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Reading it again, it doesn't specifically say that. I connected 'got started on solid footing before stepping aside' with 'he points to his role in assigning the pair of replacement game directors'.

http://www.edge-online.com/features/hidetaka-miyazaki-on-stepping-away-from-dark-souls-ii-and-the-future-of-the-series/2/