Quote Originally Posted by Claire_Pendragon View Post
As good as that detailed model looks, the pets are designed with the same limitations that minions have.

You'll notice their detail is lacking, to help lower stress on the PS3 version of the game.
FFXI - 1999-2001 developed Playstation 2 MMORPG has full detailed (for that platform) Avatars (Summons), that's not an argument. They stated it wasn't PS3 limitation in any shape or form, Yoshi simply hated seeing people with multiple copies of a powerful beast as a pet as he felt it "cheapened" them.