Times like this, I think Ys Net are better off collaborating with Ryo Ga Gotoku Studio to make Shenmue Games. Like A Dragon gameplay does feel heavily inspired by Shenmue after all.
If the creator could trust their creation completely to the developer, sure.
But some creators are too attached to their creation so they don't want someone else taking in charge completely on their creation.
Toejam & Earl, Ecco the Dolphin, and Shenmue are the examples.
Ryo Hazuki is going to be an old man by the time he has that showdown with Lan Di.
And Lan Di could've been already dead of old age.
Did Miss Piggy confirmed that Geoff Keighley porked her in Bora Bora?
She said it jokingly so it's still unknown.