Mega Man 9 - Wily's Fortress : Stage 1

Now it's time to raid Wily's fortress! There's only 4 stages to his fortress this time around, but they're all fairly long and difficult with lots and lots of places to suffer an easy death.
This first stage is no exception, starting off with lots of bottomless pits and spike traps! The dragon mini-boss even makes another appearance to try and take Mega Man down once more.
The room most people get stuck at in this stage is a room where three horizontal lava beams seem to permanently block your way. There is actually two ways to go about getting past this... there's either my way shown in the video, or you can use the Concrete Shot to freeze the lava beams temporarily letting you run quickly to safety.
If there's a weakness to this stage's boss, I haven't been bothered to try and find it. The boss seems setup to be a Mega Buster only boss, but I could be wrong.
Enjoy!~

[@Rubberman202]

That lava section is ridiculous!

[@Zero-vd8rb]

"Then there is this particular part in Wily Stage 1 that can just go FUCK ITSELF

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

@@Zero-vd8rb I'd have to agree...

[@nicolai3023]

you can use the concrete shot to make out of the lava platforms.

[@nicolai3023]

@FARRIS ADAM BIN FADZLEE - yes

[@hitokiri7868]

@@Zero-vd8rb The honorable SomeCallMeJohnny

[@Seansteiger]

So glad this song was included in Smash Ultimate. It's such a fantastic tune.

[@megakidx13]

My fav wily stage theme so far.

[@adamhernandez7183]

Yeah, but it gets stuck in your head real quick.

[@brandoncastillo9641]

Mine will always be mega man 2 wily stage 2 I prefer it over fortress 1 but I also love the flash in the dark remix.

[@knex4545]

JESUS FUCKING CRIST THAT ROOM WITH THE THREE LAVA THINGS IS FUCKING IMPOSSIBLE! RAGE MODE INITIATED!

[@trjo6669]

Also, use the hornet chaser to retrieve power ups that are out of reach (like the 1 up at the beginning of the level) the hornets will bring it down to you 👍

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

Great tip. Thanks for the hesds up, I didn't know that

[@strawberrybounce2]

Omfg!!!! Thank u!!! I was like.....how da f!?

[@Red_Biker_Dude]

Mega man 9 is quite a bad at telling you what each weapon can do. It doesn't tell you hornets can bring items, it doesn't tell you you can charge magma bazooka, it doesn't tell you tornado blow gives you a higher jump, it doesn't tell you that you can steer the black hole bomb.

[@JamesMorrow07]

Capcom sure as hell put a lot of time making this title. Just look at some of the stage elements, you use your weapon to raise platforms, get goodies, etc. The levels, the backgrounds, the character sprites, plus the music totally kick ass! They just made 8-bit so beautiful from the inside out. This is definitely on my must-play list! Old-school is the man!

[@CaptainCoolzCT-]

The music on this stage makes you feel like you’re SAVING THE WORLD. The stage itself is crazy too (that lava part tho)

[@Claudio_Mirage]

more than 22 years on the market, I think if megaman 9 did not have the same look of the old school, had not had the success he had, finally, I love your channel games

[@thevideogamenerd100]

you can actually use B. Bomb to hurt the dragon, it's very effective

[@myveryownpants]

Yes but concrete shot kills it with ease

[@QuiGonZel]

Hey Kitty, what I usually do to bypass the three lava blasters after getting the E tank around 3:45 is to drop to the left immediately and just fall, you'll land on the top of the upper lava blaster at the left of the screen... then I just summon Rush Jet and cruise to the other side of the screen. XD

[@JanoyCresvaZero]

Yes, this is real. Mega Man 9 was released on Wii, the 360, and PS3 as a downloadable game. They're already working on Mega Man 10 as I type this. Yes, it's amazing too.

[@leowagnerr]

Cool

[@BriahnAznable]

This is how we used to talk to nobody back then Now we talk to nobody by going “Bro talks to nobody ☠️”

[@JanoyCresvaZero]

@@BriahnAznable Well, I had 9 people like the comment, so… not nobody.

