Mega Man Legends 3 (lost build of unfinished Nintendo 3DS sequel to action-adventure game series; 2010s): Difference between revisions

From The Lost Media Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
(Created page with "File:9 Minutes of Mega Man Legends 3 Gameplay Footage for the Nintendo 3DS|thumb|right|310px|9 minutes of gameplay from a video posted and commentated by a YouTube User name...")
 
No edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
[[File:9 Minutes of Mega Man Legends 3 Gameplay Footage for the Nintendo 3DS|thumb|right|310px|9 minutes of gameplay from a video posted and commentated by a YouTube User named Nintendo3DS.]]
{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDJZsUT1b0M|320x240|right|9 minutes of gameplay from a video posted and commentated by a YouTube User named Nintendo3DS.|frame}}
On September 29, 2010, at a Nintendo press conference regarding the Nintendo 3DS, a brand new installment to the ''Mega Man Legends'' series, '''''Mega Man Legends 3''''', was announced for said handheld console. More information about the game was announced at the New York Comic Con in October of the same year, including two new characters: Aero and Barrett. However, on October 29, 2010, Keiji Inafune, who co-created the ''Mega Man'' series, announced that he would be leaving Capcom with the intention of "starting his life over" after 23 years of working with Capcom. With Inafune leaving Capcom, he no longer owned any of his creations and was not allowed to help the company work on ''Mega Man Legends 3'', or create any new installments to the franchise, even if he wished to.
On September 29, 2010, at a Nintendo press conference regarding the Nintendo 3DS, a brand new installment to the ''Mega Man Legends'' series, '''''Mega Man Legends 3''''', was announced for said handheld console. More information about the game was announced at the New York Comic Con in October of the same year, including two new characters: Aero and Barrett. However, on October 29, 2010, Keiji Inafune, who co-created the ''Mega Man'' series, announced that he would be leaving Capcom with the intention of "starting his life over" after 23 years of working with Capcom. With Inafune leaving Capcom, he no longer owned any of his creations and was not allowed to help the company work on ''Mega Man Legends 3'', or create any new installments to the franchise, even if he wished to.


In spite of Inafune leaving the company, they announced that they would be making a special application on the Nintendo 3DS' App-Store like program called the "Nintendo eShop", that would be called ''Mega Man Legends 3: Prototype Version'', and would include 10 missions. All of them would serve as a prologue to the game's story, and would all have Barrett as the playable character that would be released in 2011. However, on July 18, 2011, Capcom announced that both ''Mega Man Legends 3'' and the ''Prototype Version'' had been cancelled and stated that neither would ever be finished, nor released, despite many denied requests by Inafune to finish the game. GamesRadar, (a gaming website), said that the only person who played both games was Chris Hoffman, a journalist who worked for the now defunct ''Nintendo Power'' magazine. 
In spite of Inafune leaving the company, they announced that they would be making a special application on the Nintendo 3DS' App-Store like program called the "Nintendo eShop", that would be called ''Mega Man Legends 3: Prototype Version'', and would include 10 missions. All of them would serve as a prologue to the game's story, and would all have Barrett as the playable character that would be released in 2011. However, on July 18, 2011, Capcom announced that both ''Mega Man Legends 3'' and the ''Prototype Version'' had been cancelled and stated that neither would ever be finished, nor released, despite many denied requests by Inafune to finish the game. GamesRadar, (a gaming website), said that the only person who played both games was Chris Hoffman, a journalist who worked for the now defunct ''Nintendo Power'' magazine. 

Revision as of 09:08, 12 May 2015

9 minutes of gameplay from a video posted and commentated by a YouTube User named Nintendo3DS.

On September 29, 2010, at a Nintendo press conference regarding the Nintendo 3DS, a brand new installment to the Mega Man Legends series, Mega Man Legends 3, was announced for said handheld console. More information about the game was announced at the New York Comic Con in October of the same year, including two new characters: Aero and Barrett. However, on October 29, 2010, Keiji Inafune, who co-created the Mega Man series, announced that he would be leaving Capcom with the intention of "starting his life over" after 23 years of working with Capcom. With Inafune leaving Capcom, he no longer owned any of his creations and was not allowed to help the company work on Mega Man Legends 3, or create any new installments to the franchise, even if he wished to.

In spite of Inafune leaving the company, they announced that they would be making a special application on the Nintendo 3DS' App-Store like program called the "Nintendo eShop", that would be called Mega Man Legends 3: Prototype Version, and would include 10 missions. All of them would serve as a prologue to the game's story, and would all have Barrett as the playable character that would be released in 2011. However, on July 18, 2011, Capcom announced that both Mega Man Legends 3 and the Prototype Version had been cancelled and stated that neither would ever be finished, nor released, despite many denied requests by Inafune to finish the game. GamesRadar, (a gaming website), said that the only person who played both games was Chris Hoffman, a journalist who worked for the now defunct Nintendo Power magazine.