Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 1


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Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 1	2023
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Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 1^{[Note 1]} is a singleplayer and multiplayer isometric side view Tactical RPG game developed by NeoBards and published by Capcom. It is part of the Mega Man series and is followed by Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 2.

The game is an enhanced compilation of several Mega Man Battle Network games that were released on Game Boy Advance, and consists of Mega Man Battle Network^{[Note 2]}, Mega Man Battle Network 2^{[Note 3]} and Mega Man Battle Network 3: White and Blue^{[Note 4]}.

Unlike past Mega Man Legacy Collection game compilations, the games included in Battle Network Legacy Collection are based off the Japanese versions^{[Note 5]} and includes features that were omitted in the western release of the original games, as well as bug fixes that were originally included in later updated re-releases.

Being an enhanced compilation, several additional features were added, including multiple screen filter options, screen size options and the beginner-friendly Buster MAX Mode. New to this collection is an online battle mode, the ability to download formerly-Japan-exclusive Battle Chips, as well as an art gallery and a music player.

The game was released on April 14, 2023.

A patch was released on July 3, 2023 that fixed numerous bugs and glitches across all games, as well as added an additional black border, and the option to change 3D MegaMan.EXE's voice language separate from the text language.^[1]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GamersGate		Available as a bundle with Vol. 2.
		Available as a bundle with Vol. 2.
Green Man Gaming		Available as a bundle with Vol. 2.
Humble Store		Also available as a bundle with Vol. 2.
Steam		Also available as a bundle with Vol. 2.

All versions require Steam and Enigma Protector DRM.

Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed on October 13, 2023.^[2]

Monetization

Type	Notes
DLC	A cosmetic costume and additional music tracks to be utilized in-game are available for purchase.
One-time game purchase	Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 1 requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 1 has no microtransactions.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Custom PET Pack Vol. 1	Contains a cosmetic skin for 3D MegaMan.EXE, and adds two new music tracks to the Music Player. Available for free to players who pre-ordered the game.

Essential Improvements

Translation Revision for Battle Network 2 and 3

This mod aims to generally improve the quality of the English script for Battle Network 2 and Battle Network 3 while mostly keeping to the original localization. It fixes and improves many lines, the result of a more or less full script comparison with the Japanese text. Also available for the GBA Version.

Requires Chaudloader

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\exe\launcher_config.ini^{[Note 6]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1798010/pfx/^{[Note 7]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\1798010\remote
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1798010/pfx/^{[Note 7]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Display settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Limited to game selection and gallery menus. Battle Network games are pillarboxed to 3:2. Four screen scaling options are available.
Multi-monitor		Game only supports 16:9 resolutions. When set to "Borderless", aspect ratios wider than 16:9 are stretched to fill the screen.^[3]
Ultra-widescreen		Game only supports 16:9 resolutions. When set to "Borderless", aspect ratios wider than 16:9 are stretched to fill the screen.^[4]
4K Ultra HD		^[5]
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		An optional smoothing filter is available for all games.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Not available for Battle Network games. False for 3D MegaMan.EXE.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Capped at 60 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)

Input

Gamepad layout (Type 1, composite image showing all submenus)

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Gamepad icons are displayed during gameplay even when using keyboard.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Limited to three presets.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Keyboard bindings
Gamepad layout (Type 2, composite image showing all submenus)
Gamepad layout (Type 3, composite image showing all submenus)

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Five volume levels are available for Background Music and Sound Effects. "Min" mutes the option in question.
Surround sound		Stereo only.^[6]
Subtitles		Battle Network games uses text boxes for dialogue and have no voice acting. False for 3D MegaMan.EXE dialogue.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Text language cannot be changed while in-game.

