Mega Man Legends (video game)

Mega Man Legends, known as Rockman DASH: Hagane no Boukenshin (ロックマン DASH 鋼の冒険心) in Japan and as Mega Man 64 in the american Nintendo 64 version, is the first game in the Mega Man Legends series and the first 3D main Mega Man game, released in 1997 for PlayStation, and later in 2000 for the Nintendo 64 with some of the voice acting removed to allow the game to fit onto an N64 cartridge. It was re-released in 2005 on the PSP in Japan. The American PSP release has been cancelled.

Story
In the far future, much of the world is covered in water and people live on islands. The people here use ancient technology powered by refractors to survive. In order to survive, people called diggers search for refractors and sell them for money as well as to power their flying machines for travel.

Legends tell of an enigmatic treasure called the Mother Lode. It is said that the Mother Lode has many powerful refractors and that, if discovered, it could power the world indefinitely.

Mega Man Volnutt is a digger searching for refractors and the Mother Lode when he, Roll Caskett and Professor Barrell Caskett crash on Kattelox Island. There they battle against a family of air pirates known as the Bonnes and uncover the island's many mysteries. After Megaman, Roll, Data and Barrell crashed on Kattelox Island the polices arrive to check on them. The Inspector welcomes them to Kattelox Island and tells them one of them will go to the station for details and it won't take long and Barrell goes to the station. Roll asked Megaman to look parts for their ship. Megaman goes to Apple Market and meets the Servbots outside who are waiting for Tron Bonne. He goes to the Junk shop and the female Junk shop owner tells him to find his husband who was outside the market and he tells her and will find him. He finds him inside the ruins nearby been attacked by Reaverbot snakes and he saves him. The Junk shop owner thanks him and returns back to the shop. He gives Megaman a Mine kit parts and tells that they don't have parts for their ship and lets him have the car outside the market near the Servbots. Outside the market Roll sees the car and asked if any parts he found and he tells her that they have to dig on their own. After making a weapon that Megaman received from the Junk shop owner are greeted by a police officer who was been looking for them and gives them their Citizen's card and tells them that Pirates are gonna attack the City and the gates in other parts of town are locked. Roll tells him that Barrell is inside the city and thinks he will be all right and he tells them if he finds him and brings him in a safe place and leaves. Megaman goes to check him while on the way to City Hall he notices Jim and his gang near the door to downtown are talking about Tron who is a pirate and notices Megaman and leaves. Tron was talking at her Servbots about their plan and they go to start their plan. Tron notices Megaman who was watching and asked what he was looking at and leaves. Megaman reaches the City Hall and finds Barrell talking to the mayor of the island named Amelia who was an old friend of his. Outside the City Hall Tron is been chased by a dog name Paprika Megaman was confused wondering what's that about. He finds her hanging in a street light yelling at the dog. Megaman tells Paprika to cut it out and not to treat girls that way and he did leave Tron alone. He turns to Tron who's still hanging at the street light asking her if she's all right. Tron slowly climbs down the street light and begins to develop a crush on him then she tells him to mind your own business and leaves. Megaman returns to Roll as the Drache nearby leaves. Roll asked Megaman if he saw a Drache ship just flew by then notices several of them entering the city and hear booming noise. She realizes they are attacking the city and hurries to the City Hall as she enters Downtown is stop by some Police officers who tried to stop the pirates. Megaman checks it the gate to the City Hall is been locked by the Servbots and they battle Megaman with their Blumebears and hide the key which unlock the gate. Megaman defeats them and receives the key and the Servbots sadly apologize to Tron that they lost the key. Tron angrilly tells them that they are gonna be trouble and then wonders who was that blue boy then she angrilly shouts it's his fault and comfronts him with her Feldynaught. Megaman notices Tron and asked her if she was the girl who was chased by Paprika but Tron tells him to shut up and does not want to hear it then tells to join and tell his brother but he refuses. Tron tells him you are toast and history then taunts him by giving him blows rasberry and hops on her robot. Megaman destroys the robot leaving Tron covered in soot and he tries to apologize to her but she tells him not bad. A Drache lands behind her and a Servbot calls her to get in. Tron tells Megaman it's not over and leaves. Megaman enters the City Hall and the pirates are attacking the City Hall, The Bank, The Police Station and some Residental houses. Depending If Megaman saves the City Hall or not he faces Bon Bonne. He defeats him leaving his head on the ground dazzedly. A Draches arrives and rescue Bon and leaves. Meanwhile at the Gesellschaft Teisel Bonne was in his room wondering where Tron and Bon are and notices the clock it's time for his favorite show and turns the tv on. News report that the pirate attack on the City Hall is been repelled by Megaman. He enraged to sees this and asked who was that Blue boy and knowing Bon is defeated and what happened to Tron. Back at the City Hall Roll arrives and tells Megaman that he did stop the pirates and enters the City Hall to find him and Amelia fine. Barrell apologize to them for giving a scare. Amelia orders the Inspector to arrest the pirates and tells Megaman about the Disaster will happen if they find that treasure in the ruins.

