Changes in Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection

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This page lists the changes made in Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection compared to the original Nintendo DS games.

Multi-game Changes

• All event-only Brother Band and Battle Cards are obtainable as “Bonus Cards”. Also, peripheral content: Wave Scanner (partially), Wave Command Card, Noise Mod Gear and Secret Satellite Server, are implemented in-game.
• Non-English languages from the European Nintendo DS games are not implemented. However, the European English script is used for Mega Man Star Force 1.
• Mega Man Battle Network Double Slot features are implemented and can be turned on in the options.
• The intro cutscenes before the title screen have been reworked for a single screen.
• 3D battles are rendered at a high resolution.
• All UI is remade in high definition.
• All text involving button inputs have been modified to use the system's buttons.
• There is now an option to have Battle Cards use their original high resolution artwork instead of their DS pixel artwork. It is possible to switch to the pixel art versions as well.
• There is now an option to have mugshots use traditionally drawn artwork instead of their DS pixel artwork. It is possible to switch to the pixel art versions as well.
  • Many of these artworks are taken or based on the original concept art before being turned to pixel art (they can be seen in the Mega Man Star Force Official Complete Works). Since the art is slightly altered in the pixel art, they are not a direct match (e.g. SF1-2 Mega Man’s mugshot having more shading in the pixel art than the traditionally drawn artwork).
• An Auto-Save feature has been added. Players can now choose to load the Auto Save or Manual save when booting the game.
• Players can now store up to 100 Brothers, which then can be placed within the game at any time (which still has a maximum of 6 at a time).
• The Profile’s Handle no longer uses manual input and instead uses the system’s profile name.
• Some semi-transparency effects (such as Barrier) are displayed different from the DS version. These now use an animating dithering effect instead of solid semi-transparency.

Gameplay Changes

• The EM Wave Change animation can now be skipped with the Start button.
• Free Camera has been added to the field screen. This allows you to freely view the whole map of the current area.
• Cipher Mail and Cipher Codes can now be inputted manually or automatically filled in, removing the need of looking them up.
• In SF1 and SF2, you can no longer freely draw a Face Pic for your profile. Instead, you can choose from any of the character portraits that appear across all three games. This includes some portraits that are unused in the actual games.
  • In SF3, you can no longer freely change the Team Icon and can only select from the in-game ones.
• The flash in the Brother Card roulette after rolling has been removed and now just instantly cuts to the final card.
• Connectivity related:
  • The online menu is now a new menu outside of the game and entering Network will exit you out of the current game.
  • You can no longer send Mail to Real Brothers.
  • You can now trade Battle Cards online. In the DS versions, trading Battle Cards is local only.
  • Real Brother Band options have been truncated:
    • Brother Band must be created at the same time with the other player and only after battling or trading. In the DS version, local Brother Band requires a battle first and online Brother Bands only require entering their Friend Code and no battle.
    • There is no Data Update option, and now must connect with the Brother at the same time to update for online brothers. It will update on the 100 Brothers list, then they must be put into the Brother slot to complete updating them. In the DS version, online Data Update stores the updated player data on a server and the Brothers can update them at any time even when other players aren’t online.
    • In SF2, a Brother’s Legend Card is no longer sent to the other player upon Brothering or Data Update.
  • VS Match options have been truncated:
    • Battles start instantly instead of going to a lobby for both players. SF3’s premade quotes exchange is not present.
    • There is no triple battle option.
    • There is no option for number of turns.
    • There is no marker or filter for players with Wave Command Cards or Noise Mod Gear.
    • There is no toggle to disable Legend Cards.
    • Since you can now instantly Brother all players you encounter: in SF3, Opponent Noise Key Items cannot be obtained.
• A “Collection Credits” will unlock after beating the story of all 3 games.

Text Changes

• In VS Match for SF1 and SF2, enemy names no longer appear. SF3 already omitted enemy names in the DS version.
• (EN) Names and descriptions of Battle Cards and items have been expanded. Certain terminology has also been expanded. However, select text are still slightly abbreviated.
• (EN) Instances of “Elec” element and card names have been expanded to “Electric”.
• (EN) In SF1 and SF2, Mega Man’s name is now spelled with a space. Various other names are now also spelled with a space (e.g. Propeller Man).

Sound Changes

• Players can change the BGM between the original DS tracks and new arranged tracks. All BGMs in the games have new arranged tracks.
• All Japanese and English character voiced lines that were in the DS original have been re-recorded. There is no option to switch to the DS voice clips.
  • (EN) In SF3, the “Luna Frag Search” voice line has been changed to “Searching”, which is more accurate to the original Japanese.
  • (EN) In SF3, the Finalization sound is now “Meteor Server Access” instead of the DS’s “Star Force Server Access”.
• In SF2 and SF3, when entering a battle, the field music now stops after the battle transition rather than before it.
  • In SF3, the music now resets to the start of the song after battle instead of resuming from where it left off.
• There is now an option to have Mega Man and Omega-Xis be more voiced in battle. Sounds for starting the battle, attack grunts, after defeating the enemy, Legend Force, etc. There is additional field screen voices as well, such as for pulsing in.

