Thread:ClarentBloodArthur/@comment-5688420-20180420150108/@comment-5688420-20180423104511

The kid genius Ryunosuke Uryuu was another popular NPC in the Crisis Moon series, debuting in the first game, where in the storyline, he would send animatronic clones to get Twilight to get samples of vampire blood from her for use in a "top-secret experiment" of his (the thruth is, hewas essentially serving as Dawn's puppet at the time, like in the novel). People have been clamoring to include him in sequels, especially since the story mode of Hollow Eclipse showed him as a formidable fighter.

Around the time of Crisis Moon III's development, ACS teased someone who "fights with state-of-the-art technology". This sparked massive hype in the fanbase... until it turned out that said fighter was HADES Unit-001, an invention of Ryunosuke. This resulted in huge fan outcry, to which ACS replied:

"But we never remember saying anything about the character being human :/"

To add insult to injury, Ryunosuke eventually did become playable... as the last exclusive character on Crisis Moon III EVOLVE's console version, even behind Valeria of VSRFX.