"Infiltrate enemy-occupied jungle and destroy the weapon under construction."

―Stage description, Mega Man X4

Jungle is Web Spider's stage in Mega Man X4. It is a lush jungle with a large laser cannon hidden within.

History[]

When the Reploid military organization known as the Repliforce was labeled as Mavericks due to refusing to turn in their weapons after being suspected of involvement in the deadly Sky Lagoon disaster, they launched a war of independence to form their own nation-state of Reploids. To further this goal, they set up a military base in a jungle, with Guerrilla Commander Web Spider leading the charge. They also had a massive weapon under construction as well. When the Maverick Hunters confronted Spider, he refused to stop the coup and surrender, forcing them to destroy him. They successfully dismantled the weapon after his defeat.

Description[]

Jungle Area 1[]

The first half of the stage consists of waterfalls filled with enemies and small platforms. Before the first waterfall pit, there's a cave with a Light Capsule containing the Fourth Armor's Foot Parts. After crossing the next section of platforms, there will be a part where X/Zero will have to jump on falling logs to get across. After reaching the other side, there will be a section with platforms that can be wall jumped to reach the top and reach the end of the area.

Jungle Area 2[]

The second half of the stage is inside the forest, wherein X and Zero will have to jump over Spider Cores and destroy Mega Nests. After reaching a section with platforms on trees, one can use Rising Fire with X or Ryuenjin with Zero to burn a section of the tree which contains a Life Up. Crossing this section will lead to Web Spider's arena.

Enemies[]

Image	Enemy
	Web Spider (boss)
	Kill Fisher
	Metal Gabyoall
	Blast Raster
	King Poseidon
	Obiiru
	Mega Nest
	Kyunnbyunn
	Spider Core

Items[]

	Life Up
	During the trees section in Area 2, burn the last brown trunk with Rising Fire/Ryuenjin to reveal the Life Up.
	Foot Parts
	While descending the waterfalls after the start of Area 1, there is an opening in the right wall leading to a room with the capsule.

Other appearances[]

Mega Man X DiVE[]

Jungle was featured as a stage as part of Sizzling Heat! Splendid Summer Event in Mega Man X DiVE.

Enemies

Image	Enemy
	Sine Dropper
	Guardroid
	Mega Tortoise
	Mega Nest
	Kyunbyunn
	Pararoid
	Mettaur
	Spiky

Other media[]

Rockman X4 manga[]

"When that giant beam cannon roars, the fury of the army will burn the city to the ground!"

―Web Spider's brazen declaration of his intent to commit a war crime.

The Jungle appeared in the manga. It is known as the Kagikira Jungle (カギキラ・ジャングル) and is located right around the Kagikira Hospital, which is in a major city.

X is driving on a Ride Chaser to the Kagikira Forest to investigate the disappearance of a group of Maverick Hunters who had went there. There were reports of a Repliforce frontline hiding in the jungle, which the aforementioned investigation team went to the forest to check out only to never return. Zero is now officially a fugitive from justice after attacking his fellow Hunters and disavowing the group. After X arrives at the forest, he is soon attacked by the animated corpses of the killed investigation team who have become Reploid zombies with someone pulling the strings and ordering them to attack him. X, however, decides to let them keep shooting at him until they run out of ammo, and the strategy works.

Web Spider, the commander of a guerrilla unit in the Repliforce, comes out and reveals he is responsible for everything that has occurred. As a former Maverick Hunter who worked with Zero, he reveals he knows about X and that Zero was right about him being naive. Spider then falsely tells X that Zero has really betrayed the Hunters and asked to join the Repliforce to aid them in their coup, as a strategy to get X angry and make him sloppy in battle. Spider engages X in battle, trapping him in a Lightning Web and revealing that it was the Repliforce who had acted in the shadows to support humanity since before Sigma's rebellion, but that didn't stop the public from criticizing them for refusing to aid the Hunters' in quelling Sigma's uprising as they had less authority than the Hunters.

Like the Colonel, Spider considers his weapons to be his pride, and is indignant at the humans and Hunters for ordering Repliforce to disarm. He reveals a secret beam cannon that he has constructed with Repliforce's help, which he plans on using to burn down a nearby city to kill the humans there in order to showcase "the anger of the soldiers." The only way to stop it is if Spider were to die. Not wanting so many people to die, X breaks free of Spider's Web and fights with full power, ultimately mortally wounding him with a charged shot.

Spider is left with a broken body and dismembered head, which he holds up with right arm. As X laments in tears about pointless battles, Spider responds that they will never truly end. Because humans are imperfect and created Reploids, it is only natural that Reploids would be imperfect as well. He said as long as there are heroes like X who do the humans' bidding, Reploids are forever destined to be mechanical puppets, wandering in an endless hell. Spider then dies of his injuries, with X replying that he is wrong about Reploids being in an "endless hell".

After Spider's termination, Zero arrives at a hilltop and watches the forest on from afar, meaning to ask X for the Colonel's location. Suddenly, the mysterious Reploid Magma Dragoon appears behind him. Noticing this, Zero pulls out his saber, and asks Dragoon what he wants from him. Dragoon then tells Zero that he did not come to fight him, and Zero apologizes and puts away his saber. Dragoon gives off a strong aura as he walks past Zero, who worryingly feels murderous intent from Dragoon and is shocked by it. Nevertheless, they both part ways.