Mega Man 3 (NES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

A playthrough of Capcom's 1990 NES game, Mega Man 3.
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[@NintendoComplete]

I've recorded a brand new 4K playthrough to replace this one, so please check that out instead! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoCkq2enotySidE

[@sarahabelow7320]

KIRBY MEGA MAN

[@QingQin]

Na kind of poop

[@gaga.seta2035]

My favorite is megaman 2 but back when i was way younger megaman3 was my go to

[@Nico_Pun_Nise_Robin]

Letting the intro properly play out till you press start, now that's class 👌

[@NintendoComplete]

My all-time favorite Mega Man game by far, and my favorite NES soundtrack. For the absolute best shooter/platformer on the NES, look no further.

[@algol291]

Mega Man 2 is my number one, music as well. This game is much more difficult though, because you have to fight replicas of the Boss Robots from Mega Man 2.

[@MetalSmasherGaming]

Mega Man 2 was the first Mega Man game I played as a kid, but 3 is the one I tend to go back to most often.

[@DavidSamuelBl10]

Me 2 personally.😃

[@WispyBlueBricksGPX]

I Love The Series

[@phillipmennor2585]

3 is definitely my favorite with 2 as a very close second. As far as the music is concerned 3 has the best soundtrack however I prefer the boss theme for 4.

[@Religious_man]

13:10 Notice that Protoman only shoots when he's jumping because he doesn't want to hurt his own brother. Megaman just needed to dodge him. It took me over 25 years to finally notice that.

[@ProtoBean]

Mega Man 7 is a whole other story

[@boofis8953]

Burn The Forest Mega Man BURN IT

[@heatmandwn-015]

Wrong. It’s litterly just cause the stage. In other fights, the most obvious one actually, is when you beat the doc robots, where he CAN hit you

[@Religious_man]

@@heatmandwn-015 Golly, I thought games back then had more integrity.

[@cobalt7248]

Burn the Forest Proto Man - 1995

[@StiftaMan]

This game take me back to my childhood.. i spent a lot of time with this game . I miss this feeling

[@googelle7555]

Mega Man is so cute when he just stands around and blinks, lol.

[@angelodavidquirogaortiz6060]

That Intro, God.... The soundtrack is amazing, I think the best 8 bits.

[@MatthewTheWolf2029]

This game holds a lot of nostalgic memories. For me, this is one of the best games in the series. It was the game that introduced Rush and Protoman, it had a nice cast of bosses, the music is memorable, and the replay value is quite high. More than 30 years later, this is still a solid Megaman game.

[@FirstLast-wj9vx]

Mega man 3 is by far my favorite game of the whole series. Thank you sir for giving me the chance to experience that overwhelming sense of nostalgia.

[@ImmSpiderman2428]

It was an improvement from mega man 2, plus the music in 3 is better and the wily levels are decently designed

[@alexjtrimble3]

​@@ImmSpiderman2428every song of MM2 is iconic, from MM3 only Sparkman & Snakeman.

[@axelrayne69]

For those who either had trouble with each of the 8 bosses, or are new to this, this is usually the weakness pattern: Needle Man < Gemini Laser Gemini Man < Search Snake Snake Man < Needle Cannon Top Man < Hard Knuckle Shadow Man < Top Spin Spark Man < Shadow Blade Magnet Man < Spark Shock Hard Man < Magnet Missile Metal Man < Magnet Missile Quick Man < Gemini Laser Air Man < Spark Shock Crash Man < Hard Knuckle Flash Man < Needle Man Bubble Man < Shadow Blade Wood Man < Search Snake Heat Man < Top Spin Of Course, some of these bosses have multiple weaknesses, but this pattern is like a chain link of sorts.

[@Sithno]

funny enough ..this was the Only MM game to have a Glitch after Sparkman your Supposed to beat Snake man with the Spark Shock but a glitch or program error makes Snakeman's weakness needle cannon ..so litteraly after Sparkman ..you cant use Enemy weakness's on the remaining 4 Robot masters :( ((needle cannon was also Powerful over i believe Shadowman or Was it Topman ..i cant remeber its been over 20+ yrs since i played MM3

[@isaacibarra2246]

Robo-Turtles < Top Spin / Shadow Blade Yellow Devil < Shadow Blade / Hard Knuckle Copy Robot < Search Snake Boss Rush < All the powers Wiley Machine < Hard Knuckle / Spark Shock / Search Snake Gamma (Final Boss) < Hard Knuckle / Shadow Blade and Search Snake / Top Spin

[@Sithno]

@Trickster origin nes Mm3 i played the heck out of it and everytime i got sparkman's weapon itnwas worthless on snakeman but needle mans weapon worked instead of 1-2 bars of health lost by snakeman with spark weapon. The needle weapon took off 1/6 his health per hit after 6 hits hello snake weapon

[@Sithno]

@Trickster at the time from a Nintendo power magazine

[@aliciasmo]

The best megaman game in my opinion. Why? for many reasons: Outstanding music and characters!