Text and MegaMan voice language settings

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Voiceover is limited to 3D MegaMan.EXE only.
Simplified Chinese				Voiceover is limited to 3D MegaMan.EXE only.
Traditional Chinese				Voiceover is limited to 3D MegaMan.EXE only.
Japanese				Voiceover is limited to 3D MegaMan.EXE only.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play	2	Versus

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Modding

All mods require Chaudloader

Featured Mods

HD font mod for Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Replaces the Courier font of the vanilla game with an HD version of the original GBA font

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Wwise	^[7]
Interface	NoesisGUI	^[7]

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-4460 3.4 GHz AMD FX-8300
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.47 GB^[8]
Video card (GPU)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 AMD Radeon RX 460 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ Known as Rockman EXE Advanced Collection Vol.1 (Japanese: ロックマンエグゼアドバンスドコレクション Vol.1) in Japan.
↑ Known as Rockman EXE (Japanese: ロックマンエグゼ) in Japan.
↑ Known as Rockman EXE 2 (Japanese: ロックマンエグゼ２) in Japan.
↑ Known as Rockman EXE 3 (Japanese: ロックマンエグゼ３) and Rockman EXE 3 Black (Japanese: ロックマンエグゼ３ブラック) in Japan.
↑ Mega Man Battle Network 3 use the latest v.1.1 build which incorporate bug fixes from the western GBA release.
↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1798010/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1798010) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Update Announcement - Capcom, via Steam Events page. - last accessed on July 2023
↑ https://steamdb.info/depot/1798011/history/?changeid=M:6479892931656534289
↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2023-04-15
Tested on a multi-monitor setup.
↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2023-04-15
Tested by playing the game with my computer set at 2560x1080 resolution. The game's display resolution options didn't present me with my set resolution or any other ultrawide or ultratall resolutions, either. Setting the game to Borderless mode also stretched the image to fill out the resolution.
↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2023-04-15
Tested by playing the game at 3840x2160 resolution.
↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2023-04-15
Tested in 7.1 using Orban Loudness Meter in conjunction with Razer Surround.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2023-04-15
As seen during end credits of collection.
↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2023-07-12
Verified after downloading the game. Actual install size is 1.47 GB.

[Note-1] Known as Rockman EXE Advanced Collection Vol.1 (Japanese: ロックマンエグゼアドバンスドコレクション Vol.1) in Japan.

[Note1-2] Known as Rockman EXE (Japanese: ロックマンエグゼ) in Japan.

[Note2-3] Known as Rockman EXE 2 (Japanese: ロックマンエグゼ２) in Japan.

[Note3-4] Known as Rockman EXE 3 (Japanese: ロックマンエグゼ３) and Rockman EXE 3 Black (Japanese: ロックマンエグゼ３ブラック) in Japan.

[Note4-5] Mega Man Battle Network 3 use the latest v.1.1 build which incorporate bug fixes from the western GBA release.

[gamedir-8] When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-9] 7.0 ^7.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1798010/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1798010) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[6] Update Announcement - Capcom, via Steam Events page. - last accessed on July 2023

[7] ttps://steamdb.info/depot/1798011/history/?changeid=M:6479892931656534289

[10] Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2023-04-15
Tested on a multi-monitor setup.

[11] Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2023-04-15
Tested by playing the game with my computer set at 2560x1080 resolution. The game's display resolution options didn't present me with my set resolution or any other ultrawide or ultratall resolutions, either. Setting the game to Borderless mode also stretched the image to fill out the resolution.

[12] Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2023-04-15
Tested by playing the game at 3840x2160 resolution.

[13] Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2023-04-15
Tested in 7.1 using Orban Loudness Meter in conjunction with Razer Surround.

[middleware-14] 7.0 ^7.1 Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2023-04-15
As seen during end credits of collection.

[15] Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2023-07-12
Verified after downloading the game. Actual install size is 1.47 GB.

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Developers

Original games	Capcom
	NeoBards
Publishers
	Capcom
Release dates
Windows	April 14, 2023
Reception
Metacritic	80
OpenCritic	78
Taxonomy
Monetization	DLC, One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Continuous turn-based
Perspectives	Isometric, Side view
Controls	Direct control, Menu-based
Genres	JRPG, Tactical RPG
Art styles	Anime
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	Mega Man