blade arm glitch

[topman]

hey all, while i was playing megaman legends 2 i stumbled upon a neat little glitch where you can use the blade arm to walk on air. i did a search and didnt see anything about this anywhere, but if it is already known please let me know. i wasnt sure where to post this, so if this is the wrong place please move it! thanks

essentially, you switch out the blade arm with the lifter in mid air, and the game thinks you are standing at the peak of your swing. if anyone is interested, i could post pictures to explain in greater detail.

[ohseven]

Hey sounds cool, I'd be interested in seeing it. Lol I think the only legends glitch i've ever done was in legends 1. All I did was leap off of the flutter into grass, then nothingness and then land on top of a mountain...... well basically you can go past the game boundaries... then if you fall you end up on the same plane where you started.... -.o

[topman]

ok, here goes

hmm, how am i going to get to that red platform? its too far to jump to...


so i swing my blade arm until i do the jump slash, and just at the peak of the jump...


i switch to the lifter...


and viola! i am now floating in mid air!




so i walk to the platform and jump on it, and the game decides i am now standing on the platform and everything is back to normal!



ignore the lack of feet, thats just a graphical glitch

things you can do
- walk anywhere on the plane you set
- use your jet skates
- fire your buster gun
- jump to a new platform

things you cant do
- jump just to jump (will cause you to fall)
- use your blade arm (will cause you to fall)
- if you get hurt, you will fall to the ground

for example, i find this is good against enemies and bosses that use shockwaves as weapons. simply float a few feet above the ground and you no longer need to worry about shockwaves damaging you! also, you can hover to skip large areas, like the one shown above. please note that you need to be able to do the jump slash with your blade arm (im not sure if you need an upgraded arm to do this; i maxed out all of my arms stats as soon as i got it)

also sorry if the images dont work, this hosting service im using seems a little spotty. let me know what you think!

[ohseven]

This looks really cool, but if you can only do it once, you can't get very high can you? or can i do the glitch, then do the glitch, then do the glitch, etc. Can I just keep on going up?

[topman]

sadly, no, you cant just climb over and over again. if you are hovering and use the blade arm you will fall back down. however, you could use this to skip items and save time, which would be useful for a speedrun or a low percent run. for example, remember the part of the underwater dungeon where you need to use the water skates to jump across the large gap for treasure? well, using this glitch, you could simply walk across the gap. since this is the only area where water skates are required, you can effectively skip the water skates all together. another cool trick is the boss of the ice level. if you shoot him a few times to bring up the floating platforms, you can hover from one of the platforms up high. then, you wouldnt have to worry about falling into the damaging ice floor, and when the platforms disappear, you can simply hover in the air and shoot away at the boss while he can do nothing to stop you. this makes some parts of the game so easy its almost cheating (think sera's first form where she sends shockwaves towards you)

[ohseven]

Those are all valid points, thanks! Hey whats the highest point of mml2? You should use this cheat there to try to destroy the boundaries (invisible walls) like see if you can just keep running in a direction then fall into nothingness?