Mega Man Legends 3 Prototype version officially announced!

[prower42]

[Hypershell]

You know that, I know that, but outside of that? The general gaming population will likely not be following it that close, or perhaps not even care.

The general public is not reading "prototype" as synonymous with "demo".  That's you, me, and the rest of the fanbase talking.  Most of Capcom's texts that I've read lately are straying away from the latter, perhaps for the very reasons you mentioned, trying to dodge the "trial" mentality.  I suggest we do the same.

Further, I feel obliged to point out, that the reading of "hype" as synonymous with "sales" is also fan-based.  Take notice of something: Every L3 Prototype text takes a moment to build up the Devroom; both that existing contributions will be present in the Prototype, and encouraging further input after playing.  Point being, they're using the Prototype to push the Devroom.  To be clear, there is no doubt in my mind that sales of the prototype will impact Capcom's decision, that's just common sense; but I think there's more to it than that.  They're also still using the Devroom to gauge interest.  So fans, not only do you need to buy the damn thing, but go to the Devroom to discuss your experience.

[Turian]

So basically, they wanna draw more attention. Thats actually makes sense.

[VixyNyan]

I find it funny that we still haven't mentioned the rating of the game (Prototype) yet.

CERO B, which would normally translate to a Teen rating by ESRB.

[Gaia]

CERO B? This might make Legends 3 the first of T-Rated Mega Man games, uh-oh, we might see fantasies of fanbois come to life. 

[Hypershell]

Or it may mean that it'll give CoA's censors a lot to think about.

Well, ZX Advent got away with E-10 IIRC, so here's hoping.

[slayer]

dash 3  could be T-rated?

you know....it`s funny ,because i`m not sure what it takes to give a t-rating, for example kingdom hearts 2 is rated T, why? i dont know, in other hand starcraft 2 is also T, but Sc has blood , swear words, and  aaaaaand....Nova , whatever i dont work on esrb, so i think they have their reasons....
just i want the game to be good (Dash 3) that is, see ya later....

[Phi]

for example kingdom hearts 2 is rated T

False.

[Gaia]

KHII got a T (or a E-10) because of it's darker tone compared to the other games, plus those moments when enemies can just leap out and attack you, that and a good sum of violence included. Or it could be that the ESERB gets paranoid at times and mis-labels the games they rate.

[Solar]

E10 and T are not the same thing =/

This is what KH2 got

Kingdom Hearts 2
Square Enix, Inc
Everyone 10+
Mild Blood, Use of Alcohol, Violence    
PlayStation 2

The only reason KH1 is not E10 like pretty much the rest of the franchise is that the rating didn't exist yet.


Anyways, wonder what the B is for. Still, it's not like the ratings are always equivalent in both areas (main offender: The SMT series).

[Gaia]

I know, which is why the "or" part is in parenthesis with E-10. Most likely because my memory's cloudy since the last time I touched a PS2 game.

B for Rockman DASH 3. Welp, the hidden inneudo might make a comeback.

[Flame]

Well... sometimes, the ESRB sees one particular thing in the game, it could make them give it a higher rating.

[Reaperoid]

They've classified the Prototype as PG here, which seems about right, actually.
PG used to be G8+ back in the day.

[Zan]

The more kid-friendly a rating the less we can kick.

[Hypershell]

...he's not wrong.

So, the month of May officially begins on Sunday.  Wish NoA would just spit out when that dang e-Shop is launching already.  >.>

[OBJECTION MAN]

So, the month of May officially begins on Sunday.  Wish NoA would just spit out when that dang e-Shop is launching already.  >.>

I hear that. I want to finally get my hands on Shantae DS.

[Kieran]

Apparently it's gonna be toward the end of the month.

[Hypershell]

Still pretty ambiguous.  Anything past the 20th or so could easily be considered "towards the end".

Further, I believe Nintendo's stated that it is not possible for SpotPass to automatically update the 3DS prior to the e-Shop, so if I gotta manually update then I DAMN WELL expect to be told the soonest that I can do so.

[Phi]

skip to 1:05 for the sweet gameplay.

[OBJECTION MAN]

I wonder how rough this version is. Honestly the city looks ripped out of a PSX game. Very very flat... The characters are nicely done however, which makes this a very contrasting look, which is not good.

[Fxeni]

Well, it's called a prototype for a reason, not to mention the fact that Dash 3 isn't even fully green lit yet. Also, lets keep in mind what Keiji Inafune just said recently about prototypes and how he made some of them become full-fledged games... there's a reason he's saying stuff like this right now, guys. Catch on.

As far as this build of the game, it looks like they spent more time on the character models and the dungeon rather than the city.

[Hypershell]

Fine by me, those are the more interesting parts of the game anyway IMHO (good character models and dull environment kicks the crap out of the other way around; see MHX).  The prototype is a prototype, after all.

[Flame]

I wonder if the Legends team will get the hidden message from Inafune...

it would be hard not to, considering he's talking about capcom secrets and such. folks who knew him at Cappy must be keeping tabs on him no doubt.

[Mirby]

Yeah, the Capcom Intelligence Agency. 

[OBJECTION MAN]

Prototype or not, cubes with textures are pretty cheap. The dungeons have more polygon base designs than that so far they've shown. The idea here is to sort of impress and give a good idea of what the game is all about, so it seems a little silly to leave things that low key. Some things could be left somewhat unpolished yeah, but that's really really place holder.