First of all, you CANNOT lose Jumper forever because there is no Nightmare anywhere near that Reploid. Second, you can clear Gate's Lab 1 with Blade Armor (although it is probably the most difficult way to do it, it does work). Third, if you have Ultimate, you can use Ice Burst + Nova Strike. So literally every armor you do not start the game with can clear without Jumper.



As X, charge Metal Anchor on the Heatnix miniboss. Yeah, the repetition was a bit much.



Zero is blowing smoke up X's rear. He does not know who saved him, demonstrated in his capsule conversations. If there was any truth to what he said, it only means that when he woke up there were still a few finishing touches to take care of.