History YMMV / BlasterMasterZeroIII

** [[spoiler:After his final fight with Jason, Kane learns about [[BabiesEverAfter his and Eve's motive]], and tells her [[SoProudOfYou he's proud of her]]; she responds by calling him "Dad". Kane then proceeds to give Jason and Eve his blessings, ending with the following line, which can be interpreted as Kane PassingTheTorch to Jason.]]

** [[spoiler:Kane being determined to [[OffingTheOffspring terminate Eve]] to end the mutant threat, considering back in ''Zero I'', he and Jennifer sent SOPHIA Zero to Earth for Eve to deal with the mutants, and left a message in which they called her their precious daughter. Thankfully, he stops once he learns about [[BabiesEverAfter her actual motive]], even telling her [[SoProudOfYou he's proud of her]].]]

** [[spoiler:Kane being determined to [[OffingTheOffspring terminate Eve]] to end the mutant threat, considering back in ''Zero I'', he and Jennifer sent Sophia ZERO to Earth for Eve to deal with the mutants, and left a message in which they called her their precious daughter. Thankfully, he stops once he learns about [[BabiesEverAfter her actual motive]], even telling her [[SoProudOfYou he's proud of her]].]]

-->"Put in a damn control stick. How am I supposed to fly with a wheel?"

* TearJerker: This game's DownerEnding hits harder than both ''I'' and ''II''[='=]s, possibly even ''combined'', all things considered. [[spoiler: The mutant threat they've fought throughout all the trilogy is no more, but due to Jason letting Eve go to super-dimensional space on her own and him realizing he didn't listen to what she actually wanted regarding the mutants, they will never see each other again, leaving both of them heartbroken over keeping their feelings for each other deep inside; furthermore, Roddy and Elfie will never be born. To twist the knife even further, the last shot has Jason and Eve apparently face-to-face but it's clear they actually aren't, as a reminder that they miss each other's company. [[FromBadToWorse Even worse]], the hint that indicates that the GoldenEnding can be unlocked is a pair of rings on the Blaster Rifle subscreen, which heavily implies (if not outright confirms) that ''Jason was actually going to propose to Eve'', even without factoring her LoveConfession to him in the true ending. Combine all that, and you have the ultimate downer ending for the trilogy.]]

** Round 4: [[spoiler: ''Rising GARUDA.'' Leibniz is determined to protect the birth of Jason and Eve's children, and [[SamusIsAGirl she's]] not playing any games. Having returned in an upgraded GARUDA, every second, literally every moment she is on screen and not in the background, Leibniz is on the attack, and only stays in place mere moments at a time before repositioning in a literal blink. All this coupled with [[DamageSpongeBoss three health bars]], [[AreaOfEffect multiple attacks with complete ground coverage]], [[YouWillNotEvadeMe tracking bombardments]], and all capped off with ''two'' DesperationAttack maneuvers, and it's no wonder she's considered the hardest boss in the game.]]

** The cover for the game's original soundtrack seems out of place and doesn't seem to involve any characters in the game... Until you find out that [[spoiler:Leibniz swore to raise Roddy and Elfie, nevermind that the pair exist at all. And suddenly it all clicks into place - it's a scene in the distant future, showing Roddy, Elfie and Leibniz with the new Sophia J-7, living happily and Elfie even making a flower necklace for her godmother. Oh, and the same picture even shows Leibniz' support animal perched on top of her head, meaning she wasn't completely alone all this time.]]

** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTdbuLRUgOw actual boss theme]] against Leibniz after above is no slouch. It tells you that this won't be merely another MA Pilot rematch.

* BestLevelEver: Sure, it ''definitely'' falls under BrutalBonusLevel, but the final section of gameplay for the GoldenEnding is this in spades. It's [[spoiler: the last area from ''Blaster Master Zero 1'' interspersed with sections of other areas from that game, complete with the original themes. Between each section, you get rematches with the MA pilots from ''Blaster Master Zero 2'' taken to a new extreme as they have their Support Droids and animals '''actively participate in the fighting.''' Sure, your character, Kane, may be vastly inferior to Jason at this point, but he gets regenerating Hover, unlimited bombs on foot, and says nuts to the Gaia System in favor of being able to spam-fire his old standby abilities, all of which [[MythologyGag work as intended now.]] As a send-off to the GrandFinale of this series, it could not be a more awesome labor of love.]]

