D-FENS on 19 August 2007
Amano was excellent as a CONCEPT artist, as far as a graphic artist, not so much. I, for one, am happy the originals had to stray so far from his art, which, while cool, really were too ethereal for the nuts and bolts of gameplay. (Yeah, they look great posing, but moving them around a gameworld, having a matching environment, they're just too light and airy.)
Besides, that Amano concept of Cecil looks more like an 80's rock lead singer, whereas, the DS looks like a fawning little namby-pamby.
