"I can laugh about it now, but back then, I was ready to smash my head against the wall. You see, the Gwen Stacy clone was supposed to be definitively disposed of by the end of the OMEGA issue...But rewrite after rewrite went by of the OMEGA issue, with no resolution for the Gwen clone, and I distinctly remember asking [Editor] Bob Budiansky, point blank, "So, is the Gwen clone being killed off in this thing or not?" I kept being told, "Yeah, yeah, that's gonna be worked in." And it wasn't. I couldn't believe it. She just takes off again for parts unknown in the midst of all the chaos. And to this day, I'm still not sure why that happened. So she's still out there somewhere. She can be brought back at any time, by any writer who decides to do so."
—Editor/Writer Glenn Greenberg on The Clone Saga
"...[A]nything that I really liked that didn’t quite end up in [Godzilla (2014)], I keep it in my pocket if there’s ever a sequel."
Kokonoe: I've got a long-ass backstory, and the fans can't get enough of me. So why...? Why is it that all the damn lolis, geezers and masked weirdoes get to be playable characters and I'm still just Tager's friggin' radio buddy, huh?! HUH?! I want answers, damnit! Is there some conspiracy at work here?! Or did you already fill your 'flat-chested chick' quota for the series?! Why, Valkenhayn?! WHYYYYYYY?!
Valkenhayn: P-Please Miss Kokonoe! Calm yourself! How should I phrase this? I think they've held off on releasing you because YOU, Miss Kokonoe, are their trump card. The proverbial ace up their sleeve.
Kokonoe: Trump card, huh...?
Valkenhayn: Oh, yes. Quite. You are their ultimate weapon, to be made available only at JUST the right moment, you see?
Kokonoe: Ultimate weapons... eff yeah...! Heh heh heh heh... HAHAHAH! The trump card! An ace up their sleeve! I get it now! The Blazblue suits have been plotting this all along!
Valkenhayn: Uh, that's exactly right! As soon as the game's popularity begins to decline, that's when they'll lead you into the spotlight. You will take the stage, Miss Kokonoe - not merely as a playable character, no... but as the savior of the whole franchise.
Kokonoe: DAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA! The savior of the franchise! I've always known! SUCK IT, HATERS!
Valkenhayn: (Crisis averted... For now, at least...!)
Valkenhayn: P-Please Miss Kokonoe! Calm yourself! How should I phrase this? I think they've held off on releasing you because YOU, Miss Kokonoe, are their trump card. The proverbial ace up their sleeve.
Kokonoe: Trump card, huh...?
Valkenhayn: Oh, yes. Quite. You are their ultimate weapon, to be made available only at JUST the right moment, you see?
Kokonoe: Ultimate weapons... eff yeah...! Heh heh heh heh... HAHAHAH! The trump card! An ace up their sleeve! I get it now! The Blazblue suits have been plotting this all along!
Valkenhayn: Uh, that's exactly right! As soon as the game's popularity begins to decline, that's when they'll lead you into the spotlight. You will take the stage, Miss Kokonoe - not merely as a playable character, no... but as the savior of the whole franchise.
Kokonoe: DAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA! The savior of the franchise! I've always known! SUCK IT, HATERS!
Valkenhayn: (Crisis averted... For now, at least...!)
— Help Me, Professor Kokonoe!, BlazBlue: Continuum Shift. Sure enough, Kokonoe was playable in the next game of the series - and dominated tier lists.