[@Peter_Lankton]

Dude I totally agree!

[@hatumi]

We agree*

[@Seiko180]

nah Megaman 2 had better music more catchy, and better paced

[@hopelessamaturerougeofhope4399]

@@Seiko180 mega man 2 was good god airman and metalman stage themes were epic I'm playing mega man 3 on an emulator and it and God Gemini Man Magnet Man and Hard man themes are my favorite

[@RomioriTheGamer]

This game is my second favorite in the series, i love this game, BUT, he is very broken and have so many problems, the game have so bugs, the game was rushed, and have the worst decision of the game, that is the player have to revisited the spark man, shadow man, gemini man and needle man stages and fight with ALL the robot masters in mega man 2 in a hard mode, and this is a bullshit, why after kill the robot master don't go to wily's fortress? But no, you have to fight with the bosses in mega man 2 and QUICK MAN, this guy here made i do a rage quit in the game, jesus, quick man here is hard as hell in buster, is almost impossible kill him withouth e-tank, but i still love this game, but my favorite mega man game is mega man 4

[@Rakki_Haitatsu]

I remember when I was 8yrs old spending so many nice summer days inside playing this game! That music takes me back to the good days 🥰

[@jenniferk.harding547]

Fun Fact: In Mega Man 3, all the robot masters are weak to their own weapons. (No, I'm not kidding. Try it when you get to the Robot Rush.)

[@tekbarrier]

In his video on mega man two, I noticed that about metal man

[@lisyladybug87]

My now 6 year old just discovered mega man on his switch through the genesis add on and he’s obsessed 😭😭😭 I’m so proud!

[@Ironknight-Official]

My father also showed me that game when i was 8. I was obsessed. So nostalgic and the best mega man from the series

[@icefoxx1523]

**Those are mega man 2 boses** 34:11 flashman. 36:08 bubbleman 38:21 leafman 40:19 heat man 42:34. Air man 46:10. Crash man 48:03. Metal man 49:41 quick man

[@SpiceyNachoz]

"Leaf man"

[@icefoxx1523]

@@SpiceyNachoz spelling error my bad

[@SouthernersSax]

It's been decades since I last played Mega Man 3, and only now do I realize what an absolute fever dream Gemini Man's entire stage was. You're fighting penguins and flying tadpoles throughout a strobing technicolor hellscape inside (presumably) the Moon, all to an unsettlingly catchy soundtrack. What drugs _weren't_ the level designers taking?

[@TheGoldenKaren]

Playing through these levels felt like forever as a kid

[@phillipmennor2585]

My favorite Mega Man game. The music and graphics are top notch. The stage themes for Magnet Man, Hard Man and Needle Man are my favorites!

[@fasty93]

for the many people having trouble with the boss order, Magnet man - Hard man - Top man - Shadow man - Needle man - Snake man - Gemini man - Spark man - Magnet man

[@Bwianman85]

Holy crap I remember the day this game came out and I was obsessed for weeks. Man this really brings back memories. Awesome video!!

[@FuryBeatbox]

Nostalgia overload!! Completed the game waaay back then. Damn!

[@maxisoulcaliber8941]

The mega man games have some of the best music ever in video games! I remember every song in these games when i was kid 30 years ago. Amazing playthrough! THANKYOU!

[@fench1234567]

Nice to see someone actually leave their imperfect play unedited for a change. TAS's and the like start looking all the same after you watch a few. :)

[@NintendoComplete]

Haha yeah, I had a few whoopses in there :)

[@marcsm2008]

@@NintendoComplete The whoopse at 36:56 made me laugh. ^^

[@ricardoflores3673]

That's crazy how the soundtrack brings back memories even before I saw the video I was humming songs from back then. Huge mega man fan even had a mm club back in the day .

[@CarozQH]

Not my favorite Megaman, but the soundtrack is probaby the best soundtrack on the NES, incredibly catchy and memorable!