** After all the troubles they've been through throughout all the trilogy, in the GoldenEnding, [[spoiler: Jason and Eve are [[OfficialCouple finally together]], after both of them having implied {{Love Confession}}s in the golden endings of the previous games, plus one direct confession by her in this one. They end up HappilyMarried and have their own children, Roddy and Elfie, which give Jason the family he always wanted, and Eve something to remember ANDREIA's pilot and support droid who let her save him in ''II''. [[BigDamnReunion Their hug at the end says it all]]. If the bad ending is any indication, the pair of rings on the Blaster Rifle subscreen that indicate the unlocking of the good ending heavily imply (if not outright confirm) that ''Jason actually was going to propose to Eve whether she confessed her feelings to him or not'', so it's very likely he did, considering she's wearing her ring when she heals him in the final fight. To make this even better, unlike in the DownerEnding, Fred is with them in this one. This is because if not for him (who himself got SparedByTheAdaptation), [[SmallRoleBigImpact Jason and Eve would have never met each other nor fought the mutants, nor saved each other's lives]]. So, even if they aren't physically with Roddy and Elfie (who got sent to Earth due to them not being able to live in super-dimensional space, though they'll be taken care of by Leibniz), Jason and Eve still have kind of a family with their TeamPet Fred by their side]].

* TearJerker: This game's DownerEnding hits harder than both ''I'' and ''II''[='=]s, possibly even ''combined'', all things considered. [[spoiler: Sure, the mutant threat they've fought throughout all the trilogy is no more, but this means Jason and Eve will never see each other again due to him letting her go to super-dimensional space on her own, leaving both of them heartbroken (Jason with regret over not listening to what she wanted, and Eve hurt over keeping her feelings for him deep inside). Also, this means no Roddy nor Elfie. To twist the knife even further, the last shot has Jason and Eve apparently face-to-face but it's clear they actually aren't, as a reminder that they miss each other's company. [[FromBadToWorse Even worse]], the hint that indicates that the GoldenEnding can be unlocked is a pair of rings on the Blaster Rifle subscreen, which heavily implies (if not outright confirms) that ''Jason was actually going to propose to Eve'', even without factoring her LoveConfession to him in the true ending. Combine all that, and you have the ultimate downer ending for the trilogy.]]

** After all the troubles they've been through throughout all the trilogy, in the GoldenEnding, [[spoiler: Jason and Eve are [[OfficialCouple finally together]], after both of them having implied {{Love Confession}}s in the golden endings of the previous games, plus one direct confession by her in this one. Also, they are HappilyMarried and have their own children, Roddy and Elfie; bonus points for Jason, who had no family to speak of before having his own with Eve, and Eve herself for naming their kids after ANDREIA's pilot and support droid who let her save Jason in ''II''. [[BigDamnReunion Their hug at the end says it all]]. If the bad ending is any indication, the pair of rings on the Blaster Rifle subscreen that indicate the unlocking of the good ending heavily imply (if not outright confirm) that ''Jason actually was going to propose to Eve whether she confessed her feelings to him or not'', so it's very likely he did, considering she's wearing her ring when she heals him in the final fight. Additionally, to make this even better, unlike in the DownerEnding, Fred is with them in this one. This is because if not for him (who himself got SparedByTheAdaptation), [[SmallRoleBigImpact Jason and Eve would have never met each other nor fought the mutants, nor saved each other's lives]]. So, even if they aren't physically with Roddy and Elfie (who got sent to Earth due to them not being able to live in super-dimensional space, though they'll be taken care of by Leibniz), Jason and Eve still have kind of a family with their TeamPet Fred by their side]].

