Rockman X2: Soul Eraser [Rokkuman X2: Souruireiza-] FAQ written by Neo Zero Version 1.4 Last Updated: July 23, 2001 C O N T E N T S 1. Story 2. Features 3. Game Controls 3.1. X 3.2. Zero 3.3. Subscreens 4. Weapons/Items 4.1. X 4.2. Zero 4.3. Part Upgrades 5. Irregulars 5.1. X's Misson 5.2. Zero's Mission 6. Menu Translations 6.1. Starting Menu 6.2. Level Select Option Menu 6.3. Options 6.4. Subscreen Option Menu 7. Credits/Disclaimer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Unless you're one of those types that like to live in caves, you should know at least a little something about the Mega Man universe, whether it be the fact that the series is divided in two (the X and the original series), the fact that Mega is a little robot dude in blue underwear that shoots bullets out of his arm, or the fact that he has more sequels than McDonalds has hamburgers." - Red Draco Welcome to my Rockman X2: Soulraiser (GBC) walkthrough. I'm better at reading Kanji now than when I wrote my X5 one, hopefully I'll be able to translate more of the game. n_n It's small at the moment cause I haven't played much of the game yet. =============================================================================== 1. Story =============================================================================== I haven't been able to translate very much of the story yet. Actually, I haven't been able to translate any of it. XP Except Iris is in it. Why? I have no idea. But I don't like her anyways, oh well. Repliroid no program ga totsujo, (?)ete nakunaru soshiseso no repliroid hamarude tamashii wo mekaretaka no youni nidoto (?)kukotohanakunari, tsunutai tetsu kuzu tonaru tamashii wo (?)shisari, Repliroid wo garakuta ni kaeteshimau konogenshouha [Ireizu] toyobare, osorerareruyouninatta The villans of this game are two rather medievil looking characters. The first one you see is Garesu, a guy in silver armor with purple jewels on the helmet and shoulders. The other you see after defeating two Irregular bosses, her name is Berukana. =============================================================================== 2. Features =============================================================================== - Perhaps the first thing you notice when you play this game is that Iris is in it. I still have no idea why. - Enemies COME BACK after you kill them! At least the green cannon things in the intro level do. - Play the whole game as either X or Zero, like in X4, and have the ability to switch between the two mid-level. - Much of the music is from X2, the level music for Irregulars in X1 and X3 are the same as their SNES counterparts, though. =============================================================================== 3. Game Controls =============================================================================== Hopefully, this'll help instead of confuse. :) ------------------------------------ 3.1. X's Game Controls D Pad- Ah, you should know this one already. If you don't, it makes you move. A- Jump Hold down during dialogue to speed up the text. B- X Buster Hold down B to charge. Hold down during dialogue to speed up the text. Selects a weapon on the subscreen Start- Subscreen Select- ? ------------------------------------ 3.2. Zero's Game Controls D Pad- Ah, you should know this one already. If you don't, it makes you move. A- Jump Hold down during dialogue to speed up the text. B- Z Sabre Pressing three times quickly executes a triple slash. Hold down during dialogue to speed up the text. Selects a weapon on the subscreen Start- Subscreen Select- ? ------------------------------------ 3.3. Subscreens When you press start, you can view the subscreen. At the bottom is a row of icons. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [1] Missile Icon Displays available weapons. [2] Star Displays available upgrades that can be equipped on X, Zero, or either one of them. You can equip up to three upgrades at once. [3] Directional Pad Sets the button options. [4] Person Displays the armor upgrades for X that you've found. [5] <- Arrow Exits the subscreen. [6] Z/X Icon Switches from X to Zero or vice versa in a level. Can only be done once per level, even in final areas. If you've already cleared the area, you can switch as much as you like. =============================================================================== 4. Weapons/Items =============================================================================== Just like every other Rockman game, you win a new weapon/ability with each boss you beat. ------------------------------------ 4.1. X's Weapons Gold Crush- Available when you get the Body Parts. ------------------------------------ 4.2. Zero's Weapons Lightning- Recieved from Wire Hetimarl. Releases several lightning bolts that shoot down from the top of the screen. A-sugeiza-- Recieved from Explose Hornek. Destroys everything on the screen. Dash- Recieved from Sonic Ostreague. Dash