Mega Man Legends 2

You get this at the beginning of the game to put out fires with, and keep it throughout the rest of the game. It’s not terribly useful for combat, but it puts out fires pretty well. Too bad you can’t shoot yourself with it when you get set on fire.

Nice animation and pretty powerful, but its lack of range makes it tricky to use. Not really worth 2 million zenny or fighting through 100 questions. You can do a triple-slash with this, but note that MegaMan moves forward whenever you slash, so be careful not to walk yourself right into your target.

Fires blue pulse shots. Relatively powerful, but you can only fire one shot at a time.

MegaMan throws a sphere in an arc forward. If it hits the floor, it will spark there for a few seconds. If it strikes an enemy, it explodes into an energy sphere.

Just like the first game, the primary purpose of this weapon is to destroy walls. Walk straight up to the wall and keep drilling until it falls. Note: the game will identify breakable walls when you search them.

(Bowling for Birdbots?) One of the more unique weapons, this shoots spheres which roll across the ground until they hit something, then explode.

Probably the most useful weapon in the game. This fires homing missiles (you saw that one coming). Fairly long range even without enhancement, and relatively powerful. Like most of the special weapons, this can knock the shields off certain Reaverbots and allow you to more easily hit them.

This one is wonderfully unique. It shoots a small flying pod which automatically fires at whatever you are targeting. The pod remains on the screen for a few seconds then self-destructs. One thing to keep in mind is the pod will only fire if you are locked onto something. While this allows you to direct what the pod shoots at, it also means the pod will sit there doing nothing (and be a waste of weapon energy) if you aren’t locked on at all.

Basically a large bazooka. Fires highly explosive shots. Relatively low rate of fire, and like most special weapons you can’t move while firing it.

Fires a rapid stream of bullets. Fairly weak without being upgraded, but has a very high rate of fire.

Fires small spheres which rebound off walls. The graphics for the rebounds are quite nice, but out of the box the weapon is generally useless.

Creates a colorful shield around MegaMan. Unlike the first game, he can move around while this is active. It doesn’t defend against everything, and MegaMan can’t fire his buster while the shield is up.

Just like the first game. Fires a large continuous laser the extent of its range. You cannot move while firing this, although you can turn in place.

This weapon is not in fact explosive even though the description in the game identifies it as such. It fires three plasma shots at once in a spread formation (thus its name). This is one of the few special weapons which allows MegaMan to actually move around while firing, just like he can with his built-in buster gun.

Like the first game but with added graphic effects. It’s a bit more expensive to upgrade to infinite ammo here than in the previous game, but it’s still not so bad. Use this when on zenny-gathering trips to round up refractors quickly.

Allows you to equip three Buster Parts at once rather than two, although Roll doesn’t bother to tell you this when she makes it, which she did in the first game.

I’ve been told that these protect against getting the “burning” status ailment after walking on lava or ice floors. Probably the reason I never noticed this is because I already had items in my inventory that prevented such special damages, and thus the lack of them was not something that caught my attention. If you find yourself in the same situation, don’t bother with these shoes.

These prevent you from sliding on icy surfaces.

Refills your life meter. You can purchase extra packs from the Junk Store, and refill used packs there as well. Each pack restores one unit of energy when you use the canteen. A nice feature is that the canteen will not refill more than you need; any extra units remain in the canteen for future use. This is unlike Mega Man games where Energy/Sub-Tanks are used completely even if you don’t need all of their energy.

This helps prevent MegaMan from being knocked down by attacks. (No, I don’t know how wearing a helmet protects you from being knocked over. Just roll with it. Pun intended.)

When you are wearing these, you can walk across electrified floors without harm.

These shoes allow you to roller-dash while underwater.

Equip, then hold to Roller Dash. This allows you to travel faster and can be entertaining as well. If you jet off the edge of a ledge or other object, MegaMan will jump automatically; otherwise there is no way to jump while dashing. Control MegaMan with the control pad; press forward to go faster and back to slow down.

Whenever MegaMan takes damage, if there is a possibility of him being attacked again in rapid succession he automatically attempts to roll out of the way of the second attack. Generally this is helpful; however, don’t wear this in tight quarters where MegaMan is likely to roll himself off a ledge and onto, say, lava.

Discovered abandoned when he was just a baby, MegaMan was taken into care by Barrell Caskett, a retired Digger. He grew up alongside Barrell’s granddaughter Roll and learned how to become a skilled Digger himself. MegaMan is accompanied by a robot monkey named Data, who was by his side when he was discovered.

Granddaughter of Barrell Caskett, Roll was orphaned when her parents mysteriously disappeared during a dig. Though only 14, she is a mechanical genius and loves to build and repair machines. She acts as a Spotter for MegaMan, remaining aboveground while he digs and using a radio to communicate with him. Although she cannot actually see what is going on, her Spotter equipment allows her to pick up signals from underground, often telling her of dangers and secrets invisible to the human eye.

A retired Digger, Barrell is a renowned archeologist. He has passed down his extensive knowledge of Digging to his adopted son MegaMan, offering advice as necessary.

A curious robotic monkey that was found with MegaMan. The little robot holds vast knowledge and acts as MegaMan’s guide and companion. He speaks in gibberish that only MegaMan can understand.

The eldest of the Bonne siblings, Teisel acts as the head of a family of pirates. A rather loud, brash man, Teisel can change moods on the drop of a dime. His goal in life is to find treasure, particularly the Mother Lode—even if it’s at the expense of someone else.

A wiz with machinery who is very much a mirror of Roll. Tron builds robots for the Bonnes to use in their pirate raids. She also often heads up such expeditions herself. Tron is a little hot-headed but cares about her family (such as it is) and will fight to protect them. She treats her Servbots almost like children, giving them praise at times and harsh discipline at others.

Called the baby of the family, Bon is basically a huge robot with a pacifier. The only word he can say is “babu” but somehow the other Bonnes can understand what he really means.

Small robots which perform various tasks for the Bonnes, including scouting, attacking, and chores. There are forty of these and each has its own characteristics.

This smooth-talking pirate is Loath’s henchman, doing his dirty work for him.

These little robots are Glyde’s equivalent to the Servbots. However, unlike the generally obedient and timid Servbots, Birdbots tend to be aggressive and back-stabbing.