[@BriahnAznable]

@@JanoyCresvaZero mostly was just digging on how old the comment was, found it funny that you had to convince people it was real so I left a 2024 meme for someone to find 15 years from now 😝 Got this randomly suggested by the algorithm last night, hard to believe it’s already been as long as it has! This soundtrack was so friggin’ good

[@JanoyCresvaZero]

@@BriahnAznable I’m also wondering if I was replying to someone else… KZbin was a mess back in the day and replies would often post as new comments.

[@TheDarkLordLucifer]

That tornado weapon sure uses a lot of energy with each shot.

[@CallMeSugarMilk]

Thanks for the video man, THIS STAGE WAS DRIVING ME NUTS, especially the fire tubes part.

[@SilverAceOfSpades]

FRICKIN SAME

[@UnderNegtiaveZero]

Same boiiiii

[@axlbrujo]

When I first played Megaman 9, I Actually was thinking this... If I managed to saw Dr. Wily, I WILL say "Congratulations! You finally did a FREACKING HARD castle in 6 games of the 8-bit era". Seriously, this castle was hard. The good thing is I got the 200/200 GPs of this game.

[@CESkootchy]

A word to the lazy: Just use the J.Satellite as a shield in the first section of this stage to blow through the enemies, and use R.Coil to jump over the dude at the end. Not to mention, you can use the same to hang out in the area at 3:15 to max everything out. That way you can just use T.Blow to take care of the dragon.

[@IROC925]

that laser room is soo hard im having hella trouble with it right now and i had to watch video to be sure if i used R. coil and i was right its just straight up effin hard!

[@SilverAceOfSpades]

Use Concrete Shot to solidify the lava temporarily

[@malikwyrmtail6026]

6:00 - You can also use the Bazooka to buy some time while up above. Nice strat for the lava beams though. But i always run out of coils before getting to the energy tank.

[@Lycanthrokeith]

Do those hopping plant things remind anyone else of the "Manamanah" critters from the Muppets?

[@RealArtVandelay]

you do know that you can use the concrete shot to silidify the fire beams, and the jewel shield against the enemies in the beginning, and finally the black hole bomb against the dragon

[@Linkenfant]

They made this game even more AWESOME by putting a lot of Megaman 2 stuff in it. Thank you Capcom ^^ !

[@Red_Biker_Dude]

I certainly love how they took stuff from a bad game and made a fantastic game out of it

[@BoredGamer]

No charge buster or slide. If I'm not mistaken, they used the source of Mega Man 2 to build this one, which is before charge and slide were used.

[@PinkKittyRose]

By mashing the fire button really really fast... XD I could fire faster, too, but the method of firing any faster would tire my arm out a little too much. As far as I know there is no controller compatible with Mega Man 9 that features turbo, so everyone has to fire the old fashioned way, hehe.

[@amso7169]

11 years later, the Legacy Collection 2 added a rapid fire function!

[@yugodeandrawirayudha4908]

@@amso7169 wtf 2 days ago!?!?

[@amso7169]

Yugo Deandra Wirayudha what about it

[@yugodeandrawirayudha4908]

@@amso7169 nothing

[@lyingcorn]

@@yugodeandrawirayudha4908 wtf 1 year ago!?!?

[@manacharge]

@MrFireCrown The graphics aren't bad. It's 8-bit. This game was meant to revive a series that hadn't been touched since the 90's to give the fans what they deserved, an excellent addition to a great franchise that they decided to make in the original 8-bit style, upping the nostalgia value. Also, Gameplay DOES count more than graphics. According to your logic, a game that looked amazing but only had 10 seconds worth of gameplay would be the best game ever.

[@trjo6669]

Some tips: use the trident laser on the shield guys it kills um right through there shields in 5 shots also use the J satellite shield to continually get kills if your low on health or energy for your weapons use it right before the lava part on the enemy’s that continually spawn and farm the heck outta them 👍

[@TSBJunkie]

So many nods to MM2 in this game...the quickman beams...the bubbleman spikes in the water stage...such a great game all around

[@SwEeT22657520]

You can actually easily take care of the dragon with r.coil to jump and quickly spamming c shot right when he appears. 5 quick hits and hes done before he even swoops down once. Definitely good buster strats but not a whole lot of r.jet where it couldve helped a lot. Otherwise solid run.

