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[Cwarrior]

First guy design is generic while the second guy looks like one of better looking characters in the game.

xenoblade 1 had some nice character designs but the series has gotten worse with each game.

Again, that's not character design, that's artwork. There's a reason why in the Xenoblade credits, there is no simple character designer credited, instead they credit people for art design - from 2D to 3D to illustration works.

There's very little detail, especially in the faces. There are no detailed bust-up designs in 2D afaik. I think it also explains why the 3D model work in Xenoblade has a very different look from the detailed 2D artwork used for promotional purposes, because different artists expanded on the concepts on their own. They're not based on each other.

The faces & models look much closer to the promotional art then those designs you posted, especially dunban and Dickson which look came out better then there counter part, the low res textures on characters faces like shulk let it down.

I would love a remaster of xenoblade with high res textures in 1080p 60fps.

 

[Maebe]

We can see most of the dark-haired guy in the trailer when he's fighting Rex.

His back:

Somehow he gives me the impression he pilots a mecha. I hope he pilots a cool mecha.

Spoiler

Eyepatch is still best boy

 

[Man God]

Let's get Nomura World in Terra Battle 2.

 

[Piers]

What'll be ironic is if Monolithsoft changed character designs to be more appealing to the Japanese fanbase, in response to vocal complaints (primarily from Westerners) to XB2's designs.

 

[TwilightPrincess]

Probably because they were internally designed. I don't know how popular Saitom is, but he's definitely on board because Takahashi probably thought there was a fanbase or was a fan himself for some reason.



Ah the Honne art, he didn't really design the characters for Xenoblade but did concept art like that and even built real models for the Bionis and Mechonis. What I would give for a game with his art direction again.

Wouldn't be surprised if he did concept art for the Titans in Xenoblade 2 too. The Landscapes/environment give that Honne/Baten Kaitos/Chrono Cross vibe to me.

 

[MicH]

These character designs

Look pretty damn cool to me, as i said before, Xenoblade's outfits and such always gave me an Ivalice type of feeling

Concept art or not, these characters all look much better than anyone we've seen in XB2. Wish they would have kept this style of character design, would've looked really nice in HD.

 

[Christhor]

Really shows how much of a hack this Masatsugu Saito guy must be.

 

[thepenguin55]

Good to see he still hasn't abandon having lots of straps in his costume designs.

 

[Supast4r]

This is why Kingdom hearts 3 keeps getting delayed.

 

[KingSnake]

https://twitter.com/XenobladeJP/status/877408864886431744

Ira/Torna is an organisation not a single character. These two were designed by Nomura:

But who needs hot stylish guys when you can get generic anime kids as main characters, right?

 

[ynwzh]

 

[Hours Left]

Those were the only two characters that looked any good. At least one of them looks to be playable, of course the other one seems to be a villain. :/

 

[jackal27]

https://twitter.com/XenobladeJP/status/877408864886431744

Ira/Torna is an organisation not a single character. These two were designed by Nomura:

Hey and whaddya know, these are the only 2 character designs I've even remotely liked so far. Which is really surprising to me because I usually can't stand Nomura's designs.

Maybe the way this team translates them over just works really well?

 

[The Last One]

https://twitter.com/XenobladeJP/status/877408864886431744

Ira/Torna is an organisation not a single character. These two were designed by Nomura:

These are much better than the dull main characters.

I have no idea what this "FF Versus XIII" is, can someone clarify?

It was like an artbook that never got released.

 

[foxuzamaki]

https://twitter.com/XenobladeJP/status/877408864886431744

Ira/Torna is an organisation not a single character. These two were designed by Nomura:

I knew the white haired guy had to be him

 

[What The Forest Taught Me]

Those were the only two characters that looked any good. At least one of them looks to be playable, of course the other one seems to be a villain. :/

I agree, despite not being a fan of modern-day Nomura. Their design styles clash with the rest of the cast.

 

[ThatChairMan]

Ah, that makes sense. I thought I was getting some Gladio vibes from the black-haired guy.

 

[wanders]

I love how all the games he is credited for in the thread title haven't released yet looolll