I'm asking this question because I know you enjoy FF IV as I do, Marc: doesn't that squid look awfully similar to Octomammoth (aka Octomamm), the boss at the end of the underground waterway that blocks the path to Damcyan early in the game (at least the way it looked as rendered in the earlier versions of the game)? Is there some Rare to Square connection there, or is this just coincidence (actual or wink wink)? FF IV came out a couple years after Cobra Triangle, and on a different console of course, but the similarity really jumped out at me.
I think it's one of those things where there's only so many ways to draw "angry, semi-realistic giant squid monster" with the allotted pixels. Kind of like how so many of the cartoon-y octopi in 8-bit and 16-bit games look so similar i.e. in Konami vs. Hudson vs. Nintendo properties
I'm asking this question because I know you enjoy FF IV as I do, Marc: doesn't that squid look awfully similar to Octomammoth (aka Octomamm), the boss at the end of the underground waterway that blocks the path to Damcyan early in the game (at least the way it looked as rendered in the earlier versions of the game)? Is there some Rare to Square connection there, or is this just coincidence (actual or wink wink)? FF IV came out a couple years after Cobra Triangle, and on a different console of course, but the similarity really jumped out at me.
I think it's one of those things where there's only so many ways to draw "angry, semi-realistic giant squid monster" with the allotted pixels. Kind of like how so many of the cartoon-y octopi in 8-bit and 16-bit games look so similar i.e. in Konami vs. Hudson vs. Nintendo properties