In December 1997, Capcom USA's president, Bill Gardner, told IGN that "Mega Man Legends" would be ported to the Nintendo 64. Despite the final Japanese name being already finalized, ""Mega Man Neo"" remained as an English name, with Gardner stating the title was not decided. In January 1998 the game was renamed "Mega Man Nova" as the general consensus did not find the previous name appealing, only to revert it back just two weeks later due to arising potential trademark issues. The title "Mega Man Legends" was decided and confirmed in March 1998. By April 1998, the English adaptation of the game was finished, but Capcom decided to delay its release until September of the same year, believing it would fit better during the holiday seasons. The English localization removed an option from the original game in which Mega Man protects Tron from a dog chasing her; while in the Japanese version, Mega Man could either kick or calm the dog, in the English release he could only calm to the dog. Other changes to the English version were the names of characters, such as the protagonist Mega Man Volnutt, whose Japanese name is Rock Volnutt.