List of Virtual Console games for Nintendo 3DS (Japan)
Available titles -- Famicom
Table:
Title

Publisher[1][2]

Release Date

CERO

Zelda no Densetsu 1[a]

Nintendo

December 22, 2011

A

Super Mario Bros.[a]

Nintendo

January 5, 2012

A

Punch-Out!!

Nintendo

February 1, 2012

A

Metroid[a]

Nintendo

February 29, 2012

A

Donkey Kong Jr.[a]

Nintendo

April 18, 2012

A

Zelda no Densetsu 2: Link no Bōken[a]

Nintendo

June 6, 2012

A

Ice Climber[a]

Nintendo

July 4, 2012

A

Rockman

Capcom

July 18, 2012

A

Super Mario Bros. 2

Nintendo

July 25, 2012

A

Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi

Nintendo

August 1, 2012

A

Rockman 2: Dr. Wily no Nazo

Capcom

August 8, 2012

A

Mario Open Golf[a]

Nintendo

August 10, 2012

A

Balloon Fight[a]

Nintendo

August 22, 2012

A

Yoshi no Tamago[a]

Nintendo

August 22, 2012

A

Ninja Ryūkenden

Koei Tecmo

August 29, 2012

A

Chō Wakusei Senki: Metafight

Sunsoft

September 5, 2012

A

Salada no Kuni no Tomato Hime

Konami

September 19, 2012

A

Wrecking Crew[a]

Nintendo

September 19, 2012

A

Mighty Bomb Jack

Koei Tecmo

September 26, 2012

A

Rockman 3: Dr Wily no Saigo!?

