Context: https://kantopia.wordpress.com/2016/07/03/toru-narihiro-interview-on-development-changes-during-genealogy-of-the-holy-war-fe-25th-anniversary/

Q: Ah, so that’s where the lineage [breeding] part comes in! Especially because “Holy War” was released in 1996, meaning that it was developed around 1994 or 1995, where Narita Brian* won a Triple Crown in horse racing, bringing in a frenzy of interest.

That’s right. Because of that, we suddenly decided during development, “Let’s add a romance and inheritance aspect to this!” (laughs). Everyone was like, “Whaaaat?!” at the announcement of sudden change. (laughs). We lost about a year of development to that.