Patchwork

So I've been streaming the Mega Man games over on my Twitch channel (twitch.tv/BradicalRadical) and I reached a particular frustrating segment. Fair warning - this post may contain spoilers for various things. To explain the segment as simply as I can - There is huge bottomless pit that I must traverse using a special ability. This special ability has a finite amount of, for lack of a better term, ammo. In order to successfully cross the bottomless pit, I have to pick up a few ammo replenishment items along the way. Sounds simple and not terribly frustrating right? And this particular segment isn't that hard on it's own. I had no trouble clearing the gap. But I did have to still complete about 25% of the level - which consists of hard enemies and a boss. Standard Mega Man affair. Being horrible at Mega Man games, I died not terribly long after the pit. No big deal - I have extra lives and will just respawn and try again. I then realized why this is a particularly bad part o...