[@danalong1237]

The soundtrack for Mega Man 2 and 6 are the best soundtracks of all-time!

[@MetalSmasherGaming]

MM2 has my favorite overall soundtrack, but MM3 definitely has the best boss themes!

[@carlosquezada8354]

2 and 8 so far

[@davidlayek493]

Il mio preferito è megaman 6.

[@davidlayek493]

E non mi piace megaman 4 per la colonna sonora stage select

[@simonmejia6896]

My favorite title in the original Mega Man series!

[@danalong1237]

Mega Man 2, 5, 6 and 7 will always be my oldest son's favorite Mega Man titles, as well as Mega Man X, Mega Man Soccer, and Mega Man 1, 3, 4 and 8!

[@NintendoComplete]

Mine too!

[@DavidSamuelBl10]

@@NintendoComplete Mine 3!😃

[@daltongamer543stahl3]

Mine 4😎

[@chrumak8085]

Mine is 10.

[@PhilLeotardosGhost]

Snake Man theme is FIRE. Mega Man 2 & 3 are the best.

[@generfeld]

Brings back memories of turning on the TV before the console, and seeing trash daytime TV- talkshows, Maury & Jerry Springer in 1994-1996

[@DeELoC32]

That beginning music is so nostalgic! This whole game's instrumentals brings bacc so many memories to my childhood. Protoman's whistle and all... 💯

[@maxacorn]

my first megaman game. so you know i rate it high on my list.

[@MetalSmasherGaming]

2 was my first, but I usually go back to 3 the most.

[@ShadowMoon878]

It is not as good as 2 though. The bosses is not as fun. Also, you have THE MOST USELESS powers in the whole Megaman series: TOP SPIN!

[@amso7169]

@@ShadowMoon878 Top Spin isn’t even worst weapon in 3, let alone the whole series. That would be Spark Shock.

[@Poe-007]

2 was my first I played... and is still my favorite one, the bosses, the music, the powers.... they are all unmatched...

[@amso7169]

@@Poe-007 “The bosses” 11 blows them all out of the water “The music” To be fair, that one is subjective “The powers” Metal blade is overpowered and the others aside from leaf shield are all bad

[@Flegan777]

Hands down, my favorite Mega Man title of the Classic series.

[@nathanward7033]

The soundtrack is bad ass. Spark Man's stage soundtrack is the best hands down

[@Ted_Bell]

Magnet man

[@maestrotomberi6101]

Spark Man's is very good, but it's a very short loop and gets annoying quick

[@5peciesunkn0wn]

Damn. The amount of improvement in set design, movement, etc. despite using the same system is impressive.

[@shubhangistudent519]

Finally found this nostalgic game after 5 years ❤ I remember this game as 9 boss game

[@jahithber1430]

Mega Man 3 and Mega Man X has the best soundtrack in the whole Mega Man games in my opinion.

[@heyjustj]

By far my favorite Megaman game and one of my favorite games of all time. I have fond memories of trying to hold down right on the d-pad on controller two with my toe to get the super jump / invincibility cheat to work. My toe would be so sore with an indent in it forever after playing haha. I was the youngest so I didn’t have anyone to convince to hold it down for me and couldn’t put a weight on it because there were parts you couldn’t pass if you were using the super jump ALL the time. Good memories for sure.

[@creekandseminole]

It was always so cool back then when a new Mega Man game came out. You had to check the video store to see if they got a copy and once they did you had to get it quick or someone else would have it for the weekend

[@chadguts600]

After 26 yrs of my age, still the best game out so far. Childhood

[@grinnyyyyyyyyyyy]

2:16 If you look at the batteries you can see the RW symbol.

[@beaniegee5129]

That game was and still is awesome!!

[@abmDLC]

This game have some of my favorites songs by far compared to others megaman games like sparkman snake man hard man damns dude,, pure art

[@RetroRogue.]

I am hooked on playing 1-6 on my pocket Nes GBA cart. I want 9-10 as well I love 8 bit adventures like this. You got a awesome blaster cool ass bosses and 1-6 is like one long game I am officially obsessed with Mega Man.

