Mega Man Legends is an action-adventure game developed by Capcom Production Studio 2. It came out in Japan as Rockman DASH on 18 December 1997 and in North America on 10 September 1998. Producer Keiji Inafune wanted a Mega Man game unlike any before, mixing action, RPG and adventure, and Yoshinori Kawano directed it. All of its humanoid characters were animated with motion capture.
The game went through several names: it appeared at E3 in June 1997 as Mega Man Neo, was briefly renamed Mega Man Nova in January 1998 and was confirmed as Mega Man Legends in March 1998. The Japanese opening theme Another Sun and the ending song were performed by Reika Morishita.
Ports followed on Nintendo 64, where the North American release was called Mega Man 64, on Windows and on PSP. The story continued in the prequel The Misadventures of Tron Bonne and the sequel Mega Man Legends 2.1
Names and releases
| Region | Title on the box | Platform | Date | Publisher | Src |
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| NA | Mega Man LegendsEnglish version finished by April 1998 but held back for the holiday season. | PlayStation | Sep 10, 1998 | Capcom | 1 |
| NA | Mega Man 64 | Nintendo 64 | Jan 10, 2001 | Capcom | 1 |
| NA | Mega Man LegendsPS one Classic on PlayStation Network, for PS3 and PS Vita only. | PlayStation 3 | Sep 29, 2015 | Capcom | 1 |
| JP | ロックマンDASH 鋼の冒険心Rokkuman Dasshu: Hagane no Bōkenshin | PlayStation | Dec 18, 1997 | Capcom | 1 |
| EU | Mega Man Legends | PlayStation | Dec 4, 1998 | Virgin Interactive Entertainment | 1 |
| JP | ロックマンDASH 鋼の冒険心PlayStation the Best reissue. | PlayStation | May 4, 1999 | Capcom | 1 |
| JP | ロックマンDASH 鋼の冒険心 | Nintendo 64 | Nov 22, 2000 | Capcom | 1 |
| JP | ロックマンDASH 鋼の冒険心North America: 14 July 2001. | Windows | Feb 23, 2001 | Capcom | 1 |
| JP | ロックマンDASH 鋼の冒険心A North American PSP release was planned but cancelled. | PSP | Aug 4, 2005 | Capcom | 1 |
Also known as: ロックマンDASH 鋼の冒険心 JP2Rockman DASH JP1Rokkuman Dasshu: Hagane no Bōkenshin JP2Mega Man 64 NA1Mega Man Neo NA1Mega Man Nova NA1ロックマンNEO JP1
Box art by region
NA Mega Man Legends 
EU Mega Man Legends
Box art © its publishers, shown to identify each release. Scans: libretro-thumbnails.
Version differences
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CensorshipInternationalPSP
An adult magazine item in the Japanese version became a comic book in the Western releases, and the Japanese PSP port uses the comic book too.3
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GameplayInternational
In Rockman DASH Mega Man can kick animals and shoot birds; the Western version removed this except for the dull-colored dogs in the Old City, and he can only calm the dog that chases him.3
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AudioInternational
The Japanese credits play a vocal song, while the Western versions use an instrumental track with spoken lines from the game.3
Translations
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English Official
Capcom1998PlayStation · Japanese versionReleased · complete
The official English version came out in North America in September 1998, with some character names changed.1
Reception
The PlayStation original averages 73.73% on GameRankings, and Famitsu gave it 31/40. The Nintendo 64 and PC ports were criticized for adding little: the N64 version scored 59/100 on Metacritic and GameSpot gave the PC version 3.6/10. Keiji Inafune said the game did not sell well, coming out years before sandbox games became popular.1
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