Saturday, October 21, 2017

ClementJ64 plays Mega Man X4 as Zero - Part 7 of 8


We've finally met Sigma again. Now let's take him out and go home.

All maps by X GOD.

Once you beat all eight Mavericks, enter the gold teleporter in the center and keep going right. You'll meet the hooded figure responsible for all this mess.

It was Sigma all along...and he's still alive. Apparently Dr. Doppler's efforts from the last game were in vain. Sigma shows up, gloating how his plan of pitting Repliforce and the Maverick Hunters was a stunning success and that he's finally able to pit the weapon the Repliforce used against Earth.

When you play as Zero, you get a cutscene that reveals some interesting backstory.

Sigma tells you that he was once leader of the Maverick Hunters...but then he fought Zero. Zero was originally Maverick until he fought Sigma. During their fierce battle, Sigma lost his arm and was cornered, until a bright white "W" appeared on the blue jewel on his forehead, causing Zero to freak out and Sigma to finally beat him. Sigma walks away victorious, but commands his officers to take him to Dr. Cain to have him studied.

The first form is the hooded figure with the scythe. Use Ryuenjin against him. Use it while you're under him to destroy half of his health. He'll try to rush at you with the scythe if you give him time, but you can simply dash under it.

The second form is Sigma without the cloak. He'll throw the scythe in a circular motion in front of him. If the scythe hits a wall, energy will surge across the wall. He'll then jump to the end of the room opposite the scythe and shoot out eye lasers. Dash to the wall opposite Sigma and wall jump upwards.

Dash to the other side of the room to avoid the first throw. You want to jump before Sigma throws the scythe for the second throw so that it's guaranteed to hit the wall. Otherwise, the scythe will pierce the floor and the energy will surge across it, leaving you pinned to the wall.

Hit him with Raijingeki when he lands on the ground to do the most damage. Otherwise, use Ryuenjin and your somersault slash when he's in the air.

You think you're done yet? After beating the second form, you'll drop down into a room underneath where you just fought. Sigma has a third form this time around, and it's pretty complex compared to the other two. Be sure to pick up the energy capsule you land next to when the fight begins.

The three heads that show up are red, blue and yellow and have fire, ice and lightning attacks respectively. The red head will shoot series of four fireballs at you through the room, and you'll have to wall jump off the heads to dodge the first three sets and dash to avoid the fourth. The blue head will shoot an ice breath at you that will freeze you if you're too close. The yellow head will shoot lightning orbs at your current position. Stay on the move, and remember that the electricity will course through the floor upon contact with it.

The heads will fall if you do enough damage to them, believe it or not.

There are two forms of Sigma's body, and you'll have to destroy both of them in order to beat Sigma for a fourth time.

The first is the Sigma face that sometimes appears in the lower-left area of the room. When it opens its mouth to try to blow you into the spiked wall to the right, dash towards the head and attack the mouth with your sword. If he tries to suck you into its mouth, keep dashing away. Sometimes this form will cause boulders to fall down. You'll want to avoid the boulders, obviously. Your somersault slash will do quite a bit of damage here.

The other one is the giant body with Sigma's face on the top of its head that you saw when you dropped down to this room, and it appears on the right side of the room. It will try to shoot you with a gun. You can hit it with the somersault slash a few times before it shoots. Wall jump and wall slide off the heads to avoid the laser. If Sigma says "The end" in this form, immediately get to the left wall and wall jump on it until he stops firing his explosive laser attack at the floor, which will damage you regardless of where you are on the floor.

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