Worst thing is that they had a nearly complete demo of it for the 3DS, and released some video of the demo and testing stuff in-engine during development, then like a day before it was supposed to drop they cancelled the whole damn thing because supposedly not enough fans participated in their fan forums/events.
They could have at least released the damn demo! It was already finished! Would have cost them fucking NOTHING.
And then the series creator Inafune fumbled making a spiritual sequel to Megaman when he Kickstarted Mighty No.9, so when he tried to Kickstart Red Ash as one for Legends it failed to meet the goal.
This is SO tragic. I remember being so fond of both those games, they were so great! All the ways different equipment actually affected gameplay, and the really unique sound effects and world building will always stick in my head.
The Flutter was like my dream fantasy vehicle as a kid, those dogs in the bad part of town freaked me out, the reaverbot designs were so cool, and I kicked cans around way more than I should've.
And the little Tron-bots taught us the folly of making judgements based on profiling. XD
Kid me didn't understand the ultimate plots though, and the final bosses were punishing... Perhaps it's time for a revisit.
I didn't know Legends 3 was so close to actually being a thing!