Got through the first Wily stage, but the second one kicked my ass. Sigh.
I only have Jewel Man left. I’m at some part where I’m standing on one of those swings and there are spikes surrounding me with a hole directly below me. I keep dying.
Get it swinging without deviating far from the center - then as it’s passing through the midpoint on the way towards one side, do a short hop slightly in the other direction, and curve right around it.
Or, buy a Shock Guard. 
Polished off Jewel Man finally. Once I figured out to use the bees on the mini boss and solved that last swing jump, it wasn’t that hard of a stage. Now that I’ve played them all I think I’ll stick with Tornado Man’s stage being the longest and hardest. Damn that one was a bitch.
I fooled around on the Wily stage a little bit but didn’t get very far. Did someone say you can’t save past this point? You have to do it all in one run?
Yup. Just like the Mega Mans of old. All the Wily stages have to be taken down in one go.
I love it and hate it at the same time.
I have the game saved where I’m fully stocked on everything, with just the Wily stages left. It’s still a little too hard for me. I’ll beat it, but I would have liked an “easy” mode, like MM2. I don’t want to get EVERYTHING in the game anyway.
Actually it said “normal” and “difficult”, but I found the second Mega Man most manageable, if on “normal”.
What’s a good stage to farm screws on, so I can stock up and save with max energy tanks, extra men, etc?
I went to Galaxy Man. You’ll have to do it A LOT, and just move back and forth to get a fleet of flying saucers to pop out of existence. I’m sure there are better places to go. It’s just a quick stage to master and beat, and offers an east extra life, (and a big screw), every time you visit.
There are people who hang out blasting those square cylinder things that pop out of pipes. I know those guys appear fairly early in the Wily stages, but screws wouldn’t do you any good at that point I’m assuming, (can anyone confirm that?). I’m sure they appear in other stages, but don’t remember which. The bee’s are the best way to get goodies quick when you do find them.
Just a warning, it took me a LONG time to stock up the way I was doing it, and it’s a pain to have to stock up at all… which is part of the reason why I’m mad! I’m all for difficult games, but damn.
Stocked up on UFO’s on Galaxy Man stage. Felt like it took forever but really only took about 15 minutes. Just boring and repetitive as hell. You can only get 9 lives and 9 energy tanks I guess, which is a disappointment.
Plug Man. Turn on the Jewel Shield, sit under the first pipe that spews out the slow moving square guys. Walk away for six hours.
I thought this was appropriate.
The Mega Man 9 Effect: Dark But Not Really - Penny Arcade
I believe we have all been infected. I can’t wait to go home after work to try the Wily stages again.
You have a 2007 where you want a 2008:
It’s so true. I just wish I had a friend or my brother to take turns playing with*, and no responsibilities, and the ability to stay up all night without being a zombie the next day :).
(*I never played video games alone when I was a kid. Sharing the experience was a huge part of the fun for me, which is why I’m always trying to get my wife to play but she doesn’t understand.)
Got to the boss of the 2nd Wily stage and blew it. I had 5 energy tanks but I just wasn’t watching my health.
All things considered, these don’t seem to be a lot harder than the regular stages. I can tell it’s going to be tedious getting to the end with plenty of energy tanks and extra lives remaining, though.
Where is everyone else at?
I’m a little weird, if I’m not having a good run, (using up my spike-touching guard early in the game, or if I think I used one too many E tanks), I start over. I don’t know why I do that; I can still learn more about what’s to come up by playing out the rest of my lives. I have other compulsive gaming habits too.
I’m starting to play after I send this. I got about as far as you Cisco, though I didn’t play the boss, (wanted to play something else, so had to turn the then paused game off). I may need a break from Mega Man for while a after a few attempts tonight.
Man, the yellow/green blob thing in the third Wily stage is the devil. And none of the special weapons seem to do any damage.
Is that the boss? I kept dying a little ways after the 2nd elevator section (past the fake 1-ups) so I put it down for awhile.
This thing suuuuucks. I used my last ace in the hole - a 1/2 damage powerup - like an idiot, the second time I fought him. Now I have his pattern mostly figured out but just a few hits and you’re dead. I can get him down at least 3/4ths of the way each time but can’t kill him.
One thing I noticed was that this stage is surprisingly short and easy. Once I figured out the 2nd elevator area and a couple tricky jumps beyond it, it’s a breeze. I can pretty much run through it without stopping or getting hit now. The first two Wily stages were harder and longer.
I’m at the part where you have to fight all the bosses again now. I don’t have any e-tanks and I don’t think I ever beat a boss without one. Eight of them? Puh-leeze. I’m boned. I might have to bite the bullet, revert to saved, and get to this point with more supplies intact.
A bit of advice in the spoiler tag:
Use the Black Hole Bomb vs. the Yellow/Green Devil boss. It kills him in ~5 hits and is much easier. I tried to use just the Mega Buster but damn it took me 20 minutes and I still died after using 2 Energy Tanks.
I’ve beaten the game so I’m taking a break before I start trying to complete some of the challenges. I’ve given up having any hope at getting a time attack score (although I’m getting pretty impressive at Galaxy Man’s stage).