Celes: fashion faux pas

[Tokimadoushi]

As we all know, Celes's original costume drawn by Amano is yellow and black, like so:

http://www.ffcompendium.com/art/6-celes-a.jpg

However, her sprite outfit is completely different:

http://www.ff-fan.com/ffvi/images/characters/celes.jpg

All the other characters' outfits are based on their Amano designs, except for Celes. In my opinion her sprite outfit is horrid and I have no idea why they changed it. Your thoughts on this?

[VeloZer0]

I know they changed Terra's hair to green to help differentiate the sprites, maybe this is part of the same change.
I didn't think her sprite looked that bad, at the SNES level of detail the fact that she was walking around in a bathing suit all the time didn't come off as too weird.

(And Terra's hair is much better green)

[Clo]

Didn't they change a few Amano outfits and other games as well? I have to admit, the bathing suit-wearing General look is a bit odd.

[Skyblade]

Maybe the soldiers who were beating her forced her to wear it. I mean, it makes sense that a traitor would have her uniform stripped, and depending on how depraved they were... Does she ever get changed after that scene?

[kotora]

Yeah, let's just blame it on the soldier's swimsuit fetish. I think she was wearing it in the flashbacks before she defected though.

[blackmage_nuke]

The blue headband is pretty spiffy though

[Dr. Acula]

Apparently it was too hard to animate her original outfit so they had to change it.

[~*~Celes~*~]

Don't dis my fashion sense! :nonono:

[No.78]

Well, I would say the sprite looks more like a general. But aside from that, yeah the Amano design is better. They probably changed it to make her look like a general, though.

[qwertysaur]

Look at Bartz's Amano art compared to this sprite :p

[Marshall Banana]

I just noticed that the female soldiers in FFIX are dressed similarly!

http://s107.photobucket.com/albums/m285/fofonda/finalfantasy/ffixsoldier.jpg

[Ultima Shadow]

I actually prefere her sprite outfit, but that might be partly because I just don't like Amano's art.

...obviously, I don't really mind swimsuits either though.

[Hot Shot]

Her sprite outfit is much better and I'm not too fond of Amano's drawing (well not the drawing itself, just the outfit Celes is wearing, it's hideous IMO). And I much prefer Terra with Green hair as opposed to her original blonde hair.

[Clo]

I also like Terra better with green hair. Makes her unique and gives her magical kinda vibe.

[drotato]

Terra IS better with green hair. Screw her blonde doppleganger. Dx<