>https://x.com/Ethan626794543/status/1959433262394486854/photo/4
>YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THESE COLLABORATIONS ARE PLANNED YEARS IN ADVANCE USING PLAYER METRICS AND SHIT
>turns out they decided to do it last year at Gamescom because they met at a bar and felt like it

If Tokuda and Fujioka actually had long term plans and a coherent vision they would have scrapped like half the new mechanics in the game years before release