Spiky hair and afros: New playable FF XIII character revealed
by Alexander Sliwinski 
on Jan 14th 2009 11:16AM
The latest issue of V-Jump
reveals a new playable
Final Fantasy XIII character who deviates from the JRPG norm. Sazh Kalzroy (that's his name) likes the color green, uses two pistol-like weapons, loves Chocobos ... and he's black. One of the last memorable black characters in a JRPG we can recall is Barret from
Final Fantasy VII, way back in 1997. We considered Fran from
FF XII ... but she was more of a bunny. There's also Vivi from
FF IX, although we're not sure if a black mage counts.
It'll be interesting to see how Kalzroy is portrayed in the game. We're also wondering if we'll see a lot more diversity from NPC characters inhabiting the world of
FF XIII, or if Kalzroy will be the only black man on the planet. You can check out the full V-Jump scan
here.
[Thanks, Copland]