Mega Man Star Force 1

• The player character can no longer be renamed and is known only as Geo Stelar throughout.
• Wave Scanner’s Scanner Data content has been implemented, but the ability to scan Battle Cards and boost them in battle is not included. Additionally, Scanner Data boosts can only start Mega Man in the Star Force of the same version (e.g. Ice Pegasus in Pegasus version). In the DS version, the Star Force is dependent on the Wave Scanner that is connected (e.g. Green Dragon with Dragon Wave Scanner in Pegasus version).
• (EN) Lunar Knights (Boktai) content have been restored. Previously untranslated content are now translated.
  • The Battle Cards are available as Download Cards and each copy can be downloaded as many times as you like.
  • The Aaron and Lucian posters have not been restored and will only appear in non-English language settings.
  • 4 Purple Mystery Waves have been added: 2 for 2 Lunar Knights cards and 2 for the exclusive Mega Weapons, FM Bracelet and SF Power.
  • Lunar Knights cards can now be found in Green Mystery Waves through the game.
  • A LV100 Aaron Cross Brother Band can be equipped as a Real Brother.

Gameplay Changes

• Touch screen controls have been replaced with button controls:
  • Pulsing into Transers and Comps: The game automatically locks onto nearby devices while moving, and pressing the right face button pulses into that device. If multiple devices which can be pulsed into are on the screen, the left face button can be used to cycle between.
  • Truck Comp bull minigame: Instead of having to touching the icons that appear on the screen, you now have to press the face buttons that appear on the screen
  • Space Sim Comp minigame: You fire the rockets by pressing the Y Button (changed from sliding the rocket up on the Touch Screen). The screens automatically change to a vertically stacked orientation when starting this minigame.
  • Harp Note minigame: Only the face button controls can be used and they now light up the panels, in the DS version only the Touch Screen controls lit up the panels. The later games is now more difficult, the delay between each wave of notes has been removed.
  • Scrap Comp minigame: The radar is now only the vicinity around Mega Man using the Y Button instead of the area when pressing on the Touch Screen.
  • Station Comp minigame: The stars now connect via a line that snaps star to star using the Control Pad instead of having to connect by drawing a line.
  • All Navi Cards are now controlled via directional buttons/stick directly instead of the Touch Screen. For RC Chopper (PropellerMan’s Navi Card), the touch control buttons are no longer shown.
• The V3 Lunar Knight cards can now be obtained for the Card Box. In the DS version, these cards were not obtainable for the Card Box and could only be temporarily used with the Brother Force roulette.
• Connectivity related:
  • On Air has been removed and the menu has been modified to account for its button removal.
  • Online Wave Battling has been added. In the DS version, only making Brother Bands had online connection.
  • In a VS Match, it now shows the number of turns left like the later games.

Text Changes

• (EN) The new line breaks in the English language’s textbox has been adjusted. This is due to Collection’s new spacing being different from the original's notoriously wide font. However, since it is only fitting the original dialogue in a single textbox, a majority of textboxes only cover 2 lines.
• (EN) Mega menu shows both the addition and the sum of the Mega Weapon. In the North American DS version, it does not show the sum of LV stats and only the addition. This was already fixed in the European DS version.
• (EN) Legendary Master Shin’s Brother Card name has been changed from Shin L.M. To L Master Shin.
• Cipher Mail message changes:
  • Instances of MegaMan have become Mega Man (with a space).
  • “How many more until you have all the cards?” has become “How many more until you have all the cards”.
• (EN) The SF1 European Nintendo DS English script is used for the SFLC. It made a few changes from the North American English script, which include:
  • The FM-ian Lyra’s name became Harp. She is still Lyra in the other games of this collection.
  • The Giga Card Ox Tackle became Taurus Tackle. It is still Ox Tackle in the other games of this collection.
  • The Mega Weapon Steel Fist became Bubble Fist (same as its Japanese name). This mistake was originally made due to the NA English translation taking the name from an unused internal name for the weapon.
• (EN) Ch.6: Pat’s “Please give me 1 day to think. about it.” was changed to “Please give me one day to think about it.”

Mega Man Star Force 2

• Sky-Hi Coliseum has been removed. Instances mentioning it have been omitted or rewritten.
• (EN) The Words feature have been restored. The Humor Word Ability Wave, which largely uses it, have also been restored. the dialogue for examinable objects have also been restored.