* ThatOneBoss:
** In the GoldenEnding route, [[spoiler: ''Rising GARUDA.'' Leibniz is determined to protect the birth of Jason and Eve's children, and [[SamusIsAGirl she's]] not playing any games. Having returned in an upgraded GARUDA, every second, literally every moment she is on screen and not in the background, Leibniz is on the attack, and only stays in place mere moments at a time before repositioning in a literal blink. All this coupled with [[DamageSpongeBoss three health bars]], [[AreaOfEffect multiple attacks with complete ground coverage]], [[YouWillNotEvadeMe tracking bombardments]], and all capped off with ''two'' DesperationAttack maneuvers, and it's no wonder she's considered the hardest boss in the game.]]
** Also in the GoldenEnding route, [[spoiler: while not as notorious as ''Rising GARUDA'', the rematch with Kanna in the EIR comes pretty close. In ''II'', the fight could be trivialized using the Burn Spark. You don't have that ability this time around, meaning you'll have to actually learn Kanna's patterns and attacks. Even so, the fight isn't too bad until you've knocked out half of her first health bar. And that's when all hell breaks loose. She and Yacopu hop out briefly to call forth the alternate Kannas who will rain down fruit onto the battlefield, with none of it being beneficial for you. The watermelon bombs are self-explanatory, but other fruit can heal the EIR, or give it a super mode that makes it grow to gargantuan size. Leaving the fruit alone isn't an option. You have to work to destroy them. But they ''constantly'' rain down. And all the while Kanna is bum rushing you in the EIR. It's one of the most chaotic fights in the game, if not the whole series.]]
** To cap off all the above, [[spoiler: the BonusBoss option of the two available TrueFinalBoss fights, wherein as Kane you get to go up against the Blaster Master himself, Jason Frudnick. The story makes very clear that whatever Jason and Eve are attempting to do, Kane's out of the loop and off-base, so if you're choosing to side with Kane, it's purely for the sake of getting to battle Jason, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor and you get what you asked for.]] It's a reverse of the game's opening ImpossibleBossFight, and you're ''expected'' to win. Jason has far more up his sleeve than Kane did; his ''opening gambit'' is the InfinityPlusOneSword that is the Anti-SF Ammo[[note]]Remember, you're ''in'' an SF vehicle[[/note]], before moving onto just driving on thin air with the Phantom Solid while deploying a Homing Laser field, before dropping down Ignition Sparks to have you playing a game of The Floor is Lava while returning fire. Got on the other side of him? You won't be for long, because Fred will just warp him to the opposite corner of the room. Get him down to his last smidgen of health, and he gets to roll out his own DesperationAttack: a barrage of ''three Final Accel Blasts'', while a barrier provided by Eve ''restores his health''. This window, incidentally is one of the few times Jason is cleanly open while he uses the Gaia system to recharge, but you still have to punch through that barrier, because his health ''will'' go right back to full.[[note]]It's at this moment, however, that a completionist player who found the hidden Accel Blast where the original Skeleton Boss once was has a prime opportunity to line up their shot and take Jason out right then and there.[[/note]]]]

* SignatureScene: If there's one scene that's been constantly talked about since the game's release, it would have to be [[spoiler:Leibniz's DramaticUnmask, revealing that ''she's'' been a woman the entire time. It's considered a SamusIsAGirl reveal on-par with Samus's reveal in the original ''VideoGame/{{Metroid|1}}''.]]

** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzaFikL-KLs theme song]] that plays during [[spoiler: Leibniz's DramaticUnmask. Despite everything that has happened between Leibniz and Jason, despite all of the mistakes, all of the failures to protect the things Leibniz cherished, Jason has trusted Leibniz with protecting Eve and his unborn children, and with Kane knocking on the gates to Eve's cocoon, this is Leibniz's last and best chance at redemption. This heroic tune lets you know exactly that: Leibniz is not gonna just stay idle and let Kane ruin the hopes of a father, '''[[SamusIsAGirl she]]''' is gonna pull out all the stops to prevent it, and is going to do it with her true face.]]