Gameplay
As the game (and the series itself) is in 3D, it plays differently than other Mega Man games. Features unique to Mega Man Legends include the lack of extra lives (should the player die against an enemy, they are taken to a "Game Over" screen), a shield that reduces damage taken (but will need to be repaired when broken), open-ended gameplay that allows the player to explore places in between missions, buster parts that can be equipped to increase the firepower of the Buster Gun (Volnutt's "Mega Buster"), and a lock-on system that allows Mega Man to automatically aim his weapons to the locked-on target.

Ruins

 * Cardon Forest Sub-Gate
 * Lake Jyun Sub-Gate
 * Clozer Woods Sub-Gate
 * Main Gate

Bosses

 * Hanmuru Doll
 * Feldynaught
 * Bon Bonne
 * Marlwolf
 * Balkon Gerät
 * Garudoriten
 * Karumuna Bash
 * Focke-Wulf
 * Guynie Toren
 * Bruno
 * MegaMan Juno

Special Weapons

 * Active Buster
 * Blade Arm
 * Drill Arm
 * Grand Grenade
 * Grenade Arm
 * Machine Buster
 * Powered Buster
 * Shield Arm
 * Shining Laser
 * Splash Mine
 * Spread Buster
 * Vacuum Arm

Ports
Ports to other consoles were made such as for the Nintendo 64 (as Mega Man 64) and for Personal Computers. The game was also re-released for the PSP in 2005 for Japan (the American version was canceled).

PC (Windows)
Released to the United States on July 14, 2001 and in Japan on June 18, 2004. It is available in English, Japanese and Chinese (simplified). Games saved in the PlayStation version of the game can be played in the PC version by extracting the entire contents using a Dexdrive and some editing to get the file itself. More changes on this port include the game running in 640x480 resolution (as well as being able to play in windowed or full-screen mode), the sound files as .wav files (in effect, the music stops and restarts as opposed to looping and the music starts from the beginning whenever the player enters another room) and dollars as currency (as opposed to zenny) are just some of the changes in this port. Additionally, the Chinese version of the game is known to be very buggy.

Nintendo 64
Like in the PC version it also had some changes like anti-aliasing on textures, the inability to listen to songs in the record shop (as the tracks have been removed to conserve space) and slowdown occurring when there are a lot of objects on screen.

Trivia

 * In the Japanese version of the game Biohazard: Director's Cut for PlayStation, a demo of Mega Man Legends is available on disc 2, which also has a trial version of Biohazard 2 and a movie of Breath of Fire III. In the demo, the game has the temporary title Rockman NEO, and ends after the defeat of Feldynaught. It has several differences compared to the final version, the most notable being that Mega Man and Roll are smaller and the Apple Market has a different appearance.


 * The game had some changes to it when localized due to censorship.
 * For example, Mega Man can harm animals like cats, dogs and birds in the Japanese version
 * The "Action Man comic with the holographic cover" that Mega Man Volnutt has to get for Jim's gang for their hideout in the Clozer Woods was actually a "Ero comic" in the Japanese version (they forgot to edit the comic's appearance for the N64, however).
 * Also, interestingly, one particularly dirty moment was left untouched in the localization process: At one point after the Flutter is fixed, if Mega Man Volnutt tries to enter Roll's room, sometimes a cut-scene appears in the first person perspective that has Roll shouting in embarrassment and Mega Man Volnutt looking shocked (it's implied that he walked into her room while she was changing). Afterwards, she tells him to knock next time, and after apologizing, Mega Man Volnutt then thrusts his arm up as if victorious.


 * In the Korean game "Cool Minigame Collection", the publisher SemiCon, used on load screens the same wallpaper of the pause menu screen of Mega Man Legends. The only difference is the gray-scale color scheme.
 * The Apple Market theme was remixed slightly and used in the first Dead Rising game.