The Misadventures of Tron Bonne

The Misadventures of Tron Bonne, known in Japan as Tron ni Kobun (トロンにコブン, Toron ni Kobun?, lit. "Tron and Henchmen"), is the second of four games in the Mega Man Legends series and the prequel of the first game. Rather than focusing on the "good guy" characters of MegaMan Volnutt and Roll Caskett, the 1999 game follows series antagonist Tron Bonne, sister of the criminal Bonne family of air pirates. The Japanese counterpart included PocketStation support, whereas the North American and European version did not. The game was released on the PlayStation Network in Japan on December 17, 2014 and May 6, 2015 in North America.

Gameplay[]

Unlike other games in the Mega Man series, Tron Bonne bears three distinct play styles, each related to a specific mission. Players are tasked with completing "moving-box" puzzle stages, a Descent-like adventure stage, and several action stages similar to the remainder of the Mega Man Legends series (robbing a bank near Gold City, and exploring the Nakkai Ruins themselves). Another gameplay aspect is a collection mission, located in Sart Farm, where you must gather pigs, cows and horses. Players can choose freely among the three stage types at any time, but each level (except for the Nakkai Ruins) may only be cleared once.

Instrumental in the game's story is the interaction between Tron and her army of forty loyal Servbots. Each Servbot is given a personality and a few other traits, and the player's investigation and interaction is rewarded with money for the loan, additional parts and weapons for the Gustaff, or other assistance. Servbots also play a role during the adventure and action stages (limited to seven, three or one, depending on the type, generally one leading the others, and called "sniper"), assisting Tron in her quest by ransacking houses or defeating minor threats as the situation and their individual skills warrant. A Servbot's skills may be increased by putting him through training exercises (attack and speed), going on missions (brains) or by disciplining him in the Torture Room (thus lowering the sloth level); in both cases, the effect of the action is determined by a minigame. Some Servbots express their special skill by minigames or by special items.

Characters[]

Tron Bonne
Teisel Bonne
Bon Bonne
Servbots
Glyde
Lex Loath - A crooked, despicable man filled with greed and the desire for world domination.
Denise Marmalade - Encountered three times early in the game, Denise is a police officer out to stop Tron and her Servbots dead in their tracks.

Diggers[]

Dantz - a young digger encountered in the Shala-Kun Ruins, who helps the Servbots sent there by Tron.
Tuttle - a mysterious person who always seems to come close to obtaining treasure, but something always trips him up.

Story[]

The family's leader, Teisel, is seeking ancient ruins to try and uncover a gigantic Refractor that will sell for lots of Zenny. He has a short rendezvous with Bon Bonne, but he and Bon are quickly subdued and captured by Glyde, a rival air pirate in the service of Lex Loath. Tron finds out that the funds used to build the Bonnes' flying fortress was funded by Mr. Loath, and can only watch helplessly, having chosen to act as Spotter for the mission. She is delivered an ultimatum -- pay off the loan, or Teisel and Bon will not be seen again. Seeing no other options, Tron suits up in a custom Gustaff mecha and begins her quest to pay the ransom by any means possible.

Trivia[]

Glyde and the Birdbots appeared in Mega Man Legends 2 while the Beacon Bomb attack became one of Tron's most useful moves in Marvel vs. Capcom 2.

Credits[]

Japanese Release [Tron ni Kobun][]

Cast

Tron Bonne: Mayumi Iizuka
Kobun: Chisa Yokoyama
T. Bonne: Tessho Genda
Bon Bonne: Ikue Ohtani
Rosu: Junpei Takiguchi
Glyde: Takehito Koyasu
Shitappaer: Koichi Yamadera
Danish Marmalade: Hiroko Konishi
Digouter: Mitsuru Ogata, Maki Horikoshi