[@OakleyGamer-17]

Thanks for the nostalgia

[@ashleythomas6899]

Mega man 3 is the only legendary theme music 🎶 🎵 that I never forget 🥰

[@Xerock]

The Gemini Laser - the one weapon that is almost never used by its robot master ... because he never uses it until after one of the clones is dead

[@lennytartaglia3305]

Mega Man 3 is where Mega Man fights eight new Robot Masters that Doctor Light and Doctor Wily created when these robots went haywire for some reason (Magnetic Man, Gemini Man, Snake Man, Needle Man, Spark Man, Hard Man, Top Man, and Shadow Man, numbered 17-24 because there are 16 others before them in the first game). It’s where Mega Man has Rush, the sliding function, and met his older brother named Proto Man, who is his prototype and numbered 0. I believe that after MM3’s Robot Masters were created, Wily put mind-control devices on them that caused them to go haywire. As for Shadow Man, it is rumored that he is an alien because of never-seen-before materials that made him up. However, he doesn’t act alien, so here’s my theory: He is probably an experiment made by scientists in Japan with rare metals on Earth (like how Bassnium happened). No one else knew who Shadow Man is. He tried to break a mountain, but he caused an avalanche that knocked him down. Wily found this RM before Wily mind-controlled the eight RMs. After Mega Man defeated all eight of these RMs, he freed them from Wily’s mind-control, and then Doctor Light adopted these new RMs as his new sons. They are doing jobs (I can say the same to the RMs from the first two games). Boy, I want a remake that has the same graphics and bonus stuff as Mega Man 11. And/or, a 3-D action-adventure remake/version that does all this, and the 3-D part would be like Kirby and the Forgotten Land in 2022 rather than Mega Man X7 (that game was weird).🙏 Hard Man is my favorite in MM3.

[@steved6149]

Man, 12 year old me had so many rage quits on this damn game. Didn't end up beating the game until my mid 20's when I had an emulator on my old PC. Shit was HARD.

[@suyezlee6650]

In the version I recieved Mega man would heal automatically if I pressed the select button. That really helped in completing all levels. Best Game Ever!

[@marcesteban8694]

My brother in law remember going to Primm Valley mall a lot and playing in the arcade version next to the casino. There was an old man that remembered him and he would play Megaman 3 for free because he would give him free quarters.

[@bluescat581]

I love all the robot master themes in this game.

[@tekbarrier]

Magnet Man has the best music out of any stage, IMO (Metal Man and Wood Man are also great)

[@nekohanten]

The BGM for the Spark Man stage, especially starting at 26:20, hits different

[@ayrtonfonseca2585]

Foi o primeiro jogo que conheci e joguei na minha vida,esperávamos a família de um dos meus primos do Rio de Janeiro,sempre vinham passar a férias deles conosco,num desses anos este primo me deu seu vídeo game,top game na época com suas fitas,fiquei encantado. O problema é que no dia em que ganhei era também meu primeiro dia de aula,quem disse que eu queira ir para o colégio. Rs

[@CarloBiondi]

I often see Mega Man 2 rated higher, but to me this is the best Mega Man game in the series.

[@NintendoComplete]

I totally agree with you. 3 is my favorite MM NES game.

[@andyehara]

We need to make a time machine to go back to these times when life was simple.

[@hudshsoft]

Eigentlich braucht man nur die Teile 2 und 3, und evtl. Mega Man 2 auf Gameboy. Die Musik klingt für NES-Verhältnisse ja auch ganz ordentlich. Waren schon ganz nette Zeiten...

[@siyahseeker]

The Legacy Collection version is the Japanese version just translated back to English, but has all the differences.

[@tomknokkel]

Which game capture software did you use to capture this Mega Man 3 gameplay?

[@jamesmoss3424]

The third mega man game is still excellent. 😀👍🎮

[@XxStarFoxWolfFalcoxX]

Honestly I love Mega Man 3 over Mega Man 2 and all other Mega Man games even Xs. This is my number 1 videogame ever!

[@bimmylee6611]

me too

[@heatmandwn-015]

You are joking right

[@ImmSpiderman2428]

@@heatmandwn-015 overly nostalgic (no offense)

[@rohansworld3806]

This marks me of that I had an nes in usa(I now live in India) and I played unfortunately I lost in every stage before I fought every boss

[@brianholland2916]

Such a groovy sound track. Play on soul brotha

[@JediJunkie247]

This was my introduction to the Mega Man games.

[@ricardoctor]

Excellent Gameplayyyyy!! Congratsss

[@NintendoComplete]

Thanks! 😀

[@pandamonium9255]

Admit it: youre watching this to listen to the OST extended/with action while you play something else.

[@pardharam3167]

My fav of Megaman series even though it's pretty fucking tough and that music ❤❤. Back in the day, there used to be a cheat technique in this game. We can make the megaman character jump super high and the bosses immovable with the help of second player joystick.

