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Bug: Not sure if this can be done on today's consoles but, this could actually be accomplished on the original NES. Two controllers must be plugged into the NES. Take a heavy item [i.e. A book or stapler.] and place it on the right directional button on the second controller and keep it there. Next, fall into a pit and wait for an enemy to go over the pit. When this happens, Megaman's energy will be completely depleted. After that happens, press the jump button on the first controller and Megaman will jump out of the pit and will now be invincible throughout the rest of the level as long as the right directional controller on the second stays pressed down. Note: this will only work when playing the first part of the game which involves Dr. Wily's minions but, won't work when the player makes it to Dr. Wily's lair.

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Character mistake: When Fatman begins to explain the 'party' rules, he says "If you prefer to stay in ONCE piece..." This is a spelling error, as he should have said 'ONE piece'.

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Other mistake: Kaiser-Friedrich Museum: At the beginning on the bridge you see several Russian soldiers. The ones just walking idly about on the bridge seem to be blind idiots. They just run into things causing collision and so, they just stand there walking in place against obstacle. Sometimes they turn a bit and keep walking until they hit the next obstacle.

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Factual error: On the Solar level, the other Star Fox team members only take damage from heat while they are talking. Being on the Lylat System star, they would be constantly taking heat damage just like Fox.

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Bug: Space Construct: About two thirds of the way through the map, you come to an S shaped thin blue path that has gravity lifters turned sideways along the edges at some points. The lifters there to push you off the path if you don't hit the spot just right. Sometimes when jumping over the lifters and a high speed and landing on the path, the Spectraball will suddenly become lodged into the path, stuck through it. You can not get out and have to restart from last checkpoint.

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Factual error: When giving birth in the game, giraffes will lie down, as do other in-game animals. Giraffes in the real world rarely lie down and even give birth standing up.

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Revealing mistake: On Escort matches, any time the tank goes under a walkway, you can see the antennas sticking up through the floor moving through it like a shark fin.

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Other mistake: Starting a new game, the description for the Fiction mode says... well, exactly that. "This is the description for the Fiction mode." Nothing else at all. Placeholder text at the very beginning of the game.

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Continuity mistake: Max takes a photo of herself at the start of episode one. When she uses this photo to time-travel in episode five, if you pay attention, it's slightly different than the original photo.

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Bug: Sometimes after killing all the enemies in a room, you will not get the Room Cleared message. You might still hear an enemy grunting or groaning, but there are none present. Leaving the room and then returning will cause the enemies to respawn and will usually fix this glitch.

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Character mistake: During matches involving Triple H, one of the random tidbits Jerry "The King" Lawler can mention is the match Hunter had on Wrestlemania 2000, where he bested in a fatal four-way "Mick Foley, the Rock and Mankind." Mick Foley IS Mankind, the fourth person in the main event was The Big Show.

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Factual error: In 'Escaping the Prison', the description for the Opacitator says that it will turn you opaque, allowing you to pass through walls. 2 problems. First, opaque is the opposite of transparent (see through), despite what the description claims. Also, the transparency of objects only affect how much light passes through them, it doesn't affect any other physics (a glass can't go through walls just because it is transparent). Even if the device did make objects opaque, it would not affect any physics or have any effect on Henry.

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Continuity mistake: There are some minor inconsistencies between the original game and this prequel regarding Chloe's time at Blackwell Academy. In the original game, Chloe's dialog during episode three suggests she's never been in principal Wells' office, but in this prequel, Chloe is seen visiting the office. Additionally, this game, which is set in 2010, shows Chloe being expelled. But documentation in the original game indicated she was expelled in 2011.

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Factual error: When the M16A4 is mounted with optics the front sight as well as gas block are removed. Without the gas block the M16A4 could only fire one shot before having to be manually actuated.

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Continuity mistake: In the ending cutscene of the G5-Building level, you will see you have come out of a plain wall, which you blew down before completing this level.

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Bug: In this game, unlike the sequels, the CPU players will go after any item that spawns with reckless abandon. If there are just two level 9 CPU players on the stage, and an item spawns, they will both go for it. If they are equal or approximately equal distance from it on opposite sides, they will steadily walk towards it. Once they get within a certain distance of each other, their Level 9 defense programming kicks in, and they will shield roll past each other, and the item. Get up, and do it again, and again, and again bringing the fight to a standstill until the item fades away.

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Continuity mistake: Sometime after Kara kills Todd and runs away with Alice, she is cutting off some of her hair. Later in the game, it's revealed that an android's physical appearance, from clothes to skin color and even hair is a holographic image, so there's no way Kara would have been able to cut her hair.

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Suggested correction: The outer appearance isn't a hologram, but a fluid-like substance that moulds to the desired appearance. It is possible to remove some of this fluid, such as by cutting the hair.

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Other mistake: In the opening sequence, Dr. Wily's name is misspelled Dr. Willy with two L's. This mistake is carried over to Mega Man Legacy Collection 2.

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Continuity mistake: In the original Xbox version, after retrieving Jagger Valance's package and giving it to him, he tells you how to escape from Butcher Bay. After he does, kill him. Later in the game, after making it to the Space Port, a ship will be there waiting. When entering the ship, Jagger Valance will be there attempting to open the door to the cockpit.

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