caerberus:

“About Cloud, isn’t the left-hand side of his design modelled on FFVII’s Vincent?” 

Nomura: 

Yes, his left arm is in Vincent’s image. This time, in this setting, Cloud is leaning towards the dark side, and I wanted to make him a bit more demon-like. And, since Vincent was exactly that kind of design, I just added it in. Although I would have liked to put Vincent in the game too…