Mega Man X - Launch Octopus's Stage

Well, it is about time to move away from the weakness path... onto the water stage! I am actually going with this one for multiple reasons... One being, Launch Octopus's weapon is pretty decent and I want to get some use out of it before getting a certain something else, second it triggers an effect in Sting Chameleon's stage needed to get the heart tank, and finally I want Boomerang Cutter before going to Stingy, so may as well get this weapon first!
That said, the stage is pretty easy minus one mini-boss that may give some people some unpleasant memories. For a water stage, this place even does not have very many death spikes, but they are still there, so do not get careless! Especially since recklessly dash-jumping in the water physics can be quite fun. Overall, this stage would be really short were it not for the mini-bosses.
Launch Octopus is not the most threatening boss out there... if you avoid using his weakness. Defense is better than offense in this battle as being able to blast away his missiles without wasting ammo is a nice plus. He leaves himself wide open for punishment often enough that the battle is simply dancing back and forth from one side of the room to the other when done smoothly.
Enjoy!~
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[@brnk2]

This really helped for the legacy collection. Thank you!

[@chrishahn2937]

This is so unrepresentative of my experience. He keeps spamming the homing things which are so hard to dodge. How did you get so lucky?

[@kermit4133]

THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING TO ME

[@drakemcfarland8764]

Bc this game is genuine dog shit and has poor mechanics

[@GBAT3n]

@@drakemcfarland8764 nah this game is good

[@thePersonoyt]

This was after many tries for the no damage

[@shastealyomeal]

@@drakemcfarland8764 😡😡😡😡

[@antech9986]

"If you can fire turbo shot quick enough, this is definitley more effective" Except for my trusty TURBO CONTROLLER

[@pigjuice6499]

Antech noob

[@blockhead10]

2:19 That sea monster never made that sound when I was playing mega man X. That's weird.

[@robertdelgado5240]

Axl Maverick Hunter I know that's what I was looking at. or in this case listening to.

[@lordtimebomb6792]

Its not even in the legacy collection

[@alinepiroutek8932]

#emulation

[@Peter_1986]

@@alinepiroutek8932 It doesn't make that sound in my emulator version either - in fact, my ROM file of this game is basically _identical_ to the cartridge version in every way as far as I can tell.

[@alinepiroutek8932]

@@Peter_1986 2011 emulator. Must be that.

[@Dadkywill]

On the snake mini boss, if you fire a storm tornado at the right position, it dies in 3 to 4 seconds.

[@blockhead10]

Dadkywill You mean a sea dragon? Or a sea monster whatever?

[@Kevvl14]

Hmm... Launch Octopus is a LOT more hectic without charge shots, I must say. Still a very fun fight overall -- one of my favourites in the series!

[@Holoogamooga]

I've always been able to OHKO the sea-dragon miniboss with Storm Tornado. Definitely faster.

[@Palermo180]

I still recommend doing the Chameleon Stage first. His weapon works very well against the submarines at the beginning, and it only takes two seconds to backtrack into his level and get the heart tank after completing this stage. Also the mini bosses are very weak to the tornado weapon here.

[@PlusUltraWay]

In what order would you do them? Chill penguin being done already.

[@shastealyomeal]

@@PlusUltraWay go to chameleon stage get the armor leave to storm eagle stage then flame mammoth then spark mandrill armadillo stage then launch octopus into boomer kuwnager finally going back to sting chameleon

[@PlusUltraWay]

@@shastealyomeal I figured it out finally thank you though.

[@shastealyomeal]

@@PlusUltraWay ohok

[@DullBones]

MAVERICK DATA Subject: Launch Octopus Title: Military General of the Deep Occupation Prior to Going Maverick: Admiral of the Maverick Hunters' 6th Marine Unit Bio: Launch Octopus consider himself a graceful artist of underwater combat. Using elegant movement, he confuses his opponents before sinking them with a barrage of Homing Torpedoes. It seems that only Sigma acknowledge Octopus' skills, making this his main motivation for joining him. Under Sigma's orders, Octopus has seized control of major shipping routes while using an offshore oil rig as his base of operation.

[@PinkKittyRose]

@ctye85 Bah, ah well! Guess I never actually tried it. Could easily see myself finding super-rapid-firing at its head too bother to try experimenting with the weapons... XD

[@PrimEverdeen16]

3:49 Launch Octopus: "YOU'RE GOING DOWN!"

