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    Chocobo: Kui

    Chocobos remind me of Yupa's (later Nausicaa's) faithful companions in Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa so I named my chocobo after one of them.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikita View Post
    Chocobo: Kui

    Chocobos remind me of Yupa's (later Nausicaa's) faithful companions in Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa so I named my chocobo after one of them.




    Holy shit they are everywhere.. (I've seen this before.. just a long time ago forgot about it XD)

    Is there an animal in Japan that has a chocobo esque shape? Or just too damn cute to pass up? lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shougun View Post
    Holy shit they are everywhere.. (I've seen this before.. just a long time ago forgot about it XD)

    Is there an animal in Japan that has a chocobo esque shape? Or just too damn cute to pass up? lol
    I thought they look a bit like dodos (not the more plump FFXIV dodos):


    And apparently the idea for chocobos came from Nausicaa (if Wikipedia and its reference are to be believed)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nausica...nd_%28manga%29
    (scroll down to the last line of the Reception section)

    And reference #14 from that Wikipedia entry:
    Rogers, Tim (March 27, 2006). "In Defense of Final Fantasy XII". Edge. "Okay, so the Chocobos -- big, yellow riding birds -- were actually stolen from Hayao Miyazaki's movie 'Nausicaa and the Valley of the Wind', and Hironobu Sakaguchi freely admitted that way back when."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikita View Post
    I thought they look a bit like dodos (not the more plump FFXIV dodos):


    And apparently the idea for chocobos came from Nausicaa (if Wikipedia and its reference are to be believed)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nausica...nd_%28manga%29
    (scroll down to the last line of the Reception section)

    And reference #14 from that Wikipedia entry:
    But .. dodos are in FFXI/FFXIV.. :P

    Actually that makes me wonder.. Will we get a Dodo mount.. lol

    (Thanks for the research ^_^) - I'll probably be watching that anime again now lol

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    I-I thought that Mr. Mog-mog was a s-secret. How'd you know? ._.,
    What do you think he did when you were away? Mr. Mog-mog was a naughty moogle he changed my clothes too..

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    all i want ^-^
    Yoshi said we will get it during one of the main quests - even talked about it possibly having special features during that portion of the quest.
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    Last edited by Shougun; 11-08-2012 at 02:08 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shougun View Post
    Holy shit they are everywhere..

    Square's a bunch a thieeeeeeeeeves.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gramul View Post

    Square's a bunch a thieeeeeeeeeves.
    those look more like ostriches which could have been taken from reality since people actually ride ostriches.

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    Quote Originally Posted by syntaxlies View Post
    those look more like ostriches which could have been taken from reality since people actually ride ostriches.

    I actually had the chance to ride one myself once, but they freaked me out too much.
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