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This article is about the Mega Man Legends series. For the first game in the series, see Mega Man Legends (video game).

The Mega Man Legends series was the third Mega Man franchise which debuted on December 18, 1997 in Japan and September, 1998 in North America on the PlayStation. It is one of the spinoffs in the Mega Man series from Capcom.

Contents 1 Series overview 2 Voice Quality 3 Plot 4 Notes 5 Cameos 6 Name 7 Related links

Series overview

The Mega Man Legends (Rockman DASH in Japan; "DASH" being an acronym for "Digouter's Adventure Story in Halcyon Days") series was at first regarded to be strange by fans of other Mega Man games; but some skeptics who played the games soon grew to love the characters and plot. The Legends series, while considered underrated, is said to have developed beyond anything seen in other Mega Man games. The series was thought to have no connection to the Classic, X, or Zero series at all until the official sourcebook for all Rockman series was released.

According to the sourcebook, Rockman Perfect Memories, the Legends series takes place after the X series (or, more logically, the Zero series). Some have even speculated on such a connection based on comments in the X series; most notably the use of the word "Elysium" (with a capital E, indicating it is a proper noun) in one of the endings of Mega Man X5. Other examples include the frequently seen Reaverbot eye symbols that appear in Hyleg Ourobockle and Burble Hekelot's levels in Mega Man Zero 2 and Hanumachine's level in Mega Man Zero 3. Supposely the ending of Mega Man Zero 4 foreshadows events, most likely the cause of the flooded world that Legends takes place on.

This series has not been given a sequel since the year 2000, and many fans have been demanding one since the cliffhanger in the end of Mega Man Legends 2. However, at this time, there are no plans for a Rockman DASH 3/Mega Man Legends 3. However, given the very recent attention and exposure the series has received with characters MegaMan Volnutt, Roll Caskett, Tron Bonne, the Servbots, and MegaMan Juno appearing in the company crossover game Namco x Capcom, and, more notably, the PlayStation Portable ports of Rockman DASH and Rockman DASH 2 released in Japan in the summer of 2005, it is likely that a sequel will arise. There is no proof, but a sequel before 2007 has actually been (somewhat) promised by Keiji Inafune, giving fans much more hope.

Voice Quality

In many Capcom-developed games before Legends the quality of the English voice acting was very poor, arguably the worst being Mega Man 8. Most casual gamers and fans found the voice acting in the games laughable, comparing its bad quality to Speed Racer and dubbed Godzilla movies. What most disgusted fans was the "effeminate" high-pitched voices provided for Mega Man and Mega Man X. The voice acting quality in the Mega Man Legends series, however, is said to be a completely different story.

Most fans and game magazine reviewers regard the voice acting as "impressive," "fantastic," and even "inspiring," giving the series a much better reputation. Despite the fact that many Mega Man fans were disputing Legends as strange and not very "Mega Man", there was the one part that Mega Man North American fans (for the most part) appreciated greatly and kept in mind: Mega Man finally had a male-sounding voice. However, when original MegaMan Volnutt voice actor Corey Sevier was replaced by Suzan Roman, fans once again lost a bit of faith in Capcom's abilities.

Plot

The player controls MegaMan Volnutt, a teenage digger and archaeologist of sorts who searches underground ruins mainly for Quantum Refractors, which is the civilization's primary source of energy). He was found on an island as a baby and was raised by Professor Barrel Caskett along with his granddaughter, Roll Caskett. Many fans like to point out a possible love interest between MegaMan and Roll, but many debate this, due to an incorrect belief that MegaMan was adopted into Roll's family (if he had been adopted, he would be named MegaMan Caskett). The confusion may also be caused by the fact that the MegaMan and Roll from the original series actually were related. However, if you read "Roll's Diary" near the end of the second game (Legends 2/DASH 2), just before journeying to Elysium and before defeating Sera, you can read an entry mentioning that Roll "realizes how much she loves him." It is unknown if this means actual love, or sibling love.

Giving them trouble are the Bonnes, a group of pirates consisting of leader Tiesel Bonne, his sister Tron Bonne (who is allegedly infatuated with MegaMan), the large "baby" robot, Bon Bonne (known primarily for his oft-repeated line "Babu!" which has become a catch phrase among the series's fans), and the 40 Servbots. More trouble is given to MegaMan by the Reaverbots, the techno-organic semi-intelligent residents of the underground ruins who serve to protect its contents. There are only two main Mega Man Legends games at present plus a spinoff PlayStation game titled The Misadventures of Tron Bonne (or Tron ni Kobun in Japan) which is basically a prequel to the series.

Notes

• Mega Man Legends is the first 3-dimensional Mega Man game.

• Mega Man Legends was also released on the Nintendo 64 in 2000, retitled Mega Man 64. A port for the Sony PSP has also been released.

• Extremely early in the North American localization of Rockman DASH, Mega Man Legends was going to be called Mega Man Nova and later Mega Man Neo.

Cameos

• Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (Sega Dreamcast, arcade 2000, PlayStation 2 2001, Xbox 2001): Servbot and Tron Bonne are playable characters.
• Auto Modellista (PlayStation 2): Servbots appear in the workshop.
• Mega Man Battle Network series (Game Boy Advance): The servbot can be seen as a doll in Mayl's house. There is also a reference made to a television series called "The Bonne Bunch" (probably a parody of The Brady Bunch)
• Namco X Capcom (PlayStation 2): MegaMan Volnutt, Roll Caskett, Kobun (Servbot), Tron Bonne, and even MegaMan Juno appear in the company crossover game released only in Japan. MegaMan/Roll and Tron/Servbots appear as playable duos in the game. Keiji Inafune was directly involved in the development of the game. But since Namco and Capcom did not announce plans to release this title to the States, chances of seeing this game outside of Japan are somewhat slim.

Name

In the original Japanese version, the main character is called "Rock Volnutt" (in the Classic series, Dr. Thomas Light originally named his creation "Rock"). Each the time the character is mentioned by name, he is always referred to as "Rock". In the North American versions, all mentions and/or references to his original name are replaced by "MegaMan". While this has been the case in the previous series, in the case of the DASH/Legends series, this may actually be a localization error; his weapon is referred to (in the dialogue) as the "MegaMan Buster" (in the menu screens, it is referred to as the more "correct" sounding "Mega Buster"), while his "full" name is constantly displayed (and heard) as "MegaMan Volnutt".

Related links

• Mega Man Legends Station - A growing fan-site with pictures, multimedia, and info on the Mega Man Legends series. The Legends fanbase in this site is growing steadly.
• MegaMan Legends Universe - Contains sprite comics and MIDI music for the series, as well as much more information.
• [1]-a link to a MegaMan Legends 3 petition.

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