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Quote Originally Posted by LunarWeaver
On a serious note, Sakaguchi has said yes Miyazaki's Nausicaa was the inspiration for them :O
Source? I just find that curious because the original chocobo designs didn't look like birds at all. They looked more like ugly gigantic reptiles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocobo#Description That's the best straight up source I can offer. I read that in a Game Informer mag a long time ago though, that's where I got it from.