[@julijesb]

If you played MM 1 and MM 2 you will notice great difference not only in quality and music but MM 1 have six bosses. All other parts are based on MM2 even MMx have eight bosses. i talking about that part all others are just copy i didnt say they are not good but MM is one of Best not only to me but for more then Half MM fan

[@brinmat]

Mega Man 9 was designed to try to recreate the spirit of Mega Man 2, which many still consider as the best game in the series. They went back to the old 8-bit graphics, got rid of the ability to charge up the mega-buster or slide, etc. They did keep Rush and the shop though.

[@frenchfrey65]

I'm surprised this game doesn't have the charge buster? 4-6 did?

[@SneakyHatesU]

I know what you mean. I've managed to shoot that fast after playing Mega Man for a while. People who say he's using a modded a controller are idiots.

[@Snedd99]

Damn this makes me want to buy a Wii, I've just completed Mega Man 4 on my NES emulator and I want some more Mega Man goodness. If only they'd release a version of this for the emulators or the original NES (which I still have, working), I'd definitely buy it!

[@bomberfox5232]

This level makes my head hurt though >.>

[@silverflight01]

This is probably the first time I've seen a Wily Stage make you use multiple different weapons

[@organs]

I was impressed with how you handled the dragon! I can't beat him without the tornado shot!

[@KeyleeTamirian]

The Lava section... I wanna punch those who call it "Nintendo Hard" ORIGINAL NES Mega Man games NEVER had moments like this. If THIS is hard, then NES Mega Man games are easy.

[@Wild_Open]

graphics dont matter, gameplay does

[@soulsilver2010]

the other thing is that the "mace" so to speak that the boss fires is instant death.

[@tyejss]

that is the same music from Mega man 2 for Dr. wily's intro.

[@Dargonhuman]

Much of 9's music is inspired by 2 or mashed with themes from other games mixed with 2.

[@gabrieldufloth5497]

@@Dargonhuman it was a Nice fanservice by capcom

[@Dargonhuman]

@@gabrieldufloth5497 Eh, it came off as lazy for me. Fan service would have been including a few tracks inspired by popular themes from at least the first 6 games, not just "the most popular" one.

[@gabrieldufloth5497]

@@Dargonhuman true, i agree with you

[@gabrieldufloth5497]

@@Dargonhuman it could be better

[@frenchfrey65]

@hylianarmy0 thank god i did, i used to have the original Megaman, btw did u know there were 6 Megaman's for the NES?

[@brinmat]

To quote a man much greater than I am, Strong Bad, "8 bit is enough"

[@wompstopm123]

4:01 THIS PART IS BULLSHIT AND ITS THE ONLY REASON I NEED A WALKTHROUGH IN THE ENTIRE GAME

[@frenchfrey65]

@NA3LKER tell me about it, i don't even remember stage 3 anymore, cuz i kept getting my ass kicked at about that time and just quit lol, it's been a while since i last played this game, 10 was a cakewalk compared to this :P

[@TheDarkLordLucifer]

That tornado weapon sure looses a lot of energy each time you use it...

[@smbmadman1]

3:28 Yup...this is Mega Man, all right.

[@SilverAceOfSpades]

3:28 for timestamp

[@Maple_Extract]

Single platform owners crack me up, love the back and forth responses of nonsense and desperation.

[@magmablock]

It's a kind of controller for the NES. It had extra A and B buttons; these could be held down to have the same effect as rapidly pressing the normal buttons. Multiple consoles including the Sega Genesis have their own turbo controllers. I don't know if the Wii has one, but it might; you could check eBay

[@hawkwardd_]

You did really well! I really like the theme to this stage lol! As with most stages!

[@Claudio_Mirage]

What actually playing pretty well, I saw your first video with sonic adventure 2, which I find it incredible, that megaman 9 is amazing, really I can not wait to enjoy, I love that there is a clear influence in megaman 2, not only because of the difficulty, but tmb for music in certain areas, I am always really looking videos of this game, one of the titles that most look forward to proving that not ironic? but knowing that we are talking about a saga with

[@Zeithri]

Obstacle at 3:38 -> 3:50 Clearly, Megaman should had kept Hard Man's weapon to break that one!

[@Lucas7Claus]

the cement shot works and freezes the lava tubeslong enough to walk on...

[@WillSatchmore]

YAAAY ! Wily Eyebrow Dance FTW ! Gets me in every megaman game ^^

[@slippy68]

I can't believe you beat the dragon without Black Hole Bomb. I'm impressed.

