History VideoGame / MegaManIII

* DWN-024: Shadow Man, gives the [[GratuitousNinja Shadow Blade]]

* CrutchCharacter: The Shadow Blade is downgraded to this, compared to [[VideoGame/MegaMan3 the NES game]]. It kills most enemies in the first four stages in 1-2 hits, but is far less effective on the enemies from ''VideoGame/MegaMan4''.

* GiantMook: Although the regular kind are absent, Giant Suzy acts as a giant version of the Adhering Suzy (or Octopus Battery) enemy from [[VideoGame/MegaMan1 the first game]] (and ''Dr. Wily's Revenge'').

* MarathonLevel: The Wily Station stage is far and away the longest stage in the game, with no breaks to be found at all. Even worse is that another Giant Suzy (previously fought as a boss between each set of Robot Masters) has to be fought near the end.

* SequelEscalation: Actually a little less than in the previous game, but there is a proper boss select screen for the ''Mega Man 4'' Robot Masters, instead of the teleporting hatches in the previous game. This, incidentally, makes ''Mega Man III'' the only one of the Game Boy entries not to have a teleporter room.

* BlackoutBasement: Present in Shadow Man's stage and Wily Station thanks to the Hologran enemies. This time, however, their black starfield effect ''also'' covers up the HUD.

[[caption-width-right:270:The Rock goes portable... [[RunningGag yet]] [[RuleOfThree again]].]]

* EleventhHourSuperpower: The Screw Crusher is this game's unique weapon, and it boasts a high amount of ammunition and is effective on a number of enemies, and is the only weapon that can damage the FinalBoss. Like the past two games, though, you're only given the chance to use it in the final stage, and it isn't saved with passwords (though by getting a Game Over and returning to the stage select, it can be brought into the second set of Robot Master stages).

* ContractualBossImmunity: Like Enker before him, Punk is only vulnerable to the Mega Buster; all other weapons are useless on him. This also applies to the Wily Machine, which is only damaged by the Mega Buster in its first form, and the Screw Crusher in its second.
* CrutchCharacter: The Shadow Blade is downgraded to this, compared to [[VideoGame/MegaMan3 the NES game]]. It kills most enemies in the first 4 stages in 1-2 hits, but is far less effective on the enemies from VideoGame/MegaMan4.

* DemBones: Skull Man, his stage and the Skeleton Joe enemies.
* DifficultySpike: The levels for the ''Mega Man 4'' Robot Masters are somewhat harder than those of their ''Mega Man 3'' counterparts (especially Dive Man and Dust Man's), but at least your weapons are recharged between the levels unlike in the preceding or succeeding game.

* OrbitingParticleShield: The Skull Barrier makes its return, but is significantly stronger than it was in ''VideoGame/MegaMan4'' as it now takes three hits (not just one) before dissapearing.

* SequelDifficultySpike: Granted, ''anything'' would have been harder than the previous game, but it's still very difficult all the same, even by ''Mega Man'' standards.

Dr. Wily's latest scheme has seen him convert an abandoned oil rig into his latest Wily Station, and he intends to use the drilling equipment to harness the energy of the Earth's core. Mega Man knows that Dr. Wily likely hasn't taken up an interest in environmentally friendly energy, and sets out to stop him. In his way are eight rebuilt Robot Masters, along with Wily's second attempt at creating a Mega Man Killer, Punk.

* DCN-027: Drill Man, gives the [[ThisIsADrill Drill Bomb]]
* DCN-030: Dust Man, gives the [[ExtraOreDinary Dust Crusher]]
* DCN-031: Dive Man, gives the [[HomingProjectile Dive Missile]]
* DCN-032: Skull Man, gives the [[CastingAShadow Skull Barrier]]

* AllThereInTheManual: None of the storyline is really explained in the game, with Wily's base being at sea the only thing to suggest his particular scheme this time around.