** After all the troubles they've been through throughout all the trilogy, in the GoldenEnding, [[spoiler: Jason and Eve are [[OfficialCouple finally together]], after both of them having implied {{Love Confession}}s in the golden endings of the previous games, plus one direct confession by her in this one. Also, they are HappilyMarried and have their own children, Roddy and Elfie; bonus points for Jason, who had no family to speak of before having his own with Eve, and Eve herself for naming their kids after ANDREIA's pilot and support droid who let her save Jason in ''II''. [[BigDamnReunion Their hug at the end says it all]]. If the bad ending is any indication, the pair of rings on the Blaster Rifle subscreen that indicate the unlocking of the good ending heavily imply (if not outright confirm) that ''Jason actually was going to propose to Eve whether she confessed her feelings to him or not''. Additionally, to make this even better, unlike in the DownerEnding, Fred is with them in this one. This is because if not for him (who himself got SparedByTheAdaptation), [[SmallRoleBigImpact Jason and Eve would have never met each other nor fought the mutants, nor saved each other's lives]]. So, even if they aren't physically with Roddy and Elfie (who got sent to Earth due to them not being able to live in super-dimensional space, though they'll be taken care of by Leibniz), Jason and Eve still have kind of a family with their TeamPet Fred by their side]].

* SignatureScene: If there's one scene that's been constantly talked about since the game's release, it would have to be [[spoiler:Leibniz's DramaticUnmask, revealing that ''she's'' been a woman the entire time. It's considered a SamusIsAGirl reveal on-par with Samus's reveal in the original ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}''.]]

** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzaFikL-KLs theme song]] that plays during Leibniz's DramaticUnmask. [[spoiler:Despite everything that has happened between Leibniz and Jason, despite all of the mistakes, all of the failures to protect the things Leibniz cherished, Jason has trusted Leibniz with protecting Eve and his unborn children, and with Kane knocking on the gates to Eve's cocoon, this is Leibniz's last and best chance at redemption. This heroic tune lets you know exactly that: Leibniz is not gonna just stay idle and let Kane ruin the hopes of a father, '''[[SamusIsAGirl she]]''' is gonna pull out all the stops to prevent it, and is going to do it with her true face.]]

** After all the troubles they've been through throughout all the trilogy, in the GoldenEnding, [[spoiler: Jason and Eve are [[OfficialCouple finally together]], after both of them having implied {{Love Confession}}s in the golden endings of the previous games, plus one direct confession by her in this one. Also, they are HappilyMarried and have their own children, Roddy and Elfie; bonus points for Jason, who had no family to speak of before having his own with Eve, and Eve herself for naming their kids after ANDREIA's pilot and support droid who let her save Jason in ''II''. [[BigDamnReunion Their hug at the end says it all]]. Additionally, to make this even better, unlike in the DownerEnding, Fred is with them in this one. This is because if not for him (who himself got SparedByTheAdaptation), [[SmallRoleBigImpact Jason and Eve would have never met each other nor fought the mutants, nor saved each other's lives]]. So, even if they aren't physically with Roddy and Elfie (who got sent to Earth due to them not being able to live in super-dimensional space, though they'll be taken care of by Leibniz), Jason and Eve still have kind of a family with their TeamPet Fred by their side]].

* SignatureScene: If there's one scene that's been constantly talked about since the game's release, it would have to be [[spoiler:Leibniz's DramaticUnmask, revealing that ''she's'' been a woman the entire time. It's considered a SamusIsAGirl reveal on-par with Samus's reveal in the original VideoGame/{{Metroid}}.]]
* TearJerker: This game's DownerEnding hits harder than both ''I'' and ''II''[='=]s, possibly even ''combined'', all things considered. [[spoiler: Sure, the mutant threat they've fought throughout all the trilogy is no more, but this means Jason and Eve will never see each other again due to him letting her go to super-dimensional space on her own, leaving both of them heartbroken (Jason with regret over not listening to what she wanted, and Eve hurt over keeping her feelings for him deep inside). Also, this means no Roddy nor Elfie. To twist the knife even further, the last shot has Jason and Eve apparently face-to-face but it's clear they actually aren't, as a reminder that they miss each other's company]].

* SignatureScene: If there's one scene that's been constantly talked about since the game's release, it would have to be [[spoiler:Leibniz's DramaticUnmask, revealing that ''she's'' been woman the entire time. It's considered a SamusIsAGirl reveal on-par with Samus's reveal in the original VideoGame/{{Metroid}}.]]

** After all the troubles they've been through throughout all the trilogy, in the GoldenEnding, [[spoiler: Jason and Eve are [[OfficialCouple finally together]], after both of them having implied {{Love Confession}}s in the golden endings of the previous games, plus one direct confession by her in this one. Also, they are HappilyMarried and have their own children, Roddy and Elfie; bonus points for Jason, who had no family to speak of before having his own with Eve, and Eve herself for naming their kids after ANDREIA's pilot and support droid who let her save Jason in ''II''. [[BigDamnReunion Their hug at the end says it all]]. Additionally, to make this even better, unlike in the DownerEnding, Fred is with them in this one. This is because if not for him (who himself got SparedByTheAdaptation), [[SmallRoleBigImpact Jason and Eve would have never met each other nor fought the mutants, nor saved each other's lives]]. So, even if they aren't physically with Roddy and Elfie (who got sent to Earth due to them not being able to live in multidimensional space, though they'll be taken care of by Leibniz), Jason and Eve still have kind of a family with their TeamPet Fred by their side]].

* TearJerker: This game's DownerEnding hits harder than both ''I'' and ''II''[='=]s, possibly even ''combined'', all things considered. [[spoiler: Sure, the mutant threat they've fought throughout all the trilogy is no more, but this means Jason and Eve will never see each other again due to him letting her go to multidimensional space on her own, leaving both of them heartbroken (Jason with regret over not listening to what she wanted, and Eve hurt over keeping her feelings for him deep inside). Also, this means no Roddy nor Elfie. To twist the knife even further, the last shot has Jason and Eve apparently face-to-face but it's clear they actually aren't, as a reminder that they miss each other's company]].

** After all the troubles they've been through throughout all the trilogy, in the GoldenEnding, [[spoiler: Jason and Eve are [[OfficialCouple finally together]], after both of them having implied {{Love Confession}}s in the golden endings of the previous games, plus one direct confession by her in this one. Also, they are HappilyMarried and have their own children, Roddy and Elfie; bonus points for Jason, who had no family to speak of before having his own with Eve, and Eve herself for naming their kids after ANDREIA's pilot and support droid who let her save Jason in ''II''. [[BigDamnReunion Their hug at the end says it all]]. Also, unlike in the DownerEnding, Fred is with them in this one. That makes this ending even better because if not for him (who got SparedByTheAdaptation), [[SmallRoleBigImpact Jason and Eve would have never met nor fought the mutants, nor saved each other's lives]]. So, even if they aren't physically with Roddy and Elfie, Jason and Eve still have Fred by their side]].

* TearJerker: This game's DownerEnding hits harder than both ''I'' and ''II''[='=]s, possibly even ''combined''. [[spoiler: Sure, the mutant threat they've fought throughout all the trilogy is no more, but this means Jason and Eve will never see each other again due to him letting her go to multidimensional space on her own, leaving both of them heartbroken (even worse in her case, seeing she confesses her feelings to him in the route to the true ending). Also, this means no Roddy nor Elfie. To twist the knife even further, the last shot has Jason and Eve apparently face-to-face but it's clear they actually aren't, as a reminder that they miss each other's company]].

** After all the troubles they've been through throughout all the trilogy, in the GoldenEnding, [[spoiler: Jason and Eve are [[OfficialCouple finally together]], after both of them having implied {{Love Confession}}s in the golden endings of the previous games, plus one direct confession by her in this one. Also, they are HappilyMarried and have their own children, Roddy and Elfie; bonus points for Jason, who had no family to speak of before having his own with Eve, and Eve herself for naming their kids after ANDREIA's pilot and support droid who let her save Jason in ''II''. [[BigDamnReunion Their hug at the end says it all]]]].

* TearJerker: This game's DownerEnding hits harder than both ''I'' and ''II''[='=]s, possibly even ''combined''. [[spoiler: Sure, the mutant threat they've fought throughout all the trilogy is no more, but this means Jason and Eve will never see each other again due to him letting her go to multidimensional space on her own, leaving both of them heartbroken (even worse in her case, seeing she confesses her feelings to him in the route to the true ending). Also, this means no Roddy nor Elfie]].

