Quote Originally Posted by Kawaii Ryűkishi
Quote Originally Posted by Vyk
I'd go with what the game designers say. I just see Amano simply as an interpreter.
It's the other way around. Amano designs the characters, and then whoever designs the sprites or models interprets and adapts his artwork.
Or so it was back then. Amano came up with a lot of things that weren't originally planned to be in the game, such as Ultros.