The Player Characters

[Pyrax]

Why wouldn't they be Lucas/Dawn's ancestors? It's set in the *Meiji equivalent of Sinnoh so I just assumed that was the case.
Btw this tweet regarding their designs is an interesting read. There's a lot of Ainu elements, such as their robe and sandals - compare these with these. It's a great design choice imo.

 

[Volphied]

Why wouldn't they be Lucas/Dawn's ancestors? It's set in feudal Sinnoh so I just assumed that was the case.
Btw this tweet regarding their designs is an interesting read. There's a lot of Ainu elements, such as their robe and sandals - compare these with these. It's a great design choice imo.

It's not "feudal" Sinnoh. Especially since Ainu had nothing to do with feudal Japan. This is Meiji era Hokkaido.

 

[Cute Charm]

Glad it’s not just me who finds the male PC’s hat odd. I don’t mind the characters looking similar to Dawn and Lucas but they really should have switched the hat to something more in keeping with the rest.

Flat caps existed during the time. I wonder if they just allowed him to keep it to show like, the western influence on Japanese fashion in the 1800s.

 

[Shib]

Flat caps existed during the time. I wonder if they just allowed him to keep it to show like, the western influence on Japanese fashion in the 1800s.

given that in that era in general Japan was interested in western technology but very opposed to western culture so I highly doubt it.

They could have taken something like the below as the base but in red and simplified the sides rather than a European style flat cap and it would look much more in keeping with the rest of the costume design. The female character isn’t wearing the bandana is a particularly historically accurate way but it at least makes sense with the rest of the costume.

 

[Volphied]

given that in that era in general Japan was interested in western technology but very opposed to western culture so I highly doubt it.

Is that why the Japanese Emperor wore this during the Meiji era?

This was the era when Western fashion became popular across Japan.

 

[Pyrax]

It's not "feudal" Sinnoh. Especially since Ainu had nothing to do with feudal Japan. This is Meiji era Hokkaido.

Sorry, slip of the the tongue

 

[Shib]

This was the era when Western fashion became popular across Japan.

the illustration you posted showed exactly what I mean - they might have adopted parts of western fashion but it was done in a very Japanese way- the flat cap that the main character is wearing (along with nothing else westernised) is more or less an exact copy of Lucas’s which is 100% western and not Japanese at all.

If you’ve no problem with it that’s fine but for me it’s immersion breaking as it doesn’t tie with the rest of the costume design and I find that immersion breaking in a game. Obviously I’m going to take the simple solution and play as the female playable character.

 

[Volphied]

the illustration you posted showed exactly what I mean - they might have adopted parts of western fashion but it was done in a very Japanese way- the flat cap that the main character is wearing (along with nothing else westernised) is more or less an exact copy of Lucas’s which is 100% western and not Japanese at all.

The Illustration I posted was just one example, and is in no way a complete picture of how western fashion permeated ordinary Japanese. That's why I also linked a picture of the Emperor, dressed from head to toe in western clothes.

So far I don't see anything wrong or immersion breaking with how the MC are dressed in the game. They fit the Meiji era pretty good in my opinion.

 

[PurplePopplio]

I wonder if the player characters will be 14 like Dawn and Lucas or maybe older. I don't see much reason to change the age. But it would be interesting if they were older. Although it doesn't change much or anything.