Mega Man III
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| Mega Man III | |
| Developer(s) | Capcom |
| Publisher(s) | Capcom |
| Release date(s) | 1990 |
| Genre | Action/Platformer |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Platform(s) | NES |
Mega Man III (Japanese: Rockman 3: The End of Dr. Wily!?, ロックマン 3 Dr.ワイリーの最期!?) is a video game that is a part of the Mega Man Classic series. For the Game Boy game, see: Mega Man III.
Mega Man III is the third game released chronologically in the series. It features several enhancments on the previous games, including:
- the introduction of Rush, a robotic dog that doubles as a spring (Rush Coil), a submarine (Rush Marine), and a jet (Rush Jet);
- Mega Man now possesses a slide, which can fit him into gaps about half his size and "duck" projectiles;
- This game is relatively easy due to the fact that you can have up to 9 Energy (E) Tanks.
It also marks the first appearance of fan-favorite Proto Man.
Story
In the year 200X (2009), Dr. Wily claims to have reformed and works with Dr. Light on a project to build a peace-keeping robot named "Gamma." However, the eight Robot Masters that the two scientists had designed in order to help maintain peace go berserk and make off with the eight power crystals, so once again, Mega Man is called into action, but this time with a trusty canine companion named "Rush," to go after them and retrieve the crystals, located on various mining planets in space.
Proto Man, Dr. Light and Wily's first creation, also finally returns after a year in hiding to "train" Mega Man by dueling him in various locations throughout the blue-bomber's journey, but if Mega Man comes out the winner, he will open up the path forward to him.
Upon defeating the main Robot Masters, four new levels open up, which are new versions of the levels they replace. Overall, these new levels are similar to the levels they replace, except much harder, for instance the new Spark Man level, features a fall down a spike lined shaft. In these levels, Mega Man is confronted by two robots (one about half-way through the level, the other at the end) which take on the abilities of the Robot Masters of Mega Man II.
When Mega Man has victory over the eight Robot Masters, he then confronts a version of Proto Man known as Break Man. He then teleports out and returns to the lab, Dr. Light runs out and tells him that Wily has stolen Gamma and, of course, that Mega Man must pursue him immediately. So, Mega Man goes to Wily's new Skull Compound and after defeating some new foes, and even some clones of himself, he faces Gamma, who has been reprogrammed for evil and must destroy him and defeat Wily, who unfortunately manages to escape by detonating a self-destruct sequence in the lab...When will the madman be captured?
The following Robot Masters appear in this game. The character designer is listed after the robot.
| # | Robot Master | Designer | Weapon | Weakness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Needle Man | Nobuhiko Akatsuka | Needle Cannon | Gemini Laser |
| 18 | Magnet Man | Nagashi Kii | Magnet Missile | Spark Shock |
| 19 | Gemini Man | Yoshihito Hattori | Gemini Laser | Search Snake |
| 20 | Hard Man | Kazuhiko Oguro | Hard Knuckle | Magnet Missile |
| 21 | Top Man | Yasushi Konjiki | Top Spin | Hard Knuckle |
| 22 | Snake Man | Yuhjiro Ishitani | Search Snake | Needle Cannon |
| 23 | Spark Man | Mikihiro Suzuki | Spark Shock | Shadow Blade |
| 24 | Shadow Man | Takumine Yoshida | Shadow Blade | Top Spin |
Mega Man III was re-released as part of the Mega Man Anniversary Collection in 2004. This game was also released with 16-bit graphics in 1994 as part of the Sega Mega Drive game Mega Man: The Wily Wars.
This is the first Mega Man game, where it is shown that Mega Man's blaster is a part of his left arm. In the two previous games, his blaster is shown to be a gun, carried in the left hand.
In addition to acquiring Shadow Man's Shadow Blade and Needle Man's Needle Cannon, Mega Man is rewarded with the Rush Submarine and the Rush Jet, respectively.
The following cameos take place in Mega Man III:
- The boss of the second level in Wily's Fortress is a remodified "Yellow Devil" (Rock Monster) from the first Mega Man.
- The boss of the third level in Wily's Fortress features a Mega Man clone and two holographic images of Mega Man. This is similar to the use of a Mega Man clone as a boss in Wily's fortress in Mega Man.
- In the fourth level of Wily's Fortress, leading up to the transporter room, there is a decrepit monster who attacks by throwing rocks in the style of Gutsman.
Each of the games in Mega Man 2-6 feature a room with transporters to defeat all of the Robot Masters again. However, in the majority of these games, after defeating the Robot Masters a second time, a ninth transporter appears, leading the player to battle a vessel controlled by Dr. Wily. Mega Man 3 is the exception to this. After defeating the Robot Masters in the transporter room, a gateway is opened identical to the gateway which leads to the boss chamber in other levels, but instead of leading to a boss chamber, it leads to a series of weapon charging capsules, an energy tank, and a transporter. Upon entering this transporter, the level is complete.
The final two levels of Wily's Fortress are the simplest levels of the game, with the exception of Break Man's level. Each features two rooms: The first simply involves a collection of power-ups, but no monsters, and the second features the boss. The first of these two bosses is believed to be Dr. Wily, but is revealed to be merely a mechanical puppet. The second of these two bosses is the actual Dr. Wily controlling Gamma, the peacekeeping robot.
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|---|---|
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| X series | Mega Man X | Mega Man X2 | Xtreme | Mega Man X3 | Xtreme 2 | Mega Man X4 | Mega Man X5 | Mega Man X6 | Mega Man X7 | Mega Man X8 | Command Mission | Collection |
| Legends series | The Misadventures of Tron Bonne | Legends | Legends 2 |
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| Zero series | Zero | Zero 2 | Zero 3 | Zero 4 |