Capcom

September 26, 2012

A

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The Computer Entertainment Rating Organization ( Japanese : 特定非営利活動法人コンピュータエンターテインメントレーティング機構 , Hepburn : Tokutei Hieiri Katsudō Hōjin Konpyūta Entāteinmento Rētingu Kikō ) ( CERO ) is a Japanese entertainment rating organization based in Tokyo that rates video game content in console games with levels of rating that informs the customer of the nature of the product and for what age group it is suitable . It was established in June 2002 as a branch of Computer Entertainment Supplier 's Association , and became an officially recognized nonprofit organization in December 2003 .
The Legend of Zelda [ b ] is a 1986 action-adventure video game developed and published by Nintendo and designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka . Set in the fantasy land of Hyrule , the plot centers on a boy named Link , the playable protagonist , who aims to collect the eight fragments of the Triforce of Wisdom in order to rescue Princess Zelda from the antagonist , Ganon . During the course of the game , the player ( seeing Link from a top-down perspective ) navigates throughout the overworld and several dungeons , defeating enemies and uncovering secrets along the way . The first game of The Legend of Zelda series , it was originally released in Japan as a launch game for the Family Computer Disk System peripheral in 1986 . More than a year later , North America and Europe received releases on the Nintendo Entertainment System in cartridge format , being the first home console game to include an internal battery for saving data . This version was later released in Japan in 1994 under the title The Hyrule Fantasy : The Legend of Zelda 1 . [ c ] The game was ported to the GameCube and Game Boy Advance , and is available via the Virtual Console on the Wii , Nintendo 3DS and Wii U . It was also as one of 30 games included within the NES Classic system , and is featured debuting among NES Switch Onlines library of games . The Legend of Zelda was a bestseller for Nintendo , selling over 6.5 million copies . It is often featured in lists of the greatest video games of all time or most influential . A much different sequel for the same system , Zelda II : The Adventure of Link , was first released in Japan less than a year after its predecessor . Eventually spawning many more successors and a number of spin-offs in over 30 years , the series has been established as among Nintendo 's most popular and beloved .
Nintendo Co. , Ltd. [ a ] is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics and video game company headquartered in Kyoto . Nintendo is one of the world 's largest video game companies by market capitalization , creating some of the best-known and top-selling video game franchises of all-time , such as Mario , The Legend of Zelda , Animal Crossing , and Pokémon . Nintendo was founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produced handmade hanafuda playing cards . By 1963 , the company had tried several small niche businesses , such as cab services and love hotels , without major success . Abandoning previous ventures in favor of toys in the 1960s , Nintendo developed into a video game company in the 1970s . Supplemented since the 1980s by its major divisions Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe , it ultimately became one of the most influential in the video game industry and one of Japan 's most-valuable companies with a market value of over $ 37 billion in 2018 .
Super Mario Bros. [ b ] is a platform game developed and published by Nintendo . The successor to the 1983 arcade game , Mario Bros. , it was released in Japan in 1985 for the Famicom , and in North America and Europe for the Nintendo Entertainment System ( NES ) in 1985 and 1987 respectively . Players control Mario , or his brother Luigi in the multiplayer mode , as they travel the Mushroom Kingdom to rescue Princess Toadstool from Bowser . They must traverse side-scrolling stages while avoiding hazards such as enemies and pits with the aid of power-ups such as the Super Mushroom , Fire Flower , and Starman . The game was designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka as a grand culmination of the Famicom team 's three years of game mechanics and programming . The design of the first level , World 1-1 , serves as a tutorial for first-time video gamers on the basic mechanics of platform gameplay . The aggressively size-optimized profile was intended as a farewell to the Famicom 's cartridge medium in favor of the forthcoming Famicom Disk System , whose floppy disks temporarily became the dominant distribution medium for a few years . Super Mario Bros. is frequently cited as one of the greatest video games of all time , with praise on its precise controls . It is one of the bestselling games of all time , with more than 40 million physical copies . It is credited alongside the NES as one of the key factors in reviving the video game industry after the 1983 crash , and helped popularize the side-scrolling platform game genre . Koji Kondo 's soundtrack is one of the earliest and most popular in video games , making music into a centerpiece of game design . The game inspired an expansive franchise including a long-running game series , an animated television series , and a feature film .
Punch-Out ! ! , [ a ] originally titled Mike Tyson 's Punch-Out ! ! , is a boxing sports fighting video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System ( NES ) developed and published by Nintendo in 1987 . Years later , worldwide releases of the game were rebranded as Punch-Out ! ! Part of the Punch-Out ! ! series , it is a port of both the Punch-Out ! ! and Super Punch-Out ! ! arcade games with some variations .
