He told the staff to focus their efforts toward making an even better game, and to the title's fans, he said, "I'm truly sorry I couldn't take part until the end."

When the game was first announced in September 2010, Inafune posted a video on the Capcom Unity Blog, expressing his own personal investment in the game. He said, "I can assure you that no one has looked for ward to this project as much as I have."

Even when announcing the game, however, Inafune was clear that the project had run into trouble getting off the ground: "Without strong sales of the previous games in the series, it's a difficult proposal to make. Even I was skeptical that another Mega Man Legends sequel could succeed," he said.

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