** To cap off all the above, [[spoiler: the BonusBoss option of the two available TrueFinalBoss fights, wherein as Kane you get to go up against the Blaster Master himself, Jason Frudnick. The story makes very clear that whatever Jason and Eve are attempting to do, Kane's out of the loop and off-base, so if you're choosing to side with Kane, it's purely for the sake of getting to battle Jason, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor and you get what you asked for.]] It's a reverse of the game's opening ImpossibleBossFight, and you're ''expected'' to win. Jason has far more up his sleeve than Kane did; his ''opening gambit'' is the InfinityPlusOne sword that is the Anti-SF Ammo[[note]]Remember, you're ''in'' an SF vehicle[[/note]], before moving onto just driving on thin air with the Phantom Solid while deploying a Homing Laser field, before dropping down Ignition Sparks to have you playing a game of The Floor is Lava while returning fire. Got on the other side of him? You won't be for long, because Fred will just warp him to the opposite corner of the room. Get him down to his last smidgen of health, and he gets to roll out his own DesperationAttack: a barrage of ''three Final Accel Blasts'', while a barrier provided by Eve ''restores his health''. This window, incidentally is one of the few times Jason is cleanly open while he uses the Gaia system to recharge, but you still have to punch through that barrier, because his health ''will'' go right back to full.[[note]]It's at this moment, however, that a completionist player who found the hidden Accel Blast where the original Skeleton Boss once was has a prime opportunity to line up their shot and take Jason out right then and there.[[/note]]]]

** Also in the GoldenEnding route, [[spoiler: while not as notorious as ''Rising GARUDA'', the rematch with Kanna in the EIR comes pretty close. In ''II'', the fight could be trivialized using the Burn Spark. You don't have that ability this time around, meaning you'll have to actually learn Kanna's patterns and attacks. Even so, the fight isn't too bad until you've knocked out half of her first health bar. And that's when all hell breaks loose. She and Yacopu hop out briefly to call forth the alternate Kannas who will rain down fruit onto the battlefield, with none of it being beneficial for you. The watermelon bombs are self-explanatory, but other fruit can heal the EIR, or give it a super mode that makes it grow to gargantuan size. Leaving the fruit alone isn't an option. You have to work to destroy them. But they ''constantly'' rain down. And all the while Kanna is bum rushing you in the EIR. It's one of the most chaotic fights in the game, if not the whole series.]]

* ThatOneBoss

* SequelDifficultySpike: ''Zero III'' is by far the hardest game in the series. In addition to Jason's kit once again getting toned down, maps are substantially more complex due to the introduction of super-dimensional space, enemies are far more aggressive and plentiful, and bosses have ''multiple'' health bars now instead of one and have more complex attack patterns, making fights longer and more difficult. This game rather justifiably expects you to have played the previous games in the series, because it demands mastery of endgame-level abilities from the last two games very early on. While Jason ''is'' allowed to use all his weapons regardless of energy level and his tank is very quickly given powerful armaments, the game in no uncertain terms will inform the player that the mutants are tougher - and they ''are'', as evidenced by ''endgame bosses from the first game'' showing up as casual enemies. The introduction of Sophia Force drones makes this worse - any Sophia Force dungeon is treated as a BrutalBonusLevel if you don't take the super-dimensional space routes, with some enemies having attacks you simply cannot dodge and all of them enemies having either very accurate attacks, a tendency to rush you down, or ''both.''

* SequelDifficultySpike: ''Zero III'' is by far the hardest game in the series. In addition to Jason's kit once again getting toned down, maps are substantially more complex due to the introduction of super-dimensional space, enemies are far more aggressive and plentiful, and bosses have ''multiple'' health bars now instead of one and have more complex attack patterns, making fights longer and more difficult.

* [[{{SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments}} Heartwarming Moments]]

** The TrueFinalBoss [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJQDgT7XrS4 theme]] is a remix of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdbIkaWrzx4 boss]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqfWnScVP-4 themes]] from the original ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster'', and they're epic!