Mega Man X Legacy Collection

This can be easier than it sounds, but requires some work getting Vile's location. To find/unlock Vile, you need to defeat two of the Mavericks (I recommend Tunnel Rhino and Volt Catfish in that order) to trigger a cutscene where Dr. Doppler sends his aides Bit and Byte after X, and Vile will decide to join the party.


Provided you defeated Tunnel Rhino and Volt Catfish first, go to Crush Crawfish's stage and after the room where you're supposed to fight Bit/Byte there'll be a Life Energy capsule under an overhanging floor. There's a hidden hole in the floor underneath this overhang which will lead to a secret room and a teleport capsule to take you to a factory where Vile plans to ambush you.

Fight your way through the factory until you reach Vile, who shows up in a Ride Armor. He'll charge at you and try to ram a spiked fist into you. Just climb the wall behind you enough to jump over Vile and his Ride, shot him twice (or with a small charged shot) then dash to the opposite wall and climb again. Vile will keep charging you like this, so continue to jump over him, shoot, and reclimb in anticipation of his charges. Don's just stay on the walls - the Ride Armor's punches are strong enough to knock you down into him for damage.

I did this without using any special weapons for the Persistence Isn't Everything achievement.

Good hunting!

The following password gives you all subtanks, heart tanks, armor pieces (no enhancements, just upgrades), no Ride Armor Chips, Bit and Byte both dead, and all but Blizzard Buffalo and Toxic Seahorse defeated.

You can do this with Rookie Hunter Mode enabled, and it's highly suggested. With it turned on, you can literally just sit on the left side spamming to shoot Vile's Ride Armor between hits from his Ride Armor's spike-punch without taking any damage whatsoever.

Once you plug in the password, go to Crush Crawfish's (completed) stage, go down the first big drop, head to the right past the sub-boss room, cross a pit, take out the small green walker, then drop through the floor under the walker's platform to find the teleporter to the factory. Once in the factory, head to the right, go down, then right again at the bottom, jump on the elevator up, don't bother with the energy powerups, you won't need 'em, then head right and into the boss door to find Vile teleporting in on his Ride Armor. As previously stated, with Rookie Hunter Mode on, just sit in the left corner and shoot the Ride Armor between punches from the Ride Armor. Once you drain the Ride Armor's life meter and Vile jumps out of it, the achievement pops.

Password:

6434
4155
6682
3556

Password generated at: http://www.mmhp.net/Passwords/MMX3/