Editing Mega Man 3 (section)

==Plot==
''Mega Man 3'' takes place during an unspecified year during the 21st century (20XX). 2-3 months after [[Mega Man 2|''Mega Man 2'']], the mad scientist [[List of Mega Man characters#Dr. Wily|Dr. Wily]], having twice had plans for world domination dashed, claims to have reformed and begins work with [[List of Mega Man characters#Dr. Light|Dr. Light]] on a project to build a peace-keeping robot named "Gamma".<ref name="nprev">{{cite magazine | author=''Nintendo Power'' staff| title=''Mega Man III''| date=January 1991 | issue=20 | pages=8–27, 85|magazine=[[Nintendo Power]] | publisher=Nintendo of America | location=Redmond, Washington | issn=1041-9551 | url=https://archive.org/details/NintendoPower1988-2004/Nintendo%20Power%20Issue%20020%20%28January%201991%29/page/n7/mode/2up}}</ref> [[List of Mega Man characters#Robot Masters|Robot Masters]] &ndash; Top Man, Shadow Man, Spark Man, Magnet Man, Hard Man, Snake Man, Gemini Man, and Needle Man &ndash; in charge of a set of "mining worlds", however, go berserk and make off with Gamma's eight power crystals.<ref name="gameprorev">{{cite magazine | author=Tobar the 8 Man| title=ProReview: ''Mega Man 3'' |magazine=[[GamePro]] | issue=Video Game Greatest Hits |pages=20–3 | publisher=Infotainment World, Inc. |date=August 1991 | issn=1042-8658}}</ref> Mega Man is called into action, this time with a canine companion named Rush, to retrieve the crystals from the sites.<ref name="manual">{{cite book|title=''Mega Man 3'' Instruction Booklet |date=November 1990 |publisher=[[Capcom|Capcom U.S.A., Inc.]] | pages=6–12 | id=NES-XU-USA}}</ref> Throughout his mission, the protagonist continuously encounters and spars with Break Man, a masked foe who has abilities comparable to Mega Man's own.<ref name="nprev"/> After Mega Man destroys the eight Robot Masters, he then revisits four of the mining sites to face off against eight "Doc Robots", who possess the abilities of the Robot Masters from Mega Man's [[Mega Man 2|previous mission]]. Once the crystals are retrieved, Wily reverts to his evil ways, steals Gamma, and retreats to his new fortress. To stop Wily's newest plan to conquer the world, Mega Man turns Gamma into scrap metal and defeats Wily in a final confrontation. As the fortress begins to crumble, Break Man appears in enough time to save Mega Man but is too late to save Wily, who is seen being crushed under the rubble. When Mega Man regains consciousness in Dr. Light's lab, his creator informs him that Break Man is actually his older brother [[List of Mega Man characters#Proto Man|Proto Man]].<ref>{{cite video game|title=Mega Man 3|developer=[[Capcom]]|publisher=Capcom|date=November 1990|platform=Nintendo Entertainment System|quote='''Dr. Light:''' Mega Man, you've regained consciousness. I found you lying here when I arrived. I wonder who brought you here... This whistle... It must have been Proto Man!}}</ref><ref name="steps">{{cite web | author=Thomas, Lucas M. | date=February 16, 2010 | title=The 10 Steps to ''Mega Man 10'' | url=http://wii.ign.com/articles/106/1069184p2.html | website=[[IGN]] | access-date=January 7, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422055712/http://wii.ign.com/articles/106/1069184p2.html | archive-date=April 22, 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref>