Attention, Wave Battlers! Capcom has just dropped an announcement trailer for the long-awaited Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection, which premiered exclusively in today’s Japanese Nintendo Direct.
Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection, known in Japan as Ryūsei no Rockman Perfect Collection, will release worldwide in 2026 for a bevy of consoles: PC (Steam), Nintendo Switch 1, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. It will contain every version of all three Star Force games:
- Mega Man Star Force Pegasus
- Mega Man Star Force Leo
- Mega Man Star Force Dragon
- Mega Man Star Force 2 Zerker x Ninja
- Mega Man Star Force 2 Zerker x Saurian
- Mega Man Star Force 3 Black Ace
- Mega Man Star Force 3 Red Joker
The game will support online trading and battling. Do note that, like MMBNLC, this collection will not have cross-play or cross-save features across platforms.
You can watch the announcement trailers above and below. The Japanese trailer shows off a few more in-game scenes than the English trailer.
While the initial trailers are quite short, we can already get a glimpse at some confirmed features:
- Like the originals, the game is still split into 2 screens. There will be several options for screen layouts, including some that will automatically resize the screens during gameplay, for instance when you open the Custom Screen.
- 3D models in battle are rendered at a crisp high resolution!
- In the Custom Screen, high-resolution Battle Card artwork is used rather than the original in-game pixel art.
- A high-resolution filter will be added, which upscales and smoothens out the pixel art. We can probably expect this to be similar to MMBNLC’s high-resolution filter.
- Online battles will feature both a casual match and a ranked match mode.
- As usual, the collection will feature a music player and art gallery.
- It seems to be possible to have up to 100 Brothers, a significant increase from the games’ original 6.
- Mega Man appears to have additional voice clips when using Battle Cards in battle. However, it remains to be seen whether this is actually in the game or only added for the trailer.
- Online battles for Mega Man Star Force 1 appear to be supported for the first time. On the DS, MMSF1 battles were local wireless only.
Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection will be playable at Tokyo Game Show from September 25-28th, so we’ll likely have more info about this upcoming collection soon. Attendees will receive a clear file with the game’s key visual as a gift.
