The Very Big Final Fantasy XIII Thread

[bluestarultor]

Originally Posted by NonCon

Don't lie. It reflects poorly on you. Wearing a half shirt where one sleeve deviates into some leather webbing... thing does not make sense. Wearing overalls does not make sense, either. When one of the legs is shorts, and the other leg is short shorts... just... argh. The future looks fuckin' dumb.

Well, you have to consider things like laterality and which limbs a person is most likely to block with. Tidus has a longer right pant leg because he's right-handed and likely is going to use his right knee on the ball when deflecting or positioning it. The mesh on the back is to help prevent opposing players from taking out his kicking knee from behind where it's most vulnerable. His left leg actually has the leg zipped off, indicating a lefty would have the option to be switched around, and it reduces drag on his weaker leg. His left arm is padded because when blocking, assuming the opposing team is all right-handed, the ball will be speeding at him on his own left side from the front. His right arm is kept free to less hinder it while making hand passes. You'll notice his "overalls" are actually in two layers, meaning better padding for his abdomen.

Most of it makes sense, really. The only real problem is his hood-like collar.

I can accuse Snow's Buddy Team for looking fucking dumb. I know they probably die or something fairly early on, but goddamn those outfits are fucking awful.

Those aren't Nomura's designs, though. Ikeda did them, along with all the other non-essential NPCs.