Noise Change

Noise Change (ノイズチェンジ) is the main transformation system of Mega Man Star Force 3. MegaMan will receive his first Noise Change in Chapter 4. All Noise Change forms can be obtained in both versions, but one version will have certain Noise Changes appear more likely than the other. There is only a small chance to get an opposite version Noise Change.

Noise Force Big Bang

Landing a Counter Hit guarantees a special Noise Force Big Bang (NFB) card. The NFB can be further boosted by the Noise Change's abilities. The NFB can also be used in a Screen-Dimming Cut In.

Ability Rewards

After doing a certain amount of battles in a certain Noise, a prompt will appear after the battle and you will receive an Ability. The Ability obtained while in a Noise have exclusive LP Cost sizes and cannot be obtained any other way. Each ability can only be obtained once.

These Abilities can also be obtained with Noise if accessed via the Transformation Archive.

Noises Change Forms

Black Ace Noises

These are Noise Changes that are more likely to appear in Black Ace.

Libra Noise
Body	None
Weakness	Break
Charged Shot	Side Spread (5x Buster Attack) Attacks 3 times.
Noise Form Abilities	Fire & Aqua cards gain +10 attack power (dimming and non-dimming).
Vibrant Noise Abilities	Non-dimming None card heals 5% of Mega Man's HP upon use. Maxes at 100HP heal.
NFB	Meteor Light Barrage (130 AP) Attacks 2 times. Pierces invis.
Ability Rewards	100 battles: Charge Spread/100 200 battles: HP +500/350
Corvus Noise
Body	Fire
Weakness	Aqua
Charged Shot	Shocking Flare (55 + 5x Buster Attack) Fire. Immobilize for 2 seconds.
Noise Form Abilities	Non-dimming Fire cards gain +30 attack power.
Vibrant Noise Abilities	Unaffected by Poison panels. Immune to HP Bugs. Immune to BlackHole-type attacks.
NFB	Atom Blazer (400 AP) Fire. Wind.
Ability Rewards	150 battles: No Gravity/300 200 battles: Air Shoes/200
Cancer Noise
Body	Aqua
Weakness	Elec
Charged Shot	Bubble Shot (10 + 10x Buster Attack) Aqua. Bubbles for 1 second.
Noise Form Abilities	Non-dimming Aqua cards gain +30 attack power.
Vibrant Noise Abilities	Non-dimming Aqua cards Bubbles for 1 second upon hitting.
NFB	Dyna Wave (100 AP) Aqua. Attacks 3 times.
Ability Rewards	100 battles: + X-Shot/45 200 battles: No Bubble/300
Gemini Noise
Body	Elec
Weakness	Wood
Charged Shot	Rocket Knuckle (10 + 10x Buster Attack) Elec. Paralyzes for 1 second.
Noise Form Abilities	Non-dimming Elec cards gain +30 attack power. Tag System in Folders. Choose 2 cards that are more likely to appear together.
Vibrant Noise Abilities	Sword cards will Paralyze for 1 second (dimming and non-dimming).
NFB	Thunderbolt Blade (100 AP) Elec. Sword. Attacks 3 times.
Ability Rewards	150 battles: + Paralyze Panel/70 200 battles: No Paralyze/600
Ophiuca Noise
Body	Wood
Weakness	Fire
Charged Shot	Wood Shot (10 + 10x Buster Attack) Wood.
Noise Form Abilities	Wood cards gain +20 attack power (dimming and non-dimming).
Vibrant Noise Abilities	Non-dimming None card causes Confusion for 2 seconds. No Flash: Immune to Confusion and Blind status effects.
NFB	Elemental Cyclone (100 AP) Wood. Wind. Attacks 3 times.
Ability Rewards	100 battles: + Wood Panel/50 200 battles: No Flash/200

Red Joker Noises

These are Noise Changes that are more likely to appear in Red Joker.

