The actor Erika Ishii, the actor who plays protagonist Atsu in the game's wolf-petting scene, has revealed that Sucker Punch's "director of cinematics, Billy Harper, was actually the actual actor for the scene. Ishii also shared a video of Harper's encounter with creative director Nate Fox, who was filmed petting him. This revelation makes me respect motion capture artists even more. The developers of the game, who initially tried to add Zelda: Breath of the Wild-style rock climbing, found it not a core aspect of their gameplay and decided against adding it.