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Plus, according to Reki's interview during the "Ordinal Scale Behind-the-Scenes Confidential Discussion," Akihiko took one look at the data for the An Incarnate (or should it be Incarnation?) of the Radius and decided, "There's no way anyone can beat that." Considering how big and powerful the boss was and its special abilities, a duel with a GM player with near-impregnable defense who still could be defeated and had a good sense of fair play and honor certainly would seem so much easier in comparsion. Not to mention if the original SAO players had to face the original boss under the premise of the death game, with no magic, guns, wings, or other methods of long-range attack and support, it's inevitable that many of the Clearers would have been slaughtered, almost completely crushing their hopes of escaping the game, and probably infringe on Akihiko's sense of fairness.