Nightmare Mother (ナイトメアマザー Naitomea Mazā) is the boss of Gate's Secret Lab Stage 1 in Mega Man X6. The Nightmare Mother is composed of two cube-shaped aggregations of Nightmare Viruses, which work together to attack the Maverick Hunters.
Strategy[]
The two parts of the Nightmare Mother circulate the arena on opposite sides, either clockwise or counterclockwise. They pause for a moment between each movement, moving faster as they lose health. On Xtreme difficulty, they also fire bullets while moving.
Every once in a while, the Nightmare Mothers stop to launch elemental attacks from their cores, exposing their weakpoints. When a core is destroyed, its empty mass continues to move while the other attacks. They are weak to Metal Anchor/Rakukoujin, and X's Shadow Armor can deal massive damage to the cores with just his Charge Shot or Giga Attack.
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Water (ウオーター Uōtā)[1] |
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| A Nightmare Mother shoots a water bullet, which travels across surfaces in a wave like the Goo Shaver from Mega Man X5. | |
| Damage: 4:6:7 | |
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Thunder (サンダー Sandā)[1] |
| A Nightmare Mother releases lightning balls horizontally, striking the floor with thunderbolts. Only used when a core faces downward. | |
| Damage: 3:4:5 (ball), 6:8:10 (bolt) | |
 
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Flame & Fireball (フレーム&ファイアボール Furēmu to faiabōru)[1] |
| A Nightmare Mother releases fireballs, depending on the core's position. If the core faces upward, it spouts a fountain of fireballs that rain down. If the core faces downward, it drops a fireball that covers the entire floor in flames. | |
| Damage: 3:4:5 (Fireball), 6:8:10 (Flame) | |
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Tackle (体当たり Taiatari)[1] |
| Once a Nightmare Mother's core is destroyed, it performs a single brutal body slam instead of using an elemental attack. | |
| Damage: 4:6:7 |
Other appearances[]
Nightmare Mother appeared as a unit card in TEPPEN.
Videos[]
Trivia[]
- The Nightmare Mother appears before the boss battle with the sound of a heartbeat.
- The sprite used in Flame & Fireball when Nightmare Mother sets the ground ablaze is taken directly from Dhalsim's "Yoga Flame" attack in the Marvel vs. Capcom series.
- The way that they can only be damaged while attacking is very similar to the Devil series of robots (e.g., the Yellow Devil) from the original Mega Man series.
- The Nightmare Mother shares its boss theme with D-1000.
- While fan sites sometimes incorrectly refer to Nightmare Mother as "Nightmare King", no official source for this name is known to exist.
References[]
| Mega Man X6 | |
|---|---|
| Nightmare Investigators | |
| Commander Yammark • Ground Scaravich • Blaze Heatnix • Blizzard Wolfang • Rainy Turtloid Metal Shark Player • Shield Sheldon • Infinity Mijinion | |
| Other Bosses | |
| D-1000 • Zero Nightmare • Dynamo • Nightmare Mother • High Max • Gate • Sigma | |
| X's Special Weapons | |
| Yammar Option • Ground Dash • Magma Blade • Ice Burst • Meteor Rain • Metal Anchor • Guard Shell • Ray Arrow | |
| Zero's Special Techniques | |
| Yammar Option • Sentsuizan • Shoenzan • Hyoroga • Ensuizan • Rakukojin • Guard Shell • Rekkoha | |
| Armors | |
| - X - Falcon Armor • Blade Armor • Shadow Armor • Ultimate Armor - Zero - Black Zero | |
| Stages | |
| Opening Stage • Amazon Area • Central Museum • Magma Area • North Pole Area • Inami Temple • Recycle Lab • Laser Institute • Weapon Center • Secret Lab | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Walkthrough • Another Route • Parts • Injured Reploids • List of Enemies Damage Data Chart (X) • Damage Data Chart (Zero) • Game Script (X's story) • Game Script (Zero's story) | |