Lost Caverns of Jungata

85th: Lost Caverns of Jungata Make a Good Mega Man Level 3

This level is still inoffensive, but it's also unmemorable.

Overview Creator(s): Lizardcommando Composer(s): Luna Umegaki (originals) IKA (cover) Statistics Scores: 50 44 65 60 66 Total: 57 / 100 Rank: 85th Elements: 4 Enemies: Vanguardroid MK4 Vanguardroid MK5 Gimmicks: Crash Man Lift Collapsing Red Platform Jet Bike Sub-Bosses: Roller Dragon MK2 Bosses: Vanguardroid Commander Type

Theme Music Mega Man Zero 4 - Esperanto Boss: Mega Man 5 - Boss Stage Order Location: Tier 8 Previous: [[]] Next: [[]]

Lost Caverns of Jungata is the 85th place entry in Make a Good Mega Man Level 3 made by Lizardcommando. The level takes place on some mysterious lost island called Jungata. You'll run into a variety of familiar looking enemies and some brand new enemies, including a large dragon tank. The level primarily uses Napalm Man's tileset and incorporates stage gimmicks from Mega Man 2, Mega Man 3 and Mega Man 5, primarily the Crash Man lifts, the collapsing red platforms and the jet bike from their respective games.

Strategy

It's a fairly straightforward romp through the first part of the stage. You'll have to carefully jump on a series of collapsing red platforms to go across a small lake. You'll run into two new enemies of the stage, the green Vanguardroid MK5 and a blue Vanguardroid MK4. The green Vanguardroids can rapidly fire their blasters and jump in the air. The blue Vanguardroids carry a ballistic shield that can block the player's shots. At the end of the first section you'll climb down a ladder and fall down another pit to the second section of the level.

You'll walk through an underground cavern filled with pits, waterfalls and the first Energy Element of the stage. The first energy The waterfalls' currents push you towards the edges of the platforms, which can lead to players falling to their deaths if they are not careful. At the end of the section, you'll come across a drop off section with spikes lining the walls. If you land on a small ledge at the last part of the drop off section, you'll see a wall of shootable blocks. Destroy those blocks and you'll enter a secret room with some random item boxes and an Energy Element. At the bottom of the drop off section, you'll encounter this stage's mini boss, the Roller Dragon MK2. It's basically a reskin of the Gorilla Tank from Mega Man 6. Its mouth cannon fires slightly faster than the Gorilla Tank and the rocket drill fires a bit faster as well. Shoot the Roller Dragon MK2's eyes to defeat it.

The next section has players walking through the jungle once more. There's a giant lake with two collapsible bridges. This section branches off into two separate paths. One path takes you to an underground river jet ski section and the other path takes you to another series of underground waterfalls and Crash Man lifts.

Jet Ski Path

If you go through the underwater entrance located at the bottom of the second collapsible bridge, this will take you to the jet ski path. You'll ride through the underground river dodging a variety of different enemies. There's an Energy Element floating in the air that you'll need to catch before you drive past it. After passing this section, you'll encounter a Giant Octopus mini boss. After defeating the mini boss, you'll encounter the ruins of an abandoned submarine. There are several item boxes and an E Tank you can pick up. There are a few rooms with Crash Man platforms that are floating above spikes and populated with batton bats. Once you leave this section, you'll see a floating spinning platform. Climb aboard it and it will take you across a large pit and land next to a platform with a ladder. Climb up the ladder to the surface, which leads up to the final stretch of jungle that leads up to the boss room.

Underground Waterfalls and Crash Lift Path

If you pass the underwater entrance at the second collapsible bridge, you will walk across a small stretch of jungle until you encounter an entrance to an underground cavern. This section has a series of underground waterfalls and Crash Man lifts. You will need to carefully travel along the Crash Man lifts and watch your footing on the fast moving currents from the underground waterfalls. There is an Energy Element floating underneath a platform. Traveling along a series of Crash Man lifts, you'll find a platform with a ladder. Climb up the ladder to the surface, which leads up to the final stretch of jungle that leads up to the boss room.

Boss

The red Vanguardroid Commander Type is basically an edited Pharoah Man boss. It will occasionally jump around the room, sometimes while shooting at the same time. It will occasionally stand still to charge up its buster and shoot a powerful, fast moving charge shot. The player's full charge shot is capable of doing a good deal of damage to the boss, however, the Laser Trident is just as effective against the boss.

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Trivia

• The level's name is a reference to a fictitious island called Jungata that would show up in a bunch of the level author's unreleased RPG Maker games. The level's name was a reference to an old Doom map the level's author had made many years ago, but it was never published.

• The very first beta of the level featured an extremely not-so-subtle reference to the level author's previous Make a Good Mega Man 2 level, SMB3. It featured the destroyed remains of an airship, along with some destroyed Zaku Troopas buried in the sand. There were some Koopa Troopas who had surrendered and were completely harmless. At the end of the section, there was a secret boss featuring a Red Koopa Troopa who called himself Char AznaKoopa. One of the testers pointed out that doing this was very much against the rules, so that section was removed and replaced with the jet ski section.

• There was supposed to be a mini boss that was going be an armored bunker with Koopa Troopa soldiers that were inside it throwing bombs at the player and had a cannon at the top of the bunker, but this was obviously scrapped due to the removal of all the SMB3 references.

• The Vanguardroids seen throughout the level (the green guys, the blue guys and the red guy) were a reference to an enemy from a Doom mod the level author had created called Lizard Squad. The remains of the old Vanguardroid in the secret room represented the one seen in the afformentioned Doom mod.

• The Vanguardroids' color schemes directly referenced the Zaku 2, Char's Zaku 2 and the Gouf from the Mobile Suit Gundam series. The red one is the commander type (it even includes the Commander's Antenna), the green one is the standard Zaku 2 and the blue one is the standard Gouf.

• The green Vanguardroid was supposed to have a third move, which was to shoot and jump at the same time, but that was not implemented due to the level author's lack of skills in coding.

• The second half of the level (anything past the Roller Dragon MK2 mini boss) had incorporated concepts from some of the levels the level author had made in Mega Man Maker, namely, some parts from the levels "Mt. Shasta Mining Facility", "Jungle Iron Fortress", "Submerged Cavern" and "Escape the Submerged Cavern".

• The Roller Dragon MK2 mini boss is a direct reference to the Roller Dragon as seen in the anime movie Unico in the Island of Magic.

• The giant octopus mini boss in the jet ski section was originally supposed to be a giant Loch Ness monster type mini boss, but it was scrapped due to the level author not having any idea how to implement it.