Mega Man Legends (game)

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Mega Man Legends, known as Rockman DASH: Hagane no Boukenshin (ロックマン DASH 鋼の冒険心, Rokkuman DASH Hagane no Boukenshin^?, which means "Rockman DASH: Adventurous Spirit of Steel") in Japan and as Mega Man 64 in the 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, but the US release was cancelled.

Contents 1 Story 2 Gameplay 3 Ruins 4 Bosses 5 Special Weapons 6 Ports 6.1 PC (Windows) 6.2 Nintendo 64 7 See also 8 External links 9 Trivia

[edit] 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 and to power their flying machines for travel.

Eventually legends of a treasure called the Mother Lode appeared. It was said that the Mother Lode had many powerful refractors and that if discovered, could power the world indefinitely.

Mega Man Volnutt is a digger searching for refractors and the Mother Lode when him, Roll Caskett and Professer Barrell Caskett crash on Kattelox Island. There they must fight the Bonne air pirates and solve the islands many mysteries.

[edit] 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 you die against an enemy, you 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 you 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.

[edit] Ruins

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

[edit] Bosses

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Ports

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

[edit] 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 on the PlayStation version of the game can be played on the PC version by extracting the entire contents using a Dexdrive and some editing to get the file itself. [1] 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 you enter 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. [2][3][4]

[edit] Nintendo 64

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

[edit] See also

• List of Mega Man Legends items
• Mega Man Legends walkthrough
• Rockman DASH / Rockman DASH 2 Value Pack
• Rockman DASH Original Soundtrack

[edit] External links

• Rockman DASH series official site
• Mega Man Legends Station

[edit] Trivia

• In the Japanese version of the game Biohazard: Director's Cut for PlayStation, a demo of Mega Man Legends is available in 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 Mega Man and Roll smaller and Apple Market with a different appearance. [5]
• 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, and 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 an "Ero comic" in the Japanese version (They forgot to edit the comic's appearance for the N64, however.). However, 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 cutscene appears with the first person perspective and it has Roll shouting in embarrassment and Mega Man Volnutt looking shocked (It's implied that he walked into her room while she was changing.), and afterwards, she tells him to knock next time, and after apologizing, Mega Man Volnutt then thrusts his arm up as if victorious.

Mega Man Legends series
Main characters
Mega Man Volnutt • Roll Caskett • Barrell Caskett • Data • Tron Bonne • Teisel Bonne • Bon Bonne • Servbots Glyde • Birdbots • Lex Loath • Denise • Von Bluecher • Bola • Klaymoor MegaMan Juno • Sera • Yuna • Gatz • Geetz • The Master
Main games
Mega Man Legends • Mega Man Legends 2 • The Misadventures of Tron Bonne Rockman DASH: Great Adventure on 5 Islands! • Rockman DASH Golf
Related items
Flutter • Gesellschaft • Gustaff • Locations • Reaverbot • Refractor Sulphur-Bottom • Support Car • Terms • Mega Man Volnutt's weaponry