 At the early stages of development , Minagawa revealed that numerous ideas and features were planned for the game , but were dropped from the final stages due to certain constraints and hardware limitations . Some of these included the ability for a second player to join in the gameplay , enabling a two @-@ player mode . Another idea that was given a considerable amount of thought was the ability to recruit non @-@ player characters to join in the mob hunts . Due to the technical limitations of the console and multiple number of characters joining the fray , the development phase took longer than expected , causing delays . 