Cygnus Noise
Body	None
Weakness	Sword
Charged Shot	Feather Vulcan (3x Buster Attack) Attacks 3 times.
Noise Form Abilities	Air Shoes: Unaffected by Hole panels. Float Shoes: Unaffected by Poison, Cracked, Guard Null panels. None cards gain +10 attack power (dimming and non-dimming), except for Muramasa.
Vibrant Noise Abilities	Non-dimming Wind cards gain +30 attack power.
NFB	Meteor Light Barrage (130 AP) Attacks 2 times. Pierces invis.
Ability Rewards	100 battles: + Guard Null Panel/50 200 battles: Float Shoes/150
Taurus Noise
Body	Fire
Weakness	Aqua
Charged Shot	Heat Cannon (30 + 10x Buster Attack) Fire.
Noise Form Abilities	Super Armor: MegaMan cannot be flinched aback. Non-dimming Fire cards gain +50 attack power.
Vibrant Noise Abilities	---
NFB	Atom Blazer (400 AP) Fire. Wind.
Ability Rewards	250 battles: Super Armor/700
Virgo Noise
Body	Aqua
Weakness	Elec
Charged Shot	Aqua Wave (20 + 10x Buster Attack) Aqua.
Noise Form Abilities	No Freeze: Mega Man cannot be Frozen. No Bubble: Mega Man cannot be Bubbled. Non-dimming Aqua cards gain +30 attack power.
Vibrant Noise Abilities	---
NFB	Dyna Wave (100 AP) Aqua. Attacks 3 times.
Ability Rewards	120 battles: + Ice Panel/50 220 battles: No Freeze/600
Crown Noise
Body	Elec
Weakness	Wood
Charged Shot	Plasma Shot (10 + 10x Buster Attack) Elec. Paralyzes for 0.8 seconds.
Noise Form Abilities	Mega and Giga Class Cards have a higher chance of appearing during battle. Elec cards gain +20 attack power (dimming and non-dimming).
Vibrant Noise Abilities	Non-dimming None card causes Blinding for 2 seconds.
NFB	Thunderbolt Blade (100 AP) Elec. Sword. Attacks 3 times.
Ability Rewards	250 battles: Mega Class +1/200
Wolf Noise
Body	Wood
Weakness	Fire
Charged Shot	Shock Claw (60 + 10x Buster Attack) Wood. Sword attribute.
Noise Form Abilities	Quick Gauge: Custom Gauge fills up faster. Non-dimming Sword cards gain +30 attack power, except for Muramasa.
Vibrant Noise Abilities	Wood cards gain +10 attack power (dimming and non-dimming). Auto-lock for non-dimming Wood cards.
NFB	Elemental Cyclone (100 AP) Wood. Wind. Attacks 3 times.
Ability Rewards	250 battles: Quick Gauge/300

Rogue Noise

Rogue Noise can only be obtained if the player has no Real Brother or Opponent Noise equipped. This form doesn’t have a Noise Force Big Bang for when he counters and instead will get a bonus card like normal Mega Man.

Since Rogue Noise cannot have any Brother Bands, it will miss out on a chunk of Link Power, leaving it unable to equip as many Abilities as other Noise.
(JP) Battle Card Database Access Ports can still be used alongside Rogue Noise.

Rogue Noise
Body	None
Weakness	No weakness
Charged Shot	Charged Shot attack power x2
Noise Form Abilities	Non-dimming Sword cards gain +50 attack power, except for Muramasa. Mu Barrier: The first hit MegaMan receives in a turn is blocked.
Vibrant Noise Abilities	Non-dimming None cards will Paralyze for 0.3 seconds. Temporarily breaks opponent's Lock-On in VS Matches.
NFB	None
Ability Rewards	100 battles: Reflect/50 200 battles: First Aura/400

Storing Noises

Up to two Noise Changes can be held at a time, the one currently active an the other with the a Noise Wizard in National Astro Wave 1. If Rogue Noise is the one stored, it won't be able to swapped to.

Noise Level Gauge

Noise Change forms are only equipped when the AceProgram or JokerProgram is active, so it cannot be normally used without the Noise Level Gauge.

