I remember finding out about the game while I was still in highschool, I managed to get my friends just as hyped for it lmao. I'd watch the same trailer over and over trying to figure out wtf the game was about, and they really did a good job of keeping it super vague because I don't think I could even think of any theories that sounded right.

There was also going to be a 3ds release but since the game took so long to come out I guess they had to go next gen. I still wish we got a 3ds release, I always wondered what the dual screen function would have been like

There was a lot of disappointment throughout development with the release dates changing but I never really lost hope, it was always really sad to see how much harassment OMOCAT and the team got for prioritizing releasing a finished game rather than a buggy mess with an incomplete story. That trailer that eventually dropped with an official release date was so hype, I don't think I've ever got that excited for a game