Mega Man Star Force 3

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Mega Man Star Force 3 is the third and last game in the Star Force sub-series, taking the series back to its space theme with a meteor coming in to destroy the world. Oh, and the Star Break and Tribe On features have been replaced by Noise Changing. Fun!

While considered a step up from the previous games in every way, Star Force 3 ended up selling very poorly which, combined with the poor sales of Rockman.EXE: Operate Shooting Star, would lead Capcom to scrap a planned fourth entry. It was also the only Star Force game to not be released in European regions at all.

Unused Graphics

Backsprites

Unused backsprites for both Sirius and Club Strong. It is possible that there would have been a freefight with Sirius after the bonus chapter at one point, but he never appears in the overworld after said chapter. In the case of Club Strong's sprites, it is impossible to talk to him from behind because of invisible walls blocking the player from doing so.

Leftover Geo Stelar mugshots

Geo Stelar's mugshot from Mega Man Star Force 2, which was used in early screenshots of this game.

MegaMan.EXE and Lan mugshots

Unused mugshots for Lan and MegaMan.EXE are also present, although in this case they are simply leftovers from Star Force 2.

Sky Hertz

It seems the Sky Wave was planned to re-appear in the third game, seeing as this Sky Hertz mugshot was updated from Star Force 2, but since the Sky Wave doesn't appear neither do the Sky Hertzes.

Trader Man mugshot

The TraderMan's mugshots, almost the same as the ones used in Star Force 2 except that the second mugshot is different.

Intro Screen

Early	Final

A blue-tinted, earlier-looking intro screen with "1a" written on it. The most notable difference between this and the final version is that everyone is placed closer together and there is significantly less damage on the road.

Ending

Smaller versions of the images of Solo and Laplace and the Stelar family reunion (including Omega-Xis) used during the ending exists for whatever reason.

Unused Textures

Dark Phantom

A texture of Dark Phantom grinning.

Rogue

The textures for Rogue's sword from Star Force 2 are present within the game. Unused because he uses the Laplace Blade in this game instead.

Regional Differences

To do: Add Title Screen differences between regions.

Noise Kaizou Gear

Three separate power-up systems, collectively forming the Noise Kaizou Gear system, were removed from the localized versions of Star Force 3. All three function in a similar manner to the Wave Command Code system in Star Force 2, and the White Cards system that still exists in Star Force 3. Through hacking, these features can be re-enabled, and have been fully translated save except for one error described below.

The first and most notable of the three is the Noise Poker mechanic, which allows players to acquire up to five sets of abilities through certain inputs, using a poker hand-style system to determine compatibility as per the motif of the game's antagonists. The access method is the only part of this system that has been dummied out, a player who has already equipped Noise Poker abilities may freely access and disable them without any further hacking.

The game also features Purpose Card codes, which allow changing the player's abilities of their Finalized Noise super mode after the main storyline has been beaten. One of these codes raises the rank of the form's folder by one level, which if used in conjunction with accessing the normal maximum level allows reaching an additional, even more powerful version of the folder never seen in normal gameplay. Also for encountering Rogue ZZ in JP version if one of teammate enters this card, while the North American version uses a cheat if the player has the top row of stars completed.

The last of these is the Secret Satellite Server, which allows replacing up to three of the player's Brothers with a special card which can be used to access various folders based off characters from the Mega Man franchise by going through a complicated unlocking system in battle. Each time a new level is unlocked, the game will display a message providing a six-character input code meant for use with a touchscreen overlay. While this feature has been fully translated, as have all the others, it suffers from an unusual translation error wherein every code provided by the game gives only the first five letters of the code rather than all six. Because of this, a guide is still needed in order to navigate the system.

Because of the region lockout, the English version of the "Download" voice line (only for in SSS when selected folder) can't be heard through legitimate means. Also, due to the Secret Satellite Server being unused in the localized versions, the battle cards Dragon Sky GX, Pegasus Magic GX, and Leo Kingdom GX (all of which appeared and were usable in previous Star Force games) all go unused as well, due to only being usable via the SSS.

Graphical Differences

Japan	North America

The Satella Police officers have different sprites when they are defeated in the North American release, presumably to tone down the violence in such scenes.

Japan	North America

When the Omega-Xis copies are defeated in the Japanese version, they play a special recoil and deletion animation. In the North American version, likely for the same reasons as the Satella Police's injured sprites, this is replaced with them teleporting away.

The Japanese release of Star Force 3 has several references to Umaibō, a Japanese puffed corn snack, including a pop-up image if the player purchases one at school; the North American version localizes these as "Mega Snacks" and removes the special image.

Removed Voicelines

• In the Japanese version, clearing the game would change the voice on the title screen from Ryuusei no Rockman 3 into Shooting Star Rockman 3; the U.S. version has no such feature, using the same Star Force 3 voice clip for both.
• Ace's "Wave battle, ride on!" line when a VS Match begins is removed in the English version.

Other Differences

• The behavior of the WolfWoods card has been changed. In JP, WolfWoods will attack furthest down the row even if there’s no enemy. In NA, WolfWoods will always attempt to attack to attack the row that the first enemy or obstacle is on, this includes going out of bounds if the target is on the same row as the player Mega Man.