Metroid [ a ] is an action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo . The first installment in the Metroid series , it was originally released in Japan for the Family Computer Disk System peripheral in August 1986 . North America received a release in August 1987 on the Nintendo Entertainment System in a ROM cartridge format , with the European release following in January 1988 . Set on the planet Zebes , the story follows Samus Aran as she attempts to retrieve the parasitic Metroid organisms that were stolen by Space Pirates , who plan to replicate the Metroids by exposing them to beta rays and then use them as biological weapons to destroy Samus and all who oppose them . Metroid was developed by Nintendo Research & Development 1 ( Nintendo R & D1 ) and Intelligent Systems . It was produced by Gunpei Yokoi , directed by Satoru Okada and Masao Yamamoto , and scored by Hirokazu Tanaka . The game 's style , focusing on exploration and the search for power-ups that are used to reach previously inaccessible areas , influenced other video games . Its varied endings for fast completion times made it a popular game for speedrunning . It was lauded for being one of the first video games to feature a female protagonist , though the player must complete the game in under five hours for this to be revealed , with the game 's English-language instruction manual even using he to refer to the protagonist . Nintendo Power ranked Metroid 11th on their list of the best games for a Nintendo console . On Top 100 Games lists , it was ranked 7th by Game Informer and 69th by Electronic Gaming Monthly . The game was re-released for the Game Boy Advance in 2004 as part of the Classic NES Series .
Donkey Kong II : Donkey Kong Jr. [ a ] is a 1982 platform game that was released by Nintendo . It is the sequel to Donkey Kong , which featured Mario as the hero and Donkey Kong Junior 's father as the villain ; the roles are reversed here . It first appeared in arcades , and , over the course of the 1980s , was released for a variety of home platforms . The game 's title is written out as Donkey Kong Junior in the North American arcade version and various ports to non-Nintendo systems . The game was principally designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and one of his coworkers . Miyamoto also created the graphics for the title along with Yoshio Sakamoto . As with its predecessor , the music for the game was composed by Yukio Kaneoka .
Zelda II : The Adventure of Link [ a ] is an action role-playing video game with platforming elements . The second installment in The Legend of Zelda series , it was developed and published by Nintendo for the Family Computer Disk System on January 14 , 1987 , less than a year after the original The Legend of Zelda was released and seven months before North America saw the release of the first Zelda title . The game was released in North America and the PAL region for the Nintendo Entertainment System in late 1988 , almost two years after its initial release in Japan . The Adventure of Link is a direct sequel to the original The Legend of Zelda , again involving the protagonist , Link , on a quest to save Princess Zelda , who has fallen under a sleeping spell . The Adventure of Link 's emphasis on side-scrolling and role-playing elements was a significant departure from its predecessor . For much of the series ' three decade history , the game served as the only technical sequel to the original title , as all other entries in the series were either prequels or occurred in an alternative reality , according to the official Zelda timeline . This eventually changed with the release of The Legend of Zelda : Breath of the Wild in 2017 , which serves as the latest chapter in the overall continuity . The game was a critical and financial success , and introduced elements such as Link 's magic meter and the Dark Link character that would become commonplace in future Zelda games , although the role-playing elements , such as experience points , and the platform-style side-scrolling and limited lives have not been used since in canonical games . The Adventure of Link was followed by The Legend of Zelda : A Link to the Past for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992 .
Ice Climber [ a ] is a vertical platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985 . In Ice Climber , the characters Popo and Nana , ( Also known as Pepe and Nana in the German version ) collectively known as the Ice Climbers , venture up 32 ice-covered mountains to recover stolen vegetables from a giant condor . In some European countries , the NES console was sold bundled with the game , increasing Ice Climber 's familiarity outside Japan . An alternate version was released in the arcades as part of the Vs. series , known as Vs. Ice Climber . [ b ] It includes gameplay features not found in the home console release , such as an animated title screen , a stage select menu which appears at the start of the game and after completing each level , 16 additional mountains , occasional blizzard and wind effects , more enemy characters , and bonus multiplier items . The inclusion of Nana and Popo as playable characters in the 2001 GameCube title Super Smash Bros. Melee brought the game renewed attention . Nintendo released a version of the game for the Nintendo e-Reader in 2002 .
