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While we're on the topic of Red XIII lore, for those not already in the know - check this interesting sub-plot that might have given Red some more screen time. It's stayed with me ever since I read it, as I find it vaguely disturbing; I doubt it will be in the remake.

Red XIII was planned to be the focus on a cut sub-plot. After being captured by Shinra, Hojo would have produced several clones of Red XIII, which would have had blue and purple fur and been named Cobalt XIV and Indigo XV, respectively. After defeating them, the party would be confronted by two more clones, and a battle would ensue where the party would fight both the clones and the real Red XIII, and be forced to figure out which was the real thing and avoid killing him. Though the clones would be defeated, Red XIII would have the party spare them, as they were the last of his kind beyond him. Cobalt XIV and Indigo XV would later reappear in the final dungeon partially mechanized, determined to prove themselves superior to the original Red XIII.

https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Red_XIII