Anyone who's known me since high school knows I'm an avid Rockman/Mega Man fan. Capcom has just announced that the D.A.S.H. aka Legends 3 Project, which has been in development for nearly a year and in planning even longer, was just canceled. This game was being developed for the 3DS and was so close to completion that a trial/demo was to be available early last month. I've been watching feedback and I believe it's a good thing the rage is contained in the internet.
The worst part is that at New York Comic Con '10, they announced that development was open to the fans. The ideas and input, planning, polls, money, sketches, support, time, talent and effort, and even a bit of heart that every contributing fan put into this is now for naught. Capcom has not only let down anticipating fans, but contributing workers that devoted a great deal to seeing this come to fruition.
The original Legends was released in N. America on August 31, 1998. The Misadventures of Tron Bonne, a prequel, on May 5, 2000. And Legends 2, a sequel to L1, on October 24, 2000. I've been waiting for this story for ELEVEN YEARS!
Also, this was announced overseas, but less than a week before San Diego Comic Con. I pray that the riots stay on the internet.
And they were about to release the demo too! It was going to be released in early June (havn't found the exact date yet), but was delayed.
Also, I'm seeing reactions as if this were a death, which is kind of scary, ever hear of the Kübler-Ross model? It's better know as The Five Stages Of Grief. I'm seeing them all, in mass numbers.
Denial. (Nooooo!)
Anger. (Plenty of that especially since we know who killed this.)
Bargaining. (Capcom, what can we do to bring this back?)
Depression. (I've already lost sleep over this.)
Acceptance. (Well, I've mostly accepted the current cancilation, but since this isn't a people...)
A lot of curiosity is rising about what criteria the game failed to meet. I don't know, and may never know, but it's rare that there wasn't a call to get help to change whatever needed to be changed so that it could meet unsaid criteria. People change themselves in order to meet specifications all the time (athletes train to get onto teams, citizens are turned into soldiers, students study for tests, job-seekers will cut their hair, and public speakers practice in front of a mirror, ect). What needs to change for a game to 'meet required criteria?' There are potentially hundreds of already devote fans willing to help fix, change, alter, and otherwise make this work!
Neko Mettaur Crystal Community Member 
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