Mega Man Legends Composer Wants To Crowdfund The Third Entry

Of course I would, who wouldn't?

@Kalmaro Me. whips out duelling pistols and walks 20 paces away

@nessisonett 💥💥🔫🔫

I remember the cancelation well. I've never played any of the Legends games and I'm still upset about it because I was really looking forward to picking it up when it was done. I remember that Capcom cited a lack of interest from fans, but I think the real problem was they wanted the fans to make the game for them and most people didn't want to get involved with that part of the project because they didn't want spoilers. Then Capcom plugged their ears and ignored the fans who flooded into the content creation part of it just to beg them not to cancel it. I felt bad as a potential fan, and I can only imagine how bad the existing fans of the series felt after that.

I remember at the time they even had a full demo for it ready to go with a little pre-story and an unlockable debug mode, but they canceled the project without even trying to put the demo out there. At the time I said they should have released the demo for like $2 and used that to gauge interest instead of their "make the fans do the work for us" thing. Even if the interest hadn't been there they'd have at least made something back from the work they already did, though I believe the fate of Legends 3 would have been completely different had they done so.

I really hope this succeeds. I'd love for this game to get a second chance.

Large publishers going the crowdfunding route goes against the whole ethos of crowdfunding imo, I can totally understand a small developer wanting to make their game and not having the money, I've donated to a few games myself, but when the likes of Capcom come with cap in hand it's essentially saying 'Pay for this game before we've even started making it, that way all the risk is on you and not us'. No thanks.

This was practically ready for 3DS. Demo and everything. Upside is, it'd now probably run on smartphones (or at least be easily optimized for such) and definitely would be right at home on Switch.

I would love to see the Mega Man Legends series finally finished, and if I had any faith in crowdfunding video games I would back it.

I really doubt we ever get a remake of even the first game Capcom doesn’t love Megaman anymore. I still remember how Capcom killed MegaMan legends 3, they spewed a bunch of obvious BS to justify killing it and ignored every bit evidence they were wrong.

WhAt CoUlD PoSsIBlY Go WrOnG?

Yes, I just played through 1 and 2. Would definitely support any attempt of there being a 3

Not a hardcore Mega Nan fan, but that cancellation of Legends 3 sucked. I remember that well, Capcom cancelled a Mega Man game that you could make your own levels and such that was supposed be on 360 and PS3. Then the news of Legends 3 got canned soon after. That was some sad news for gamers back then.

I would love a Legend's Collection. Sure there's only two games and a spin-off, but I've never beaten Legends 2. I'd always wanted to go back to play it, but it was sold out before I could. They really need to work on the controls in the franchise though... I remember them being very rough.

I was just playing Mega Man Legends on my PS3 (PS1 Classics) and in all honesty, I would love to see the third entry get a second chance after its unfortunate cancellation nine years ago.

Legends Never Die, after all.

it coming from a composer doesn't give much confidence

I still don't see how "a lack of interest" from fans is a good excuse alone to cancel a game. On the bright side, at least it wasn't canceled since they couldn't figure out who to put on the cover.

We can only hope.

Can't believe it was that long ago it was canceled!

Were the first two games crowd funded? I would think Capcom have enough money to fund this themselves. I understand wanting to gauge interest, but asking fans to foot the development bill? Absolutely not.

Nope I would never support this game through crowdfunding, if it's gonna happen it needs to go through Capcom. If not them then just leave it dead. This is Mega Man Legends franchise is irrelevance nowadays anyways.

What's really sad is the way it was cancelled. it was just a mere few weeks from being released and it was so close to being finished that a demo was put up on the 3DS Eshop. Then BOOM last minute cancellation and the demo was pulled! Man were people pissed! Oh and the whole thing happened shortly after Inafune had left Capcom. Sad day that was!

But Capcom has money now.

Oh, I miss Megaman Legends! This is a game I'd support.

Holy crap, don't even screw with me on this! I was there at the forefront of the holy war that was the cancelation of Mega man legends 3 back in 2011 and I was part of the #GetMeOff theMoon project to try and appeal to Capcom to reconsider before they gave us the middle finger and closed the door. If this came to Kickstarter I would throw ungodly amounts of money at it.

@ReaperExTenebris That's half true, the thing is both Alex Kidd DX and Kid Icarus Uprising were not crowdfunded games though. Like I said if a Mega Man Legends 3 was to be developed, it needs to be developed officially through Capcom. Developing through crowdfunding will surely ruin the game's reputation as it won't be treated the same if it was release by Capcom themselves which is why I said it's better it stay dead than to fall to crowdfunding and later getting the same negative treatment as such disappointments like Shenmue III, Project CARS, Yooka-Laylee, and Mighty No. 9.

Already went through the pain of letting the hope die. Not gonna give this a shred of a chance just to do so again

Considering how Might N.9 turned out... yeah, no.

@ReaperExTenebris And Capcom's mobile offerings have been no exception to that rule of thumb. However, the game would stand a better chance of being akin to SatSS or the FF ports since it started life as a traditional game. I would, of course, still expect some weapons or cosmetics to be yet locked behind further paywalls even after purchasing the initial game because insert anti-Crony Capitalism rant here

@ReaperExTenebris

Alex Kidd is getting a remake? Cool.

Am I interested? Yes, despite never having played a Mega Man Legends game.

Am I going to crowd fund it? Nooo. Especially not a big name company that rolls around in cash.

I'll buy it if its made. That's my support.

The second this goes to kickstarter I will probably go bankrupt giving it all of my money. I love the first two entries (and pretty much every megaman game) so much.

I'll donate $200 of my own money to make this game happen, I want megaman legends 3 so bad

Please happen before the world ends. This coming from capcom would be way more promising, than anything from inafune....
I admit nostalgia is a huge factor, but i still revisit these games often, and i'm currently playing thru the misadventures of tron bonne. Bring volnutt back properly.

Edit:
None the less, won't get my hopes up. No one should at this point.

@Marxally My thoughts exactly.

I was beyond excited when Mega Man Legends 3: Prototype Version was to be released the same day the 3DS eShop launched. The cancellation was and still is disappointing, but after 9 years, I have made peace with MML3 not becoming a reality.

If Capcom does finally make Mega Man Legends 3 I imagine this three things are people comes in mind. Will the game be set in Klickelan Island?, Will Aero and Barrett be in the game?, and the one that concern the most for everyone will the winning Devroom entries be in the game?

Take all my money

I never usually do crowdfunded stuff, but yea, this HAS to happen . I'm in.

Sounds like he's going into business for himself.

legends series is honestly my fav megaman , think legends, tron bonne and skies of arcadia need a reboot

@ReaperExTenebris I didn't care for it either, but I'm sure fans'll be happy.

@iN5OMANiAC Except its not Capcom doing it. Its someone who worked on the first two and wants the third to be made. Capcoms not going to do it so his intention is likely crowd fund to be able to get the cash to develop the game and just get approval from Capcom to do so, or get funding in general and rejoin the company to develop it since capcoms whole reason for cancelling it was probably they didn't see a profitable return

If they released a legacy pack with the first three games and then later released MML3, the hype would be insane.

Do a timed release, just to piss everyone off.

(Seriously though, take all my money!)