We're really making progress now.
Neon Tiger (continued)
The robots that encase themselves under glass domes will shoot lightning balls at you. Like the ones from the blue crab robots, these lightning balls will pack a punch.
Gravity Beetle
The first section takes place in some hangars.
After the first set of doors, you'll climb up a ladder. Wall jump up the left wall, dash jump to the right and dash straight-up in mid-air to reach a strange icon with a small blue "F" on it. You'll find out what this does soon enough.
On the plane, the wheel enemies from the first X game are reprised. This time, they're green and they sprout blades across their bodies when you come close enough.
After the second door, you'll find the platform we saw in Blizzard Buffalo. Since you have that strange "F" icon now, I'll go ahead and mention what it is: it's the Robot Ride platforms. Instead of having to steal one, you have to go to one of these platforms and use one of the icons for the Robot Ride Armors you found to choose that armor. Different Robot Rides obviously have different powers. The "F" icon is the Frog Robot Ride armor, which allows for aquatic "flight" in underwater areas. Unfortunately, you need the Normal armor to even use these things, and we'll find these soon enough.
Near the end are some boxes that act as a wall. You'll need to use a Robot Ride armor to break that, but that won't be happening yet.
Gravity Beetle is weak to the Ray Splasher, but if you don't have it, the fight against him is going to be much harder. Gravity Beetle will throw gravity voids at you that bounce off the walls a few times and can cause some major damage. You'll have to keep him as far away from you as possible as you whittle away at your health bar. Sometimes he'll have two of those voids on the screen at once. He also has a tackle attack where he flashes sickly colors much like Tunnel Rhino does during some of his tackles, and predictably, he's also invulnerable when he flashes that way.
When he's down to about half health, Gravity Beetle will then throw a black hole into the ceiling. If you leap into it, it will hurt, so stay low when you jump over and dash past him.
Beating Gravity Beetle will award you with the Gravity Well. This weapon will attack any airbone enemies and destroy them, and will try to suck in their parts as long as its onscreen.
Volt Catfish
The laser guides will hit you when you pass through them...or try to. Dash forward when you're right next to the lasers to get past them.
This part is optional. There is an elevator after the start takes you down. Avoid touching the spiked walls as you ride it, then go left when it reaches the bottom. You'll find a strange yellow-and-purple capsule. Although this capsule is in other stages (especially Blizzard Buffalo, where I've usually found it), this is the easiest place to find this capsule and therefore this will be the only location for it that I will mention.
Going inside it will take you to a rather dingy place. Make your way from point A to point B, and for Pete's sake, take the lift. That way you can keep from taking damage due to the falling rocks coming from up the lift shaft.
When you make it to the end, you'll meet Vile. He's not only brought back to life, he also has a blue color theme going on instead of a purple one. He's also got his own Robot Ride armor with spike hands (yet again) and you'll find out you're in a factory that's set to blow in a matter of minutes.
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