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==Reception== {{Video game reviews |Allgame={{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="allgame">{{cite web|url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=285&tab=review|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211123434/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=285&tab=review|title=Mega Man 3|access-date=June 10, 2016|last=Weiss|first=Brett Alan|archive-date=December 11, 2014}}</ref> |Dragon={{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Dragon168">{{cite magazine|title=The Role of Computers|last1=Lesser|last2=Lesser|last3=Lesser|first1=Hartley|first2=Patricia|first3=Kirk|magazine=[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]|issue=168|date=April 1991|publisher=[[TSR, Inc.]]|pages=47β54|issn=0279-6848}}</ref> |EGM=9 out of 10<ref name="egm">{{Cite magazine| author=''Electronic Gaming Monthly'' staff |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] | title=Nintendo Player: ''Mega Man 3'' | issue=15 |date = December 1990| page=64 | publisher=Sendai Publications | issn=1058-918X}}</ref> |EuroG=9 out of 10<ref name="eurogreview">{{cite web | author=Whitehead, Dan | date=November 17, 2008 | title=Virtual Console Roundup Review | url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/virtual-console-roundup_8_9 | website=[[Eurogamer]] | access-date=October 29, 2011 | archive-date=March 16, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316090710/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/virtual-console-roundup_8_9 | url-status=live }}</ref> |Fam=23 out of 40<ref name="famrev">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/bi-weekly-famitsu-no.-111-october-12th-1990/Bi-Weekly%20Famitsu%20-%20No.%20111%20October%2012th%201990%20%28Compressed%29#page/n16/mode/1up |magazine=[[Famitsu|Weekly Famitsu]]| publisher=[[Enterbrain]], [[Tokuma Shoten]] | author=Famitsu staff| date=October 12, 1990 | title=Cross Review | issue=111 | page=17 | language=ja}}</ref> |GamePro=24 out of 25<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/f/f5/GamePro_US_016.pdf |title=Nintendo ProView: ''Mega Man 3'' |author=Tobar the 8 Man |magazine=[[GamePro]] |date=November 1990 |pages=78β80}}</ref> |IGN=9.5 out of 10<ref name="ignrev"/> }} ''Mega Man 3'' has enjoyed a positive reception from print and online sources. Lucas M. Thomas of [[IGN]], Christian Nutt and Justin Speer of [[GameSpot]], Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser ("The Lessers") of ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'', Dan Whitehead of [[Eurogamer]], Edward J. Semrad of ''[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|The Milwaukee Journal]]'' and ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' (''EGM''), and the staff of ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' all mutually found the game to have impressive graphics, enjoyable music, and challenging gameplay.<ref name="ignrev"/><ref name="egm"/><ref name="eurogreview"/><ref name="gamespot">{{cite web |author1=Nutt, Christian |author2=Speer, Justin |name-list-style=amp |title=The History of ''Mega Man'' |url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-history-of-mega-man/1100-6076983/ |work=[[GameSpot]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=January 1, 2011 |archive-date=October 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026090646/http://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-history-of-mega-man/1100-6076983/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=<nowiki>'</nowiki>''Mega Man''<nowiki>'</nowiki> as good as they come |author=Semrad, Edward |newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|The Milwaukee Journal]] |publisher=[[Journal Communications]] |date=September 25, 1990 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=C58aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HCwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7143,1081986&dq=mega-man-3&hl=en |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711114130/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=C58aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HCwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7143,1081986&dq=mega-man-3&hl=en |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 11, 2012 |access-date=December 27, 2009 |issn=1082-8850 }}</ref><ref name="np20th">{{cite magazine | author=''Nintendo Power'' staff | date=August 2008 |title=Nintendo Power β The 20th Anniversary Issue! |magazine= [[Nintendo Power]] |issue=231 |page=71 |publisher=[[Future US]] | issn=1041-9551}}</ref> Nutt and Speer summarized ''Mega Man 3'' as a "top-notch game" and Capcom's "pinnacle of NES effort".