[@chaosgreyblood]

There's also another thing I can tell you about Launch Octopus, Pinky. If you attack him with a charged up Boomerang Cutter, you'll cut two of his limbs off and thus you can actually reduce the number of missles and bombs by half, thus making the battle a lot easier.

[@kagemaru259]

He also won’t be able to drain life from you.

[@Kbutto424]

I have never heard that sea serpent mini-boss make that sound O_O

[@UsaSatsui]

The charged up Storm Tornado will actually completely wreck those serpents. You can finish them before they even get up out of the ground.

[@ShadowdaHedgie11]

HORMING TORPEDO! Sting Chameleon is next, huh? It's gonna be a long one with the mini boss (whom I always thought was a transformed form of Auto) guarding the armour.

[@darrickthomas7925]

Your videos helped tremendously, my only criticism is you don’t go in the “Boss Order” so sometimes you get through levels or bosses with weapons those going through the boss order don’t yet have.

[@thePersonoyt]

Yeah that's a thing about the x series

[@PinkKittyRose]

@CastlePokemetroid It is kind of like Lightnig Bolt from Mega Man & Bass (except that one is missing a letter instead of gaining one)... It is just that one screen that has the typo, so it is easy to over-look when the weapon demo is going on!

[@PinkKittyRose]

@chaosgreyblood The only problem with that is I find he gets a lot more spammy with the projectiles. I prefer him being able to use the twister move a lot as it gives me a free punish against him!

[@aeoninfinity247]

Launch Octopus has Dive Man syndrome: Getting defeated by the buster way more efficiently than the weakness.

[@Firguy]

Speaking of Dive Man: Launch Octopus' stage takes place in the same area as Dive Man's.

[@Gaia_BentosZX5]

There's also the 2x hit damage glitch (when you fire and dash at the same time, the pea shooter deals the same amount of damage as a charged shot).

[@jamessant5723]

thank you for the help as I just went back to playing this

[@The-E-Base]

I couldn't beat any of the stages except for the intro one...

[@ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Oh look, the guy whose name they forgot they changed when translating a later game!

[@aclair_cadet_larry796]

storm tornado really helped in this stage since it destroys most of launch octopus' ranged attacks

[@NewZen41]

Yes, Kitty, the S. Tornado does nothing agains the fish mini-bosses; you'd be surprised WHAT does it though...it's purple, and it goes up walls..

[@williamwhite2568]

LV Ball Rolling Shield wrecks it

[@phibbykaden]

I'd bought a Super Nintendo at a used game store a month and a half or so ago, and MMX along with it. I was fortunate enough to be able to accomplish a No Deaths run of the game (although those gigantic vacuum things seen in this stage made me worry), but there's no way I could've managed a NO DEATHS run. I just don't have the reflexes for it. I'm glad someone's making a serious effort at it. Keep up the good work, PKR.

[@NewZen41]

Launch Octopus, one of 2 bosses in the X-Series that actually gets harder when you use a specific weapon other than his first weakness against him.

[@NudeNewt420]

Thanks this helped a lot was stuck trying to use only his weakness I thought I was doing it wrong 😂

[@xtricky1419]

Thc for the tips and info I couldn't pass the last 2 minibosses

[@ShadowdaHedgie11]

@UsaSatsui it's the same colour as Auto and it would make sense for one of Light's creations to be guarding the capsule. That's my reasoning.

[@JadePharaoh]

@Holoogamooga Ditto; usually, 2 regular or 1 charged Tornado is usually all it takes.

[@TheMartianGeek]

...I just thought of something. Launch Octopus's stage is almost nothing but minibosses...Blaze Heatnix's stage (MMX6) is almost nothing but minibosses...so is the former simply less scrappy (based on popular opinion) because the minibosses are easier? @NewZen41: What's the other one? I can't think of a few bosses for which it is definitely not worth using their weaknesses (Infinity Mijinion comes to mind), but I can't think of any that get harder from using the wrong weapon on them.

[@Jrdotan]

The minibosses in x6 appear in multiple different screens, its the same donut everytime, has annoying hitboxes in different parts of it and you still has to dodge lava to avoid dying In x1 theres one serving as teaching and another one to test you After that you have just the 2 serpents that are easy as fuck. Really no comparison i would say

[@pigjuice6499]

I only came to this video for 1:32! Thank you! :,)

[@mikethegrunty5968]

I see I’m not the only one that moves the cursor in time with the stage select theme😂

[@SuzakuBlitz]

Correction to my previous post about Chameleon Sting. It takes nine shots, but that still goes by very quickly! =D

[@phibbykaden]

@phibbykaden That "No Deaths" in all caps? I meant to say "No damage". Sorry about that. ;^_^

[@ChillyPeppers]

@ctye85 I'm with ctye85 and Holoogamoonga, the sea-dragon can indeed be one hit KO'd by the storm tornado weapon. I've done it plenty of time in the past. It usually doesn't even get to turn around.

