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It confuses me when people bash the fan movement to bring Mega Man Legends 3, or Operation Rainfall, or anything like that. Don’t people see that these movements are just fun to take part in? And the fact that a large group of people who don’t know each other can work together toward a common goal, that’s the sort of thing that should be fostered rather than mocked. But anyway, G4 has a different stance.

They were sent the following email:

Capcom announced that the long-awaited Mega Man Legends 3 has been cancelled. As I type this now, fans are rallying to bring the game back.

Then Morgan Webb and Adam Sessler decided to kill the buzz:

Morgan Webb: I don’t know if I would have used “long-awaited”.

Adam: Or rallying.

Webb – The problem is that nobody cared about that game, so they decided no one would buy it, so they wouldn’t make it.

Sessler: Have fun rallying.

It’s not like this sort of movement hasn’t worked before. It’s unsuccessful more than it is successful of course, but when has that ever been a valid suggestion to not at least try? There’s a video after the break.

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There’s a fan movement hoping to bring Mega Man Legends 3 back from the dead, and Capcom has finally addressed the movement in a statement to Kotaku. Capcom spokesperson Brian Kelter had this to say:

We are aware of the fan created Facebook page requesting that we resume development of Mega Man Legends 3. While Capcom has a built a strong relationship with its community and values their feedback, Mega Man Legends 3 development has officially ceased without plans to resume development.

Well, that’s a certainly a bummer. Here’s hoping the fan’s efforts aren’t completely in vain.

After Mega Man Legends 3 was cancelled, fans began a movement to get the game back and now, Yoshiyuki Fujikawa, the programming director for the game has expressed his support of the movement. He notes that he’s personally interested in seeing how things turn out and although he’s not in a position to wish fans good luck, he believes the movement could get noticed if fans show a lot of interest.

Mega Man Legends 3 is still cancelled, but there’s one last big push to get the game revived. It takes a little more effort than joining the Facebook campaign, but it’s simple enough. First, sign up here as a Serbot, then leave a comment here. This is all done via Capcom’s official website for the game (specifically, the Developer Room) and it’s probably the best way to grab their attention. You can click here for the full details though.

Like I said before, it’d take one helluva movement to bring Mega Man Legends 3 back from the dead. It’d be a big risk to revive the project with a risk of it being cancelled once again. Even so, you can click here to show your support by clicking the ‘Like’ button on a Facebook page that hopes to make a difference.

Hiroshi Matsuyama, the CEO of CyberConnect2 has said, when asked about what game he wanted to work on next, that “It would be Mega Man Legends 3. I really like the series!”

CyberConnect2 is working on Asura’s Wrath for Capcom at the moment, so there is already that connection, but I’m not too hopeful for anything happening with this. The cancellation of Mega Man Legends 3 has been a big blow to what people think of Capcom. If they were to start-up the project again they would have to be absolutely sure it had no chance of being cancelled again.

A few days ago we reported that Mega Man Legends 3 had been cancelled. Keiji Inafune, co-designer of Mega Man has shared his thoughts on the cancellation, sharing that:

The decision for the cancellation was out of my sphere, but as someone who took part in the development, I’d like to convey something to the staff: I’m sorry that I couldn’t be of assistance. I’m truly sorry I couldn’t take part until the end. I didn’t buy a 3DS for this project, but at the very least I’d like to have played the demo.

Its really is a shame this had to happen.