PrinceWatercress plays Mega Man 2 - Part 4 of 7

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Wood Man

If you hold A when you choose his stage, the stars in the background will change to birds. Why? Not sure. Nevertheless, it's one of the first Capcom Easter eggs.

The first enemy you'll meet up with in this stage is the bats. When they uncurl themselves, they make themselves vulnerable. All they can do is fly towards you, though.

Not sure if those are rabbits or kangaroos, but they throw carrots at you. They don't move around very much either. They just jump towards you and throw carrots in your direction (and those carrots track really well). I'm guessing they're rabbits, but they still look like kangaroos to me. Maybe it's their noses?

You'll also fight giant robot dogs. Shoot them down with the Proto Buster (or the Metal Blade) as you avoid their flame attack, which curve down and then up. If you use the Time Stopper before the first one, you can skip these guys entirely.

The gorillas jump up from under the platforms if you get close. If you jump straight up and take them out with a Metal Blade or two, they should be no problem. There will also be egg-dropping birds in this section, but the Metal Blade will take them out, too.

The ostriches just jump every so often. You could take them down, but why would you want to when they leap right over you?

To beat Wood Man, you could use Atomic Fire. However, you can hit him multiple times before he sends those leaves from above in addition to the Leaf Shield if you use Metal Blade. Just avoid all those leaves and use an Energy Can if necessary.

Beating Wood Man gives you the Leaf Shield.

Heat Man

You'll be dealing with a lot of platform jumping over lava while avoiding the little blue guys. The lava is instant death if you touch it.

Guess what? You'll be dealing with those crazy blocks in the wall that appear and disappear while acting as platforms from the Elec and Ice Man stage. They're still as annoying as ever.

You could do that long, long wall block segment, but if you have Item 2, it becomes a lot easier and you can breeze through it. You'll miss an extra life, but is it really worth getting?

Heat Man looks like a Zippo lighter, in case you're wondering. Hit him with Bubble Lead, and jump over him to the other side of the room when he lights up.

Beating Heat Man gives you Atomic Fire and Item 1. Item 1 produces a platform that slowly rises upwards and disappears after a few seconds. This is a much more reliable platform than Item 3, since you don't have to lean it against a wall to get it to work.

And with that, we have all eight Robot Masters finished!