A translation from page 569 of the FFVII Ultimania Omega, in response to a question asking the developers about ideas theyd had that werent implemented in the game, highlights this disagreement:



Nojima: What I remember is the Honey Bee Inn. Toriyama (Motomu Toriyama, the director of FFX-2) was in charge of the Honey Bee Inns events, but at first what took place there was more extreme, and everyone was saying Thats going too far.



Kitase: Was it really that bad?



Nojima: Yeah for example, Palmer would emerge from the inn saying Well, that was refreshing~! *laughing*



Kitase: Toriyama was always making weird, tricky little events like that that kept getting edited. For instance, there was once a scene on the station platform where Biggs, Wedge, and Jessie from AVALANCHE would face each other and try to combine into one.



Naoyoshi: Yeah, thats right.



Kitase: When an event begins in FFVII, the other 2 party members separate themselves from Clouds avatar. Once the event finishes, the party recombines and Cloud is alone once more. Its just the way the games set up, but Toriyama parodied that. The 3 members of AVALANCHE were like Lets do that too! and do their best to combine together, but they just ended up running into each other and muttering I guess we still dont have enough practice. *laughing*



Not only do we get proof that Motomu Toriyama was the most perverted of the bunch, but his desire to joke and break the fourth wall also resonates with the unused We apologize, but the following contains material unsuitable for the general public line from ONNA_4. Elements like the Mystery Panties and the stronger adult showgirl tones of the lobby are clearly aspects that Toriyama would have greenlit while others might not have been so keen.