3DS title Mega Man Legends 3 is now the second Mega Man game to be canceled in the space of less than four months. Capcom announced tonight on the Capcom Unity blog that the Legends 3 project is dead, meaning neither the full game nor the Prototype Version will be released.
Legends 3 was a project built upon fan suggestions. Originally announced last September, its future was soon called into question after Keiji Inafune, a producer on the first three games in the Legends series, left Capcom in October. The company reassured fans it was still coming and had plans to release a small taste of what was to come in the form of Prototype Version for the 3DS eShop. Even with the shop’s launch pushed back, the game couldn’t make its promised release date and was delayed. Prototype Version’s success was critical as it would dictate whether or not the full version would ultimately be made.
Today’s announcement wasn’t specific about the whys behind this decision. “From the outset the MML3 Project was intended to give gamers across the world insight and input into the development process,” it reads. “Part of this process includes an assessment of whether the title will go into full production, and is based on a number of criteria with input from different sectors of the company.
