After taking on Frost Walrus, we deal with the craziness that is trying to get everything in Jet Stingray's stage before taking on Slash Beast.
All maps by X GOD.
Snow Base (continued)
To beat Frost Walrus, equip Rising Fire and fire it when you're right under his arm.
When Frost Walrus slides forward, do a dashing wall jump over him as he will not stop until he hits the wall.
Frost Walrus' freeze breath will create an icicle that he will shoot at you. Thankfully, it's very easy to take out, but if you can't get near where it lands so the six smaller icicles it splits into won't hit you.
Beating Frost Walrus as X will give you Frost Tower. It creates a huge ice block that acts as a shield, but it can also trap enemies if they're caught in the arctic chill while you create it.
Marine Base
Believe it or not, Area 1 and Area 2 maps are the same area.
You'll be on a jet-bike here. Keep on firing so you can take out any enemies when necessary. If you go up or down a slope, the projectiles will tilt upwards or downwards accordingly. Be ready to jump over pits.
Watch out for the bombs. If you run into them, you're going to take damage.
There are tons of ways to die, and you won't be able to heal yourself, so bring plenty of lives.
Halfway through this part, you'll see an upper path and a lower path. Jump and juke around so that you land on the lower path and get the Heart Tank.
Press the Dash button (Circle) while in the air to stay airborne a little longer.
The bridges explode when you take them. Shoot down the walls to get them out of your way.
Now for the second area.
You'll be outside and in the water, Shoot down all the jet bikers as well as any bombs that are in your way. Be ready to jump through gaps in the walls so you don't get crushed by the screen scrolling.
As you take to the water, you'll meet Jet Stingray. For the first time, you meet the stage boss before the end. Avoid or shoot down the miniature stingrays that he shoots at you.
Near the end, Jet Stingray will lower himself to the lower-left and attack you from behind with stingrays that skim the water. Stay away from him and the projectiles, and be ready to jump to a platform, then jump again and dash. You'll get a Sub-Tank if you can pull it off. Once you've seen three yellow boxes (a single box followed by a pair of them), you'll know when to gun it for the Sub-Tank.
Unlike the previous three games, you only get two Sub-Tanks and one W-Tank...so be careful.
Sadly, you won't be able to damage Jet Stingray until you take him on for real. (Sorry.) You'll be able to heal yourself fully before taking on Jet Stingray, so take the opportunity to do so after the hardest Maverick level in the game.
Jump up and get close to Jet Stingray and use Frost Tower. You'll freeze him if the chilling crystal touches him. When he jumps up after breaking out of the ice, be ready to jump up and hit him with it again. If you can keep the rhythm going, you can beat Jet Stingray without him landing a single attack. (This isn't the only aquatic enemy that this happened with in the series. Toxic Seahorse fell the same way with Frost Shield in the third game.)
Jet Stingray will dive at you, fly up and down the screen and also shoot Ground Hunter at you if you let him...but he's so easy to beat with Frost Tower if you know what to do.
Beating Jet Stingray with X gives you Ground Hunter. It's the miniature stingrays you've seen Jet Stingray shoot at you. They move across the ground and is effective against enemies on walls and floors. Press Down while the Stingrays are on the screen to command them to fall.
Military Train
You'll be destroying crates and shooting Mettaurs at the beginning. When you reach the first car coupling, a soldier will bomb it. Quickly dash jump to the next car! You'll be doing this a couple of times.
The turrets will shoot lasers. When they charge up, stay away and low enough so that the lasers go right over your head.
The mini-boss is a purple car with three spikes. Shoot at the middle spike first, then go for the top and then the bottom. The spikes will still stab at you, but that's all they'll do. Once you've destroyed all three, you'll enter the tunnel leading to the second area.
You'll be taking on a lot of Robot Ride soldiers here. You'll also find a Robot Ride armor that you can ride. Get in it and destroy the brown train cars. One of them contains a heart tank.
The blue boxes with the lion head on them can only be destroyed with the Robot Ride armor.
When you reach the head car, the train will stop. Go to the next train, avoiding the bottomless pits as you go.
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