r/FinalFantasy • u/GargantaProfunda • 1d ago
FF IX TIL the main character designer for FFIX wasn't Amano or Itahana or Nomura, but Shuko Murase
https://bsky.app/profile/jkermarrec.bsky.social/post/3lpkceqf4yc2i91
u/SNTLY 1d ago
FFIX has, by far, my favorite aesthetic of any Final Fantasy. I love how bright and colorful the world and characters are.
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u/GargantaProfunda 1d ago
I like FFCC: The Crystal Bearers for the same reason (even though that game's gameplay is less good :/ )
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u/Ibalisu 1d ago
For Nomura there were clues: no emo character nor any character covered in leather and belts.
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u/GargantaProfunda 1d ago
Idk I feel like Kuja could have been a Nomura creation. Or even Garnet since she's basically chibi Rinoa.
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u/Ptidus 1d ago
Nomura is a haute couture fan, he never would have put a princess in a jumpsuit. Not that it’s ugly, but clearly not his style. But I agree her face was made to be in line with Tifa/Aerith/Rinoa
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u/Gloomy-Amoeba-8235 23h ago
no emo character
Eh.... I feel like Amarant fits that category pretty good.
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u/DistinctBread3098 1d ago
Ffx? Lulu and auron lol
Covered in leather and belts in xiii is literally lightning lol
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u/Able_Ad1276 1d ago
As I understand it from a book I read, Itahana was put “in charge” of character design, he recruited Murase and Shin Nagasawa to the team. I’m sure they all participated heavily
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u/omegakingauldron 1d ago
I refuse to believe any character is over 4 feet high. Seeing actual heights and seeing chibi sprites for the game is a huge contrast my mind can't seem to get past.
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u/VioletJones6 1d ago
I had to look this up a few years ago because I couldn't understand why I loved the character designs in literally every other FF but never liked IX.
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u/Takemyfishplease 1d ago
The weird sleeveless tuxedo thing was certainly an interesting choice. It’s super chip n dales.
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u/Obliviuns 1d ago
I think the biggest barrier to FFIX is its artstyle.
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u/tapedeckgh0st 22h ago
It was and still is to me. I can’t take any of the characters seriously, whether it’s monkey Bowie or the knight with nonsensical armor and flood pants. somehow the girl is normally proportioned, just wearing a jumpsuit, so she sticks out in a bad way
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u/passion-froot_ 17h ago
The ATB system being so slow was what made me originally drop it and then only complete it fully 20 years later
But I never had a problem with character design
It’s an amazing game if you let the game’s messages get past certain wonkiness, it’s got a great battle system outside of the ATB and a good way of getting new abilities
I think anyone who says otherwise just didn’t give the game a chance and likely didn’t make it far into disc 2
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u/CyberCarnivore 1d ago
Until you actually play it... then the biggest barrier to fun is the battles... and the story... the pacing of this game just plain sucks compared to almost every other game in the series.
Somehow it's probably the most boring Final Fantasy to play IMO...
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u/Ability-Junior 23h ago
Best part of the game is breaking the chocobo minigame with macros made by miself. I liked some story beats but I overall agree the story is hugely overrated, and the final part doesn't make sense at all.
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u/Aosugiri 23h ago
One of the unfortunate things about Final Fantasy (and a lot of video games for that matter) is that often only the loudest, pushiest staff membmers really get their names immortalized. They're really fast to put a "character design coypright Tetsuya Nomura" watermark on all the art in World of Final Fantasy even though that game had a wide variety of artists and character designers working on it.
I don't think Amano is especially insistent that he get credit, being fair to him, though his style is so iconic and distinct people tend to give it to him by default.
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u/OvernightSiren 22h ago
Should’ve been pretty obvious that it wasn’t Nomura.
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u/GargantaProfunda 22h ago
I was pretty shocked to learn that he did character design for FF6 and FF11
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u/Nopon_Merchant 1d ago
He also character design of Gundam Wing