Finale Fireworker
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Why would you let go the most popular Final Fantasy female?
Lightning Stars in New Louis Vuitton Fashion Film
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Why would you let go the most popular Final Fantasy female?
Empyrean Heaven
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Noctis and co is too busy promoting coleman
YoYo Switch
Banned
Yo don't bother. The "Japanese people make games and characters for pedophiles because that accursed island is filled with pedophiles and demon people and should be wiped off the face of this beautiful western earth" narrative will never die along with the "as soon as it become 2005, all the veteran Japanese developers who had been making video games for over 20 years just forgot how to make video games because 'the move to HD' was so complicated that of course stupid ass Japanese people couldn't handle making games at a resolution higher than 480i" narrative.
You can't convince other people.
I will never understand where any of this came from nor will I ever understand where my victim complex for a race of people I'm not a part of came from. I'm just so jumpy
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Lightning in FF15 please.
Ivan Amiibo
Banned
It's pretty cheesy but fashion wise, there are far worse crimes in Final Fantasy + other square games.
I just wonder if one paid the other for the cross-marketing. I can't picture someone at LV being like "we should really get this kind-of popular video game character..." but I can picture Nomura begging for the opportunity. Probably as a way to get into the career he was made for--making fucked up runway clothes.
Guy could give the runway fashion world a serious belting and make them all zip their lips.
I just wonder if one paid the other for the cross-marketing. I can't picture someone at LV being like "we should really get this kind-of popular video game character..." but I can picture Nomura begging for the opportunity. Probably as a way to get into the career he was made for--making fucked up runway clothes.
Guy could give the runway fashion world a serious belting and make them all zip their lips.
No expense is too great for toriyama to spend on lightning
I just realized this.
If you wanna market FF15 in such a short commercial,what music would you pick ?
FF15 so far doesn't have as catchy a tune.(at least not that we know of)
Dark_castle
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Dark_castle
Junior Member
Gratia Mundi.
TheGreatDirector
Banned
artsi
Member
> Gratia Mundi starts playing
> Noctis rises out from a limousine with Luna
> Walks the red carpet, cameras flashing
> Close-ups of cool, expensive brand clothes they're wearing
> Full body pose in the end
> Logo of brand X
Yeah, it could work.
Somnus would work, especially if rearranged. It's stuck with the public image of the project since the Versus XIII days, and even if cut down to a 7-second excerpt, the vocal performance is pretty attention-grabbing.
Yeah how could I forget lol..Its an amazing hook.
lol tbh FF15 would be even more appropriate given that its world is realistic.
That ...too...Gratia..Mun..di...
I am definitely out of touch. I didn't know wearing shorts and tiara together is a thing now.
SliceSabre
Banned
No SE I still don't like Lightning even if she is rocking that really nice purse.
Haunted
Member
Don't worry, it's not. These fashion shows are usually pretty far removed from reality.
Like those open crotch/stripper/hooker outfits for Lightning, so I guess this is a perfect match!
Neither are JRPGs and I was talking about Japan sales only. Using Xillia in that regard is also a false comparison as FFXIII sold MUCH more than Xillia did so a bigger drop was expected, especially considering the polarizing nature of the title.
Nah.
At the same Paris fashion week, Dior's spring/summer 2016 ready to wear:
Chanel's spring/summer ready to wear:
The Louis Vuitton ready to wear was punk themed, that's all.
Dark_castle
Junior Member
Backing up a little, I'd argue that Bravely series doesn't really belong in that classification, despite being a direct sequel story-wise. It'd be more along the lines of Xenosaga, with the sequels being a full-game affair. If it's selling less, that's more due to other factors than the ones leading to the drop off of the others being discussed.
The exact classification you're probably looking for in terms of 'spin-offs' are direct sequels for franchises where there's a penchant for each numbered mainline iteration to not be related in terms of story. X-2, XIII-2, LR and Xillia 2 hold true in this case, as does TAY, Symphonia DotNW, etc.
Dark_castle
Junior Member
Fabricated popularity. SE could have leave Lightning alone in her very first game she made an appearance in, FFXIII and very few people will ask for more of her. Instead, SE decides to milk her dry and here we are now.
Not that I think these fashion collaboration are any big deal. I'm more upset at the fact that Hiroyuki Ito, the game director of FFVI, FFIX, FFXII are being locked in the basement of the company for many years.
You're just making excuses and exceptions for 13's situation. This is what you said:
Not 'huge decline in console JRPG game sales'. You also use Bravely Second as an example when I can just as arbitrarily exclude it for being a handheld game like you exclude Xillia for being a smaller seller, despite Xillia being the better comparison to 13. (Not to mention you used it for a comparison yourself.) Making excuses is handwaving away data that shows that 13 and Lightning performed significantly worse with each iteration through faults of its own.
13's sales declined very sharply. If you want to argue that there's a steep drop in console game sales, then you have to contend with all these other titles that managed to grow significantly. Resident Evil 5 sold quite a lot, and RE6 managed to achieve 91% of its predecessor's sales. How come 13-2 and LR couldn't do that? Simple, instead of maintaining quality and orienting towards wider appeal, 13-2 was a rush job reusing most of 13's assets and LR turned internally towards the Japanese otaku market.
Well, Dramatis, you certainly gave the best reply as to why FF13 sales declined than pretty much any post on the subject so I really have nothing else to add. Though I would maybe say that the structure of LR (the time limit, the dress-up system, one on one battles, open world) may have also worked against it in reaching a higher audience. I guess what I am trying to say is that just because the games sold less does not mean that interest in the characters and world were sole reasons. It's a shame that people missed out on some great if not quirky games but everyone is entitled to their preference.
djplaeskool
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Keep Hatin'
firehawk12
Subete no aware
In some ways, Lightning is the Lara Croft of the last generation.
lol
Because they can.
ShinMaruku
Member
I see nothing wrong here. The salt actually makes it right.
psynergylover
Member
Yep. Just checking my closet.
LMAO!!!
This is a weird as hell rebuttal. Rosalina and Isabelle are characters have that have had major roles (narrative, cameo, playable) in a wide range of titles (Several Mario games, several Animal Crossing games, Smash Bros, Mario Karts, etc.) that have pretty much all sold on par or outsold the various FFXIII titles. They also have a ton of merch produced for them and probably more on the way and they will likely see more appearances in future games. Like I seriously think you aren't giving those characters their due diligence. They don't need game titles after them - they've just been in more games, better selling games, games held in generally higher esteem than the FFXIII series, are posed to appear in future mainline games and have more broad appeal.
You laugh
There are plenty of people who would have been happy if FF7 Remake looked something like that.
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
Nomura doesn't have a fetish for the character. You're thinking of Toriyama.
durrrrrrrrrr
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Lightning is the best FF female of all time. Always like seeing more of her.
ShinMaruku
Member
If she gets cross promotional things like this outside of the usual ff avenues I think she's a fairly successful character.
How? She's the most one-dimensional character the series has seen in a while.
Hasphat'sAnts
Member
Yes. Lightning is very pretty.
And she's got the personality of a wooden block, so it kinda fits.
And she's got the personality of a wooden block, so it kinda fits.
thetrin
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Get with the times bro.
He looks like he's wearing a child's sweater but couldn't get his head through the neck hole and gave up.
RedAssedApe
Banned
The music is hype
Yeah, in Lightning Returns ending.