However, using the Transformation Archive, it’s possible to have Noise Changes without a Noise Level Gauge. The equipped folder will be premade.

Finalization

Once Mega Man's Noise Level Gauge is 200% or higher, he'll be able to turn into that version's Finalization, Black Ace or Red Joker.

Multi-Noise

If the player has a Brother or Opponent Noise card, instead of rolling the roulette, their Noise Change can be used to fuse with the player's current Noise Change. Upon Multi-Noise, Mega Man's Noise gauge is set to 50% regardless of current %. Mega Man gains the following effects from that Noise:

Body: Their elemental body overwrites the primary Noise Change's body.
Weakness: Their weakness overwrites the primary Noise Change's weakness.
Charged Shot: Their Charged Shot overwrites the primary Noise Change's Charged Shot.
Ability: All the abilities from that Noise are added upon the primary Noises. Having two Noises' abilities at once.
Noise Force Big Bang: Their NFB overwrites the primary Noise Change's NFB.

How to Obtain

G virus battle

The first step in getting a Noise Change is getting into a WARNING battle with G viruses. Whenever you get a random virus encounter that doesn't have a boss in it, there's a 1-in-14 chance that the viruses will all be upgraded to G size and the battle will have a WARNING on the bottom screen before it begins.

You will want to have both SearchEye and Cloaker OFF for this, as a SearchEyed battle will never have G viruses, and Cloaker increases the V3 boss encounter rate as well as reducing the regular virus encounter rate. Neither of these are things you want when going for a Noise Change.

For best results you will probably also want to be in a Cyber Core where bosses don't appear.

Triggering Noise Change

Once you've deleted the G viruses, you have a change to get a Noise Chance. The chance to get a Noise Change starts at 33% (not 1/3) and increases every time you don't get it. Once you get the Noise Change, it resets back to 33%.

1st Battle: 33%
2nd Battle: 50%
3rd Battle: 70%
4th Battle: 80%
5th Battle: 100%

If you're looking for a specific Noise, you will want to save the game every time that deleting the G viruses doesn't trigger a Noise Change. Reset the game when it does trigger a Noise Change but you don't get the Noise you wanted. This will keep the Noise Change trigger % up.

JP version only: If the Transformation Archive is active, then Noise Change will never trigger. You can have Transformation Archive data stored, just make sure that the red folder isn't equipped. Noise Change trigger % does not change while Transformation Archive is active.

When you pass the Noise Change check, the game will perform a series of subsequent checks, first to see if you'll get Rogue Noise, then to see if you'll get a Noise from the opposite version, and finally what Noise you get.

First two Noise Changes

If this is your first or second Noise Change (included the one forced on you during the story), then the game will skip the Rogue Noise check and opposite version check described below. This means that you cannot get Rogue Noise or an opposite version Noise until at least your third Noise Change.

Also, if you reject your second Noise Change, then it doesn't count! You will have to accept your second Noise Change before you have a shot at getting one of those rarer Noises.

Rogue Noise check

In determining which Noise you get, first the game will check if you're eligible for Rogue Noise, which is when you don't have any Real Brothers. This is a 10% check and increases by 10% every time you miss it. It resets when you get Rogue Noise or if you get a new Noise Change while having Real Brothers.

The Rogue Noise chance does not increase during your first two Noise Changes even if you meet its requirements at that time, meaning it will always start at 10% from your third Noise Change onwards.

If you pass the Rogue Noise check, then you just get Rogue Noise and all the other checks are skipped. If you miss it, then the game continues to...

Opposite Version check

This is a 12.5% check, if you pass it then you'll get a random Noise from the other game version (e.g. get a Red Joker Noise when you're playing Black Ace). Otherwise, you will get a random Noise from your own version.

Version Noise

Once the game has determined which version you will get a Noise from, there's a 20% chance to get each of the 5 Noises of that version. If you're already in a Noise from that version, then the game will exclude it, and instead you have a 25% chance to get each of the 4 other Noises of that version.