Why no IX characters?
Has anyone else wondered why no FFIX characters make cameos in Kingdom Hearts?
There's 5 FFVII characters, 2 FFVIII characters, and 2 FFX characters, unless there's any others I've forgotten or missed.. but no FFIX characters.
Would you have liked to see any of them in the game?
I think it would have been cool to see Vivi in there somewhere. Do you think they didn't use any for a reason or was it just something that happened?
Well the Moogle of Travese Town was rather IX styled, and there's a Vivi styled black mage on one of Donald's wands. I think the reason none of the characters were really in there is because of their style, it didnt really fit KH, ya know? VII, VIII, and X had characters that looked like real people, IX was too SD.
Amano designed FFIX. Nomura designed FFVII, FFVIII, FFX, and KH. I think that spells it out quite clearly.
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Deathjester beat me to it. ;p
Oh, I didn't know that ^^ Thanks. That explains it I guess. And yeah I agree they probably wouldn't have fit considering the different style of them.Originally posted by Deathjester
Amano designed FFIX. Nomura designed FFVII, FFVIII, FFX, and KH. I think that spells it out quite clearly.
But still, the characters were changed a bit to fit KH, and the same could've been done to the FFIX characters. I know that Zidane and Vivi at least would have fit in, if done properly.
Elionai Eli Adullam
All games only have one character designer. This is out of necessity for a consistent style throughout the cast. Mixing Amano characters into a Nomura cast, therefore, would be distracting and counterintuitive.
Maybe they're saving them for KH-2.
No, I didn't mean mixing the designers, just the characters.
Elionai Eli Adullam
but since the characters were done by different designers, you're MIXING DESIGNERS.
No, nothing says another designer can't do the same character. Unless, of course, they own the rights to the individual characters. But I would assume Square owns those rights, in which case they can do whatever they want.
Elionai Eli Adullam
i don't think you quite get it. they COULD do it legally but it would be wierd.
Originally posted by Kawaii Ryűkishi
All games only have one character designer. This is out of necessity for a consistent style throughout the cast. Mixing Amano characters into a Nomura cast, therefore, would be distracting and counterintuitive.
OOC: I think Yoshitaka Amano and Tetsuya Nomura did some of FF7's character designing together. Amano drew most of the characters and Nomura did their final versions. Some of Amano's designs, especially Aeris and Sephiroth, were almost unaltered in the game.
People dislike FFIX because they're horrible idiots. - Kawaii Ryűkishi
"One-Winged Angel" is far and away the best final boss song ever
composed. - Kawaii Ryűkishi
It's the other way around: Nomura made the original designs for FFVII, and then Amano based some paintings on those designs. Same case with FFVIII, but it's not an instance of a real collaboration. Not anyone who draws a picture of Cloud instantly becomes a joint character designer--same case with Amano.
Yeah, and there's no way there will be Amano characters in Kingdom Hearts II because Tetsuya Nomura Directs the game and he just wouldn't have it.
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