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[Dr. Acula]

Originally Posted by Takara ^

The little white dudes are called Pooshka, I heard.

I thought those were those Calbrena Doll things...

[Elpizo]

A guy on gamespot translated the scan with those white things as good a he could. I'll quote what he translated:

TRANSLATED EXCERPT
of scan unveiling the Poochika
http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/7...ewscan2tq1.jpg



Area below Rydia with Pink-and Red Heading
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Enigmatic New Life Forms?!
“POOCHIKA”!!

Main Text: Have mysterious new characters that look like children’s lucky-charm dolls* been born?! They seem similar to Summoned Monsters, but can it be that you can draw their faces, attach abilities, and otherwise customise them?!

Poochika to Right of Heading: We aren’t Moogles, y’know!
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* Tera-tera bouzu are said to bring good weather if hung up under a house’s eaves; this superstition originated in China (source: Japanese Wikipedia article).



Screen showing Father Poochika addressing Cecil
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In-Game Text: We are the race known as the Poochika. If you identify a flower bud* with us, we can take the form of various Summoned Beasts.

Text to the Left: Assuming that they’re Summoned Beasts, whether or not they participate in Rydia’s Summoning magic is on our minds right now. At best, they don’t look to be particularly strong, but …?
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* I have no idea what this is supposed to mean.



Battle Screen
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Edge’s Command List: Fight / Steal / Throw / Ninjutsu / Item

Yellow Writing and Arrow pointing to Poochika: Can it be … that they fight alongside you?!
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I get the feeling I really stuffed up that in-game screen. Flower buds? Huh? Since the Poochika themselves are meant to resemble a children’s doll, maybe there’s some kind of link.

[Dragonface]

Did anyone saw how SE spell 'Kain' in the scan as 'Cain'?

[Elpizo]

Here are some more new scans:

http://www.jeux-france.com/Webmaster...4324_1_big.jpg

http://www.jeux-france.com/Webmaster...4314_0_big.jpg

And whoever asked for summons here, the second scan has them! =)

[Wolf Kanno]

Is that Odin using a bow and arrow?

Yeah, I noticed that Kain is spelled Cain in the mags. I figure it was something not too far off from the whole Cefca/Kefka thing so I wouldn't think too much about it.

Anyone else thinks it's interesting that DK Cecil removes his visor from time to time while Kain doesn't? Just pointing out the symbolism

[Karellen]

Eh, the more I look at these models the more I don't like them. I mean, compare those pictures of Rydia and Yang to the latest Crystal Chronicles game. The texturing doesn't look anywhere near as detailed.

Eh, maybe they'll improve it for the final game.

EDIT: Links not working. I'll fix it in a minute.

EDIT: Fix'd

[Elpizo]

When I look at CC RoF's character models, than at IV's...

IV's win. More detailed, more realistic and very fitting for IV. Maybe it's because you're looking at unclear scans here, but just check out the official site. The amount of detail on, say... Paladin Cecil is quite impressive, the same goes for Rosa.

But oh well, there always has to be someone to complain, so I'm not saying anything.

[Karellen]

Yeah, the official does give a better impression of what the designs will look like in game. The models are impressive from a design perspective but they just don't seem to have a whole load of definition. They don't really seem to have put as much thought into lighting/shading as the more cellshaded-esk CC designs, which makes the detail harder to decipher.