Capcom has provided an updated report regarding the Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection's sales, noting it has managed to cross a major sales milestone after its first week. Unlike the main Mega Man series being action-based platformers, this sees the player fighting against the forces of evil that lurk within the game's cyberspace, such as viruses and hackers. This subseries first originated as Game Boy Advance exclusives, with no new titles in this subseries in the past two decades. This collection brought all the games from the Nintendo handheld to the current generation, including Nintendo Switch, PS4, and PC.This is a part of several other Mega Man Legacy Collection releases that were published by Capcom, which help preserve these games and make them accessible to new fans. The publisher has been doing a lot to promote the game, including a marathon of the anime on Twitch, a manga chapter, soundtrack releases, along with new merchandise like shirts. This excitement for the game is quite palpable, indicated by managing to cross a major milestone after only being released for a week.According to a celebratory tweet from the official Twitter account, Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection has managed to sell over a million units worldwide. That said, this statistic is based on the combined sales of both Volumes 1 and 2, much like the other Legacy Collection releases. Volume 1 has Mega Man Battle Networks 1-3, while the second volume includes the fourth to sixth numbered entries. While they are sold separately, fans can buy them together as if they were one AAA release.
There was evidence that the Battle Network Legacy Collection was already off to a strong start, where an early sales chart from Famitsu saw it move over 60,000 units within the first few days when it was released in Japan. This figure was purely tracking physical sales in Japan, which were incredibly healthy overall. With the release of the collections in the West, it has managed to cross one million units, an encouraging sign for the series.
The best-selling Mega Man game in the franchise is currently Mega Man 11, which held the title at 1.6 million units sold. The previous game that held that title was the original Mega Man 2, at 1.51 million units, with this being surpassed in November 2022. With this new collection, it might end up becoming the new crown holder for the best-selling game in the franchise's history.
Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection is available now for PC, PS4, and Switch.