Gameplay Changes

• Wave Command Cards that last until you turn off the power or reset the game have been changed to until you turn off the card in the menu.
• The Murian runes minigame’s touch screen controls have been replaced with button controls. Also, the time to input them has been extended.
• The gate in Whazzap ER has been changed from 600LP to 500LP (SF Power Mega Weapon).
• The requirements for some gates in Trans Dimension 2 has been changed:
  • Link Power gate has been reduced from 1000LP to 500LP (100,000zƶ).
  • The 6 Real Brothers gate to all SP Bosses under 10 seconds (Spirit Fury ★2★2).
  • The 50 Wi-Fi Battles has been changed to 100 Standard Cards (White Meteor ★3★3).
• In VS Match, the Custom Screen Tribe cards no longer light up when in Double Tribe and Triple Tribe. The Tribe On Cut In mechanic, the LFB Counter, now uses a Y Button prompt that appears anytime the opponent uses a dimming card. In the DS version, it required touching the Custom Screen Tribe cards.

Text Changes

• (EN) The translation error for Aaron Boreal’s Help Quest has been fixed, he now asks for a Recover 150 to finish the quest. In the DS version, he claims to give away a Recover150 but doesn’t, then no other info how to finish the quest properly.
• (EN) In a VS Match, the turn count text has now been changed: “15 more x” to 15 MORE TURNS”

Mega Man Star Force 3

• The UI for Mega Man’s bottom screen and Brother screen have been modified to make accessing Transformation Archive and Battle Card Database content more visible. In the DS version, it required pressing spots on the Touch Screen and cannot be done via buttons.
• Since the Network menu has been changed, Ace is no longer the navigator for the in-game menu.
• Acid’s Luna Frag Search correct location no longer rings multiple times and only light up after the textbox instead of before.
• The battle Result Screen no longer slides in and just pops in after the battle ends.
• The 200% Illegal Data rewards are now centered on the Result Screen. In the DS version, the first card is centered and the second card is off to one side.
• (EN) The Words feature have been restored. The Hertz in Geo’s room has also been restored.
• (EN) With the restoration of Battle Card Database, the NPC Yung Verdure at WAZA has been restored.
• (EN) The Mega Snack (Umaibou) artwork that pops up in the shop is still omitted.
• (EN) Ch. 4 Omega-Xis Copies still disappear without a flinch animation in the English language setting.
• (EN) Ch. 6 kneeling cops change are still present in the English language setting. However, the 2 cops that’s supposed to be kneeling to the bottom-left are now kneeling to the top-right like the others.

Gameplay Changes

• While the Bottom Screen is in focus, you can move a cursor with the directional buttons/stick to select icons and widgets which were previously touch-only. This cursor snaps to each option, it’s not freely movable.
• Pegasus Magic GX, Leo Kingdom GX, and Dragon Sky GX are now given out as Bonus Cards and put into the Card Box. In the DS version, these cards were not obtainable for the Card Box and could only be temporarily used with the Battle Card Database.
• After clearing the story, you are now able to change into any Noise Change and normal form with a Noise Gauge (no Finalize) at any time in the Mega Man menu.
• Battle Card Database related:
  • After using the correct Battle Card, Ace no longer gives a code after battle to unlock the next level. Instead, the next level now automatically unlocks in the new SS Server menu.
  • In the SS Server menu, there is an option to open all the server paths without unlocking them normally.
• Overlapped cards (Support Cards) in the Custom Screen can now be selected using the directional buttons/stick. In the DS version, these could only be selected by touching them.
• Only Geo Folder (the first editable fodler) can now be modified into a Transformation Archive folder. In the DS version, all three of the folders can be modified.
• After clearing the story, there will be an option to freely switch your current Noise Change to any other one at any time.
• Acid Ace BB and Dread Joker RR can now be found and fought as in-game as a set location ghost. In the DS version, they were only found by chance after doing a streak of Wi-Fi Battles.
• Rogue ZZ now only requires the AJ Star and equipping a Purpose Card. In the DS version, it required the top row stars and a Purpose Card shared with Team Members.
• The Help Quest for Belle’s autograph now fades to black with sign scribbling noises and a pre-drawn autograph. In the DS version, the player could draw their own autograph on the touch screen.

Text Changes

• (JP) On the Transcode ID card: Satela Police has been changed to Satella Police.
• (EN) Atom Blazer has been restored to its SF1 name, Atomic Blazer.
• (EN) Many instances of Moon Destroyer’s name is written as “Moon Destroy”.
• (EN) The lyrics for Sonia’s song (Shooting Star) have been tweaked to better match the rhythm of the BGM.
• (EN) In a VS Match, the turn count text has now been changed: “MORE 15 TURN” to 15 MORE TURNS”
• (EN) “hack panel” enemy dimming attack has been capitalized into “Hack Panel”.