Editing Mega Man Battle Network (section)

====''Mega Man Battle Network 3''====
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''Mega Man Battle Network 3'' was released in late-2002 in Japan, and mid-2003 internationally; the game follows a revived WWW seeking to release Alpha, the original prototype of the internet.{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}} New to the game is the ability to customize Mega Man by placing blocks in a grid, however placing blocks incorrectly will cause a bug to occur.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Speer|first=Justin|date=August 4, 2003|title=Mega Man Battle Network 3 Review|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/mega-man-battle-network-3-review/1900-6072945/|access-date=February 24, 2022|website=[[GameSpot]]|publisher=[[Red Ventures]]}}</ref> ''Battle Network 3'' was the first game to get two distinct versions,<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=IGN Staff|date=June 25, 2003|title=Mega Man Battle Network 3 Blue Version|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/06/26/mega-man-battle-network-3-blue-version|access-date=February 24, 2022|website=[[IGN]]}}</ref> although this wasn't the case in Japan initially, which didn't get ''Blue'' until a few months after ''White''<nowiki/>'s release.<ref group="lower-alpha">''White'' was simply called ''Battle Network Rockman.EXE 3'' in Japan, while ''Blue'' is called ''Battle Network Rockman.EXE 3: Black''.</ref>

Like with the previous two games, reception to ''Battle Network 3'' was positive,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mega Man Battle Network 3 White for Game Boy Advance Reviews|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/mega-man-battle-network-3-white/critic-reviews/?platform=game-boy-advance|access-date=February 24, 2022|website=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[Red Ventures]]}}</ref> although some thought the game had innovated too little.<ref name=":4" /> The game also topped sales charts, with both versions selling a total of 768,000 units in Japan at the end of 2003.<ref>{{cite web|title=2003年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP300|trans-title=2003 Top 300 Video Game Software Sales|url=http://geimin.net/da/db/2003_ne_fa/index.php|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627132904/http://geimin.net/da/db/2003_ne_fa/index.php|archive-date=June 27, 2015|access-date=February 24, 2022|website=Geimin|language=Japanese}}</ref>