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Rockman 3

As if the recent amount of visitors to my site hasn't been stagnating enough, today marks the first day of a long LONG range of Rockman games, so it's FANBOY TIME, for good old (and handsome) INGEN!

First in line is the wonderful Rockman 3, released AEONS ago on a little known system called the NES, or Famicon, by an even lesser known company called Capcom, who are to this day presenting us The Universe.
Rockman, in case you didn't know, and you couldn't tell by the obvious picture below, is the Japanese name for what we in the West have come to know as Megaman aka the Blue Bomber, or The Blue God of Games That Are Cool.
This is only the third installment in a LONG series that has spanned 9 chapters so far, and that does not include all other Megaman series, because counting those would mean I had to be here ALL NIGHT.

Back in the days of Megaman 3 however, these games were still really REALLY good, and actually represented some of the most advanced high-quality video games of that era. As such, Rockman 3 is one of those games you simply HAD to play, as most people have, because it rules. For Megaman fans, this is a given, but even a great number of casual gamers of that age have played this, since this actually REALLY was one of the best games of its time. Most people agree that Megaman 2 and 3 were the highlights of the series, it's just that they can't actually agree on which of the two is the better one.
Well, if you ask me, and by reading this, you ARE, Rockman 3 is better than Rockman 2. More levels, bigger levels, better difficulty (although still way too easy), arguably even better music (although both are fantastic) and better graphics, as far as that means anything on an NES.

New for this game are the Slide, allowing Megaman to get out of or through tight spots, and the introduction of Rush, the Robodog, who functions as a Trampoline, Jet platform or Submarine thingy, to reach those hard-to-get-to places.
There are 8 new Boss Robots, and clearing them out will reveal 8 OLD ones, and of course Wily's Castle with 6 stages, cos this wouldn't be Megaman if Wily wasn't in there.

Like any good NES action game, the story is non-existent, and it takes about an hour to complete, but what is there is fantastic! The action is great, the music is classic, and it just rules. Seriously.
Back in the day, this game was DA BOMB, although nowadays there are CELLPHONE games that look better. Still, no cellphone game to this day has even been this good, and you have to keep in mind that these games should be reviewed according to their respective timezones, and this game was the best in its day.
A 9.5!

posted by Ingen! @ 7:25 PM