Anyway, let's introduce our boys! On the left we have Zak, the older of the three brothers (that's right, three brothers, but we'll get to that later) and on the right we have... Zak's brother who doesn't have a name yet... so I guess I'll just call him Bro for this post.

Of the two, Zak is the more down to earth brother, while Bro is more of the day dreamer. While Zak seems more negative and doesn't really accept the world as it's given to him, it doesn't mean he's a bad guy, he's just the more realistic of the two brothers. Bro, on the other hand is an optimistic, somewhat foolhardy young man. He always jumps at a chance to help and later describes that saving the world would be '"the ultimate good deed!"
They're two very different people, but they balance each other out. Zak keeps Bro from getting his head lost in the clouds, while Bro makes sure that Zak lightens up every once in a while.
Zak uses the European style Broad Sword as his chosen weapon and his skills lean more towards the agressive side, while Bro is more adept at the quick Eastern style Katana and his skills are geared more towards defensive traits.
As I said, different choices made by the player will have an effect on which brother takes the spotlight in certain scenes. This leads to branching conversations and sometimes to different quests or items!
I hope you guys like these sprites! The style is borrowed from the Game Boy Advance Fire Emblem games which I think are very easy to detail and create a variety of poses. tell me what you think! Also, as I said, Bro doesn't have an official name yet so remember to post your ideas in the comment section!
Very cool!
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This phrase makes me think Bro's name could be Dirk, Mercutio or even Captain Hammer ;)
Otherwise maybe Kato or just Kat. It's not Zak backwards but it works on the mind anyway. Plus Katana - Kat - Kato it's easy to remember thanks to the visual cue. But I guess he does have a Brest Plate on so with my logic you could call him Plato.
Also, as far as branching goes I've played a lot of games with this and I find the ones that get it right created a feeling of the unknown and excitement.
Eric sounds like a complimentary name to Zak. My first thought was Barthanuel. Why I thought of Xenogears, I don't know.
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