New Final Fantasy XIII Character Has A Fabulous Afro

Posted by Mike Fahey at 1:40 AM on January 15, 2009

A scan from the latest issue of Japanese gaming and manga magazine V Jump reveals the first new playable black character to appear in Final Fantasy since FFVII, Sazh Kalzroy.

Sahz is an unusual design from FF artist Tetsuya Nomura, foregoing the normal pretty boy looks for a much more masculine looking black character, the first to appear as a playable character in the main series since Final Fantasy VII's Barret Wallace. According to the text, Sahz has a deep love for chocobos, likes the colour green, and dual-wields pistols.

Hopefully Sahz won't end up being nearly the stereotype that Barret was, despite his 1970's throwback hairdo. As PSP Fanboy points out, that expression on his face certainly seems to point towards a guy who is a bit more lover and a bit less fighter. Check out the full scan below.

New playable FFXIII character revealed in latest V-Jump [PS3 Fanboy]

http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2009/01/new_final_fantasy_xiii_character_has_a_fabulous_afro-2.html

New playable FFXIII character revealed in latest V-Jump
Posted Jan 14th 2009 9:30AM by Majed Athab
Filed under: News

This is a bit of a shocker, and at the same time all kinds of awesome. For one, Tetsuya Nomura breaks out of his comfort zone and makes a pretty cool non-androgynous, non-spiky-haired character for us to look at. Second, this new character has been given a name ... and not just a silly code name; a real FF name. You may call the new playable cast member Sazh Kalzroy.

So far, we know a few things about Sazh. He likes the color green, wields two pistol-like weapons and has a soft spot for Chocobos. Something tells us by that smarmy look on his face that this gent is a ladies man a la Balthier (FFXII). He's a very interesting character indeed; see more of him in the full V-Jump scan here.

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2009/01/14/new-playable-ffxiii-character-revealed-in-latest-famitsu/

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