Dear Legends Fans,
Realization that my time left on this planet is short did not come early to me. Life is merely a boundless journey of opportunity floating within and out of your grasp. September of 2010 had to be the best month of the year for me, on the very day Legends 3 was announced. I felt an overwhelming amount of joy. But out of the many years I've met friends and conversed with others about gaming, even Mega Man, I never found a Mega Man Legends Fan with similiar interest as me (at least offline).
I remember in the third grade ripping out a Legends advertisement page in an issue of Electronic Monthly Gaming and putting it in my plastic cover sleeve of my binder for school.
I realized after the full details of the Mega Man Legends 3 Project that it wasn't just the next Legends game that made me excited - It was meeting a mass of other Legends fans. I felt immediately upon entering the devroom, I could make wonderful aquantainces with brilliant ideas for the game in a instant, just because they shared the same passion and love that I've held in my heart for a decade.
Seeing the project cancelled was very hard on myself. The amount of sympathy that was shared between the fanbase was widespread, and that's when I truely realized that I wasn't alone in how I felt. I bought a Nintendo 3DS weeks, simply weeks within the release of the Nintendo eShop. I was ready to buy the Prototype for myself and any soul I knew who owned a Nintendo 3DS. Suprisingly today, my 3DS cart slot is still empty.
This may seem like a large sum of money to some. It could very well be a full-time paycheck to others, however, I do not donate this simply in attempt to game in my hands someday. I do it because I want others to experience Legends 3; A collaborative effort that would show just how great a game can be from fan input. I would spend hundreds of hours playing this title, if I had the chance. Life is full of chances, and I've always thought of the choices in my life (taking action on something more specifically) consisting of this with a selection cursor to boot-
-> Do nothing
- Act
Notice how if you speed through dialog, you may accidentially hit option 1. It's what most people refer to as "moving onwards".
Video games have affected my personality a lot. The interaction with townspeople from Kattelox for example gave Mega Man a lot of choices. It wasn't just the text-prompted dialog that one could scroll through with the A or X button. It made you ponder, and after that choice you could ask "Could things have been done differently?". Some decisions make little impact, some make a huge impact in the long run. Take Roll's Diary for example. Things acumilate, even the smallest of small things accumilate (gifts for dear partner for example).
I've chose option 1 a lot of times in life. Option 2 is probably why I'm still here today, but as the world and life isn't equally fair, sometimes things happen and will happen without making a choice upon it. What I'm dealing with now, I don't have a choice. I understand exactly what my Donation is going to - to give that option prompt to people who still do not know about us/you. Targeting one person inspired by us gives that individual the power to inspire others.
I only want to help set the momentum. Once we/you guys reach 100,000k, I know personally that a lot of things are going to set into motion from there. We'll/you'll turn a leaf to newcomers that will say "This is why we need to 100k to become officially 100,000 Strong for Bringing Back Mega Man Legends 3" to "This is 100,000 Strong for Bringing Back Mega Man Legends 3 and this is what we intend to do:".
Perhaps I've said too much. I miss the Devroom, where knowing that I could express my mind about the future of Legends, was potentially read by a developer of MML3 who cared.
I thank anyone for reading this. I choose not to reveal my identity for various reasons. Consider me one of those likes that wouldn't be giving this donation if it wasn't for the effort of all you. I don't need to be thanked, rather, I would like to thank all of you guys for being optimistic and having the "Devroom" spirit, which is key!
-> Do nothing
- Act
Sincerely,
~A Mega Man Legends fan