Feedback relating to the similarities between V-Tuber avatars and Hearth Emblem Engage characters expressed on social media is probably not totally unwarranted. Mika Pikazo, greatest recognized for creating V-Tuber characters Kaguya Luna and Hakos Baelz, is definitely Hearth Emblem Interact’s lead character designer.
Pikazo’s involvement with Hearth Emblem was introduced in September 2022 with a tweet studying, “I designed the characters for the Nintendo’s new FE title “Hearth Emblem Interact.” Please look ahead to the sport!” together with gorgeous paintings of the female and male variants of the participant character, Alear.
From January 6, 2023, till Hearth Emblem Interact’s launch, Pikazo shared attractive paintings of assorted characters she designed and illustrated day-after-day 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 Methods director Tsutomo Tei claimed that the crew was on the lookout for “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 path [they] wished for [Fire Emblem Engage].” The choice to rent Pikazo was reportedly unanimous, with the whole crew enamored by Pikao’s paintings.
The primary characters Pikazo designed for the crew have been Alear and Céline, with Alear’s distinctive blue and pink coloration scheme current from the start. Tei claims that Pikazo has been a Hearth Emblem fan for a while and conceptualized Alear, Clanne, and Framme‘s coloration themes primarily based on thematic decisions from previous titles.
Clever Methods producer Masahiro Higuchi claims that Yunaka significantly caught his consideration, stating that “her character and the best way 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 Hearth 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.
Hearth Emblem is just not 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. Hearth Emblem Interact is offered to play now, completely on Nintendo Swap.
– This text was up to date on January twenty fourth, 2023
