#savyna

[yamsgarden]

give this man some love

[gregly]

Baten Kaitos continues to be wonderful, my gamecube version got misplaced so I'm glad for the switch release!

I've gotten back into it and am nearing the end... Savyna is so cool I had to draw her again. It's spiriter week!

I'll draw someone else from the crew if I think of something-- I gave her firey claws and I was looking at the cards for reference... it seems like all her claw weapons are icy water type cards! Oops. I made them firey anyway.

If you click the tag on my blog you can see my baten kaitos art from years past........

[fuckyeahbatenkaitos]

Happy release day! This was posted by the official Japanese Baten Kaitos page on Twitter!

[wariopunkdesign]

Finally, after many years of waiting, I managed to get my hands on a JRPG I've always admired from afar, watching the trailers and gameplay shown on Game Network (here in Italy we had a TV channel dedicated to video games for some time).

There's a lot to say about Baten Kaitos.

The initial impact with the card system (magnus) and the associated combat is certainly very strong and addictive, an idea that until then had been used in small RPGs for portable consoles, and which here is expanded and made highly strategic (Baten Kaitos Origin will feature some technical improvements, but in my opinion, the combat will be worse overall).

However, the story starts out weak and full of gaps, questions that are never satisfactorily answered, which is strange, as Monolith has always been a master when it comes to the narrative side of its games.

Baten Kaitos's strengths are its visual imagery and the Magnus system.

The world of Baten Kaitos is varied, colorful, and innovative, like admiring a series of fantastic paintings; the various islands, especially Mira, are a feast for the eyes and ears (even if Anuenue's theme will quickly become a torment).

As beautiful as the aesthetic is, the game's story never really takes off.

It starts with very generic expectations and then, save for one of the best plot twists I've ever seen in the genre, settles into a very tired final arc.

The party characters have tremendous potential, but they aren't fully exploited throughout the story (the Lyude family or the Savyna comrades), but fortunately they are a little revisited in the side quests before the final dungeon.

Furthermore, the true depth of these characters will be explored fantastically in Baten Kaitos Origin, which is why I think Origin should be played before Eternal Wings.

Another weakness that strikes me personally is how forced and rushed the romance between the main characters is. Being one of my favorite aspects of JRPGs, I didn't appreciate how sloppy it was.

Furthermore, there are a couple of poor gameplay choices that slow the game down and dampen the story's pace (they'll be there in Origin too, with those damned cookies) like forced backtracking and fight the same boss two or more time in a row.

I didn't like the decision to remove the English voice acting in the remaster. Despite its reputation for mediocre voice acting, I can't get along with the Japanese language.

One of the worst ideas, in my opinion, was the post-battle reward system.

At the end of a battle, you can only keep one item or photo, forcing you to repeat battles to get new equipments or completing the photo album, which is also the only way to earn money (a peculiar choice that would have worked if you could have kept more items).

It's not hard to understand why this was removed from Origin.

I really enjoyed the side quests: the family tree, the animals, the constellations... they're all fun and engaging in the style of '90s JRPGs.

Overall, Baten Kaitos is a good JRPG with many innovative ideas, but many missteps in terms of story and gameplay choices that slow down the pace. In terms of story and characters, my favorite by far is Baten Kaitos Origin, which I really enjoyed a lot, great characters chemistry and skits, even though I found the combat inferior.

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[coffee-cait]

🌅 🐳  excited for that baten kaitos remaster

[dimas-favorite]

This screen from Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe reminds me of the item description for the “Tonguetwister Rouge” from Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean…

(The ladies are laughing at Gibari because he cannot use the lipstick 😂)

[drawnwithrage]

Hello everyone! Hope y‘all had a lovely night and may your day be wonderful! Today I bring you a lovely Savyna. She was so fun to draw! I love her confidence 🧡🧡🧡🧡! Very attractive lady. I just woke up so if this seems lackluster blame it on the that 🤣. Also she is available as a sticker but y’all are going to have to wait until I update my Etsy store. Thanks!

[chaoticblades]

I am, as always, late to Spiriter Week ^^;;;;

Lotta life happening, so I just remade an oldie from a previous SW (below the cut). It was supposed to be a bubbly magical girl AU type deal, but instinct took over and I did my usual inking style, just with the addition of some half-tone shading to make it a little... friendlier, I guess?

I kept the old designs but adjusted the colors a bit to give them all more of a distinct look.