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Blue Bombin': Blue Bombin’: Mega Man 3 - Part 01

All these delicious robot bosses but which one to start with... oh, the choices are endless!

Join Alex Navarro as he straps in and makes his way through several of the Mega Man games.

Jan. 20 2017

Cast: Vinny, Alex, Dan

Posted by: Vinny

In This Episode:

Mega Man III

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Top Man is the tops.

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Alex is the best, love this feature! Thanks guys!

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What is "Top" spelled backward? !!!

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"I took my headphones off for a SECOND. A SECOND!"

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Top Man is my dealer.

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I love how Alex always cranks his head all over the place when shit gets tricky. Someone needs to make a .gif of that.

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This one was hard to watch.

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@virtuale said:

What is "Top" spelled backward? !!!

"banana" oddly enough

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One of my favorite classic Mega Mans, right here. Weirdly enough, this and Mega Man 5, not 2. I personally start with Top Man and try to RNG Shadow Man to death with his abilty.

Also, that weird line on the level select screen has always been there.

And @danryckert: The walking on the ceiling gimmick was used in Gravity Man's stage in 5.

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"I feel like you're describing your relationship with the Giant Bomb audience."

I'm so happy Dan came east.

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Vinny would no death AND set a new speed record on this shit first try.

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Jesus, those Magnet Man attempts were painful to watch.

Edit: Nevermind, this whole thing was painful to watch.

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A theme that keeps coming up in this series is "This stage sucks and is not fun"

I think Mega Man might be a bad game.

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watching alex try to do those disappearing block sections is like watching a fish play videogames

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That was an awesome run at the end of Spark Man.

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Woo! Megaman 3! Glad Alex got over his Magnet funk and started tearing magnet-ass through them. Thought I'd also post a funny screenshot that happened near the end of the stream when it went to potato quality, had it on SD because my internet has been slow lately :P

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The more I watch of GBE in 2017, the more it feels like Vinny is raising Dan alongside Max. It's a weird/hilarious dynamic.

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The best Mega Man game. Actually 9 might be better but it doesn't have the nostalgia factor going for it. Mega Man 3 is weird in that, as far as I'm aware, it's the only game in the series that has two separate boss weakness loops instead of just having one big loop. Snake > Gemini > Needle > Snake is one loop and Top > Shadow > Spark > Magnet > Hard > Top is another.

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Dan never stops surprising me with what he doesn't know. ha

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Face/Off Again would be a great name for the sequel.

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"Navarro"

@virtuale said:

What is "Top" spelled backward? !!!

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@danryckert: re-magnets and things that have 'em. Headphones and some specific Microphones use electromagnets to transduce sound to or from electricity. For microphones, basically there's one magnet suspended between another which vibrates when sound hits it. That vibration causes differences in the magnetic fields between to two create electric signal. Headphones work in reverse.This is a very layman's version of it though.

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This got me to finally go Premium!!!!

Vinny guessed the Magnet Man weakness super fast - Spark.

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@stordoff said:

The more I watch of GBE in 2017, the more it feels like Vinny is raising Dan alongside Max. It's a weird/hilarious dynamic.

He can try, but Dan is a savage wild man who is not to be tamed.

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Wait Dan was here for MMII.

YOU GUYS ARE REWRITING HISTORY

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Start at 48:00

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@abetorias: Or don't, and follow the episode for what it's worth and feel the collective relief at 48:00. Great episode, I really do love this series. Quite heartwarming.

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The biggest crime committed this episode was talking over the title screen song. So good.

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Alex is wrong about West Wing not holding up. I didn't watch it until a couple years ago, and it was fucking fantastic. But then the next line out of his mouth is "I never liked West Wing." Well there you fucking go.

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@ericsmith: I actually loved it back in the day...tried watching it a while back and could not get into it at all.

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sooooo many opportunities for alex to respawn easily defeatable enemies to farm health and weapon energy, its not until vinny suggests

also.... Mario Strikers, NOT FUN!? are you fucking kidding me?

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Alex & Dan really need to bring back Film & 40's and watch some goddamn video game movies.

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This is the weirdest week for people on Giant Bomb appearently knowing what I'm up to psychically, since I'm watching my way through Twin Peaks and the Zatoichi series currently. First Rorie goes into some detail about Zatoichi on last week's UPF and here the guys start talking about Twin Peaks and David Lynch all of a sudden.

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@alex Do you EVER sleep, duder? Your eyes look as bagged/exhausted as...well mine...and I don't sleep!

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Top = Pot, the pot is in glass, glow lamps... MIND BLOWN!!! Shit man, its all connected!!!!

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Also Thanks to the mods for being so great. People getting pissy over Vinny and Alex going to the marches is terribly saddening. I just wish people had more compassion and empathy for others, but apparently being empathetic to others is for $j^ cry babies and we're all supposed to hate each other and look down on people different, weaker or vulnerable like women and "minorities". Taking personal time to demonstrate against forces that want to marginalize and discriminate against half of the nation is noble and should be praised not mocked. Its a shame we can't have a conversation about this here among people with similar interests without the comments being deleted by mods or attacked with vitriolic and hateful rhetoric by people who disagree in some way, but I understand why the mods take them down. It's all just so depressing.

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The biggest crime committed this episode was talking over the title screen song. So good.

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I 100% agree with this. I actually thought that they would point out how awesome this intro is. But never mind that. I'm just glad to see others appreciate this theme at least as much I do. =D

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Fuck most soccer games but Super Mario Strikers is honestly incredible. A lot of depth and super tense.

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Alex not sliding below the boss is killing me!

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@stordoff: you are not wrong. Vinny has the patience of a saint, apparently.

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Ass magnets out.

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People being so uncomplimentary in these comments. Would you rather just watch a guy do a perfect run through after having looked at a FAQ? That doesn't sound fun at all. I find it much more entertaining watching someone struggle with something and then feel the joy with them when they overcome it.

On the plus side though, I was half expecting to see a bunch of people being shitty about the fact Vinny and Alex were attending solidarity marches; a bonus I suppose of Premium features is that it keeps the dickbags out.

Edit: Although I just had the horrible thought that I totally could have gotten here after the mods cleaned it up. :'( ... Also I didn't see the Live chat... ugh...

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I wished I played Mega Man III. Certainly I don't think there's a weapon that's as good as the metal blades from 2, but the Shadow ninja stars seem like a good enough replacement.

In case if anyone wants to listen to it, the latest Smash Bros has an awesome cover to Spark Man's theme.

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Alex's zinger at 1:13:56 is so fucking good it made me spit my drink out.

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Never thought I would ever see a Sleep shirt in a GB video. Follow the smoke to the riff filled land, yalls.

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Not sure why, but I've always just been drawn to Magnet Man.

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Must be frustrating around some of these guys for Dan when it comes to video games nobody does anything logical I just want to turn the game off and ask alex wtf is he doing he says he would rather get the hardest boss out the way first because its easier but he sucks and cant beat him so he comes up with 80 different excuses so he doesn't have to do what dan says and none of it makes says or helps him but it would be easier with another weapon.

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I think Mega Man 2 is the best in the series, but Mega Man 3 is my favorite. You get a dog, a slide, and Racer X. What's not to love?

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I really like Mega Man 2, but Mega Man 3 is my favorite of the NES Mega Mans. You got rush, and sliding.

My MM3 boss order: Hard Man, Gemini Man, Needle Man, Spark Man, Snake Man, Magnet Man, Top Man, and Shadow Man.