<s>
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
3	I-Application
is	O
a	O
cancelled	O
video	O
game	O
set	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
2	I-Application
and	O
the	O
fourth	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
announced	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
on	O
September	O
29	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
during	O
a	O
Nintendo	O
press	O
conference	O
for	O
the	O
3DS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
3	I-Application
was	O
cancelled	O
on	O
July	O
18	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
story	O
would	O
have	O
continued	O
right	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chris	O
Hoffman	O
of	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
implied	O
the	O
finished	O
game	O
may	O
have	O
focused	O
on	O
a	O
mysterious	O
item	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Klicke	O
Lafonica	O
and	O
the	O
aftermath	O
of	O
the	O
Elder	O
System	O
reactivating	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
Legends	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
May	O
2007	O
interview	O
with	O
1UP.com,	O
Keiji	O
Inafune	O
expressed	O
that	O
the	O
original	O
team	O
members	O
who	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
previous	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
games	O
were	O
interested	O
in	O
developing	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
3	I-Application
and	O
had	O
considered	O
using	O
the	O
MT	O
Framework	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
months	O
later	O
,	O
Inafune	O
commented	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
asked	O
by	O
several	O
fans	O
if	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
3	I-Application
would	O
be	O
made	O
;	O
although	O
he	O
expressed	O
a	O
desire	O
to	O
make	O
such	O
a	O
game	O
,	O
he	O
stated	O
that	O
he	O
could	O
not	O
do	O
it	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Capcom	O
was	O
developing	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
several	O
aspects	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
new	O
heroine	O
Aero	O
,	O
a	O
mech	O
and	O
Mega	O
Man	O
's	O
design	O
were	O
chosen	O
by	O
fans	O
as	O
Capcom	O
invited	O
fans	O
to	O
send	O
their	O
designs	O
in	O
their	O
official	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
3	I-Application
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Inafune	O
left	O
Capcom	O
in	O
October	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
working	O
for	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
3	I-Application
stated	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
continue	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Capcom	O
intended	O
to	O
release	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
3	I-Application
:	O
Prototype	O
Version	O
in	O
2011	O
for	O
the	O
3DS	B-Application
eShop	I-Application
,	O
featuring	O
10	O
missions	O
,	O
and	O
Barrett	O
as	O
a	O
playable	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
GamesRadar	O
,	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Powers	I-Application
Chris	O
Hoffman	O
was	O
the	O
only	O
journalist	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
Prototype	O
Version	O
before	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
cancellation	O
,	O
employees	O
from	O
Cup	O
of	O
Tea	O
Productions	O
—	O
the	O
studio	O
responsible	O
for	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
3	I-Application
voice	O
recording	O
—	O
confirmed	O
that	O
the	O
Prototype	O
Version	O
was	O
very	O
close	O
to	O
completion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
18	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
Capcom	O
officially	O
announced	O
that	O
production	O
on	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
3	I-Application
was	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Capcom	O
also	O
announced	O
that	O
neither	O
a	O
full	O
game	O
nor	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
3	I-Application
:	O
Prototype	O
Version	O
would	O
be	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
replies	O
to	O
fans	O
two	O
days	O
later	O
,	O
Capcom	O
's	O
UK	O
Twitter	B-Application
account	I-Application
appeared	O
to	O
blame	O
lack	O
of	O
fan	O
involvement	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
cancellation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
programming	O
director	O
,	O
Yoshiyuki	O
Fujikawa	O
,	O
encouraged	O
fans	O
to	O
continue	O
showing	O
their	O
interest	O
in	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
CyberConnect2	O
CEO	O
Hiroshi	O
Matsuyama	O
—	O
who	O
was	O
working	O
with	O
Capcom	O
on	O
Asura	B-Application
's	I-Application
Wrath	I-Application
at	O
the	O
time	O
—	O
stated	O
he	O
would	O
like	O
to	O
develop	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
3	I-Application
as	O
he	O
was	O
disappointed	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
cancellation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
Inafune	O
again	O
stated	O
he	O
would	O
like	O
to	O
finish	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
3	I-Application
if	O
given	O
the	O
chance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
aftermath	O
of	O
the	O
cancellation	O
,	O
fans	O
created	O
a	O
Facebook	B-Application
group	O
titled	O
"	O
100,000	B-Application
Strong	I-Application
for	I-Application
Bringing	I-Application
Back	I-Application
Mega	I-Application
Man	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
3	I-Application
"	O
,	O
aiming	O
to	O
get	O
Capcom	O
to	O
resume	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
January	O
2013	O
,	O
two	O
fans	O
developed	O
a	O
browser-based	O
fangame	B-Application
which	O
recreated	O
content	O
from	O
the	O
Servbot	O
mission	O
in	O
the	O
cancelled	O
game	O
's	O
prototype	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2016	O
,	O
over	O
five	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
cancellation	O
,	O
the	B-Application
Facebook	I-Application
group	O
released	O
a	O
documentary	O
about	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
2018	O
interview	O
with	O
Game	O
Informer	O
,	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
11	I-Application
director	O
Koji	O
Oda	O
said	O
that	O
he	O
's	O
"	O
well	O
aware	O
that	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
voice	O
out	O
there	O
that	O
wants	O
something	O
new	O
for	O
games	O
like	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
and	O
Battle	O
Network.	O
"	O
</s>
