Bonus characters

Successfully complete the game and load your cleared saved file. The navigator used most to complete the levels will be unlocked (Alia, Layer, or Palette). Alia is similar to X with an X-buster, but cannot use armor pieces. Layer is similar to Zero with a Z-saber. Palette is similar to Axl, but has no DNA-copy abilities.

Axl's White Armor

Successfully complete the game with all of Axl's metals and use Axl to defeat the final Boss with a double attack to get Axl's White Armor.

X's Ultimate Armor

Successfully complete the game with all of X's metals and all eight armor pieces to get X's Ultimate Armor.

Zero's Black Armor

Successfully complete the game with all of Zero's metals to get Zero's Black Armor.

Alternate ending sequence

The character that kills Lumine (Axl, X, or Zero) will determine which ending sequence appears.

Easy money

To get extra money, just stay in one area and run right and left. You get the money when you run left, and you must run right or it will not work. Do not press Circle going both ways.

Easy Metals

This trick requires a Life Tank, but it does not have to be full. Spend all your Metals until you have less than 50. After that, buy the Life Charge Chip. Normally you cannot buy it if you do not have more than 50 Metals. If it works, you will see the Metal counter get crazy. You can now buy anything at the R&D Lab. If you take any Metal on a stage, the metal counter will drop to the top (9999999).

Leg Part I for X in Bamboo Pandemonium stage

To get this, Ride Armor and Zero are suggested. After you get past the trap room (where you fight all the Ride Armors), kill everything here. As Zero, take the Ride Armor up on the elevator, hover over, air dash, then finally jump out and do a double jump. If done correctly, you can switch to X and get the part.

Armor capsule in Earthrock Trilobite stage

To get past the canisters and get to the Armor Pod, you need the weapon acquired from Burn Rooster. Just shoot and get the armor.

Head capsule to X's Neutral armor in Gravity Antonion stage

Go to the Gravity Antonion stage. Use Palette as Navigator (Axl and X recommended). When you reach the room with two teleporters, switch the room twice and hover over the spiked area to the right. Land in the middle break and enter the teleporter.

Zero's Rare Metal in Gravity Antonion stage

Zero's Rare Metal is found in the Gravity Antonion stage. Use Axl and Zero, with Layer as Navi. Copy the DNA of the characterswho walk and dash on spikes. It is in the room after the Skipe Block mini Boss, not right after. It is about the third room after, in the far lower left corner.

Buster capsule to X's Neutral Armor in Noah's Park stage

After you complete the Noah's Park stage, return there. The door is now open at the place where you jumped up to continue.

Fight Cutman in Optic Sunflower stage

Start the game with a Mega Man X: Command Mission saved game file on your memory card. Immediately before you fight Sunflower, your navigator will say something about a signal marked "CM". A portal will open, and you can fight Cutman. He can be killed with a charged Buster Shot.

Defeating Bosses

Just have both character's life at full and perhaps a Life Tank. You can kill every Boss with only the Buster and Saber.

Recommended Boss order

The following is the recommended order of Boss to take on based on weapon weaknesses. Note: Vile is weak against Yeti's ice weapon.

Bamboo Pandemonium

Earthrock Trilobite

Gigavolt Man O War

Avalanche Yeti

Burn Rooster

Optic Sunflower

Dark Mantis

Gravity Antonion

Use the following Boss order, with the corresponding weapon weakness:

Optic Sunflower (Green Spinner)

Dark Mantis (Shining Ray)

Avalanche Yeti (Shadow Runner)

Burn Rooster (Drift Diamond)

Gravity Antonion (Melt Creeper)

Earthrock Trilobyte (Squeeze Ball)

Gigabolt Man-O-War (Crystal Wall)

Bamboo Pandamonium (Thunder Dancer)

Vile (Drift Diamond)

Copy Sigma (Shadow Runner)

Sigma (X-Buster)

Lumine (X-Buster)

Lumine, Angel form (X-Buster)

Use the following Boss order. Each Boss' weakness is the weapon acquired from the Boss listed above it. Though Earthrock Trilobite's helmet is destroyed by the gravity weapon and it does more damage, attacking with guard breaking moves (full charge, third swing, eighth shot) will only knock the helmet off and he will be vulnerable while he tries to return to it.

Earthrock Trilobite (weak against Guard Breaks or Gravity Weapon; harder as he is not distracted)

Gigavolt Man-O-War (weak against Avalanche Yeti)

Burn Roster

Bamboo Pandamoniam

Optic Sunflower

Dark Mantis

Gravity Antionim