Noel wrecks the game for me

[clowd]

Noel...the name itself is bad. Noel? Its not badazz sounding or unique or anything. It just sucks. And then theres his whimpy wussy girly haircut with uninspired brown hair that is mediocre and dry as it gets. Heck, look at his face. It's not rememerable or anything. As bad as Tidus may have looked at least he had a rememberable face. Oh and his outfit. What is he some sort of genie? You can even see the end of his boots starting to curl up at the end like a genie. The lame pants...lol did Nomur design this as a joke? Walk anywhere dressed like that and get laughed out of town. Yes I know thats true with alot of Final fantasy costumes but this one is on a whole new level of absurdness. The whole outfit is cartoony shade of blue and he got a girlie looking design at the bottom of his "pants" or genie bottoms or whatever that trash is called. And his weapons. I gotta lil dagger and the most impractical sword eva and I'm gonnna save tha world!!!! This clown makes Tidus look lke Brad Pitt. He makes Lady Gaga's fashion appear sensible. Anyone feel the same?

[Fynn]

Oh and his outfit. What is he some sort of genie? You can even see the end of his boots starting to curl up at the end like a genie. The lame pants...lol did Nomur design this as a joke? Walk anywhere dressed like that and get laughed out of town. Yes I know thats true with alot of Final fantasy costumes but this one is on a whole new level of absurdness.

It's actually pretty tame for Nomura. Remember this?

[ShinGundam]

It's actually pretty tame for Nomura. Remember this?

Both Noel and Seymour were designed by Yusuke Naora not Tetsuya Nomura.
FFXIII-2's main art directors/designers:
-Naora (FF7~10).
-Isamu kamikokuryo (FF12 and FF13).
-Hideo Minaba (FF6, FFT and FF9).

[Jessweeee♪]

Nobody can top Nooj when it comes to bad fashion. Noel is okay in my books for now

[Del Murder]

What if he actually is a genie? You don't know. Guy's from the future.

[qwertysaur]

Fashion from the future is not fashion form now.

[Del Murder]

Yeah, imagine someone from the 80s going back in time to the 50s. He would look pretty weird to them. He also may inadvertently stop his parents from meeting and have to enlist the help of his scientist friend to make things right. Do I smell the plot of FFXIII-2 here?

[I Don't Need A Name]

But, back on the point, let's face it, Noel is a useless, bland waste of space

[LunarWeaver]

If only he had a weather-related name, like Dewdrop.

[Fynn]

It's actually pretty tame for Nomura. Remember this?

Both Noel and Seymour were designed by Yusuke Naora not Tetsuya Nomura.
FFXIII-2's main art directors/designers:
-Naora (FF7~10).
-Isamu kamikokuryo (FF12 and FF13).
-Hideo Minaba (FF6, FFT and FF9).

If I'm not mistaken (which I well may be), artistic director and character designer are two completely different positions. FF 1-6 and 9 credited Amano, 12 and 14 credited Yoshida and 7, 8, 10, 10-2 and the whole 13 family credits Tetsuya Nomura as character designer, It even said so on the early screenshots. So yeah, I think art designers are responsible for the game's artistic feel as a whole, while character designers, well... design the characters. So we can totally blamde Seymour and Nooj on Nomura

[Elpizo]

But, back on the point, let's face it, Noel is a useless, bland waste of space

Give me your time machine. NOW. I also want to go to the future and fully play this game so I can make an in-depth, based-on-experience judgement of Noel.

...

Wait, what's that? You don't have a time machine? You haven't played the game?! You know no more aout Noel than the rest of us do?! O.o

[Loony BoB]

I don't know much about Noel and I think it's far too early to make a call on a character until the video game is released and we find out more regarding his story and personality.

Also, Tidus is awful and saying that Noel makes Tidus look good is a terrible thing to say. Even if Noel turns out to be a stinking turd, that doesn't make another stinking turd look good. It just makes them both look like stinking turds.

[Sword]

Clowd your post made me actually LOL.

Sometimes character designers have to create the fashion trends of a fictional culture, and his outfit is no more crazier than that of various cultures on our own planet. You're crying over nothing.

[DMKA]

I dunno, I don't see anything wrong with him.

But then I don't dislike Tidus either, so perhaps I'm just overly tolerant.

[Jessweeee♪]

I think for the most part the fashion is much less silly after FFVI. Pre-FFVII games get a free pass since there's so little detail xD