But the west does have its fair share of interesting characters, even someone like Shodan. But you're unlikely to see anyone try to do anything interesting with her, outside of some potential SS3. But it seems that even the generic characters in japanese games stand out. Maybe it's just the obvious difference in art style from the west but I keep thinking that there has to be something more.
If I asked someone in the west to draw Sora, as if I was asking them to design an original character, just by giving them a description of what the character is, what are the changes anyone would make something as easily recognizable as the one we have now?
Why is it that Japanese characters are seemingly easier to market and turn into mascots than western characters?
Carter Baker
Benjamin James
Could do without the stupid single bat wing though.
Jose Taylor
How would you market a regular looking guy with a shaved head?
Christian Lee
Cloud and Vincent will probably do the fusion dance in a future part for whatever reason, and they'll look like this, and then there will be extra lore to explain how he ended up in Olympus in KH1.
Nathaniel James
Now that you mention that...where does the bat wing come from anyway?
William Wright
Steve from Minecraft
Jack Torres
I think it's just a whole "they're opposites" shit with Cloud and Sephiroth. Sephiroth has an angel wing coming out of his right, Cloud has a devil wing coming out of his left.
Thomas Cruz
These some it up pretty nicely. Japan, for better and for worse, isn't generally concerned about being grounded in realism or practicality over looking cool.
Justin Diaz
That KH 2 dialogue implied that Sephiroth and Cloud are one of the same.
Camden Morales
KH2 Cloud is wearing Advent Children clothing though, and I don't think he had the wing anymore. In KH1 Cloud calls Sephiroth his darkness.
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