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(Humor) How To Design Characters the Square Enix Way...

December 07, 2008 in Photos comments 21

Ever wonder how Square Enix tackles the difficulty of character design?

Check Your HUD has put together a light-hearted tutorial on how to create a Square Enix character --->

Miss Razz via checkyourhud.com »
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  • 1
    RabidChinaGirl Dec 8, 08
    XD So great... Thanks for posting!
  • 0
    Storm Dec 8, 08
    This had to have been inspired by Vaan in a sense.

    Hilarious nonetheless!
    • 2
      Chais Dec 8, 08
      Don't forget Kuja.

      I couldn't help but laugh at the penis optional part.
      • 0
        Krunal Dec 8, 08
        Ah... so that explains a lot about you Avalith... that part for you was optional what with you being a villain...
  • 1
    Shuyu Dec 8, 08
    And to think, if Nomura weren't being whored at every available moment, we wouldn't have this problem.

    Quite enjoyed that. It's just... so amazingly true.

  • 0
    Killosity Dec 8, 08
    Incredibly funny and yet so true! Awesome article!
  • 0
    Big A2 Dec 8, 08
    I think this will help Square-Enix's new American studio with character design.
  • 0
    Bale Fire Dec 8, 08
    I remember hearing back at the start of development for FFXII that Vaan was actually meant to break the stereotype of girly men, to be a generally manly character. Then guess what? They went and made him worse than all the rest combined!
    • 0
      Krunal Dec 8, 08
      People have commented soo much in the forum saying "OMG The girl named Vaan doesn't have a top on... and she's flat chested!!!" thinking that Vaan is obviously a girl...
      • 0
        Final Blade Dec 8, 08
        Well he looks like one. His design was just awful.
  • 1
    Krunal Dec 8, 08
    Damn it, I can only rate the article once... that's just classical and oh so true.
  • 1
    The Omega Dec 8, 08
    This is awesome. A very good explanation of all of these feminine male lead characters in FF games [continues following Krunal around GameGrep; what a nice stalking feature this site has! ]
  • 0
    Cruxis Mana Dec 8, 08
    Lightning - 4a
    Snow Villiers - 4b
    Sera - 3
    • 0
      Shuyu Dec 8, 08
      More or less, yeah. But, does that make Glasses Woman 4c, only with insidey reproductive bits?

      • 0
        Cruxis Mana Dec 8, 08
        Ooshizz - I forgot about those two.

        I'd say Glasses woman is 4c too - We've only seen her front. God knows what she's hiding up front.

        The other Silver haired guy will most likely be 4b too.
  • 0
    kik36 Dec 8, 08
    LMFAO definitely holds true doesn't it?
  • 1
    dwg14390 Dec 8, 08
    Oh noez now everyone will no the secret to Square's sucess! D:



    ........*runs of to make game using the character designs*

    .........*does not put penis in any of the characters*



    ........*only 1 of them is a girl....*
  • 0
    Linkerd101 Dec 9, 08
    lllllllllllololololololololloololoololololololooolololloooolll
    dat funnn E
  • 0
    Capn Droid Dec 9, 08
    This article is great and amazing in too many ways.
  • 0
    EOM Bassist Dec 9, 08
    Haha, how good is that. Square Enix is gonna get put outta business now cos so many people will be making copies of their characters and turning characters gay an stuff... I know i'll try
  • 3
    Mr Gray Jan 8, 09
    This isn't a joke. They stole this from Tetsuya Nomura's briefcase last year. He's seriously been looking for it for a while now, dreading the secret was dragged out (of the closet), he'll be out of a job as competition amps up and all JRPGs use the schematic.

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