[@genocyde83]

This was a return to classic for all the retro gamers. Capcom knows there is a huge audience for these types of games, myself included. 8bit days just had more feeling and fun to them. I will always take a classic 8bit game over today's top end graphics that forgot games were suppose to be fun. ullet

[@cheyyne]

That was a great run, I'm impressed - I would have used the black hole bomb on the dragon, and instead of dropping down two screens after picking up the E tank, I freeze the beam with a concrete block (took a lot of meltdowns to find that out :P). You handle the boss way more elegantly than I though :D

[@Gorrilla7777]

the bee gun works great on the dragon

[@frenchfrey65]

thx for the post, i'm at this stage and the fire tubes are DRIVING ME NUTS!!!

[@MatthiaGryffine]

5:15 oh if only I had your fast hands, I wouldn't have to burn through my energy tanks. Sigh.

[@Its_SuzieBun]

wow you made the boss look easy. i always end up spending one energy tank on this.

[@froody]

Agree to the black hole bomb on the dragon... also, I just realized that you can use the m. bazooka to hit three of the targets at once during the boss. Much faster, at least at first.

[@rileygronlund8233]

Tornado Blow is the boss's weakness. The boss itself is also called "Spike Pushers."

[@masterminded78]

@frenchfrey65 oh the fire tubes are easy, it's just like dodging rain

[@SilverAceOfSpades]

Is concrete shot an umbrella?

[@dededethesuperstarwarrior]

thanks for the help with the triple fire part lmao

[@blaster00000]

the animations to his fortress seems like deja vu

[@masterminded78]

In megaman 3, you can have as many lives as possible (Best feature in Mega History) In Megaman 9 you only have 9 lives......I guess everytime you play this game megaman automatically has 9 lives.

[@DoctorTalon]

I was so relieved the upgrade where you distribute the weapon energy like Mega Man X isn't a one-stage item like the defense item.

[@ForgottenMemoriesFM]

that was so lucky with that one spike at the boss, you got damaged and were invisible for a few seconds. nice run

[@dalwue]

The mini-boss dragon can be taken down easily with black hole bombs, the black hole also absorbs his fire balls so he can't attack while he's flying over you. Nice job

[@nypad5]

first wily level theme fits so well, I dunno, the sunset theme for outside to inside just fits with the stage music in my opinion.

[@ChuckPebble]

Great video. I like how you use the mega buster most of the time. I'm a wimp, I use the laser trident on the shield guys because it goes through their shields. Also, could you show how to use the concrete shot on the magma parts. I've tried it with disastrous results.

[@s0m3_dud3]

You know a little trick I found? Idk how many people realize this, but those items that are "blocked in" or make you wish you could slide *cough*BIGBOLTONPLUGMAN*cough* are reachable. Use the hornets. They bring items to you and can go thru walls ;3 That 1up after the dragon can only be reached that way.

[@hawkwardd_]

Instaed of wasting all that energy used with the tornado, use the black hole instead, it takes about 3 runs and aimed correctly you can pull off all the flames. I find that easier, as for the energy problem, harvest it with enemies that spawn above you for if you use the Jewal Satalite then the items fall right apon your head =D

[@PalmDesertRock]

does the game save after this? I'm stuck at those lava tubes aswell and I remember in Mega Man 1 & 2 you obtained passwords instead of saving the game. But at the time you got the last password you had almost half the game still before you. So does MM9 save between the Wily stages? Or is it THAT oldschool?

[@brazencoronet17]

Wily's so Arrogant he wanted Mega Man to see his symbol at the start of a stage-- That's just liek the MM5 Dark Man whistle...

[@frenchfrey65]

@spearrbk i know, cuz they looked awful even in 3d XD, Capcom lately has been accused of being lazy programmers like Activision, despite the fact that Megaman has always been about boss selection and finding weaknesses critics criticized the games being repetitive however and the stupidity of the names, and the graphics still sucked, and now with it back in 8-bit, Capcom got bashed for being lazy because they would rather make Megaman a downloadable and 8-bit rather than a 3d masterpiece :P

[@Meatbagz]

The big red enemies with the huge shields can be defeated in fewer hits with the laser trident, and it goes right through their shields. :D

[@tomsmurf4225]

Roll is red, Rock is blue, I came here because of the laser section, And so did you.