Staff

Game Concept: Keiji Inafune, Yoshinori Kawano
Main Planning: Masahiro Yasuma
Mission Planning: Minoru Nakai
Gesellschaft Planning: Shin Kurosawa
PocketStation Game Planning: Yuji Ishihara, Junya Watanabe
Scenario: Yoshinori Kawano, Haruo Murata, Shin Kurosawa
Demo Storyboard: Takashi Yoshikawa, Fuminori Sato
Planning Assist: Jiyu Maeda, Joesuke Kaji
Mechanical Design: Shinsuke Komaki, Tomoyuki Hashinaga, Shigeru Takahashi, Tetsuhei Asano
Reavered Design: Yuji Ishihara
Character Design: Shinsuke Komaki, Tetsuhei Asano, Shigeru Takahashi
2D Obj. Supervisor: Tomoyuki Hashinaga
3D Obj. Supervisor: Yuji Ishihara
Texture: Shigeru Takahashi, Tetsuhei Asano, Fuminori Sato
Modelling: Masafumi Kimoto, Yuka Tsuzuki, Tetsuhei Asano, Shigeru Takahashi
Motion: Masafumi Kimoto, Yuka Tsuzuki, Tetsuhei Asano
Demo Cells: Akiko Maejima, Noriko Katou
Demo Graphic: Tomoyuki Hashinaga
PocketStation Graphic: Yuji Ishihara
Scroll Supervisor: Miki Kijima
Texture: Miki Kijima, Hidesato Sueyoshi, Natsuko Shimizu, Masakazu Mochizuki, Takashi Yoshikawa
Modelling: Hidesato Sueyoshi, Natsuko Shimizu, Masakazu Mochizuki, Takashi Yoshikawa
CG Rendering: Motoki Nabeshima
BG Design: Miki Kijima
Main Program: Kouetsu Matsuda
3D Program: Tsuyoshi Misawa
Player Program: Hiroki Bando
Kobun Program: Hidekazu Shingaki
Demo Program: Souichi Itou
Enemy Program: Mitsunori Sakano
Effect Program: Michinori Kataoka
PocketStation Program: Toshihiko Tsuji
Music: Toshihiko Horiyama
Sound Effects: Shinji Amagishi, Atsuko Fujitani
Official Character Illust.: Akiko Maejima, Noriko Katou
Official Mechanical Illust.: Shinsuke Komaki
Title Design: Satoshi Ukai
Instruction Manual Production: Akemi Iwasaki
Debugging Test Play Supervision: Manabu Matsumoto
Kobun Dedicated Vehicle Idea: Masahiro Ohnuma
Kobun Mini Game Idea: Teppei Miyayoshi
Tron Mecha Dedicated Weapon Idea: Masashi Kaga

Ending Theme - "love letter"

Mayumi Iizuka

Lyrics: Miki Ohtsu
Composition: Miki Ohtsu
Arrangement: Tomoji Sogawa
Release: Pioneer LDC

Special Thanks to

Tomoko Kawamoto, Manabu Takeda, Aya Nishio, Kazutaka Sato, Hideko Arao, Keiji Ueda, Makoto Ikehara, Masaru Ijuin, Keiji Kubori, Sailor, Hayato Kaji, Kazuya Takimoto, Yuko Nakamura, Mareo Yamada, Yoshinori Ono, Ayumi Terada, Norio Tanaka, Kouhei Kubota, Shinichi Satou, Norikazu Fujikawa, Eiji Kamigake, Akira Oyama, Takeshi Kawano, Jinnan Studio, Studio Echo, Dune's, V Jump, Capcom Producer Group, ···and All Capcom Staff

Producer: Keiji Inafune
General Producer: Noritaka Funamizu
Executive Producer: Yoshiki Okamoto
presented by: Capcom®

Overseas Release [The Misadventures of Tron Bonne][]

Cast

Tron Bonne: Caroly Larson
Servbot 1: Liz Hanna
Servbot 2: Oly Taketa
Servbot 3: Nadine Rabinovitch
Teisel Bonne: Rob Smith
Bon Bonne: Chuck Campbell
Loath: Jim Morris
Glyde: Michael Hall
Birdbots: Eddie Glen
Denise Marmalade: Nadine Rabinovitch
Captain: Monique Mojica
Diggers: Terry McGuin, Kim Roberts, George McLean, Naomi Emmerson, Lenore Zann, Darren Keay, Peter Keleghan

