Red XIII looks

[Destai]

Well there hasnt been many screens of him. The puffy part is probably just his mane. The rest of him may be smoothed out much more.

[Camanche]

Possibly. The screens and movie footage I have seen of him is when he is moving, so perhaps it's just his hair moving according to his... movement. But when I say puffy, I mean ALL of him looks puffy, not just the mane. Heh heh, scary thought.

[Sepho]

Actually, I noticed more of just an overall "bulkiness" to Red's model, whereas his FF7 model was skinnier around the waste, and he had a longer, thinner neck, which gave him a more elongated, elegant shape. Once again, the difference in media platforms is the explanation for the change, but Red ends up a little skinner than what I have perceived him to be from his trailer footage.

[Yuffie514]

he looks shaggy to me !

[Angel of light]

I think he look like a big ball of red hair, and he looks like he's about to tear you apart. What happened to that cool and smart thinking wolf/lion.

[Jenova]

Naniki looks sweet man. As someone said above.. How can you make a talking dog with a flamming tail not stand out? Not to mention he is red.

[Camanche]

I think he look like a big ball of red hair, and he looks like he's about to tear you apart. What happened to that cool and smart thinking wolf/lion.

Heh, yeah, I think that's my complaint about his appearence. He looks to be on the same level as any other random monster you could run into in the game, intelligence-wise. He doesn't have that streamlined, graceful, almost elegant look about him that made it seem believeable for him to be considered of higher-than human intelligence. Now he just looks like some random, feral beast.

If he has some growly, raspy, barely legible sounding animal voice, I'll be dissappointed. Even if he doesn't look like it, I'd like him to be presented as an intelligent speaking character.

[Jenova]

But they only showed Nanaki in battle. We have not seen him in his 'calm' mode.

[Camanche]

lol... calm mode? Wasn't aware of that one, So, he what, puffs up and gets bulkier in battle? Heh, amusing to think of.

[Cloud72789]

Ok, Nanaki is (or was) the protector of Cosmo Canyon. (At least his tribe or species was.) He's supposed to be kinda fierce. And like someone said, we haven't seen Nanaki in anything other than a fight scene. We haven't seen him in a calm situation. He might look a little different in a non-combat scene. I think that he might have a very deep voice, but not a raspy or growly voice. (Just my thought anways.)

[Luthien Rogue]

lol... calm mode? Wasn't aware of that one, So, he what, puffs up and gets bulkier in battle? Heh, amusing to think of.

...Ok, have you ever seen a cat, for example, get scared/pissed off? And all of their hair stands straight up? Nanaki's in a battle, so just wait until you see him in his "calm mode" (what a cute name o.O).

[cloud20747]

...Ok, have you ever seen a cat, for example, get scared/pissed off? And all of their hair stands straight up? Nanaki's in a battle, so just wait until you see him in his "calm mode" (what a cute name o.O).

I agree with thw calm mode because everyone looks different when their mad....

Ok, have you ever seen a cat, for example, get scared/pissed off? And all of their hair stands straight up?

wouldn't Red XIII be classified as a Dog?

[Sepho]

The general consensus seems to be that Nanaki has combination of traits from multiple species (namely, cat and dog). There's a thread lying around in the FF7 [main game] forum where the topic has been dicussed.

[Luthien Rogue]

RedXIII the "Lion Hound" as many call him. He's very similiar to a lion or tiger, which are cats, so...

[Sepho]

Here's a link to the thread I mentioned if your interested:

http://www.eyesonff.com/forums/showthread.php?t=56579

It's a pretty good discussion; it has some solid points.