Temporal Pillar
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Temporal Pillar is the fifth stage on the path to the Psycho Chip in Make a Good Mega Man Level: Episode Zero. Having put up with the Cursor's mischief, Zero discovers a tall tower in the woods containing time-stopping blocks and enemies modelled on clocks. It also contains Crash Lifts, Yoku Blocks, and several Presses, which he must freeze in place using the aforementioned Time Blocks. Conversely, however, some of these gimmicks will only move while time is frozen.
Strategy
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Z-Phone Dialogue
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Dr. Wily | Temporal Pillar?
The final tower in a trio. Just a coincidence, I guess. This one's more... modern, though. I think some ex-Chronos Institute people founded it after I sort of... ruined their building. So now it's just some secret rarely-used tower-laboratory thing in the woods. Hooray? |
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Agent Krantz | Krantz: Temporal Pillar?
That place was built after workers at the Chronos Institute found some ancient artifact. Using it they were able to develop blocks that could envelop the area in a "time field" when hit. Zero: Time field? Krantz: Essentially, time will stop for a brief period, and normal obstacles and enemies won't move. Zero: If all time stops when I use those, then collecting the Element should be easy. Stern: Sound logic, if we didn't require them to install defense systems. Zero: Pardon? Krantz: We've had incidents in the past where people have misused time anomalies for their own gain. To prevent that happening again, we required they install defense mechanisms against their own systems. So some of their defenses are designed to run in tandem with the time field, rather than against it. We didn't tell them how they needed to design their defenses though, so they designated them by color. Pink should indicate normal defense forces, while green indicates "inverse" defense forces. Blue will run regardless of the time field. |
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Galaxy Man | In that tower, there'll be a part where there's a path on the bottom and a path on the top!
Take the bottom path, time your time block thingy correctly, and snag the CD! |
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Yamato Man | Yamato Man: Sakuya Izayoi?
That name rings a bell. I wonder why she's dressed like a maid, that's hardly a good battle outfit. Zero: Perhaps she is working for someone? Yamato Man: If that's the case then I seriously hope it's not Wily or Light, that'd just be really weird. In any case, her brand of time-stopping powers doesn't seem to affect you or your bullets, but if her kitchen knives have a green aura, then they'll only move when time isn't stopped, so she may use them to lay traps for you! Try to split your attention across the array of projectiles as best as you can. |
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Knives | Knives: Ooh, the time tower ruins thingy... Our date could last forever in a spot like this!
But when you stop time it gets all grey and stuff. That kills the mood for me. We gotta have more reds and blues and reds! Give the date a good color feel. Zero: Well, we can go to the tower. You walk in first, and I will test the time stop. Knives: Oh, so ladies first! What a gentleman! Hehehe! But no. |
Trivia
- The use of a shader for the level's time-stopping gimmick requires an up-to-date version of DirectX to correctly run. In v1.0 of Make a Good Mega Man Level: Episode Zero, the game would crash if this requirement wasn't met, rendering the level unbeatable. From v1.1 onwards, the level no longer crashes, but the monochrome effect while time is frozen will not appear. Additionally, Time Man will appear as an NPC at the start of the level if the player's DirectX isn't updated, offering them a download link to update it.
