in (and uses his main Bubble Splash weapon) and cause some major damage. Bubble Crab jumps around a lot for his attacks, but it's easy to anticipate where he'll land.
Sometimes Bubble Crab will shoot two crabs inside of bubbles to the surface. If they're left alone long enough, they'll suddenly pop out of the bubbles and fly right at you. It takes a while for that to happen, though, so keep an eye on them if you can't shoot them down.
Beating Bubble Crab will give you the Bubble Splash. It lets you shoot bubbles that go upwards, and the colors on them are rather excellent. Powering it up lets you jump higher in water.
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