Staff

Game Concept: Keiji Inafune, Yoshinori Kawano
Game Design: Masahiro Yasuma
Mission Design: Minoru Nakai
Gesellschaft Design: Shin Kurosawa
Pocket Station Game Design: Yuuji Ishihara, Jun'ya Watanabe
Scenarios: Yoshinori Kawano, Haruo Murata, Shin Kurosawa
Demo Picture Concepts: Takashi Yoshikawa, Fuminori Satoh
Design Assistants: Jiyu Maeda, Johsuke Kaji
Robot Design: Shinsuke Komaki, Tomoyuki Hashinaga, Shigeru Takahashi, Tetsuhei Asano
Reaverbot Design: Yuuji Ishihara
Character Design: Shinsuke Komaki, Tetsuhei Asano, Shigeru Takahashi
2D Object Director: Tomoyuki Hashinaga
3D Object Director: Yuuji Ishihara
Textures: Shigeru Takahashi, Tetsuhei Asano, Fuminori Satoh
Modelling: Masafumi Kimoto, Yuka Tsuzuki, Tetsuhei Asano, Shigeru Takahashi
Motion: Masafumi Kimoto, Yuka Tsuzuki, Tetsuhei Asano
Demo Cells: Akiko Maeshima, Noriko Katoh
Demo Graphics: Tomoyuki Hashinaga
Pocket Station Graphics: Yuuji Ishihara
Scrolling Director: Miki Kijima
Textures: Miki Kijima, Hidesato Sueyoshi, Natsuko Shimizu, Masakazu Mochizuki, Takashi Yoshikawa
Modelling: Hidesato Sueyoshi, Natsuko Shimizu, Masakazu Mochizuki, Takashi Yoshikawa
CG Rendering: Motoki Nabeshima
BG Design: Miki Kijima
Chief Programmer: Koh'etsu Matsuda
3D Programming: Tsuyoshi Misawa
Player Programming: Hiroki Bandoh
Servbot Programming: Hidekazu Shingaki
Demo Programming: Soh'ichi Itoh
Enemy Programming: Mitsunori Sakano
Effects Programming: Michinori Kataoka
Pocket Station Programming: Toshihiko Tsuji
Music: Toshihiko Horiyama
Sound Effects: Shinji Amagishi, Atsuko Fujitani
Character Art: Akiko Maeshima, Noriko Katoh
Robot Art: Shinsuke Komaki
Title Design: Satoshi Ukai
Manual Producer: Akemi Iwasaki
Debugging Director: Manabu Matsumoto
Voice Producer: Erik (ESX) Suzuki
Voice Director: Susan Hart
Senior Recording Engineer: Paul Shubat
Second Engineer: Ian Rodness
Localization - Bowne Global Solutions: Patrick Riley, Koji Kawano, Ron Foster

Special Thanks to

Tomoko Kawamoto, Manabu Takeda, Aya Nishio, Kazutaka Satoh, Hideko Arao, Keiji Ueda, Makoto Ikehara, Masaru Ijuin, Keiji Kubori, Sailor, Hayato Kaji, Kazuya Takimoto, Yuuko Nakamura, Mareo Yamada, Yoshinori Ono, Ayumi Terada, Norio Tanaka, Koh-hei Kubota, Shin'ichi Satoh, Norikazu Fujikawa, Eiji Kamigake, Akira Oyama, Takeshi Kawano, Takuya Shiraiwa, Manabu Takemura, Miki Takano, Capcom Producer Group, ···and All Capcom Staff

Producer: Keiji Inafune
General Producer: Noritaka Funamizu
Executive Producer: Yoshiki Okamoto
presented by: Capcom®

Instruction Design (NA Version)[]

Manual Design: Hanshaw Ink & Image
Marketing: Todd Thorson, Sean Mylett, Robert Johnson
Creative Services: Jennifer Deauville and Marion Clifford
Package Design: Michi Morita and Jamie Gibson
Translation: Masayuki Fukumoto
PR: Melinda Mongelluzzo, Matt Atwood and Carrie Megenity
Special thanks to: Tom Shiraiwa, Miki Takano, Bill Gardner and Robert Lindsey