[@intejag]

A great tip for the boss. Use the magma bazooka. then u can hit 3 of the spikeballs in one shot.

[@spartanrock16]

@cubansupreme Relax. I wasn't grilling her for it, I just wondered if she was trying to do a buster-only run or something (minus the required T. Blow sections).

[@BlueeyzCaL]

cement shot pwns the dragon

[@AndrewInCanada99]

It looks a little easy, but I’ve been trying that jump at 4:11 for 20 minutes, it’s ridiculous lol, just wanted to watch someone play it through to make sure I wasn’t loosing my mind.

[@chewblaha]

you'd think they'd've destroyed his castle by now...can tell you one thing though that wily's first form is so damn annoying.

[@Lycanthrokeith]

You can actually use the Magma Bazooka to hit three of the spiked balls at once. If charged, it'll bump them even further back.

[@FrothingManiac]

lol I was worried about how hard the game would be but I'm already at Wily's Fortress so I guess I'm doing something right

[@fotofantom1]

what u said at 3mins 13 seconds i got that life up a diffrent way i used rush coil and while i was still in the up motion i paused and used the tornado thing( if u try this and run out of tornado energy use the energy u get from those homing things right on the right) and the tornado boost helped me get up there

[@krankerkris]

you're amazing man!!! i think this game is too hard for me! no joke.

[@whotookaegir]

Wow, this game looks absolutely amazing!

[@TheYpurias]

For the dragon, tornado blow is supposed to be its weakness. It leaves it looking all sad while it flies around nude, its fire blown away. As Gorrilla7777 said, the hornet chaser works too. Still, I didn't know you could just Rush coil past the magma beams. Here I've been trying to figure out how to Concrete them in place. Oh, and I'm thinking I'll try Magma Bazooka on that boss. Maybe Laser trident, too, since it goes through things, including armor.

[@DontrelleRoosevelt]

Black hole bomb

[@ShursGarden]

Yeah, Black Hole Bomb works well on the Dragon. Also, Laser Trident doesn't do anything. Those guys are immune to all weapons but their own spikes.

[@ootfan7882]

TheYpurias Changkey Dragon also has a weakness to Concrete Shot, and Black Hole Bomb.

[@trgtheredghost6528]

@@ootfan7882 So there _are_ others that know the exploit...

[@genocyde83]

No sir, the first three X's are classic. No thumbs down from me. Always stand up for your opinion.

[@DiamondWolfX]

Anyone else realize how much sense it makes to bury the "W" signs in the ground?

[@Glyxis.]

Hmm, it sounds weird when those base instruments (those fast paced closed hat-like instrument and clap or snare like instrument) are always muted when there is other overlaid sounds effects. (Like when hitting enemy with a bullet)

[@TheDemoniusX]

Music in this game pwns! was happy when I found an actual NSF of the OST!

[@nagromgreen]

well they did do a megaman aniversary collection game featuring 1-8 and some extra unlockable games for the gamecube. megaman 9 is avaliable for the wii, x-box 360, and PS3.

[@APTKANE82]

Nice Work Man!

[@wonuvakine]

the theme at 0:55 is awesome!~

[@Tunasword]

The tornado blast removes the dragon's flame body and attacking capability; the jewel satellite kills it quickly.

[@slash4689]

i have to say the visuals in this game compared to mega man 1 are stunning

[@cmcdonald194]

I hate trying to time the cement bomb so it turns it to rock long enough for me to get over X P. I didn't even know it did that until i randomly shot 1 at it lol

[@Jolpengammler]

@jellehenk Thats a wise sentence all my friends sa " Doesnt matter if a game is short and boring, but it has good graphics so it's cool." -.- theyre stupid why do they playgames which are boring??

[@inuyashad1340]

imo, the Trident is this game's Metal Blade.

[@Elyanley]

There are enough People who will say "Graphics makes a game" So really, the way you talked, made it sound like ithats your opionion too.. Also, many People like Old School Games, just look at the new Contra~ (and of course Mega Man 9) Apart from that, best bet to never get thumbs down? Don't write^^"" People may give you thumbs down for anything.. but also may give you thumbs up *shrugs* Thats (Internet)life~

[@HeartBreakKid102]

You're so good at this,