Mega Man X8 Secrets, Codes and Glitches (PS2)

Mega Man X8 is a platform shooter video game developed and published by Capcom Co., Ltd in 2005. It is the eighth and most recent game in the Mega Man X video game series. The game plot focuses on the abduction of a "next-generation" reploid from the construction site of a space elevator, and the subsequent pursuit of his captors. During the course of game play the motivations of these captors comes into focus, and it is up to the heroes, led by Mega Man X, to stop them.

Like its predecessors in the Mega Man X series, Mega Man X8 has several modes of gameplay: the game screen, a menu screen, and a stage select screen. New to the X series is the laboratory, where players can obtain upgrades (such as improved armor) in exchange for "metals" found within the game stages. Generally, a player will select the stage he wishes to go to on the stage select screen, and play through it on the game and menu screens.

Easter Eggs

Ryu's Hurricane Kick
Equip the K Knuckle on Zero and jump up and press Triangle.

Shoryuken with X
You can do a shoryuken with X (in his ultimate armor).

Hold Up and press triangle.
This move appeared in Megaman X2 as an ultimate move (like the Hadoken in Megaman X1). It's not powerful at all, but a fun Easter egg.

Glitches

Maximum Metals
This glitch is intended to give you the max number of metals in the game in just one pause during gameplay. First you need to have a life tank and make sure it is not completely full, recommended half full. Second you need to have less than 50 metals. Go to the R&D development room and get a life charge for the life tank which costs 50 metals to obtain; the game will glitch out and your metal counter will disappear from the screen. Go to any level and find a single metal anywhere on the level, the metal counter will increase insanely. Now press start to pause and bring up the player menu screen, your counter will read 9999999, the maximum number of metals possible in the game!

Secrets

Battle Cutman.
If you have a Megaman X: Command Mission save on the same memory card that you are saving on in X8, you can battle Cutman at the end of Optic Sunflower's stage.

Codes

Obtain Sigma blade, fight Cutman, play as Alia and Layer
At the title screen where it says "press start", enter the codes then, start a new game on normal or hard and the blade and the 2 characters will be available at the development shop for purchase.

To fight Cutman, go to the end of Optic Sunflowers stage.

Left, Circle, Up, Triangle, Down, X, Right, Square, L1, R1, L2, R2 - Fight Cutman

Down, R1, Up, L1, Square, X, Triangle, Circle - Play as Alia

Square, Square, Right, X, R1 - Play as Layer

L3, L3, R3, L3, L3, R3, L3, L3, R3, L3, L3, R3 - Sigma Blade

Play as Pallete, Ultimate Armor X, Black Zero, and White Axl
At the Title Screen where it says "press start", type the following codes in:

L1, L1, R1, R1, L1, L1, L1, L1 - Unlock Black Zero

L2, L2, L2, R2, R2, R2, L2, L2, L2, R2 - Unlock White Axl

R1, X, Left, Square, Square - Unlocks Pallete

Ultimate X Armor
Enter Code at the title screen.

Left(3), Right(3), Left(4), Right(4) - Unlock Ultimate X Armor

Stuck while playing the last level of this game? Here's the video speed-run of that level: