I'm glad that this post is making people feel happy and nostalgic! I thought it'd be fun to share some old stuff to compare it to the current game and to see how the older members would react. Watching these kinds of videos while the game was still being developed must've been really exciting!
Oh god i remember this.
There was more stuff planned but... This is more bitter than sweet for me and brings back the memories how much i felt kinda, i dunno, betrayed... I was personally involved into the planning. I had made manes, tails tufts etc. for the game.
I have outlayed and planned features. None of them got realised and the people where just left behind.
I do know the reasons LKD had, but one of them is so ver-.... Excuse me, that doesnt belong in here.
Yes FH had big plans and an eager team. I am very sad none of the good stuff made it inside.
Watching stuff that you've put
HOURS into reach the cutting room floor...that's gotta hurt. I understand your feelings on this subject. Kovu's plans for FH seemed really ambitious and pretty promising. To see that almost every new idea planned for it got scrapped...seems pretty odd? I always feel bad for artists, programmers, designers, etc. that get their hard work modified or removed.
I really feel bad for Shady too, seeing as he was the lead director AND voice actor of a defunct mode. Knowing how excited he was to work on it and seeing it get deleted...kinda stings in retrospect