Mega Man 3/Items
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There are a number of items in Mega Man 3, most of which have appeared in the other NES Mega Man games.
IN-LEVEL ITEMS
- Life Energy Pellets - A flashing black/white dot. These will restore some of your health meter, and they come in 2 sizes, small and large. Small ones recover about 2 units, big ones recover about 8.
- Weapon Energy Pellets - A blue/green dot/oval-shaped object. These restore some energy to one of your special weapons, and also come in 2 sizes. Note that you MUST equip the special weapon you want to recover energy for in order for it to have any effect.
- Energy Tank - A blue canister with an E on it. Using one of these will recover all of your health meter. They can't be found from defeating enemies and are always in a fixed location in levels, usually kind of tough or tricky to get to. You can have up to 9 of them in your inventory.
- Extra Life - Looks like Mega Man's head. Self-explanatory, it gives you an extra life. You can have up to 9 of them in reserve.
RUSH ITEMS
- Rush Coil - You start the game with this. Rush transforms into a springboard and can catapult Mega Man to great heights. Vital for scaling some otherwise unsurpassable obstacles.
- Rush Marine - Get this by beating Shadow Man. Rush turns into a submarine. Very nice to have in aquatic levels/sections of levels. Sadly, not many of these sections are around in the game, so you won't find yourself using it much.
- Rush Jet - Get this by beating Needle Man. Rush turns into a jet platform, and you can freely control him around the screen. Great for scaling areas filled with bottomless pits and spikes.
