Finalization

"The Noise Level has reached 200%! ...Finalize!!"

—Joker, Mega Man Star Force 3

Mega Man's Finalize forms, Black Ace and Red Joker

Finalization, also known as Finalize (ファイナライズ, Fainaraizu, Finalize, sometimes written as "Finalized Noise" ), is a transformation system introduced in Mega Man Star Force 3, it is an extension of Noise Change. By utilizing the Noise Control Program, an EM Being can utilize the Noise they've gathered from Meteor G. By accessing the Meteor Server, they can "finalize" into a more powerful version of themself.

Story

Acid Ace Black

Acid and Joker were created from the same program, with an ability to adapt to any amount of Noise. When their Noise levels reach 200% or higher, they can Finalize. When Joker tried to force Finalization on Acid's EM Wave Changed form, Acid Ace, he discovers that the Satella Police has locked it so he can't go all the way. When Acid Ace finalizes, he becomes Acid Ace B (Black) and when Joker finalizes, he becomes Dread Joker.

Dread Joker

Mega Man can also finalize thanks to the Noise Control Program given by Ace, although it is a weaker variation of the one Acid and Joker have. When it's equipped, he too can transform at 200% or more Noise Level into his Ultimate Transformation, Black Ace or Red Joker. When the Crimson Dragon still stood after his first fight against it, he falls from exhaustion. After getting a resolve to keep fighting, he got back up and forces himself to Finalize and starts the fight in his Ultimate Transformation.

Game Mechanic

See also: Noise Change

The Finalize prompt in Black Ace.

At Noise Levels of 200% or higher, the player can finalize through the Custom Screen. This is when the screen prompts the player whether they want to initiate Finalization by accessing the Meteor Server (流星サーバー) by showing a button written Meteor Server Access.

Initiating Finalization will transform Mega Man to either Black Ace or Red Joker, depending on the version that is being played. Doing so will also cause his noise level to drop to 0%. Additionally, when the Meteor Server is accessed, the player switches to a Meteor Server folder which contains several powerful Battle Cards, inclusive of the NFBs from the other Noises and their exclusive NFB. Finalized Noises have no element or weakness, but expire after three turns, causing the player to revert to the Noise Form stage of his equipped Noise Change at 0% noise.

The Meteor Server folder has different levels, going higher as the player reaches higher noise levels above 200%. Higher levels contain more powerful Battle Cards, starting from LV1 at 200% noise and ending at LV11 at 999.9% noise. (A code exists to raise the Finalize Level by 1, giving the player a secret LV12 Folder if they use it and Finalize at max noise. Use multiple of Purpose Card 'Ultimate Finalize' by brother band, but the maximum level is 12.) They also tend to be unrestricted by the usual rules of folder building and support, and can contain multiple Giga Cards (inclusive of NFBs which are considered so) inside, with no worry about cards being dimmed out. As a result, a player in Finalization may use many Giga Cards to create some devastating combinations.

Finalization can further be customized through use of Purpose Card codes. These give abilities to the Finalization, and can change their Charge Shot (as they do not have one of their own). The abilities from Purpose Card codes are shared throughout the Battle Team, and any card boosts will stack. However, these are exclusive to the Japanese version.

See also

• Noise
• Noise Control Program
• Noise Change