Being an RPG blogsite I am going to go ahead and assume that everybody on this website right now knows that Square Enix is remaking Final Fantasy IV for the DS with new and enhanced 3D graphics. It’s all very exciting, especially since the game was just announced for a US release of July 22nd. For those who have yet to play this specific Final Fantasy game I urge you to buy it when it releases, you will not regret the purchase.

In any case, back to my point in the title, why does the costume design for the Final Fantasy IV’s main character, Cecil, look so bad? The first time I saw the character my jaw dropped, not in awe but in surprise. When I first played Final Fantasy IV on the SNES (it was II back then) I thought the Cecil looked absolutely bad ass. Sure, back then we had to use our imagination as the sprites didn’t hold very well, but regardless, I had pictured him as looking totally intimidating with a punch of awesome thrown in. When I look at him in these screenshots, I can’t help but feel like a murder has been committed; the victim: fashion.

Don’t get me wrong, though, I’m not blaming the DS for this one. I have seen the DS create some truly awesome looking characters (3D or otherwise). I blame the designers on this one. I just can’t help but get angry when I see Cecil walking with his purple armour, of course, the pink stripes sashaying up and down him don’t help either. Where is the black? He is a dark knight for heaven’s sake!

Some of you might inject that in the actual SNES game Cecil had purplish/blue armour. Fair enough, but the reason behind those colours in the original is the inability to use black in sprites. They mix with the outline and make the character not seem as vivid (the same goes for dark grey).

Anyways, I’ll still be buying this game as the story is amazing. Like I said before, if you haven’t yet played FFIV then buy this game when it releases. The story is epic, and the characters are awesome. I just wish Cecil didn’t look so petite…

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