Mega Man Legends 3

Mega Man Legends 3, known as Rockman DASH 3 (ロックマン DASH 3) in Japan, was a video game from the Mega Man Legends series set to be the sequel to Mega Man Legends 2. The game was announced for the Nintendo 3DS on September 29, 2010. On July 18th 2011, the Devroom announced that the game had been cancelled.

Development
Fans had the opportunity to be part of the development process as they interacted directly with the team. "We have wanted to create a new installment in this series for a number of years," commented the title's original executive producer, Keiji Inafune. "And it is great that we now have the opportunity to bring this title to the Nintendo 3DS."

Capcom also held contests to for fans so they could collaborate:

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 * Event 1: Nine artists from Capcom created a concept for a new heroine, Aero, to appear in the game. Between October 10 and 25, fans had the opportunity to vote on the official site for which design they would want to be used. Shinsuke Komaki's design won with 6202 votes.
 * Event 2: Fans could draw a Bonne mecha to appear as a boss in a ruin from the game. The winner was Donner Wels.
 * Event 3: Fans got to help with the townspeople of Legends 3 by creating biographies or making a catchy phrases.
 * Event 4: Fans could draw a four-legged Reaverbot to appear in one of the ruins of the game. The winner was Calamity.
 * Event 5: Fans could give ideas for town Easter egg events.
 * Event 6: Creation of promotional ideas to spread the word about the Devroom.
 * Event 7: Creation of a mascot to the Bright Bats. The design chosen was Tinker.

Side events:
 * Reaverbot Rea-vival: Fans could vote for up to five Reaverbots from previous games that they would like to see back in the game. The Reaverbots with most votes were Gorubesshu, Mimic, Firushudot, Poh, Arukoitan and Mandomantal.
 * Mega Man Volnutt's Design: Fans could vote on Mega Man Volnutt's potential new armor design.

Mega Man Legends 3: Prototype Version
Mega Man Legends 3: Prototype Version, known (roughly) as "Rockman DASH 3: The Prologue! Showing you the Game's Underbelly Version" (ロックマンDASH3 THE プロローグ! ゲームのウラ側見せちゃいます編) in Japan, was an early version of the game that would be available for download in the Nintendo 3DS's eShop. The prototype would have feature playable segments as Barrett and 10 missions. It was originally planned to be available upon the launch of the 3DS eShop on June 6, but it was delayed to be improved. Initially, it has been said by Capcom that if the Mega Man Legends 3 Prototype Version does not do well upon its release in the eShop, Mega Man Legends 3 may be cancelled, but the Prototype Version has been cancelled along with the main game.

Cancellation
On July 18th 2011, a message has been posted in the Devroom announcing the discontinuation of the project. The reason for the cancellation was that "it was not felt that the Mega Man Legends 3 Project met the required criteria".

But that is what Capcom likes you to think. Capcom decided to cancel the game because it realized it did not milk the Street Fighter series enough. Capcom doesn't think Megaman Legends is important enough and solely blamed it on the fans for the game not meeting criteria. Capcom only wants to focus on Street Fighter, Resident Evil, Dead Rising and the Devil May Cry reboot. Megaman shall be stuck on Elysium forever.

Trivia

 * Some years before Mega Man Legends 3's actual announcement, Hideki made a post in the Rockman DASH series official site announcing the development of the games "Rockman DASH 3: Episode 1" and "Rockman DASH 3: Episode 2 - Revival! The Dark Lord of the Ruined Country" (「ロックマンDASH3」エピソード2～復活！亡国の冥王～). His post was shortly edited by another person to say to not believe him as he was drunk, being only a joke.