http://www.anatomyofgames.com/2014/05/02/the-anatomy-of-mega-man-8-heat-wave/ Defunct, amateurish, game design analysis by Jeremy Parish Wed, 25 Nov 2015 23:31:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.7 http://www.anatomyofgames.com/2014/05/02/the-anatomy-of-mega-man-8-heat-wave/#comment-2593 Sun, 04 May 2014 18:46:13 +0000 http://www.anatomyofgames.com/?p=10649#comment-2593 I remember always having trouble with this stage the first time I played, but I think it’s just because the stage pretty much requires Ice Slasher and Magnet Beam to navigate (Ice Slasher not required per se, but the stage is a lot harder without it). Which, Ice Slasher itself was super annoying to get, and Magnet Beam was also hard since you had to master those Guts Man lifts without it to get it… (that or beat Elec Man twice which is not intuitive).

]]> http://www.anatomyofgames.com/2014/05/02/the-anatomy-of-mega-man-8-heat-wave/#comment-2592 Sun, 04 May 2014 09:49:37 +0000 http://www.anatomyofgames.com/?p=10649#comment-2592 Out of all the stages in the original Mega Man, I think Fire Man’s stage has the best implementation of tools (well a tool), no contest. The Ice Slasher may be nigh useless for combat but it’s great for freezing hazards, and Fire Man’s stage is full of flame pillars to freeze.

]]> http://www.anatomyofgames.com/2014/05/02/the-anatomy-of-mega-man-8-heat-wave/#comment-2591 Sat, 03 May 2014 14:25:47 +0000 http://www.anatomyofgames.com/?p=10649#comment-2591 Fire Man was the first one I cleared, because I was young and dumb. I thought he looked the coolest, so I played him over and over until I was able to kill him, simply by mashing the button and trading hits.
It IS possible to stand still and jump to avoid any damage. If the timing is pixelperfect, you will jump over hist fire wave and land just after the fire on the ground goes away. It’s very difficult to pull off, and I’m rarely able to do it myself, but I have seen perfect runs against this boss.

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