<ref name="gamespot"/> IGN's Colin Moriarty argued the game as a major improvement over the original ''[[Mega Man (1987 video game)|Mega Man]]'' and that it even surpasses the critically acclaimed ''Mega Man 2'' in quality. Moriarty justified this claim with the third installment's attempt at better storytelling, its longer length than any other classic ''Mega Man'' game, and its inclusion of all eight ''Mega Man 2'' Robot Masters in addition to its own.<ref name="ignbest">{{cite web | author=Moriarty, Colin | date=April 4, 2010 | title=''Mega Man 2'' isn't the Best ''Mega Man'' Game | url=http://wii.ign.com/articles/115/1159328p1.html | website=[[IGN]] | access-date=December 15, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123173615/http://wii.ign.com/articles/115/1159328p1.html | archive-date=January 23, 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Brett Alan Weiss of [[AllGame]] described it as doing what "a great sequel is supposed to do by recapturing the fun, spirit and excitement of its predecessors while adding new levels, characters and challenges."<ref name="allgame" /> Some critics found ''Mega Man 3'' to be [[Nintendo hard|excessively difficult]].<ref name="eurogreview"/><ref name="famrev"/><ref>{{cite news |title=''Mega Man 3'' is here, and its tough |author=Carter, Chip and Jonathan |newspaper=[[Boca Raton News]] |publisher=South Florida Media Company |date=February 21, 1991 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JsoPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oYwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5259,3013553&dq=mega-man-3&hl=en |access-date=December 27, 2009 |archive-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824021332/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JsoPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oYwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5259,3013553&dq=mega-man-3&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="gamepro8bit">{{cite magazine | author=Noble, McKinley | date=June 15, 2009 | title=The 24 Greatest 8-Bit Games Ever Made | url=http://www.gamepro.com/article/features/210859/the-24-best-8-bit-games-ever-page-4/ | magazine=[[GamePro]] | publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]] |access-date=May 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622041611/http://www.gamepro.com/article/features/210859/the-24-best-8-bit-games-ever-page-4/|archive-date=June 22, 2009}}</ref> ''[[GamePro]]'' contributor McKinley Noble comically stated that actions such as "pulling teeth, lifting a car over your head or performing open-heart surgery" are all significantly easier than beating ''Mega Man 3''.<ref name="gamepro8bit"/> Whitehead noted, "Leaps must be precise, enemies must be dispatched rapidly and accurately, and there's a constant state of delicious near-panic as you wait to see what vicious demands the next room will place on your platforming skills."<ref name="eurogreview"/> The Lessers additionally saw considerable [[Flicker (screen)|flicker]] when too many sprites appear onscreen at once. The writers mentioned that it detracted from the normally crisp graphics the few times it was noticed.<ref name="Dragon168"/> Since its 1990 release, ''Mega Man 3'' has sold over one million copies worldwide.<ref name="sales">{{cite web|url=https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/business/million.html#tab5|title=Capcom, Platinum Titles|website=Capcom|date=June 30, 2024|access-date=August 12, 2024}}</ref> ''EGM'' listed ''Mega Man 3'' as "The Best Sequel to an Existing Game" in its 1991 Video Game Buyer's Guide.<ref>{{Cite magazine| author=''Electronic Gaming Monthly'' staff |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] | title=The Best (and Worst) of 1990 | issue=15 |date = December 1990| publisher=Sendai Publications | page=16| issn=1058-918X}}</ref> The readers of ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' voted it the third-best game of 1990 in the magazine's "Nintendo Power Awards" for that year.<ref>{{cite magazine | author=''Nintendo Power'' staff| title=Nintendo Power Awards '90| date=May 1991 | issue=24 | page=32 |magazine=[[Nintendo Power]] | publisher=Nintendo of America | location=Redmond, Washington | issn=1041-9551 | url=https://archive.org/details/NintendoPower1988-2004/Nintendo%20Power%20Issue%20024%20%28May%201991%29/page/n31/mode/2up}}</ref> The publication listed ''Mega Man 3'' as the 11th best NES video game in their 20th anniversary issue in 2008.<ref name="np20th"/> IGN included it at number 16 on its "Top 100 NES Games of All Time".<ref name="igntop100">{{cite web | author=IGN staff | year=2010 | title=16. ''Mega Man 3'' | url=http://www.ign.com/top-100-nes-games/16.html | website=IGN | access-date=December 15, 2011 | archive-date=December 8, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208114622/http://www.ign.com/top-100-nes-games/16.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Finally, ''GamePro'' ranked ''Mega Man 3'' as the third-greatest 8-bit video game of all time.<ref name="gamepro8bit"/>
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