[@biggusdickus7089]

Why are my mega Man x levels so short and I don't even have to defeat the boss to get the weapon in each level on the super Nintendo mini classic?

[@TKOh-tt9oi]

Was getting my ass kicked by this dude Having a stuck jump button *did not help*. Your tips did. Thank you so much LOL Also, I like your, 'in-game' boxes for said tips Gonna check out more of your videos Found you by... looking up the Launch Octopus -smh-

[@fae_gavan7582]

I really wonder how are you this good? I have to use rookie hunter mode! ( im playing legacy collection )

[@keysoffate4]

Im starting to like Megaman again thanks to you PKR

[@williamwhite2568]

keysoffate4 She's the reason I got X1 on my Wii U

[@UsaSatsui]

@ShadowdaHedgie11 Bob and George used the idea that it was a transformed Auto in the Cataclysm movies. I think he looks more like that Clown miniboss from Mega Man 7.

[@pop1pop10]

i was expecting "water octopus"

[@viruseffectx9740]

The rolling sheild is best for those annoying fish

[@levelmaster2]

That sound the miniboss makes, is that only on the SNES version? Because I never heard that sound on the X collection,

[@PinkKittyRose]

@Lpoeser SORT of... They still wander about uselessly, and rather slowly, before finally finding their mark. Not the most useful things for speed-running, but at least they will eventually hit their mark.

[@nintendobuff]

ha, i wasnt aware that this was an unconventional path through the game, so far this is exactly the same order i go in, then Khameleon, Kuwanger, Mandrill, and lastly Armadillo. dare to be different i guess.

[@dosavian]

I like to play through this level using only Fire Wave. It adds a frustratingly hard challenge to the level :3

[@zebitus5731]

If you used a charged storm tornado you can almost insta kill the water dragon dudes

[@SuzakuBlitz]

Just as a random addendum to your video, Chameleon Sting is apparently epically good at taking out those submarines. If well positioned, it takes about six shots to kill them, and on top of that, the angles of the weapon will destroy any missile eels coming your way too.

[@doopliss6648]

Also the tornado almost 1 shots the serpent mini boss..

[@ctye85]

Sorry, Kitty, the Storm Tornado is a one-shot against the sea-dragon, uncharged. Agreed with Holoogamooga.

[@rockk9753]

Wtf I dont remember those sea snakes ever making any of those weird sounds

[@KetaminaDamacy]

@iOniV2 They are right I've done it too, I was reading the text and disagreed what she said about storm tornado. I think storm tornado is the most useful weapon in the game I use that more then anything.

[@Dieselnaut16]

But the sea dragon miniboss dies to 2 tornado hits? Buster is way slower

[@Naps2305]

how do you win without the dash ?

[@Lpoeser]

At least the homing (or horming) part of the Torpedo works way better than Dive Missile's.

[@PäncakesthePOB]

What is launch octopus's weakness?I don't remember it, I just remember I had a hard time fighting him By the way nice job Can you show outtakes just like in the miss perfect runs?

[@williamwhite2568]

Päncakes Rolling Shield

[@shastealyomeal]

Rolling Shiled you get when you beat Armoured Armadilllo

[@LuisAndres010]

wow, you're awesome! :D!

[@ctye85]

@PinkKittyRose I actually put up a playthrough of this game not too long ago, vid number 4 if you're interested, that will show it being a 1 shot:)

[@penguinpng-gj1lr]

How do I defeat him without any powerups

[@nintendobuff]

@nintendobuff fail at spelling and trying to type 2 things at once... *Chameleon

[@CirnouliK]

So far so good Kitty!

[@thetoky1995]

How is your blaster doing crazy shots like that?

[@toad23567]

Homing torpedo has similar colours to homing sniper ( megaman 8) . I see what capcom did there

[@MatthewSchooley94]

Launch Octopus shoulda had a decoy to die instead of him...Heh, Decoy Octopus! *shot for making a bad Metal Gear Solid reference*

[@amsbeats841]

whoever designed the abomination at 1:30 just know... There will be no joy for you.

[@tapruslightful]

At about 4:27 Pink...It kinda looks like you locked him into his spinning move for the rest of the fight...I don't know that was just RNG or maybe somehow manipulating his AI...If he has one. XD @niichihachi: Rolling Shield is his weakness however the weapon can easily get nullified if Launchy's missiles hit it...so it can be hard to time it properly unless you time it after he finishes his spinning suction move which is usually the best time to attack.

[@candlewax122]

2:19 Well, that's a new one.

[@definitely_retarded2349]

How did make storm tornado an actual tornado lol srry I'm new to this series and just got it

[@Peter_1986]

You can charge your special weapons in this game into different or more powerful attacks if you unlock the Buster Upgrade on Flame Mammoth's stage, or if you simply beat the 1st Sigma stage. It's a very cool addition, and the charged up versions can often have very interesting effects - for example, Chill Penguin's weapon normally fires an ice shard that splits into smaller shards when it hits an obstacle, but if you charge it up then it will create an ice platform that you can slide on like a skateboard, and it will damage all enemies in its path and keep sliding until it crashes into something. And Armored Armadillo's weapon normally fires a big orb that damages enemies, but if you charge it up then the orb will stay around Mega Man and protect him from a certain number of attacks.

[@motherplayer]

"Horming?" Ahhh don't you just love engrish folks? Still this isn't as bad as "Eric Wirriams." I saw awhile back in a game.

[@Milesrgomez]

For me the water is solid blue and I cannot see.

[@TayobkTailz]

Launch Octopus: OH GOD I HATE THIS LEVEL....the mini-bosses and the way you are slower in water does not help. oh and the boss was the hardest of all the mavericks..unless you use the cutter weapon to slice off his tentacles....

[@aneeshsrinivas892]

agreed,especially considering launch octopus is invincible while using his tornado attack(which would have been a perfect time to hit him)

[@boiboi1956]

I hate Launch Octopus and its stage with a passion

[@KileighDerla]

This is the painful part the mini boss 2# 1:41

[@haydenfrost2692]

I didn't have to fight the second vacuum thing

[@ICEGOD2]

Launch Octopus is the reason I eat it now haha.

[@DELETED-xg5ne]

Whenever I am stuck I know to go to you

[@thatbodybuildingguyyoulike9228]

3:40 bookmarking for a developer

[@mla2005]

yea tornado is def faster

[@astrojunkey]

@astrojunkey *to know where this is going :'D I failed at typing

[@Chrono57050]

Omg this gameplay is fuck ing awsome.. from France 💪

[@BaconPraline]

My favorite stage

[@akumakumakuma1]

now defeat it without all those power ups

[@pop1pop10]

@Holoogamooga you.....ohko?what?

[@trevorpate121]

Luck doesn't exist PinkKittyRose.

[@NewZen41]

@EvilMariobot Go ahead, it's perfectly alright to call him by that...>_

[@zuinjoklabis]

How do you dodge/dash?

[@michaeloffgrid]

You get the dash from Chill Penguin's stage.

[@spencerjames9417]

Godamnit how many fucking times do you have to hit this thing

[@astrojunkey]

Seeing title. I've seen enough hentai to see where this is going... But Pink rapes the boss. Good run on the stage, keep these coming, you're too good in MM. :D

[@DarkMassFabrikator]

100% completion no dmg run of Metroid game ?

[@Notmynews]

The notes on the game really ruin it for me imo.

[@willb6814]

Just pick the damn stage

[@williamwhite2568]

Will B Don't rush her

[@badluckastro7205]

I ALWAYS DID LAUNCH OCTOPUS FIRST IDK WHY

[@blockhead10]

Astronomicql How are you able to defeat launch octopus? He's hard without the rolling shield and the dash.

[@badluckastro7205]

No clue

[@ChillyPeppers]

@pop1pop10 One Hit Knock Out.

[@ArcherBro]

What horming is, we will never know.

[@goethe3225]

Yo lo terminé

[@EvilMariobot]

@SSLinkisbest Consider yourself lucky. X6 is the perfect example of fake difficulty, bad level design and all in all poor planning.

[@funnyguy8498]

I see no flying dolphins or koopas. Unsubscribed.

[@puppet4978]

It's still disturbing how Capcom made Launch a hentai character

[@Smooth_operator32]

Sauce

[@JohnSmith-1066]

this game sucks