

Its presentation and gameplay has been especially praised, although many sources found the game to be too difficult. Unlike the first two installments of the series, artist and designer Keiji Inafune has considered the creation of Mega Man 3 to be very stressful due to time constraints and his own increased responsibilities during its development.įollowing the success of Mega Man 2 released two years earlier, Mega Man 3 has sold 1.17 million copies and has been positively received in critical reviews. Mega Man 3 introduces new gameplay elements such as Mega Man's canine sidekick Rush and the ability to slide along the ground. Defeating a stage's boss will earn the player its special weapon, which can be selected and used at will throughout the rest of the game. The player, as Mega Man, must complete a series of stages in any order.

Wily, collect parts for a peace-keeping robot by defeating several Robot Masters that have gone haywire.Īn action- platform game, Mega Man 3 follows the same format set forth by its two predecessors. Light, and a supposedly former enemy, Dr. Taking place after the events of Mega Man 2, the plot follows the titular hero as he helps his creator, Dr. The game was released in North America later in 1990 and in European regions by Nintendo in 1992. It is the third game of the original Mega Man series and was originally released in Japan on September 28, 1990. Mega Man 3 (stylized as Mega Man III) is an action- platform video game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
