Not insanely surprising by itself because of the above factors and more but i still think its interesting because other than that shot in the monado press kit this is the only official acknowledgement of its actual existence as a real part of Wii 1
Does anyone remember how they said bionis shoulder was a test map for og 1 after DE came out. Obv that was a lie b/c the og map was too detailed+it was in an old press kit but also shimomura says here that an area track for it was in a tentative track list https://t.co/1gxRzHBi4J
Since Mariam Abounnasr seems to have a pretty substantive role in the new game, if you're interested in learning more about her she did a 1hr40min long interview in 2023 with @/supershigi. I would def recommend checking it out, they talk about a lot https://t.co/x0Dz8wDsRj
If this actually ends up what is happening this will be the most nuts thing theyve probably ever pulled off so far like technologically. They def wont let you do this for a crazy long time though