Since its 1990 release, "Mega Man 3" has sold over one million copies worldwide, making it the 48th best-selling Capcom game. "EGM" listed "Mega Man 3" as "The Best Sequel to an Existing Game" in its 1991 Video Game Buyer's Guide. The readers of "Nintendo Power" voted it the third-best game of 1990 in the magazine's "Nintendo Power Awards" for that year. The publication listed "Mega Man 3" as the 11th best NES video game in their 20th anniversary issue in 2008. IGN included it at number 16 on its "Top 100 NES Games of All Time". Finally, "GamePro" ranked "Mega Man 3" as the third-greatest 8-bit video game of all time.