Buying a system for only one or two games is completely idiotic. I don't understand why so many people do that.
Again: fans = fanatics. I bought X8 before I even had a PS2, as motivation to get one. (and lo and behold I actually got one as a present later on) And my GBA has only Mega Man games for it.
I would have bought the 3DS once the price went down a few notches, and then gotten Legends 3. and AFTER that I would have looked to see if any other games interested me.
I just started playing Legends 1 the other day- Unfortunately when they were new I wasnt yet into Mega Man, I think my only exposure by then was the TV show. I recall however, having gone to the local video rental place, and besides having Metal slug and MvC arcade machines, (the sound on MvC was so loud that the Q sound jingle was heard all over the damn store) I recall seeing in the game rental section- Mega Man Legends 2. the cover caught my eye, but of course like I said, I was little, not into Mega Man yet, and actually, I dont think I had a Playstation yet either.
That will be something I always remember. the fact that I remember seeing Legends 2 on a shelf there near home. HOW CLOSE I WAS TO HAVING THAT.
To follow up on something Chris said though-
I just started playing L1, and I actually sort of freak out sometimes, specifically in the Main gate, when Im running away from the large reaverbot dog in the loopy path. im running away from it, with the camera pointing forward so I can see where im going, and I can only hear it, but I know if it hits me im dead because I have low health and a broken shield, and ocasionally, I can see it just barely coming into camera range, and it sort of freaks me out, like "AAAAAHHH RUUUUUUN!"
lol. silly I know. But the effect is there, and shows how despite it's age or graphics, or anything, it IS a very solid game.