User blog:SonictheHedgehogFan24/Mega Man 3 Review

So, it's been awhile since I wrote a blog post, but I think it's time I come back to talk about one of my favorite games of all time: Mega Man 3. To me, this is the best Clasic Mega Man game out there, with the best soundtrack, (mostly) great weapons, a solid lineup of Robot Masters, and a few other things that this game started the tradition of that carried into subsequent games. Now, sure, the game isn't perfect, but that doesn't stop me from loving it! I'm going to look at each and every element of Mega Man 3 - story, gameplay, weapons, bosses, level design, and (most importantly, to me anyway) music - and see how it compares to other games in the series like Mega Man 2 or Mega Man 8. But for now, let's get things started!

Story
The story begins after the events of Mega Man 2, with Dr. Wily seeing a turn in his ways. As such, he joins forces with Dr. Light (or Dr. Right in Japan) to produce a peace-keeping robot: Gamma (who looks awfully similar to Guts Man). They need crystals, or Energy Elements, to power him, so 8 new Robot Masters - Needle Man, Magnet Man, Gemini Man, Hard Man, Top Man, Snake Man, Spark Man, and Shadow Man - are created and sent to 8 different planets to search for said crystals. However, it ends up backfiring, as they started going out of control and attacking everything!

Enter MEGA MAN, Dr. Light's lab assistant turned Super Fighting Robot. Accompanied by his new companion, Rush, his robot dog, he takes off to put a stop to the 8 rogue Robot Masters and retrieve the 8 crystals needed to power up Gamma. Along the way, he gets a visit from a mysterious robot who he has never met before in 4 of the 8 planets. After some quick battles, it mysteriously disappears, opening up another opportunity for Mega Man to carry on.

After defeating the last of the Robot Masters, Mega Man gets a nasty surprise: a creation known as Doc Robot appears in 4 of the 8 planets he last visited before. Once again, Mega Man returns to the 4 planets to find everything changed around, and a shock of terror: the Doc Robot copies the movesets and powers of all 8 Robot Masters from Mega Man 2 (Metal Man, Air Man, Bubble Man, Quick Man, Crash/Clash Man, Flash Man, Heat Man, and Wood Man). Mega Man uses his new set of 8 Robot Masters weapons - Needle Cannon, Magnet Missile, Gemini Laser, Hard Knuckle, Top Spin, Search Snake, Spark Shock, and Shadow Blade - to take out the Doc Robots and return the 8 planets to peace.

After the final Doc Robot was destroyed, and one final battle with the mysterious robot, Mega Man returns to Earth, and upon arriving at Dr. Light's lab, he receives yet another set of bad news: Dr. Wily (or Dr. Wiley, as stated in-game) had run off with Gamma! As such, Mega Man gears up, refills his weapons, and takes off towards Dr. Wily's latest skull fortress. He blasts through the defence forces, and, after once again defeating the 8 rogue Robot Masters from before, he confronts Wily in his latest Wily Machine... or so he thinks.

When the Wily Machine was reduced to nothing but scrap metal, Mega Man stepped up to Wily only to find out what he was fighting was a fake! He then scours the remaining area of the fortress, only to find the real Dr. Wily inside Gamma. The realization suddenly hits Mega Man that he has to destroy Gamma. After a long battle, Gamma is finally destroyed, and Dr. Wily's begging for mercy begins. However, just before Mega Man can reach Wily, the fortress begins to collapse, with debris hitting both Mega Man and Dr. Wily! The mysterious robot from Mega Man's treks on the 8 planets appears once again, and teleports Mega Man out of the fortress.

Mega Man later regains conciousness at Dr. Wily's lab, and after talking with Dr. Light, both of them hear a familiar whistle in the distance, and Dr. Light suddenly remembers the creation before Mega Man: Proto Man. As Mega Man runs through the meadows, he looks up into the sky, wondering where his long-lost brother might go next. Dr. Wily's pod, now smoking, lands on top of a tree, which signals the end of Mega Man 3.