Oh, boy, lotta questions, here.
A recent interview with Tetsuya Nomura in Weekly Famitsu (translated by Gematsu) illuminated a few things on the Final Fantasy VII Remake. For one, the Honeybee Inn part is still in the game; though what changes will be made are anyone’s guess. But the one sticking out to everyone is that apparently Square Enix’s ethics department asked the team to tone down Tifa’s chest so that things would “not get unnatural during all the intense action.”
We wanted Tifa to have abs, so she has an athletic body type. The ethics department at Square Enix also told us that we had to tighten her chest as not to get unnatural during all the intense action. From there we got the black underwear and fitted tank top.
Now, to be fair, I actually like the design they went with. Mostly because it’s reasonably similar to the original character art, with a few updates. Still everyone is fixated on this as some sort of non issue. But you know what this made me ask?
Why the fuck does Square Enix have an “ethics department”?!
I’ve absolutely racked my brain (excuse the pun) on this, and for the life of me, I can’t come up with an answer. I can’t figure out what the point to having such a department in an entertainment company is. All I know is, I’m pretty sure the Dead or Alive team would probably kill themselves if they had to deal with one.
Source: VG 24/7
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