* ClippedWingAngel: [[spoiler:The final form of the [[FinalBoss Wily Machine]]]] has only one easily-dodged attack that deals a pittance of damage, especially compared to the first form. It also remains stationary, again contrasting its first form.

* LongSongShortScene: Punk's {{Leitmotif}} ends abruptly when Mega Man enters the room they fight in, before it could loop.
* MarathonLevel: The Wily Station stage is far and away the longest stage in the game, with no breaks to be found at all.

* DWN-027: Drill Man, gives the [[ThisIsADrill Drill Bomb]]
* DWN-030: Dust Man, gives the [[ExtraOreDinary Dust Crusher]]
* DWN-031: Dive Man, gives the [[HomingProjectile Dive Missile]]
* DWN-032: Skull Man, gives the [[CastingAShadow Skull Barrier]]

* RearrangeTheSong: After the mixed (to say the least) reception of the previous game's almost entirely original soundtrack, this game went back to the ''Dr. Wily's Revenge'' approach and mostly reused music from the NES entries, with a few new original themes along the way.

Dr. Wily's latest scheme has seen him convert an abandoned oil rig into his latest Wily Station, and he intends to use the drilling equipment to harness the energy of the Earth's core. Mega Man is GenreSavvy enough to know that Dr. Wily likely hasn't taken up an interest in environmentally friendly energy, and sets out to stop him. In his way are eight rebuilt Robot Masters, along with Wily's second attempt at creating a Mega Man Killer, Punk.

* DWN-024: Shadow Man, gives the [[InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja Shadow Blade]]

* NintendoHard: Oh yes. Though the ''Mega Man'' series is this in general, ''III'' is widely considered to be the hardest game in the Game Boy series, if not the franchise itself.

* SequelDifficultySpike: Granted, ''anything'' would have been harder than the previous game, but it's still very difficult all the same. The level designs are as hard as (if not a little harder than) those of ''Dr. Wily's Revenge'', but the addition of Rush, the slide move, energy tanks and the Charge Shot make the game overall somewhat easier than the first Game Boy entry.

* StrictlyFormula: By now the Game Boy sub-series was settling into a pretty recognisable format, though the following game would shake it up a little (and ''Mega Man V'' would shake it up a '''lot''').

Dr. Wily's latest scheme has seen him convert an abandoned oil rig into his latest Skull Castle, and he intends to use the drilling equipment to harness the energy of the Earth's core. Mega Man is GenreSavvy enough to know that Dr. Wily likely hasn't taken up an interest in environmentally friendly energy, and sets out to stop him. In his way are eight rebuilt Robot Masters, along with Wily's second attempt at creating a Mega Man Killer, Punk.

* DCN-027: Drill Man, gives the [[ThisIsADrill Drill Bomb]]
* DCN-030: Dust Man, gives the [[ExtraOreDinary Dust Crusher]]
* DCN-031: Dive Man, gives the [[HomingProjectile Dive Missile]]
* DCN-032: Skull Man, gives the [[CastingAShadow Skull Barrier]]

* DifficultySpike: The levels for the ''Mega Man 4'' Robot Masters are somewhat harder than those of their ''Mega Man 3'' counterparts, and your weapons aren't recharged between the levels. The latter of which was also true for the previous game, but less of a problem due to the game's overall easier difficulty.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The way that the background keys change in the final level of the game is almost identical to those of the theme song of TheLegendOfZelda

* DCN-027: Drill Man, weak to Dive Missile, gives the [[ThisIsADrill Drill Bomb]]

''Mega Man III'' combines the expanded campaign from ''Mega Man II'' with the polish, execution and difficulty of ''Dr. Wily's Revenge'', and as such is generally regarded as a better game than both of its two predecessors, albeit not quite up to the standards of the two following entries. The gameplay is pretty much identical to the NES ''VideoGame/MegaMan4'', meaning that the Charge Shot is added to Mega Man's repetoire for this outing.