Since then, the Warrior of Light, or WoL for short, has been the personification of Final Fantasy I, making appearances in various other media and crossovers as a gallant and righteous knight.įor the release celebrating 20 years of the game, WoL changed his position in the logo. This Warrior of Light represented the Warrior class, but soon became the icon to represent the first game in the franchise. The logo shows one of the four Warriors of Light, heroes of the first game, and the same as in Amano's artwork. It was only when it was re-released in 2000 for WonderSwan Color (damn, do you remember this handheld?) that the logo had its identity changed to today's standard. For the American release, the logo changed to just the English typography. It was presented with artwork done by Amano featuring a very familiar Warrior of Light. First, it was all written in katakana with a bright, translucent blue, similar to the crystals in the game. The first Final Fantasy logo had several versions before it got to the one we know today. Final Fantasy I Above is the original logo and below the reworked after long years of suffering. Technical curiosity: the font used in all titles is Runic MT Condensed.

This results in a logo that is often conceptual, but which characterizes the essence of the game - or describes its ending in some cases.

While the game is still in development, Amano is given a handful of information about it, like a plot summary, and must illustrate something from what he gleans from reading it. He illustrated almost all of them, except for the bad ones, and he has a very peculiar and interpretive process. The illustrator of the franchise logos is Yoshitaka Amano. Logo Illustrator Yoshitaka Amano designed not only logos, he also designed concept art for many major characters.

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