Mega Man , known as Rockman ( ロックマン , Rokkuman ) in Japan , is a 1987 action-platform video game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System ( NES ) . It was directed by Akira Kitamura , with Nobuyuki Matsushima as lead programmer , and is the first game of the Mega Man franchise and the original video game series . Mega Man was produced by a small team specifically for the home console market , a first for Capcom , who previously focused on arcade titles . The game begins the struggle of the humanoid robot and player-character Mega Man against the mad scientist Dr. Wily and the six Robot Masters under his control . Mega Man 's nonlinear gameplay lets the player choose the order in which to complete its initial six stages . Each culminates in a Robot Master boss battle that awards the player-character a unique weapon . Part of the strategy of the game consists of choosing the order to tackle the stages in order to earn the weapons that will be most useful for future stages . Critics praised Mega Man for its overall design , though the game was not a commercial success . Mega Man established many of the gameplay , story , and graphical conventions that define the ensuing sequels , subseries , and spin-offs . The game has since been included in game compilations and rereleased on mobile phones , console emulation services . It received a full 3D remake titled Mega Man Powered Up in 2006 .
Capcom Co. , Ltd. ( Japanese : 株式会社カプコン , Hepburn : Kabushiki-gaisha Kapukon ) is a Japanese video game developer and publisher known for creating numerous multi-million selling game franchises , including Mega Man , Street Fighter , Resident Evil , Devil May Cry , Onimusha , Dino Crisis , Dead Rising , Sengoku Basara , Ghosts ' n Goblins , Monster Hunter , Breath of Fire , and Ace Attorney as well as games based on Disney animated properties . Established in 1979 , it has become an international enterprise with subsidiaries in North America , Europe , and Japan .
Super Mario Bros. : The Lost Levels is a 1986 side-scrolling platform game developed and published by Nintendo as the first sequel to their 1985 bestseller Super Mario Bros . The games are similar in style and gameplay , apart from a steep increase in difficulty . Like the original , Mario or Luigi venture to rescue the Princess from Bowser . Unlike the original , the game has no two-player option and Luigi is differentiated from his twin plumber brother with reduced ground friction and increased jump height . The Lost Levels also introduces setbacks such as poison mushroom power-ups , counterproductive level warps , and mid-air wind gusts . The game has 32 levels across eight worlds , and five bonus worlds , each of which also has four levels . The Lost Levels was first released in Japan for the Famicom Disk System as Super Mario Bros. 2 [ a ] on June 3 , 1986 , following the success of its predecessor . It was developed by Nintendo R & D4 - the team led by Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto - and designed for players who had mastered the original . Nintendo of America deemed the title too difficult for its North American audience and instead chose another game as the region 's Super Mario Bros. 2 : a retrofitted version of the Japanese Doki Doki Panic . North America first experienced The Lost Levels , as the Japanese sequel became known , in the 1993 Super Nintendo Entertainment System compilation Super Mario All-Stars . It was later ported to the Game Boy Color , Game Boy Advance , Virtual Console ( Wii , Nintendo 3DS , and Wii U ) , and Nintendo Switch . The title is known for its intense difficulty , which contributes to its reputation as a black sheep in the franchise .
Fire Emblem : Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light [ a ] is a tactical role-playing video game co-developed by Intelligent Systems and Nintendo Research & Development 1 , and published by Nintendo for the Family Computer home video game console in 1990 . It is the first installment of the Fire Emblem series . Following the journey of Prince Marth to reclaim his throne from the evil sorcerer Gharnef and his master Medeus , the gameplay revolves around tactical battles on grid-based maps , with defeated units being subject to permanent death . Beginning development in 1987 , it was conceived by designer and writer Shouzou Kaga : he wanted to combine the strategic elements of Famicom Wars with the characters and story of a role-playing video game . Keisuke Terasaki acted as director and Gunpei Yokoi produced , while the music was composed by Yuka Tsujiyoko . The scale of the game meant that the team needed to find ways around memory storage problems , and make compromises with the graphics and storyline . While initial sales and critical reception were lackluster , it later became popular , launching the Fire Emblem series . The game would later be credited with popularizing the tactical role-playing genre in general . An amateur translation into English was completed in 2016 by fans under user names Quirino and Megakoopax .
Mega Man 2 [ b ] ( stylized as Mega Man II ) is an action game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System . It was released in Japan in 1988 and in North America and PAL regions the following years . Mega Man 2 continues Mega Man 's battle against the evil Dr. Wily and his rogue robots . It introduced graphical and gameplay changes , many of which became series staples . Although sales for the original Mega Man were unimpressive , Capcom allowed the team to create a sequel . They worked concurrently on other Capcom projects , using their free time to develop the game , using unused content from the first game . Takashi Tateishi composed the soundtrack , with Yoshihiro Sakaguchi serving as a sound programmer . Mega Man 2 is the bestselling Mega Man game , with more than 1.5 million copies sold . Critics praised its audio , visuals and gameplay as an improvement over the first game . Many publications rank Mega Man 2 as the best game in the series and one of the greatest video games of all time . It has also been rereleased on several other consoles and made available on mobile phones .
