Originally posted by Grey

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But Megaman Legends isn't even a Megaman series, that's what I like about it. It's not a part of the universe, they might as well just change the name to something like Tales of the Mother Lode and change people's names around. With the exception of a guy in blue armor and someone named Roll, there's nothing similar about the Legends storyline, timeline, or gameplay as far as other Megaman games go. Saying Legends is just like all of the other Megaman serieses is like saying Breath of Fire is like Dragon Warrior because both of them have some vague affiliation with large fire-breathing lizards. There's so much Capcom could do with this series, Turn it into a whole universe all its own and KEEP IT SIMPLE at the same time. They've obviously learned from the huge mistake they made with the X series; the plotlines in other serieses (BoF, Battle Network, evne the original series) have gotten considerably less ludicrous ever since the sixth X game (which is where it all really went to hell). Even the X series itself, which is where I think all of Capcom's problems have stemmed, has started to pick itself back up with this RPG that's coming along, they might even be able to stabilize the plot a bit and turn the X series, and Megaman in general, back into the interesting, action-packed powerhouse it was in the old days of the NES and SNES.

And as for what is what:


Megaman, Megaman X, and Megaman Zero all take place in the same universe, they're three consecutive pieces of a long plot. Sequels for the original series are pretty much shot, unless Capcom severely changes the game formula away from the 8 robot masters thing or does something like a transitional game between X and Original, Megaman's done for. As for the X series, I'd like to see Capcom start wrapping it up and showing what makes X do the things he does in Zero. All of the serieses need to have an ending at some point, it's just a matter of time before Capcom gets around to it. At that point, Clockworkz, you'd get your wish, and Megaman would finally be dead. Eventually Capcom will realize that nobody wants to play the same game all over again, they're beginning to learn that now (every new Battle Network game has had severe tweaking, I think it's becoming Capcom's test board for new ideas...).

Maybe once the main universe dies, they'll continue Legends, having learned from their experiences.

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