[@jet17907]

This is the only mega man I've ever beaten, thanks to my feet with the second controller making me invincible. Back then when I rented it for a weekend I had no idea it was RPS :(

[@TheNei]

Megaman 2 and 3 = The Bests!

[@elblah9721]

Wow. Well done.

[@josuehernandez1428]

I really loved it

[@DaDrillSergeant]

Memories!!! Wow!!

[@ericjohnson6634]

I remember my young self was so impressed with the soundtrack I played it over the phone to my grandmother who lived down in Florida. Ah, what a dork I was 🤓

[@tomothy527]

Spark Man theme still goes hard

[@sammylane21]

Gemini man's stage area is the best place to farm for energy, weapon's energy and lives.

[@reptilrrudy2389]

In Mega Man 3, I start off with Snake Man because he's my favorite robot master in Mega Man 3

[@nesking3115]

The music in the last 2 stages is spooky ..

[@sinquijada881]

Acabo de terminar megaman 3 y ufff que juegazo dificilmente entretenido

[@darkensama1390]

My Master order: 1- Top Man 2- Snake Man 3- Shadow Man 4- Spark Man 5- Magnet Man 6- Hard Man 7- Gemini Man 8- Needle Man

[@MiguelGarayStarty]

Best game of all times!

[@dannyr333]

Nolstagia I was 5 ppl playing this game nvr heard of or played it since what a badass game!!!

[@patrickpitamber]

Wow great music

[@PharoahsKingdom]

Remember when I rented this game. Best Megaman game out of the original series. Once 4 came out, it went downhill.

[@mopbrothers]

Mega Man 3 is the Majoras Mask of the series. It’s looseness and lack of formality is what makes it so great. The developers let the game just naturally flow and take the shape it wanted. 2 and 4 are professional, but they both lack the rawness and fluidness of 3.

[@bimmylee6611]

for you

[@azulims]

Best megaman game

[@QingQin]

I love NintendoComplete

[@carlosquezada8354]

I like how the end stage bosses are the bosses from the second one

[@carlosquezada8354]

Would've been cooler if it was also the bosses from part 1

[@solarflare9078]

@@carlosquezada8354 Mega Man 3 was already stretching the limits of the 3Mbit cart it was in. I doubt they could fit MM1 bosses too

[@lkjyuiop1987]

I play this on super console x. Do you got one the new one looks dope

[@Rockabillyman26]

Wish they would of done a megaman game spinoff with Protoman fighting his own robot enemies.

[@butterflylovenj7300]

My favorite Mega Man game!!

[@DavidSamuelBl10]

Me 2 personally.

[@amso7169]

My favorite in the classic series is 10 or 11, can’t decide.

[@carlosquezada8354]

2

[@eugenehills8371]

Proto man blow whistle 😙 1:25 6:55 13:00 22:03 Break Man 50:21 Dr Light gamma Dr Wily Blue 1:08:35

[@TakatoEndou]

The Gemini Man level is nightmare fuel material.

[@beaniegee5129]

Classic!!

[@captainHiro8911]

I wish this game had a title screen opening like mega man 2

[@various.8238]

That would've been sick

[@mikaelrivacov5705]

Crazy ost❤️💣🤘😎

[@ajhproductions2347]

Best Megaman, best soundtrack, the one I played the most. Every single song is a hit in this! But man, I hated Topman’s weapon more than anything!

[@bastian_anibal]

I remember that Protomans song is longer in the end? or is it another version that didnt come to Europe?

[@ReyndOut]

anibal_bastian it’s the ending theme

[@ReyndOut]

In the epilogue

[@judahsoremy9857]

I don't know why, but I always started against a Snake Man when I played this.

[@MetalSmasherGaming]

There are two separate chains of boss weaknesses: Magnet --> Hard --> Top --> Shadow --> Spark --> Magnet Snake --> Gemini --> Needle --> Snake So do you usually get the second chain out of the way first?

[@edgardoarocutipa9382]

cuando mi hermano descargo el jkuego era diferente el final tenias que matarlo con la habilidad que gira como trompo y así lo matabas rápido y ahí acababa pero me encanto aunque excluyeron algunas partes

[@ricardoflores3673]

Is there a code where you can play as protoman megamans brother?

[@picolino33]

Gemini Man's Stage and soundtrack, reminds me "sonic the hedgehog" for master system in the final stages........i don't remember exactly which......lol