Mega Man Legends 2
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| Developer(s) | Capcom Production Studio 2 |
| Publisher(s) | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. |
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| Genre(s) | Action/Adventure/RPG |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation, PSP |
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| Input | Game controller |
Mega Man Legends 2, known in Japan as Rockman DASH 2 (ロックマンDASH2 Rokkuman Dasshu Tsū?), is the sequel to Mega Man Legends. It was released for the PlayStation in May 2000 in Japan, and October 2000 in North America and an unchanged port of the game was also released for the Playstation Portable in Japan.
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[edit] Story
The events in the game take place one year after those of the first game. At the start of the game, MegaMan and Roll are watching a press conference on the Flutter's television, which shows Prof. Barrell Caskett with his old friend/rival Von Bluecher, who is announcing that his new ship, the "Sulphur Bottom" will land on Forbidden Island. This feat has only happened with partial success a few times before, once when Barrell and Bluecher did it 30 years ago. They lost consciousness after landing, but not before seeing a mysterious girl. When they awoke, they were on a nearby island, where it is an eternal winter. It is said that all of those who survive have seen this girl, but know nothing about her. This island is filled with mystery because it is surrounded by a seemingly impenetrable cloud. This cloud has swallowed up many ships and their passengers, who have tried in vain to land. It is rumored among the digger community, that the legendary Mother Lode is somewhere on this island.
As Von Bluecher is giving his speech to the press, we see the pirates The Bonnes amongst the crowd, with a few new faces, who are rival pirates of the Bonnes. Since the ending of the previous game, the Bonnes opened up a fashion store, which failed miserably (mostly because Tiesel only stocked the store with merchandise that he himself liked) and put them back into debt, which is why they are joining forces with other pirates to help them regain their vast wealth.
One of the reporters, in a very cryptic manner, starts asking Bluecher about the others who have disappeared on that island. She also states that the Mother Lode is not on that Island, but rather if one were to find it, a horrifying disaster would occur. When she is about finished, Barrell gets a look of shock on his face, and he shouts out a name... "Matilda". The same name as Roll's lost mother. After that, she breaks a window and jumps out of the ship, seemingly onto nothing. A few moments later, we see her flying away on a reaverbot-like machine.
Some time after this has occurred, Data accidentally sets the interior of the Flutter on fire (while trying to cook). While MegaMan does manage to put the fire out and keep the Flutter in working condition, the interior is so badly burned out that it would take a long time to rebuild. Rock and Roll put this aside for a more important task, to build a craft that could penetrate the clouds surrounding Forbidden Island. They plan to do this using blueprints left behind by Roll's parents, who seemingly disappeared years ago. They land at Calinca Island to carry out this plan (and possibly repair the Flutter).
At the shop in Yosyonke Town, Roll discovers with a shock that someone has a craft that looks just like the one in the blueprints. A man named Joe owns such a craft, and Roll believes that he has a connection to her parents. However, Joe is in a fragile condition and he had left to excavate a Ruin. MegaMan and Roll leave to find Joe badly injured in the ruin. They take him back to the town only to find out that he had amnesia for the past 10 years and he couldn't remember anything about his past life. Apparently in the past, he was a high ranking Digger who was badly injured and taken in by a barkeep, whom he married. He does however, let them use his craft, the Dropship. Later in the story, he helps them out to battle pirates. He also is seen throwing away a picture of Roll's family, which might indicate importance in future installments. Back to square one again, Roll and MegaMan go encounter more adventures with the usual antagonism from the Bonnes and also a new enemy, Glyde and his Birdbots. Glyde is a rather narcissistic man who eventually gets defeated many times. The birdbots are the counterparts to the Servbots and are generally ill tempered and foul.