forward and slash attack an enemy. Dorirukurashu- Recieved from Screw Masaider. Press down + A to execute a down- thrust move similar to the Hyoretsuzuan from X4 and the Danchien from X5. ------------------------------------ 4.3. Part Upgrades Both - ??? - ??? - ??? - ??? - ??? - ??? X's Parts - Buster Plus 1 [Basuta- Purasu 1], 200 Normal shot powered up. [No-maru shotto no pawa-appu] - Buster Plus 2 [Basuta- Purasu 2], 200 Normal shot powered up. [No-maru shotto no pawa-appu] - Speed Shot [Supi-do Shotto], 100 Normal shot's speed up. [No-maru shotto no supi-do appu] - Ultimate Buster [Arutometto Basuta-], 500 Charge shot does ? [Cha-ji shotto ga suguuteru] - ??? - ??? Zero's Parts - ??? - ??? - ??? =============================================================================== 5. Irregulars =============================================================================== The set of Irregulars you have to find and battle depends on who you play the game as. Listed by Japanese name with English name in parentheses. 5.1. X's Mission X's part of the game puts you against Shining Tigerd (Neon Tiger) from X3, Launcher Octopuld (Launch Octopus) from X1, Electro Namazuros (Volt Catfish) from X3, and Burnin' Noumander (Flame Mammoth) from X1. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHINING TIGERD Not complete yet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAUNCHER OCTOPULD Not complete yet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTRO NAMAZUROS Not complete yet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BURNIN' NOUMANDER Not complete yet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.2. Zero's Mission Zero's part of the game, like X's, sends you to take out four Irregulars. They are Wire Hetimarl (Wire Sponge) from X2, Explose Horneck (Blast Hornet) from X3, Sonic Ostreague (Overdrive Ostrich) from X2, and Screw Masaider (Tunnel Rhino) from X3. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WIRE HETIMARL Heart Tank- Jump up the wall on the left immediately after starting the level. Sub Tank- In the "tree" room with the vertical platforms over the spikes. Climb up as high as you can and travel along the platforms. One of them is in a "C" shape, the Sub Tank is inside of it. Boss Battle: Wire Hetimarl Hetmarl has few attacks that are simple to avoid. He'll spin his vine around in front of him like a shield, then throw the spiked end at you. Jump up on to the wall and jump over him. Once he's low on health, He'll turn red and summon lightning bolts that come down from the ceiling. Just stay on one side of the screen to avoid these. I've had a hard time hitting him once he's turned red. Weapon gained- Lightning ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPLOSE HORNECK Nothing like its X3 version. Horneck's level is much more vertical, forcing you to climb upwards into the building by way of floating machinery and platforms. The mechanical bugs are labelled Spycopters by the images in the level. Heart Tank- After the auto save point, there's a second area where you must climb upwards on the Spycopters. Drop down from the ledge you're standing on and go down the ladder a bit. Dash jump onto the Spycopter to the right, and keep going till you find the Heart Tank perched on the last Spycopter. Boss Battle- Sub Boss You'll encounter a room with two orbs on each wall. They light up one at a time and shoot at you. Hit them when they light up to destroy them. Once all four are out, you can leave the room. Tiny hornets will be flying at you the whole time, destroy these for extra energy. Boss Battle- Explose Horneck Horneck has two attacks. One is releasing two little wasps at you, the other is diving at you with stinger exposed. Simply swat the smaller bugs and slash away whenever Horneck sits still. To avoid the stinger attack, Weapon gained- A-sugeiza- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SONIC OSTREAGUE Watch out for the tornado machines, this level is nothing like its X2 version. These machines will kill you if you touch the tornado they create. In the second Land Chaser area, there's these greenish barriers. Dash at them to break them down. Heart Tank- There's a stretch of ground after you find the second Land Chaser that goes up and down, and there's three pig machines on it. After the slopes, drop down into the pit to the right and grab the Heart Tank. Dash right away to break the barrier so you can get out. Head Parts- Just past the area with the tornado machines, there's a ladder against a wall, and a pit on the left of the screen. Jump over the pit as far as you can, then air dash over to another ladder. Climb up to find the capsule. Boss Battle- Sonic Ostreague Stay on the high ridge and try to keep Ostreague in the lower area. This will make it easier to jump over him when he charges at you. If he bounces across the screen, stay in the lower area and dash beneath him. When he disappears