Final Fantasy 7 Remake

Read translated Famitsu Interview by dualshockers:

FF7 Remake DLC – How Yuffie and Sonon were designed to balance each other​

First, Tetsuya Nomura shared some comments on the appearance of Sonon Kusakabe, and how protagonist Cloud, but also past character Vincent, not in the Remake yet, influenced the development team’s decisions:

Tetsuya Nomura: “As explained in the profiles we previously revealed, Sonon is from Wutai and a member of Avalanche. Sonon’s features mixes Asian influences and military motifs, like with his shoulder guard armor. He uses a stick to fight and wears easy to move in, light clothes, to create a balance with Yuffie’s design.”

Tetsuya Nomura also explained Sonon was initially a younger character and a “bishonen” type of character similar to Cloud or Vincent. However, you could already see Yuffie interact with Cloud, Vincent, and that type of characters in previous FF7 games and works, so they instead went with an older, manly guy type of character.

Tetsuya Nomura: “Moreover, at first Sonon’s design was that of a younger, beautiful teenager. But we wanted to show a new side of Yuffie and how she’d interact with a different type of character, different from Cloud or Vincent. That’s why Sonon became such a manly character.”
 
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