Eventually, MegaMan's past life is revealed in full. He was an Irregular Hunter from Elysium as mentioned in the first game. However, what wasn't revealed was the fact that 3000 years before the present day, the last remaining human referred to as The Master was the one who ruled Elysium and all of its people. He created all of the Units, Reaverbots, and the ruins on Terra. He is also believed to have created the people of Terra, of which he and his people refer to as "carbons". He was also apparently very close to MegaMan Trigger, and they shared a bond that the main villain of the story, Sera was extremely envious of. Sometime in the past, The Master realized that the summary execution of carbons was wrong and asked his partner, MegaMan Trigger, to destroy the System that he had created to protect himself. They were both on Terra at the time, and without the life-sustaining powers of Elysium, the Master eventually died, leaving his genetic code with Trigger. He died, though, with a better understanding and love for the people he had created.
And so, Trigger fought to destroy the system, and the entirety of the System fought back. However, Yuna, the Mother Earth, slowly came to realize where Trigger was coming from. She decided not to switch sides completely, but to become neutral. Sera, in discontent with Yuna's decision, came to Terra personally to deal with Trigger. Sera was significantly weakened outside of Elysium, and the two fought each other to a stalemate. Both had expended all of their energy. Yuna, seizing the moment, locked them both away in stasis fields and placed them on separate islands. Trigger was forced to reset his system, so he could heal. However, resetting a system flushes all of its memories, so Trigger plugged his memories into Data. However, many years later it was, a man by the name of Barrel Caskett sneaked into the Nino Ruins and found the stasis field. Upon touching it, the field melted away, and a baby (along with a mechanical monkey), was laid out before the bewildered man. Not wanting to get in trouble for sneaking in, he took the child and raised it as his own, along with his granddaughter Roll. The baby was given the name of Megaman.
What happened to Roll's parents are also revealed somewhat. Roll's parents went in search of the Mother Lode on Forbidden Island, but never returned. Yuna found Roll's mother (Matilda) hurt and dying. Yuna took pity on her, and decided to use some of her own body to repair Matilda. She, however, overestimated herself, and used too much to function properly. She had to 'borrow' Matilda's body. However, because she had destroyed her original shell, she was no longer recognized as a Mother, and no longer had to stick to the behavioral parameters set by the System.
Some time in the future, MegaMan unlocked Sera from her stasis field, and Sera attempted to perform the Carbon Reinitialization Program and recover the Master's genetic code from Trigger's destroyed shell. In the ensuing battle, Sera's original shell was destroyed, but her programming was moved to a recreation of Yuna's body. In doing so, Sera was no longer part of the system, and Elysium shut down. This caused the 'old system' , called the mysterious Elder System to begin reactivating. The series abruptly ends here, with MegaMan, Yuna, and Sera stranded on Elysium, and the Elder System slowly coming to life.
Meanwhile, back on Terra, Roll, the Bonnes, and Von Bluecher are struggling to build a working spaceship, with the intent to follow MegaMan into Elysium, but with little success. None the less, MegaMan would remain faithful to Roll doing whatever she can to rescue them until the time comes when they are rescued.
[edit] Locations
- Calinca Island - A snow covered island, and the first area of the game. MegaMan and Roll visit this island twice, as the last island containing a key to the Mother Lode. The island is named after Dr. Cossack's daughter, Kalinka, from the Classic Mega Man series.
- Forbidden Island - A frozen island, it is a harsh environment plagued by a powerful storm and Reaverbots. After you free Sera, the storm will stop and the Reaverbots disappear.
- Sulphur-Bottom - Von Bluecher's massive airship, this is where you have to go in order to find the location of the keys, and you must return here after each key you gather.
- Manda Island - The first island containing a key, it's being attacked by Tron Bonne upon your arrival.
- Nino Island - The second island containing a key, it's also the island where Barrell found MegaMan and Data. The island is under attack from Glyde.
- Calbania Island - After temporarily stopping Glyde's attack on Nino, the Guildmaster sends you here to destroy Glyde's base.
- Saul Kada Island - The third island with a key, you must save it from the Bonnes.
- Elysium (Heaven) - After gathering all the keys, Sera takes them to Elysium to complete her plans. MegaMan follows in order to stop her.
