In Reply To #12
Playable? More like 'teaser'. I would KILL to be able to play as Genya...
And his sprite in Aria was kickass, the one in Dawn was its retard brother... the LEGS!!! what the hell was up with THE LEGS!!!!
I'm not kidding: Just turn the game on, and go fight the final boss and look at Genya while he's kneeling. Makes you want to run over to Japan and bash the DS into the designers' heads till either the DS or their skulls crack!
As for Yoko, I can see what you mean.
As for Kojima being a smarter designer than the morons for the rest of Dawn's art, that's a definate. Kojima's always been a fantastic designer, with not only actual ARTISTIC ABILITY ( God forbid there be talent included for the official ART!
), but is also thoughtful on the outfits' purpose instead of just the pretty factor.