from the screen and reappears in the background, stay in the lower area till he jumps down over you. Jump over his Sonic Slicers, and just slash away. Weapon gained- Dash ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCREW MASAIDER Again, not much like the original X3 version. Watch out for the boulders, try to take them out with your Z Sabre if you can. After you're forced to leave your Ride Armor, get through the next area as fast as you possibly can and hang out on the walls closest to the top of the screen, or just stand on the higher ground to avoid the lava that will be spurting up shortly. Heart Tank- In the area with the Ride Armor. Go as far to the right as you can, you'll see it above you on a ledge. Back up a bit, dash jump and hover with the Ride Armor, and jump out of it in the air to reach the Heart Tank. Boss Battle- Screw Masaider Not too hard. His attacks are charging back and forth across the room and firing small Tornado Fangs at you. Just stay on the wall to avoid the Tornado Fang, and jump down behind him when he charges at the wall. Stay on one side if he flashes green while charging to avoid being hit by the two rocks that fly up at you. Weapon gained- Dorirukurashu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FINAL LEVEL 1 This is a remake of a level from the Counter Hunters' base in X2. Boss Battle- Velguader What?! This thing's back too? They're bringing back a lot of dead characters in this game. I hate this dog. I really do. Try to keep him on the ground. Jump over him when he runs at you, stay up on the walls to avoid the blue orbs he spits out, and jump over the stream of fire he spits. Much harder than he was in X1. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FINAL LEVEL 2 This is also a remake of a level from the CH base. It doesn't seem familiar, though. Watch out for the electrical barriers, they kill in one hit. Near the end of the level is an area with lava similar to that in Masaider's level. Boss Battle- ??? I have no idea of what the heck this thing is, except it's a tank with two faces. I haven't beaten the bloody thing yet, but try to keep it against the right side of the screen. =============================================================================== 6. Menu Translations =============================================================================== Fortunately the commands are all easy to understand. Most of them are, at least... c.c ------------------------------------ 6.1. Starting Menu - Ekkusu Missyon [X's Mission] - Zero Missyon [Zero's Mission] - Kontinyu [Continue] - Opuchon [Options] ------------------------------------ 6.2. Level Select Option Menu - Se-bu [Save] - Opuchon [Options] - Patsu [Parts, takes you to the Parts Shop. See Section 4.3.] ------------------------------------ 6.3. Options - Botan Konfigu [Button Configure] See Subscreen Option Menu. - Saundo Tesuto [Sound Test] - BGM < 00 > - SE < 00 > - Medoru [Exit] ------------------------------------ 6.4. Subscreen Option Menu - Serekuto [Select] - Bukichenji - Sukuranburuchenji - O-to Cha-ji [Auto Charge, automatically charges X Buster] - Ofu [Off] - On [On] - Rensha [Rapid Fire] - Ofu [Off] - On [On] - Medoru [Exit] =============================================================================== 7. Credits/Disclaimer =============================================================================== All credit goes to ME for writing this. :D Thanks go to Nightmare Zero for finding the game for me, though. Disclaimer: Rockman X, Zero, and all related characters are copyright CAPCOM of Japan. This FAQ is non-profit and is not affiliated with CAPCOM in any way. You may not use this FAQ in any way other than to help you through the game. If you wish to post it on a page, e-mail me about it first at neozero@home.com. =============================================================================== 8. Updates =============================================================================== Version 1.5, August 6, 2001 Sorry for the lack of updates, but I've been having some problems in that thing called real life. -.- More menu translations added. Version 1.4, July 23 2001 Another stupid mistake, I misread the katakana in the game's title. The correct title for the game is Rockman X2: Soul Eraser. Whoopsie doodle. Thanks to someone named Tamamo Nube for pointing this out to me. Added Heart Tank info for Ostreague and Horneck's level. Decription for the Dorirukurashu added. Also thanks to Tamamo Nube for that. Version 1.3, July 22 2001 Subscreen info and final level info added. Silly me, I didn't know you could switch between X and Zero... Version 1.2, July 22 2001 Irregular levels for Zero's mission covered. Version 1.1, July 21 2001 Heart Tank information added, also added space for things I'll be adding later. Version 1.0, July 20 2001 First release. Will be adding more as I play. 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