AC/CC >> Remake Buster Sword Changes

[Makoeyes987]

That "bulbous swirly stuff" were based on the mold patterns of ancient Japanese pottery from the Jomon period which he incorporated into Bahamut's design to give it a more ancient, ferocious appearance to differentiate it as a new incarnation.

 

[Ite]

Oh yeah I can totally see that.

 

[jeangl123]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1692722646859854108

speaking of lol

 

[Ite]

Someone has been reading this thread lol

 

[jeangl123]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1704249605020340363

Looks like Zack doesn't have the Gold Hilt in his art if this is the official one lol.

 

[jeangl123]

This one kinda reminded me of it though

 

[ForceStealer]

That actually looks like a mix of the Compilation Buster Sword and the second of Cloud's fusion swords

 

[jeangl123]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1705235506508997002

Lol sounds like Nomura forgot he requested for Takeya

 

[Theozilla]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1705235506508997002

Lol sounds like Nomura forgot he requested for Takeya

Is he saying he doesn't know why the Buster Sword got changed with a new design for Advent Children, or is he saying he doesn't why the Advent Children/Compilation Buster Sword was changed for the Crisis Core remaster?

If it is indeed the former, yeah he's simply forgetting (and to be fair he is in his 50s now)

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1705249756895723999

 

[Keveh Kins]

Tickles me that Nomura seems to be becoming a Mr. Burns-esque boss, makes demands, forgets them, runs with the change until he completely 180s and demands the exact opposite of what he originally asked for.

"For the last time Takeya, shave those sideburns!!"

 

[jeangl123]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1721437263983243403

Cover for the new DFFOO chapter

 

[ForceStealer]

Turn the sword around Cloud, you look ridiculous.

 

[Keveh Kins]

 

[Makoeyes987]

The gold hilt will always be the true Buster Sword.

I love how reality refuses to yield to this unnecessary revisionism.

 

[Odysseus]

But the gold WAS the revision

 

[jeangl123]

Oh yeah turns out Takeya did drawings of Safer Sephiroth and Knights of the Round. You can see the same Jōmon Pottery asthetic on them.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1720791754184831240

 

[Theozilla]

But the gold WAS the revision

Yes but it was the necessary revision.

 

[Odysseus]

no

 

[Makoeyes987]

The gold hilt was always the true Buster Sword.

Takeya straight up cookin' with these designs. What the fuck, where have these been???

 

[Odysseus]

Nomura recently said he had no idea why the design changed in the first place and didn't think he approved it so they just changed it back for Remake lol.

 

[Theozilla]

Nomura recently said he had no idea why the design changed in the first place and didn't think he approved it so they just changed it back for Remake lol.

That’s Nomura having a bad memory, if you look back a few posts, you can see people pointing out how Nomura was originally the person who requested the change.

 

[Odysseus]

I'm aware lol. I'm just saying 2020s Nomura decided he didn't like it and went back to the superior design lol.

 

[X-SOLDIER]

Oh yeah turns out Takeya did drawings of Safer Sephiroth and Knights of the Round. You can see the same Jōmon Pottery asthetic on them.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1720791754184831240

Well, there's a new artbook that I need to obtain, so thanks for sharing that!

Additionally, the DFF video from a week before that one is even better, because they literally have both of the Buster Swords in the same shot together a little after 3 minutes in. Behold it in all of its side-by-side glory:




Truly this design discrepancy is the gift that keeps on giving.


X

 

[Elkazor]

Just wait. Rebirth will reveal that both designs are actually correct bc one is from the Remake timeline while the other is from either the original timeline or the Zack timeline

 

[Suzaku]

The gold hilt was always the true Buster Sword.

Takeya straight up cookin' with these designs. What the fuck, where have these been???

It's the concept for the old Final Fantasy Creatures Archive figurine.

Honestly surprised I remembered the figure and the name of the sculptor, given I'm not tapped into the figurine / statue scene at all. He just happens to be one of the very few figurine sculptors I know the name of, because I was actually interested in the woodtone Revoltech figure series he did of Buddhist mythological figures. Way out of my price range though.