What's the head that Kefka holds up?

[Killed by Death]

You know, when you're fighting his ultimate form. He holds up this skull after a few minutes. Who's is it? Gestahl's? And does it make him stronger? Answers please, you terribly cool people.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

He never holds up a skull. I can only imagine you're thinking of this, which is his own head, and he doesn't hold it up. This was before the 3D games where everyone was so well-animated, so rather than actually put forth the effort to make his big battle sprite laugh, they just stuck this in front of him to symbolize his laughter. Kind of lazy, really.

http://norbert-x.com/rock/userfiles/Kishi/goner.gif

[Killed by Death]

Oh. :(

I was kind of hoping it was Gestahl's head. That would have been da shiznit.

[puny-luv]

Wow. I had no idea it was supposed to be KEFKA'S head... I always thought it was just something... random, I guess.

But yes, if it was Geshtal's head... that would've been crazy. And disgusting... cause a year had past and... ew.

[DJZen]

I'm not entirely sure that those "sprites" were particularly capable of being animated... The reason is that they weren't actually sprites. They occupy a background layer, not the sprite layer.

Actually, now that I think about it, they were capable of "animation" in a sense. It's sort of like how Barbariccia is "animated". It makes me wonder if that head was meant in a more metaphorical sense. Like.... "this is the spirit of Kefka being an insane, power-drunk psycho".

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Actually, now that I think about it, they were capable of "animation" in a sense. It's sort of like how Barbariccia is "animated".Clearly.

[Reine]

The head appears when he uses "Goner" He says, "The End, comes beyond chaos...", Then the head appears , which would symbolise him laughing. The sound of him laughing in battle BTW, is actually part of the music.