Producer Keiji Inafune stated his purpose was to create a new "Mega Man" which would be completely different from all the others. Wanting that game to entertain gamers of all ages, Inafune decided to mix the action, RPG and adventure genres but wondered whether "Mega Man Legends" would still be entertaining. The humanoid characters in the game were all animated with motion capture. One of the earliest showings of "Legends" around the world took place at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Atlanta, Georgia on June 1997 under the title "Mega Man Neo". A demo of the game, titled "" would later be included in the Japanese director's cut version of "Resident Evil". The game was released in Japan on December 18, 1997, while a re-release with the label of "PlayStation the Best" was published on May 4, 1999.