OakTree Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 This will be obviously one-sided, but i wanted to do it anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeheza Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Is Kusakihara the director of Awakening/Fates? If so, then no. I'd like to have back the director from Tellius games. He did the coolest designs in the franchise imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anacybele Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Psh, if he's responsible for the abominations that are Camilla, Charlotte (even if her personality is a girl that tries to seduce men, even she could've been handled better), and the 3DS Knight line, he needs to be fired. Yes, bring back Tellius's director and Senri Kita. Those designs were the best by far, imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solrocknroll Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Psh, if he's responsible for the abominations that are Camilla, Charlotte (even if her personality is a girl that tries to seduce men, even she could've been handled better), and the 3DS Knight line, he needs to be fired. Yes, bring back Tellius's director and Senri Kita. Those designs were the best by far, imo. I see nothing wrong with Charlotte for that reason. Camilla is lol awful but what can you do. I love Kozaki but hate the art director himself. Funny right? although I would hate to have senri kita Tellius characters were not good and radiant dawn was basically longcoat the game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azz Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Please no. The Tellius designs are probably the best designs in the series. Not too 'eccentric' and unfitting as this era but not as bland (Though bland may not be the best word to describe them) as some of the older games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anacybele Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 I see nothing wrong with Charlotte for that reason. She has ugly balloon boobs and a bikini that shows part of her female area. It's more revealing than a standard pair of underwear. If you're going to design a "sexual" character, look at someone like Petrine for reference. Even her large breasts look more natural than Charlotte's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardin Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Fire Emblem is at a high that has never been seen for 20 years in part because Kusakihara so dramatically changed the aesthetics. I don't have a strong opinion on him myself, but asking to ditch that success and go back to when the series was the least popular is insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solrocknroll Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Fire Emblem is at a high that has never been seen for 20 years in part because Kusakihara so dramatically changed the aesthetics. I don't have a strong opinion on him myself, but asking to ditch that success and go back to when the series was the least popular is insane. Yeah, Awakening and Fates are my favorites since the Kaga games. I think that the series is ever evolving, and I can't wait to see where it's going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anacybele Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 lolwut? The games are NOT successful because of this guy. They're successful because they actually got marketing and casual mode was added. Previous FE games were barely ever marketed at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuxSpes Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Fire Emblem is at a high that has never been seen for 20 years in part because Kusakihara so dramatically changed the aesthetics. I don't have a strong opinion on him myself, but asking to ditch that success and go back to when the series was the least popular is insane. I doubt that the fan-servicy design are really the main thing that made Awakening popular. Like Anacybele said, I think it's more Nintendo doing a lot of marketing for the game before it's release and it was made more approachable due to casual mode. The shipping aspect may have contributed as well, but I think that would work even without battle panties on great knight. And I don't think people would notice it too much if they switched art director but kept Kozaki as the artist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandragon Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 is Camilla awful because boobs? is that it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Laufeyson Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 is Camilla awful because boobs? is that it? For some. For others, its her actual armor design. I disagree wholly with the former, and i see the latter's point. OP, what about the "im not fussed either way" option? Cuz im really not. We all like Tellius style designs, but as long as FE keeps getting made, im not too bothered by the art direction too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The DanMan Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Fire Emblem is at a high that has never been seen for 20 years in part because Kusakihara so dramatically changed the aesthetics. I don't have a strong opinion on him myself, but asking to ditch that success and go back to when the series was the least popular is insane. I'm with Ana on this one: aesthetics was probably the last thing that "saved" the series. Proper marketing, casual mode, and word of mouth did most of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerosabers Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 is Camilla awful because boobs? is that it? Camilla is awful because her design is terrible. I'm completely fine with characters looking sexy if it fits them. I start to have a problem with it when one of two things happen. 1) Proportions that are terrible and things like balloon boobs. 2) Things like battle panties that look awful for the sake of fanservice, especially on classes with high defense. Camilla does both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angienessyo Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Eh, I have a hard time hating on the designs. For every stupid design like Camilia's underpants we get like 10 cool ones http://i.imgur.com/YnmPQZf.jpg http://i.imgur.com/oK4n9N0.jpg I'm okay with dumb fan service when it's kept to a minimum and doesn't distract from the rest of the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anacybele Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 (edited) is Camilla awful because boobs? is that it? Uh, no, no one said this. See DanMan and Zerosabers's posts. Edited December 21, 2015 by Anacybele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skynstein Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 (edited) Yes. I like his art and character concepts. I don't think he's doing anything that IntSys don't want him to, though. They even hired an artist famous for hentai art to redesign Celica for Awakening's DLC. And he didn't disappoint. ;) I admit that some of the more revealing outfits may look a bit ridiculous and I'd much prefer to see this sort of stuff as some kind of reward in the game, but hey, it's selling and his art is pretty good. Edited December 20, 2015 by Cerberus87 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookofholsety Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 absolutely not. not only is he chiefly responsible for shitty fanservice hell and hideous armour designs, but his own illustrations indicate he has a poor grasp of how to art and anatomy, get kusakihara as far away from fire emblem as possible, please and thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solrocknroll Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 absolutely not. not only is he chiefly responsible for shitty fanservice hell and hideous armour designs, but his own illustrations indicate he has a poor grasp of how to art and anatomy, get kusakihara as far away from fire emblem as possible, please and thank you I actually don't think anything outside of the breasts look bad but those breasts are some of the worst I've ever seen in pretty much any art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irysa Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 her legs look like shit too, wtf is with the bend going on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HF Makalov Fanboy Kai Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 has he ever naked breasts? boobs do not work like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerosabers Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 has he ever naked breasts? boobs do not work like that. I mean they're not even normal anime bad where boobs are stiff and just magically float, instead every part of the boob is directly connected to the chest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Odinson Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 (edited) Charlotte's design is bad not because it's skimpy. When I've campaigned for female zerkers all these years I expected them to be just as skimpy as hawkeye, that's never a problem. Charlotte's design is bad because the fighter class as a whole looks dumb and she's an unfortunate victim of being designed too close to the class. Her berserker design in TCG looks more or less alright. If Kusakihara thought either of the FE13/14 fighter designs were good ideas and also giving mounted units battle panties, I'd like someone else. Not necessarily the Tellius squad (although they are very good and I wouldn't mind), but I'd also just like to see the FE look change up every once in a while too. Keeps things fresh. I'd offer myself but I have a programming job. Edited December 21, 2015 by Thor Odinson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryo Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Even if he left they'd probably (most likely) hire someone way worse, so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambulz Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Fates is far from a complete step down from Awakening's designs. For one, most generic class designs look phenomenal. It seems where he made amends for mistakes in Awakening's aesthetic design (turtle knights & toilet bowl cavaliers), he would also take steps backwards at the same time (aforementioned battle panties). It seems to me that people have been more vocal with their complaints this time around, so maybe (thinking optimistically here) he might compromise and knock it out of the park next time. Third time's the charm, amiright? Also keep Kozaki. Kozaki is great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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