The story of Mega Man 3 is one of betrayal and quiet contemplation. This time, in order to complete all the bosses, Mega Man will have to actually trust his old foe, Dr. Wily, who has renounced evil for good! Mega Man's quest finds him collecting all the special elements from the eight robot planets so that Dr. Wily and Dr. Light can build the peace robot, Gamma.
However, after triumphing over the eight robots, Mega Man finds that he must re-visit each planet-- each now ruled by eight "Doc Robots" which house the robotic souls of enemies defeated in Mega Man's previous adventure! Is Mega Man's memory malfunctioning? Can consciousness continue if the body is destroyed? What is the nature of good in a robot that has merely been programmed to be good? What is free will, and does it really exist?
Mega Man's circuits almost overheat as he contemplates these questions, moving down linear corridors, unable to deviate from his destructive course. Luckily, in the revisited Gemini Man stage, Mega Man is given an opportunity to contemplate such questions.
You can use the room above to consider such questions for yourself. The Pros here at SHELPSHOT recommend you slowly expunge all your weapons and items in this room, one after another (excluding Shadow Blade, which you will need to defeat Doc Robot Bubble Man in the next room!)
As you deplete each weapon, allow yourself to meditate upon the blinking colours of the robo-coral. Focus on the bubbles floating near the surface-- is there a hidden message or is it simply your brain attempting to make sense of a repeating pattern?
Be sure to allow the Search Snakes to climb up the ladder. This weapon was once so useful for defeating Gemini Man, but now it is just another reminder of the robot lives that have been terminated. Free the Search Snakes so that some small part of the robotic souls you have collected may now freely use up their remaining power cells as they will.
