Feedback concerning the similarities between V-Tuber avatars and Fireplace Emblem Engage characters expressed on social media will not be completely unwarranted. Mika Pikazo, greatest recognized for creating V-Tuber characters Kaguya Luna and Hakos Baelz, is definitely Fireplace Emblem Interact’s lead character designer.
Pikazo’s involvement with Fireplace Emblem was introduced in September 2022 with a tweet studying, “I designed the characters for the Nintendo’s new FE title “Fireplace Emblem Interact.” Please sit up for the sport!” together with gorgeous paintings of the female and male variants of the participant character, Alear.
From January 6, 2023, till Fireplace Emblem Interact’s launch, Pikazo shared attractive paintings of assorted characters she designed and illustrated daily till the sport’s launch. Since her preliminary announcement, she has enthusiastically retweeted numerous items of fanart from different Twitter customers of the characters she crafted.
In an interview on Nintendo’s web site, Clever Programs director Tsutomo Tei claimed that the workforce was in search of “an artist whose design fashion would attraction to a broad viewers.” He described Mika Pikazo’s drawings as “Colourful,” “vivid,” and “an ideal match for the flashy route [they] needed for [Fire Emblem Engage].” The choice to rent Pikazo was reportedly unanimous, with your complete workforce enamored by Pikao’s paintings.
The primary characters Pikazo designed for the workforce had been Alear and Céline, with Alear’s distinctive blue and pink colour scheme current from the start. Tei claims that Pikazo has been a Fireplace Emblem fan for a while and conceptualized Alear, Clanne, and Framme‘s colour themes based mostly on thematic selections from previous titles.
Clever Programs producer Masahiro Higuchi claims that Yunaka notably caught his consideration, stating that “her character and the way in which she talks is nothing just like the characters we had earlier than.” Whereas he was cautious at first, Higuchi warmed as much as the character, describing her as “one in every of his favorites.”
Previous to her work on Fireplace Emblem Interact, Pikazo was arguably recognized greatest for the design of Hakos Baelz, an English-speaking V-Tuber related to the digital expertise company hololive. Pikazo has additionally illustrated a wide range of manga and lightweight novels, in addition to characters in Destiny/Grand Order.
Fireplace Emblem isn’t the one Nintendo franchise Pikazo has labored on, additionally offering paintings for Petilil and Volcarona within the Evolving Skies and Chilling Reign Pokémon card units, respectively.
Mika Pikazo‘s work could be discovered on her Twitter, Pixiv, and official web site. Fireplace Emblem Interact is offered to play now, solely on Nintendo Swap.
– This text was up to date on January twenty fourth, 2023