NES Open Tournament Golf , known in Japan as Mario Open Golf [ a ] , is a 1991 sports game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System . NES Open Tournament Golf is the second Nintendo published golf-based video game released for the NES , the first game being Golf . In addition to the Famicom version of Golf , there were two other Nintendo published golf-based video games released in Japan . These games were released in disk format on the Family Computer Disk System in 1987 . These two games were Family Computer Golf : Japan Course and Family Computer Golf : U.S . Course . Like most Mario games released around the time , the first player played as Mario , and the second player played as Luigi . At certain points during gameplay , the Mario Bros. are offered advice by their caddies , Princess Toadstool ( Peach ) and Princess Daisy . Another non-playable character was Mario 's old nemesis Donkey Kong , who now works as an accountant securing the prize money for Mario and Luigi . NES Open Tournament Golf is often thought to be nearly identical to the Famicom version Mario Open Golf based on the fact that they both feature identical graphics and gameplay . However , there are many differences between the two games . For starters , Mario Open Golf featured five playable courses whereas NES Open Tournament Golf only featured three .
Balloon Fight ( バルーンファイト , Barūn Faito ) is an action video game developed by Nintendo . The original arcade version was released for the Nintendo VS. System as Vs . Balloon Fight , and its Nintendo Entertainment System counterpart was internationally released in 1986 . The gameplay is similar to the 1982 game Joust from Williams Electronics . The home Nintendo Entertainment System version was ported to the NEC PC-8801 in October 1985 , the Sharp X1 in November 1985 , the Game Boy Advance as Balloon Fight-e for the e-Reader in the United States on September 16 , 2002 , and as part of the Famicom Mini Series in Japan on May 21 , 2004 . It was later released through Nintendo 's Virtual Console and is currently available to play on Nintendo Switch Online .
Yoshi , known as Mario & Yoshi in PAL regions , and as Yoshi 's Egg ( ヨッシーのたまご , Yosshī no Tamago ) in Japan , is a puzzle video game developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo . The game was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy consoles . Both versions were first released simultaneously in Japan on December 14 , 1991 , and released in all other regions the following year . In Yoshi , the player is tasked with clearing monsters from the on-screen playing field . The monsters fall in from the top of the screen to build vertical stacks ; the player must prevent a stack from growing too high such that it exits the play field . In order to do so , the player swaps and moves the stacks about such that falling monsters collide with identical monsters stationed atop the stacks , causing them to be removed from play . Yoshi offers both a scoring-focused single-player mode and a competitive two-player mode .
Ninja Gaiden [ a ] , released in Japan as Ninja Ryūkenden ( Japanese : 忍者龍剣伝 , literally Legend of the Ninja Dragon Sword ) and as Shadow Warriors in Europe , is a side-scrolling cinematic action-platforming video game . Tecmo developed and published it for the Nintendo Entertainment System ( NES ) ; its development and release coincided with the beat 'em up arcade version of the same name . It was released in December 1988 in Japan , in March 1989 in North America , and in August 1991 in Europe . It has been ported to several other platforms , including the PC Engine , the Super NES , and mobile phones . The story follows a ninja named Ryu Hayabusa as he journeys to America to avenge his murdered father . There , he learns that a person named the Jaquio plans to take control of the world by unleashing an ancient demon through the power contained in two statues . Featuring platforming gameplay similar to Castlevania , players control Ryu through six Acts that comprise 20 levels ; they encounter enemies that must be dispatched with Ryu 's katana and other secondary weapons . Ninja Gaiden is renowned for its elaborate story and usage of anime-like cinematic cutscenes . It received extensive coverage and won several awards from video gaming magazines , while criticism focused on its high and unforgiving difficulty , particularly in the later levels . More than fifteen years after its release , the game continued to receive acclaim from print and online publications , being cited as one of the greatest video games of all time . It was novelized as part of the Worlds of Power game adaptations written by Seth Godin and Peter Lerangis , and it spawned a soundtrack CD .
Koei Tecmo Holdings Co. , Ltd. ( 株式会社コーエーテクモホールディングス , Kabushikigaisha Kōē Tekumo Hōrudingusu ) , is a Japanese video game holding company created in 2009 by the merger of Koei and Tecmo . Koei Tecmo Holdings owns several companies , the biggest one of those being its flagship game developer and publisher Koei Tecmo Games that was founded in 1978 as Koei . Koei Europe was the first subsidiary to change its name to Tecmo Koei Europe , Ltd and to release video games under the new moniker . In January 2010 , Tecmo , Inc. and Koei Corporation followed suit by merging to form Tecmo Koei America Corporation . In April 1 , 2010 , Tecmo was declared disbanded in Japan . Its sister company Koei survived but was renamed Tecmo Koei Games ( today Koei Tecmo Games ) and is now the main publishing arm of the group in Japan . The former development divisions of Tecmo and Koei were briefly spun-off as separate companies in March 2010 , but folded into Tecmo Koei Games in April 2011 . In addition to its primary trademark , Koei Tecmo Games occasionally used until 2016 the Tecmo and Koei brand names on new video games for marketing purposes .
