North Pole Area (北極エリア Hokkyoku Eria) is Blizzard Wolfang's stage in Mega Man X6. Despite the name of the stage, its location on the Stage Select Screen map more closely resembles North Korea or Manchuria than the Arctic circle.
Description[]
This stage has more environmental hazards than enemies, including icy floors, slippery slopes, spikes, falling ice cubes, and rolling Nightmare Ice. It begins with a climb up a slope that periodically rolls snowballs, then becomes a platforming challenge from pillar to pillar. It then descends into a vertical tunnel with bouncing snowballs, before placing the Maverick Hunters in large crevasses where ice cubes threaten to crush them. At the top of these pits is Blizzard Wolfang's arena.
The Nightmare Phenomena that may affect this stage are Nightmare Mirror and Nightmare Fire; the Nightmare Fire is actually required to open the cracked ice wall leading to several upgrades and the Another Route portal. The phenomenon that this stage activates in others is Nightmare Freeze.
Enemies[]
| Image | Enemy |
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Blizzard Wolfang (boss) |
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Nightmare Mirror |
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Wolfloid |
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Nightmare Virus |
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Nightmare Fire |
Items[]
Upgrades[]
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 Life Up
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| In the descent down icy slopes, there are cracks in the ice on the right wall. With Nightmare Fire active (by exiting Magma Area), the cracks will be open to reveal a secret room where the Life Up, several Reploids, and the Another Route are found. | |
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 EX Item
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| In the same hidden room as the Life Up, drop down the shaft on the right and survive the bed of spikes using Blade or Shadow Armor to grab the EX Item. | |
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 Shadow Armor Foot Program
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| After the segment of pits and falling Nightmare Ice, use X's Ice Burst or Blade Armor to jump off the downward slope and find a ledge with the capsule behind more Nightmare Ice. |
Parts from the Injured Reploids[]
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Ryu -  Shot Eraser
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| Next to the stage's Light Capsule, on the high ledge to the right. | |
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Ken -  Energy Up
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| Very close to the stage's Life Up, in the secret room opened by Nightmare Fire. | |
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Nina -  Weapon Drive
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| Next to the stage's EX Item, in the secret room opened by Nightmare Fire. | |
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Chun -  Life Up
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| The second Reploid in the falling ice blocks segment. | |
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Dante -  Jumper
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| On a ledge to the left, across a sheet of spikes, in the Another Route. |
| 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) | |