what a nice way to both let your character artist flex, and to instantly build a rapport both between the characters and player, and between the characters themselves in-lore 😎 it's a very...human way to do UI design lol.
i love these but can't think of any other game that did this except Dragon's Crown (and the Jet Set Radio games if we're going 3D). anyone know of other examples?
i gotta rep the fatal fury 3 character select screen! i always loved this a lot ever since i saw a screenshot of it in a magazine when i was a kid. what a cool way to show off your roster and get a sense of each character! (and maybe show off the neo geo's ability to display huge sprites? idk if that was impressive at the time, but i feel like it was)