Troopers would have formed in proximity to this time period, give or take a few months in either direction. Lost Planet 2 released on April 28th, 2010, so at earliest concrete plans for E.X. Troopers a years-long project or did they throw it together after it became evident that Legends 3 would not be moving forward? They often take anywhere from months to years to develop depending on the hardware involved and scope of the project. Troopers manifest and is it possible for it to be a reworked version of Mega Man Legends 3? I probably don’t need to tell you this, but games don’t pop out of thin air. The main question that lingers is the timing – when exactly did the idea we now know as E.X. Ohguro’s story makes sense considering how evident these philosophies are in the final products. Troopers would follow up on the Monster Hunter angle, and Lost Planet 3 would dive deeper into the narrative. As a result of this change, the series would literally split into two directions: E.X. It pushed the series more towards a “party” experience similar to Capcom’s own Monster Hunter, with missions that focused on the cooperative experience replayability rather than the first Lost Planet’s more story-driven roots. Troopers resulted from a feeling that Lost Planet 2 pulled the series too far into two separate directions. With that in mind, let’s begin the insanity.Īccording to the creative director behind the Lost Planet series, Kenji Ohguro, E.X. The idea here is to give you more of a rough gist of events than a definitive sequence of them. The best I can work with are public statements, information shared about the games, and milestones like release dates. I don’t know when exactly projects got proposed, when actual development work started on them, or what the work environment at Capcom during this time actually looked like. Of course, before we get into this analysis, I should clarify that anything I tell you about the timelines involved with making a game falls heavily on the speculation side of things. Let’s test that premise based on what we know. Troopers was in development in the form we know now long prior to Legends 3’s untimely demise, so it couldn’t possibly be a reskinned Legends 3. Killian’s statement above speaks to the timelines involved, essentially saying that E.X. Now that the groundwork has been laid, we can irresponsibly rush headlong into conspiracy theories. It’s Legends 3 in all but name, or so the internet tells me. This new game would essentially be built off the scraps of Legends 3 that were completed, reusing the existing engine, mechanics, and even some design assets. Troopers, a spin-off to the Lost Planet franchise. Legends 3 would now go by the name of E.X. Troopers goes that in the wake of Mega Man Legends 3’s legendary cancellation, Legends 3 actually went into Witness Protection and changed its identity. Drama occurred, Legends 3 died, the seemingly completed prototype never released, and that’s the end of the story…or is it? Whether it was canceled due to bad blood between Capcom and then Mega Man dungeon master Keiji Inafune who had recently departed from the company, because it was a sequel to a niche game announced for a device that fumbled out of the gate, or because fans simply didn’t care enough doesn’t really matter. Long story short, things didn’t work out and Capcom posted an official message confirming the project’s cancellation on July 18th, 2011. Following the announcement, the game’s director Masakazu Eguchi stated that the game was never actually greenlit in the first place and its cancellation was a very real possibility. It was never overly clear what the concrete plan of release was for this game beyond fans helping out with it and the initial release of a “prototype” that would serve as a prologue. Capcom announced Mega Man Legends 3 under the premise that fans would provide direct input on the game as it was being developed. You may be unfamiliar with this particular legend if you don’t obsess over games that were canceled over a decade ago like I do. You can’t always rely on legends, though, so today we’ll investigate this matter from every angle to uncover the truth lurking behind E.X. It’s a bit of an urban myth, or perhaps legend, that Legends 3 found new life in E.X. I actually imported the game from Japan just over a decade ago based on that very premise. Troopers is the closest thing we’ll ever get to a Mega Man Legends 3. ![]() To this day I often hear people say that E.X. ![]() Troopers and Mega Man share an odd history, tied together more by circumstance than any overt facts. Huh? What about “Mega Man”? I don’t know who that is.Į.X. As I write this, I’m currently buried under a mountain of snow and ice, so this month I’m dragging you down with me to the snowy depths of E.X. Welcome to Lost Pla- I mean, Mega Man Monthly! Hopefully February is treating you well.
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