Blaster Master is a platform and run and gun video game released by Sunsoft for the Nintendo Entertainment System . It is a localized version of a Japanese Famicom game titled Chô Wakusei Senki Metafight ( 超惑星戦記メタファイト , lit . Super Planetary War Records : Metafight , also simply called Metafight ) , which was released on Jun 17 , 1988 . The game was released in North America in November 1988 and in Europe on April 25 , 1991 . The game is the first in the Blaster Master series , and it spawned two spin-off games as well as two sequels . The game features a character named Jason who follows his pet frog Fred down a hole in the earth . There he finds a tank and uses it to battle radioactive mutants . The player controls Jason and the tank Sophia the 3rd through eight levels of gameplay to find the whereabouts of Fred and to defeat the mutants and their leader , the Plutonium Boss . The game was praised for its smooth play control and level designs , detailed and clean graphics , and music , and it was criticized for its high difficulty level and lack of passwords or save points . The game was novelized by Peter Lerangis , as part of the Worlds of Power series published by Scholastic Books .
Sunsoft ( サンソフト , Sansofuto ) , stylized as SUNSOFT , is a Japanese video game developer and publisher . Sunsoft in itself is not a company , but instead the brand name of Japanese electronic manufacturer Sun Corporation for its video games operations . Its U.S. subsidiary operated under the name Sun Corporation of America , though , as in Japan , games published there showed a logo that read only Sunsoft .
Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom ( サラダの国のトマト姫 , Sarada no Kuni no Tomato Hime ) is a video game by Hudson Soft originally released in 1984 for the NEC PC-8801 , NEC PC-6001 , FM-7 and MSX Japanese home computers . It was ported on May 27 , 1988 , to the Famicom , and February 8 , 1991 for the Nintendo Entertainment System in North America . It was also released on the Wii 's Virtual Console in Japan on January 19 , 2010 , and in North America on February 8 , 2010 . The characters are primarily cartoon-like anthropomorphic fruits and vegetables .
Konami Holdings Corporation [ nb 1 ] [ nb 2 ] is a Japanese entertainment and gambling conglomerate . It operates as a product distributor ( which produces and distributes trading cards , anime , tokusatsu , slot machines , pachinko machines and arcade cabinets ) , video game developer and publisher company . Konami has casinos around the world and operates health and physical fitness clubs across Japan . Konami 's video game franchisee include Metal Gear , Silent Hill , Castlevania , Contra , Frogger , Gradius , Yu-Gi-Oh ! , Suikoden and Pro Evolution Soccer . Additionally , Konami owns Bemani , known for Dance Dance Revolution and Beatmania , as well as the assets of former game developer Hudson Soft , known for Bomberman , Adventure Island , Bonk , Bloody Roar and Star Soldier . Konami is the twentieth-largest game company in the world by revenue . The company originated in 1969 as a jukebox rental and repair business in Toyonaka , Osaka , Japan , by Kagemasa Kōzuki , who remains the company 's chairman . The name Konami is a portmanteau of the names Kagemasa Kozuki , Yoshinobu Nakama , and Tatsuo Miyasako . Konami is headquartered in Tokyo . In the United States , Konami manages its video game business from offices in El Segundo , California and its casino gaming business from offices in Paradise , Nevada . Its Australian gaming operations are located in Sydney . As of March 2019 , it owns 22 consolidated subsidiaries around the world .
Wrecking Crew [ a ] is a 1985 action game developed and published by Nintendo . It was designed by Yoshio Sakamoto and released as a launch title for the Nintendo Entertainment System .
Mighty Bomb Jack ( マイティボンジャック , Maiti Bon Jakku ) is a 1986 Nintendo Entertainment System ( NES ) game released by Tecmo , which was later ported to the Amiga , Atari ST and Commodore 64 . Within PAL-A regions , the NES version was only released in Australia . The NES version was released on the Virtual Console on May 7 , 2007 for the Wii , on December 6 , 2012 for the Nintendo 3DS and on January 23 , 2014 for the Wii U . It is also available to play on Nintendo Switch Online as of November 14 , 2018 , while an updated High Game Deviation Value ! version was released on July 17 , 2019 . Mighty Bomb Jack is a sequel to the 1984 game Bomb Jack .
Mega Man 3 [ a ] is an action-platform video game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System . It is the third game of the original Mega Man series and was originally released in Japan on September 28 , 1990 . The game localized in North America later in 1990 and in European regions in 1992 . Taking place after the events of Mega Man 2 , the plot follows the titular hero as he helps his creator , Dr. Light , and a former villain , Dr. Wily , collect parts for a peace-keeping robot by defeating several Robot Masters that have gone haywire . A platform-action game , Mega Man 3 follows the same format set forth by its two predecessors . The player , as Mega Man , must complete a series of stages in any order . Defeating a stage 's boss will earn the player its special weapon , which can be selected and used at will throughout the rest of the game . Mega Man 3 introduces new gameplay elements such as Mega Man 's canine sidekick Rush and the ability to slide along the ground . Unlike with the first two installments of the series , artist and designer Keiji Inafune has considered the creation of Mega Man 3 to be very stressful due to time constraints and his own increased responsibilities during its development . Following the success of Mega Man 2 released two years earlier , Mega Man 3 has sold 1.17 million copies and has been positively received in critical reviews . Its presentation and gameplay has been especially praised , although many sources [ who ? ] found the game to be too difficult .