Time to show off the rest of the pink capsules before we go off to Dr. Doppler's lair!
Gravity Beetle
Remember those boxes we couldn't break near the end? You'll need the Hawk armor to break it. Shoot down the boxes and double-jump to fly across the pit before jumping out of the and you'll reach another pink capsule. This one will give you the Arm Chip, which gives you the Hyper Combo (H.Combo) which lets you shoot nothing but powered-up X-Buster shots while you have it equipped and as long as you have energy for it. To give it energy, however, you have to take damage.
Blast Hornet
After the elevator at the start, go up to the Robot Ride armor and equip the Hawk Armor. From there, go back down, dash jump to the right and hover. You'll find the pink capsule for the Head Chip, which allows you to recover energy while you're standing still. Not only does this refill your health, but it also allows you to refill your Sub-Tanks slowly, although the game does not tell you about that last part. Talk about breaking the game.
Dr. Doppler Stage 1
Dr. Doppler has pulled out some of the stops to make sure you don't get very far. Tread carefully near the spiked ceilings, as some of them will lower as you're moving to the right and also making crucial jumps.
The first mini-boss is a guy on a dinosaur head tank. If Zero is alive, he'll try to stop the crushing ceiling. Otherwise, you'll have to race against time. This guy can easily be defeated with four shots of the Acid Burst.
The second section has a wide open area, where you can find some energy and power-ups if you know where to look.
When you see the pile of metal, you'll see the first of a few chutes that drops spiked metal balls that will roll toward you. You'll find something in the left side of the pit before this, which will be mentioned later.
If you beat Bit and Byte with their weaknesses, the boss will be some sort of crusher robot that commands a conveyor belt. You'll not only have to deal with this thing, but you'll also have to deal with the chute above that moves back and forth and shoots out robots that can fire at you. It was also shoot metal blocks that can be used as platforms. If you use the Parasitic Bomb on these robots, you can send the robots directly into the crusher's head (something that I completely forgot about here).
Aim for the head of of the crusher on the right, and do not let this thing grab you. You'll also want to avoid the metal object that shoot downward from the chute above. The trunk of the crusher also shoots miniature acid rounds, which you'll also want to avoid. And of course, you're on a conveyor belt that leads to a set of grinding spikes that are instant death.
You can damage the trunk, but it's not recommended. When and if you do enough damage to the trunk, the trunk will come off and a pool of acid from the acid rounds it can fire will cover the floor. You'll want to stay on the wall and keep shooting at the head with the X-Buster if that happens. Be sure to use your Sub-Tanks, because you're going to need them here.
The Ray Splasher, Frost Shield, Tornado Fang and Spinning Blade do the most damage. Pick one and fire away.
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