Quote Originally Posted by Kiroh View Post
In other words, they've change game directors before. If and when Yoshi is ever ousted as lead on this project your argument may hold the tiniest bit of relevance/validity.
Basically that^

They only ever changed direction because Yoshida took over and had a different vision for the game. The current team has stated no gear swaps are planned for the foreseeable future. As I've said before, gear swaps would only really be incredibly useful in a game designed around using gear swaps as a core mechanic. This game is not and shows no signs of ever being a game like that.