Megaman Legends 3 Rockman DASH 3 for those of us who prefer the Japanese title

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After ten long years, Capcom has finally announced the sequel to the fan favorite MegaMan Legends 2, appropriately named MegaMan Legends 3. For those who are unfamiliar with the series, MegaMan Legends exists as yet another part of the overall MegaMan story with a slightly different fix, instead of being a sidescrolling platformer, it switches its views over to that of a third person adventure game, incorporating puzzles, enemy diversity, and intense boss fights. Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the series is that it was the first branch to bring MegaMan into full 3D, a world akin to Mario 64, but without the heavy reliance on platforming. The story takes place an indeterminate amount of time in the future from the MegaMan ZX series (For the Nintendo DS), which has been confirmed to be the most recently "dated" MegaMan branch. In the world of Legends, the Earth of the other MegaMan games has become completely flooded, the only civilizations are dotted about on small, isolated islands. The majority of people in this world make a living as something known as a "Digger", a person who explores the ruins scattered about the world searching for treasures known as Refractors, large energy containing crystals that are the primary source of energy in the world. These refractors sell quite well, so being a digger is a good job. The MegaMan of this game, known as Trigger after the final events of the first game, serves not only as a digger, but also has a history of being a Purifier Unit from the civilization that he now explores. Legends 2 elaborated on Trigger's history, who he was, who Juno (the final boss of the first Legends, a Bureaucratic Unit) worked for, and exactly what "The System" is. During the game, you meet other members of The System, Yuna and Sera, the "Mother Units", new Pirates such as Glyde, and unlock the mystery of the famous "Mother Lode", the driving force behind almost all diggers. Legends 3 will, of course, pick up where Legends 2 left off, getting Trigger off of the man made planetoid "Elysium". Not much has been revealed about the story of Legends 3, but it can be assumed that the gameplay will remain the same. Best of all, the game has been confirmed to be on Nintendo's upcoming 3DS system, so the series' lackluster graphics of the past will most certainly find refinement on the very powerful handheld.Here's to hoping for a great new game that the fanbase has been waiting for for ten years!

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As an update, RockMan/MegaMan series creator Keiji Inafune has quit his job at Capcom. While this makes the future of the RockMan series seem uncertain, Capcom assures us that any current RockMan projects are still continuing, including Legends 3. While it's strange that Inafune would fight for ten years to have Legends continued and then drop out of the project almost immediately, we can still hope for Legends 3 to be the greatest in the series.