In the very beginning of development we had discussions about how humans played a role in our version. Though we didn't get to establish how things played out. I did do a version of Safari Joe in the initial pass. It's rough, but you can see where I was going. Some day I'll tell what was going to happen...
ah man, had he shown up and said "Safari Joe does it again!" at least once, I would've had a good laugh like when Tigra referenced that infamous outtake recording saying "what's a samoflange?"