Final Fantasy XIII Gets Afro Chocobo Handler: Sazh Katzroy
- Filed under: Games, News
- Date: Jan 15, 2009 15:21 JST
- Tags: Announcements, Character Design, Final Fantasy, Marketing, Shonen Jump
The latest issue of Shonen Jump reveals an amusing new character in Square Enix’s upcoming Final Fantasy XIII, an afro-donning, dual pistol wielding man whose hair is apparently large enough to serve as living space for his pet chibi chocobo: サッズ・カッツロイ / Sazh Katzroy.
The full sized scan from the magazine is below:
Not much in the way of details are given, but it is apparent that the dual pistols he carries will probably be his main weapon type in the game, and he does have a chibi chocobo that he carries around with him.
The magazine suggests that the chocobo, Hina, might be carried around in the unnamed character’s hair, which definitely does seem large enough for the task.
Above are Final Fantasy XIII’s more traditionally designed characters. Perhaps Sazh looks somewhat out of place?
A response to the new character design:
Oh lawd.
I can has watermelon wif dis chikin?
about time they post a brother in FF.
They HAD one, in FF 7. Remember Barret?
And before you say ‘No’, he walked the walk and talked the talk.
So, bruthas in FF aren’t anything new. It’s just more apparent this time around.
Yeah, f*ck that. We had one 12 years ago. That’s plenty.
No. Bad. Shut the f*ck up. Please.
Black main character next time, please.
It’s Japan, there are no black people, what can you expect?
pfff u guys forget another brutha already: Kiros from FF8. He wants to have a word with you.
Thankfully the Japanese do not like black people for other things then comic relief. I always laugh like hell when they have some random nigga named Bob who does something ridiculous in j-dramas.
Regarding characters with pets, one has to remember Minsc from Baldurs Gate!Big white guy with shaved head and a raging passion for justice. Alawys with his partner, the hamster Boo. Who actually is a SPACE HAMSTER.
You would always get irritated that the damn hamster was stealing one of the three quick-slots, but then you would press him and hear *squeek* and immediately forgive him. :D
“A den of stinking evil. Cover your nose Boo! We will leave no crevice untouched!”
“Take heart fellow adventurers, for you have curried the favor of Boo, The only miniature giant space hamster in the Realm. My friend and companion ever since my h-h-head wound, he will lead us to victory! Onward to the Gnoll Stronghold to the west! Tarry not! We must go soon! “
Well, I’ll be damned! I *forgot* about Kiros. I stand corrected.
give it to the japanese. they successfully made chocobo loving, stereotypical, gun toting, afro samurai wannabe black dude. BREAK YO SELF FOOOOO!!!
I’m going to laugh if he turns out to be the intelligent caring level headed guy and everyone’s misconceptions turn out wrong. unlikely but a bit more funny. i guess were all guilty of racial stereotyping in one way or the other.
Final Fantasy just can’t seem to break away from the negro stereotypes. First Barret, now this.
…and the vast majority of America can’t?
Agreed. Wow they just had to add him in there when it makes absolutely no sense.
OMG, THAT IS SOOOOO CUTE!!!… I mean the chocobo of course… it’s like a little chicken in a nest!
Hmmm as for the character itself, I bet that he’s gonna act like Zell from FF8… just another comic-relief =P
The face looks familiar…
chocobos are closed.
is the story for this FF different from any of the other ones?
It’s about Crystals. What else? ALWAYS the crystals.
*looks at the character portraits* Guess, who will be left out of the active party most of the time?
Duhhhhhhhh
Cait Sith?
I can dig it.
This game better have some pools to stand in front of, or I’ll have to write them an angry letter.
If he can summon Samuel L Jackson, Final Fantasy XIII will be awesome.
Improbable? Yes, but the protagionist is a pretty-looking girl this time, not a boy/lad/L’Oreal ad. SquareEnix is going a different pitch which hopefully includes lesbians.
Shaft is in Final Fantasy lulz
I’d hit it!
count me in!
POOLS CLOSED
But seriously, he kinda reminds me of Chris Rock with an afro. Does anyone notice that?
This game is now a must.
jajaja, from the expression of his face i’m almost sure hes the comical-type character. now he just needs a B-Body car and its al set.
whats this? Hollywood?
when you look at him closer and compare him with the other FFXIII characters… he kinda look real and not CG… well probably the effect of bieng printed in a JUMP page, find it pretty cool though… and btw any video game character of any race or any color is always cool as long as they can kick ass! who knows? may they’ll have a famous “black guy” to voice act on this one… an actor or a singer or a rapper or an athlete… or whatever
maybe they’ll have a hobo to voice him over lol!
He’s a complicated man, who noone understands but his chocobo.
The Racism tunneling through this place is palpable. you’d think that after obama’s success people would possibly change their mind, but then japanese racism is pretty stubborn. my favourite piece of racism was always Mr Popo and his magic carpet from the dragonball series. it was such a mismatch of look and culture. i mean what persian has ever been that dark. oh and there are black people in japan. they had one in their national team.
oh yeah and coincidentally, i’m listening to one of the few 2pac songs i have.
Get off /v/, Quen
I picked this (and all the pictures) up at a Japanese blog!
I wonder if he wears a lot of gold chains, and says “I pitty the foo” XD
Oh hey, I have that DVD. Haven’t watched it yet… maybe I’ll rip the movie and put it on my PSP.
Seems like he’s startin to get bald at the top of his head since it ain’t grown enough on top.