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Tetsuya Nomura (FF VersusXIII, Kingdom Hearts III, FFVII Remake) is on Xenoblade 2
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ShockingAlberto
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I dunno, i thought it was pretty good myself
The only part of this that resembles the Wii game is the resolution.
very funny. but if we're talking about actual designs, it still applies. Xenoblade 1's designs reminded me of FF12 actually
I dunno, i thought it was pretty good myself
To be fair, Xeno 2 most likely will have just as ridiculous costume
Dark Cloud
Member
Nomura should do more work with Monolith Soft.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
First guy look straight outta kingdom hearts in that profile lol
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.
I dunno, i thought it was pretty good myself
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.
You are joking, but I do wonder if this is something he's done in his freetime. Nomura and Takahashi have a long history together after all, so maybe the idea of him drawing a character or two for Xenoblade 2 was just something that came up when those guys met for a drink or something.
Ah yes, concept art of the characters from behind.I dunno, i thought it was pretty good myself
The revisionism is scary tbh
Mister Wolf
Gold Member
Pretty certain this Xenoblade wont have equipable armor/clothing
Hahaha
I was personally surprisingly okay with the original's character designs. I didn't like the insane gear you'll be wearing towards the end of the game, but the characters themselves are fine. Or look fine. Not a fan of many of the actual characters.
I haven't seen any evidence for or against this, so I'm not sure why you're making this assumption considering the games that precede it.
e: well except for the outlandish default designs
CaviarMeths
Member
We need to just hurry up with cloning tech so that my boy Yoshida can do character designs for every game.
titiklabingapat
Member
I still can't get over how bad the main character design is. I won't even mention the twig with titties. The other party members aren't *too* bad.
Yeah while I'm fond of them, I admit the character designs in the first Xenoblade weren't anything too special. I think the only standout for me was Dunban, and Seven was pretty bad.
Still, I'd take "just okay" designs again over the anime abominations in X2 any day of the week, sigh.
Still, I'd take "just okay" designs again over the anime abominations in X2 any day of the week, sigh.
The Spoony Hou
Member
Hope he doesn't ruin the game.
Well, a vast majority of his character design work is done on games where he's not the director, so it's hard for your statement not to be true. Pretty much all of his crappiest character designs have happened under the direction of others too. KH is the only franchise he's the head of (though he's had a more or less important creative role in other projects as well) and KH designs are inoffensive and a bit goofy looking at worst (pun unintended) and actually really good at best (Master Xehanort, Eraqus, Sora, Riku & Kairi in KHII & III, Roxas/Ven, Aqua, many of the Org XIII members, some of the KHUX characters etc. are all good, memorable designs).
Most of the games Nomura has had a more active role in (not (necessarily) the director but a strong supporting creative role) have been some of the better received SQEX games in the past decade. Games like TWEWY, Dissidia, Theatrhythm, portable KHs etc.
+ he's only a character designer in this, so it's not like he'll have any kind of bigger role beyond that (at most I'd imagine he'll maybe give some ideas about the story and/or personalities of the characters he designs).
He's just a workaholic. And it's not like this kind of work is something that will take him away from his own games for months, weeks or even days on end at a time, but more something he'll do on the side once he's done with his daily duties at SQEX.
with some character designs? I mean if we've seen anything it can't get much worse on that front without him there.
Mister Wolf
Gold Member
Watch this trailer + treehouse footage breakdown. Specifically how it pertains to characters increasing/modifying their stats. Also note the symbols used for the shops.
https://youtu.be/leQ0fty6PFo
Ah, I haven't watched any of the analysis videos, I just remember seeing a bunch of shops towards the end of the treehouse gameplay footage. I'll (try to remember to) check that out when I get home.
ShockingAlberto
Member
You are joking, but I do wonder if this is something he's done in his freetime. Nomura and Takahashi have a long history together after all, so maybe the idea of him drawing a character or two for Xenoblade 2 was just something that came up when those guys met for a drink or something.
I would not be shocked at all if you told me Nomura suffered from the same thing Kubo Tite does, where he draws characters when he gets bored so nothing ever gets done.
The Spoony Hou
Member
Yeah, it was just a quick joke, lol. If he's really just doing some character designs it should be fine.
CaviarMeths
Member
Yeah, I'm not so sure about this.
Mister Wolf
Gold Member
"So Tetsuya how is Kingdom Hearts III going?" - CEO of Square Enix
"Its going." - Nomura(Penciling Xenoblade 2 designs)
That's how he has himself described his work habits/schedule in interviews, I'm not just pulling this shit out of my ass. Make jokes about him "never" finishing anything (I think that's mostly due to larger issues at SQEX & him just being responsible with reeeeally big games that nowadays don't get made in 2-3 years), but he's an insanely hard worker, so much so that he has himself admitted that it has harmed his personal life/how much time time he can spend with his family.
Does it? That's not character design, that's an art piece that happens to have characters in it. What do the actual Xenoblade character designs look like? Especially the 3D designs used for production of the actual game assets?
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
I can't really complain about Xenoblade's character models in the context of the game's overall look, but there's no defending the vast majority of its armour - there were some spectacularly ugly messes in there.
X generally had a significantly better set of available options, though having all characters share the same pool of gear doubtlessly helped with that. That's most likely not happening here, and I'm guessing the casual gear isn't coming back either.
X generally had a significantly better set of available options, though having all characters share the same pool of gear doubtlessly helped with that. That's most likely not happening here, and I'm guessing the casual gear isn't coming back either.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
This would have been really interesting a few years back, but we live in a world where he also designs Batman action figures.
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.
For example, the base 2D designs look like this:
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.
Super Stardust
Member
Game deserves a hd remake, its sad how good the characters look in all the concepts compared to the potato faces we ended up with.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
Those. Are. Not. Concept. Art.
They are illustration artwork made for promotional purposes. They're mean to be detailed and look really good. I don't understand why this is so hard for people to understand. Do people see something drawn in 2D and just automatically think "that must have been what they used to create the game"?
Ahh I thought the default Sharla design was pretty good
mfw Nomuras chars are the best designed ones in the cast
seems like my saving grace
seems like my saving grace
TheGreatLugia
Banned
But will this organization have 13 members?
Maybe, but not more than one female member, let's not get carried away here
Likely. And it will be up to Rex to unlock the path between each titan with his trusty blade partner so they can figure out the mystery of the mysterious Kingdom of Elysium.
TheMoon
Member
I'm more surprised that you don't know that people don't know anything about game dev.
"Nobody" knows what concept art is. People see any sort of artwork that isn't a screenshot = concept art.
