Sad news for Mega Man Legends fans who eagerly anticipated for this game because the game developer, CAPCOM has just announced that they will cancel the Mega Man Legends 3 project known in Japan as Rockman DASH 3.
Reasons for the cancellation of the project is that it didn't mean the certain criteria they had for the game thus leading to the said decision. The publisher says the decision is not related to the departure of Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune. Also, plans for the release of the downloadable prototype version is also cancelled and will stop updating the Legends 3 Development Room website starting this August 19th at 12pm Japan time.
"We can only express our deepest apologies to all of you who have lent us your unending support, including participation in the Mega Man Legends 3 Developer Room. On behalf of the entire Legends team, please accept our sincere apology for failing to meet the expectations of the fans," a Capcom employee wrote.
Source: Otaku-teki Game SokuhÅ@Jin via Anime News Network, Siliconera
Reasons for the cancellation of the project is that it didn't mean the certain criteria they had for the game thus leading to the said decision. The publisher says the decision is not related to the departure of Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune. Also, plans for the release of the downloadable prototype version is also cancelled and will stop updating the Legends 3 Development Room website starting this August 19th at 12pm Japan time.
Mega Man's design in the game that was chosen by the fans.
"We can only express our deepest apologies to all of you who have lent us your unending support, including participation in the Mega Man Legends 3 Developer Room. On behalf of the entire Legends team, please accept our sincere apology for failing to meet the expectations of the fans," a Capcom employee wrote.
Source: Otaku-teki Game SokuhÅ@Jin via Anime News Network, Siliconera