Maybe bug with Naturalist?

I remember having this discussion during playtesting with Naturalist way back when, and maybe I'm just remembering wrong, or maybe this is a change in the ruling.  If I'm in Gazelle, and I play Bestial Shift, and use the bonus power to change to Rhino or Croc, then I also get their effect; no problem there.  However, my memory is that even if you start in Croc, if you use the bonus power to change forms, you can "go back" and get the benefit of your new form.  Essentially, the ruling was, "the one-shot is still out, so you can still get those effects".  Like I said, it was widely discussed during playtesting, but that's the ruling I remember.  However, in the game, it just goes strictly in order.

So, bug?  Or did the ruling change?  Or did I remember it wrong?

The ruling we got in alpha/beta testing was the text occurs in order it's printed.  

That’s what some people said, but it was never said officially, add I never agreed with it. It’s so arbitrary and stupid. I’d really like to see that re-evaluated.

It makes the cards just like other one-shots you go through the text in order.   I don't agree it that it's arbitrary and stupid there was never any official ruling I know of before that said it was supposed to work  differently.  The same also applied on Natural Form's Power if you have multiple Forms active it triggers them in order as printed on the card.