This is an original Chocobo by creator Yoshitaka Amano. The concept art is up on the Final Fantasy Wikia. Although there are Chocobo-like statues in Final Fantasy I the first real appearance of the famous horse-bird was Final Fantasy II. These chocobo were found in the forest by Kashuan Keep. Amano is known for using […]
Chocobo cake with edible models
How’s that for a cake? It’s the work of Barbarann Garrard (aka Cake Rhapsody). It’s even worth noting that the picture was snapped on an HTC smartphone. This cake looks as good as you see – no camera and lights tricks here. Any Final Fantasy geeks know the answer to this question? Which Final Fantasy […]
Chocobos escape Horsebird fate as Final Fantasy XIV begins to smell Chinese
Square Enix have a bit of a PR issue on their hands with Final Fantasy XIV. Suspicions that the game was written for the Chinese market came to the fore with Chocobos being re-named “Horsebirds”. Chinese characters had been popping up in the Japanese version of Final Fantasy XIV. Typically, Square would be mixing English […]