Trivia / Armored Core: Nexus

• What Could Have Been: Nexus was originally conceived as a straightforward Mission-Pack Sequel to Silent Line and was by Armored Core 2-3 producer Kenichiro Tsukuda until From Software reassigned the project to Toshifumi Nabeshima. Among the changes and dropped features from the "Tsukada Nexus" include:
  • Parts had differents names.
  • The game was supposed to have much greater environmental destruction, including crumbling buildings.
  • There were two special "enhanced human" cores, one that had a Bullet Time ability and another that forced lock-on.
  • Navi's was described as specializing in AI technology rather than lost technology as in the final plot.
  • A playthrough of the final mission recorded at the 2003 Tokyo Game SHow showcases a dropped transparent sky bridge backdrop for the final boss.