Akihiko Yoshida leaves SquareEnix
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Strangelove
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i made an audible gasp of despair at this news
he was my favourite
he was my favourite
LicoriceAllsorts
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Oh, man, I loved his artwork.
The Twilight Mexican
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You might be thinking of Naoki Yoshida there, Minato. He's XIV's savior.
Still, it sucks. I love Akihiko's designs.
Still, it sucks. I love Akihiko's designs.
Dark and Divine
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Super Mario
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GG Square Enix, you've killed one of your potential golden gooses.
Strangelove
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He will probably end up like all the others who have broken off from Square and gone freelance, meaning he will probably be back for a bunch of games in the future. Only now he gets to work with other people too.
Splintered
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That's my impression. He even says he's still working on Bravely Default. I hope freelancing does good for him, he deserves it.
Kermitu Kleric Katie
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Oh well, at least SE still have Nomura.
My thoughts exactly. Nomura's designed a lot of my favorite characters, such as the cast of VII, Gilgamesh, Setzer, etc.
It's still sad to see him leaving, XII had some cool characters.
Masamune
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I thought Setzer was designed by Amano, not Nomura? If he was, that makes his butchering in KH2 even more inexplicable.
Also, you might need one of these for my last post:
The Twilight Mexican
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Setzer and Shadow's original designs were done by Nomura. On the other hand, Vincent's original design was done by Amano.
Strangelove
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I thought he had a part in the backstory/character of Setzer and Shadow? (Don't really know much about the design process for FFVI though)
Masamune
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That's hilarious.
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I thought setzer was done by amano for the snes??
Strangelove
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According to the Japanese FF Wiki, Nomura suggested a prototype for Setzer when they were making FFV but it wasn't used. The way they talk about it sounds more like it's talking about the actual character rather than just visuals (using words like 設定 which tends to be more actual story stuff). It also gives Nojima the potential blame for KH2, since he wrote KH2 but apparently didn't know FFVI and the fact that his role was originally for Rufus Shinra.
The Twilight Mexican
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May well be that he was just responsible for the stories for Setzer and Shadow rather than their appearances as well. Given that he's primarily known for his designs, it may be easy to confuse the notions where it's written that he created those two, particularly since his artwork was already being used as recently as FFV.
The fact that he definitely designed Daryl further confuses the matter.
The fact that he definitely designed Daryl further confuses the matter.