[edit] Special Weapons
The special weapons have a new feature in this game. Now, the weapons have two meters. The green meter is depleted when the weapon is used. When the green meter is emptied, some of the blue meter is used to fill it back up. The weapon's energy is completely depleted when both meters are drained.
- Crusher = Soft Ball + Taser
- Buster Cannon = Artillery Notes (Mechanic Notes 2) + Thick Pipe
- Hyper Shell = Firecracker + Rusty Bazooka
- Homing Missile = Radar Notes (Mechanic Notes 1) + Bottle Rocket
- Ground Crawler = Rusted Mine + Bowling Ball
- Vacuum Arm = Broken Vacuum + Broken Motor
- Reflector Arm = Bomb Schematic + Superball
- Shield Arm = Shielding Notes (Mechanic Notes 5) + Shield Generator
- Blade Arm = Beam Blade Notes (Mechanic Notes 4) + Zetsabre
- Shining Laser = Laser Manual + Green Eye
- Machine Gun Arm = Broken Model Gun + Long Barrel
- Spread Buster = Spreadfire Notes (Mechanic Notes 3) + Sower
- Aqua Blaster = Available at the start of the game
- Hunter Seeker = Autofire Notes (Mechanic Notes 6) + Sensor
- Drill Arm = Broken Drill + Heavy Duty Gear
[edit] Trivia
- The theme song for the Japanese version of the game (Rockman DASH 2) is "Negai ga Kanau Bashou" by Fumina Hara and the ending theme is "Naite ii yo" sung by the same person.
- In MegaMan X5, in the ending based on Zero having turned maverick, "Elysium" was the name of a place envisioned by X where humans and reploids can co-exist peacefully.
- In the Japanese version of the game, it is inferred that the Master created MegaMan Trigger (in the Japanese version, Rock Volnutt) in memory of an old "hero". This might also be the same "hero" mentioned in the comic books and TV shows shown throughout the game.
- One of the many references to previous Mega Man series scattered throughout the game appears inside the bar in Yosyonke Town, where the television inside shows a short cartoon clip of Mega Man and Proto Man from the Mega Man Classic series.
- Zero is rather subtly mentioned: The weapon part, Zetsabre (Z-Saber) was wielded by a "legendary hero" according to the game description, and a shop in Yosyonke has a poster of him in his black armor.
- The Japanese demo for this game, Rockman DASH 2: Episode 1, is notable for being completely different from the game as it is today. It features a shorter MegaMan, very different locations, and even a completely strange sidestory where Tron kidnaps Roll and holds her ransom in exchange for his joining the Bonnes. More information can be found below.
- During the Glyde's attack on Nino Island, one of the Birdbots yells the word 'Inconceivable!' after Megaman repels one of the enemy waves. The tone with which this is spoken might lead one to believe this is a homage to Vizzini from The Princess Bride.
- On Manda Island, there is a quiz game that MegaMan can take with the mayor for prizes. Strangely, all of the quiz questions have to do with real-life topics as opposed to in-game knowledge. In fact, only one question out of the entire quiz has to do with the actual game.
[edit] Continuity Errors
- MegaMan was supposedly named after Roll's favorite video game character. However, MegaMan and Roll are approximately the same age, so this is impossible unless Roll was playing video games as a baby. This is possibly due to the fact that his name is translated poorly from Rock to MegaMan, in all instances, including his Rock Buster (MegaMan Buster in English), etc. Thus, due to the poor translation, it is concluded by some that Capcom of America tried to make an excuse for this oddly named person by saying he was named after a video game of the same name (which would ruin the timeline of the series unless an actual game was made based off of the previous heroes in the same universe).
[edit] External links
- Mega Man Legends Station - Contains information about The Misadventures of Tron Bonne and the Rockman DASH 2: Episode 1 demo.
- Mega Man Legends 3 Petition - The only petition running for Mega Man Legends 3
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