--- description: Japanese artist and game designer Tetsuya Nomura tries his hand at a rendition of Batman we've definitely never seen before. title: Tetsuya Nomura's Batman Design image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Is What Batman Might Look Like in a Final Fantasy Game by [Matt Peckham](/author/matt-peckham/) ## Matt Peckham Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 24, 2014 2:08 PM CUT by [Matt Peckham](/author/matt-peckham/) ## Matt Peckham Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 24, 2014 2:08 PM CUT Tetsuya Nomura, if you don’t know that name, is arguably Japan’s most visible video games character designer, best known for his work on the _Final Fantasy_ games. He’s responsible for some of the most memorable dysmorphic faces, improbable pantaloons, kitchen-cleaver swords and punk-via-bouffant hairdos in gaming history. And now he’s shown us what he might do were he green-lit to drop DC’s Batman into one of his games. Think Batman by way of [_Final Fantasy XII_‘s Mydia](http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Judge%5Fof%5FWings "undefined") by way of a _Battlestar Galactica_ Cylon.  Square Enix That’s more than just a concept drawing, too: You might eventually be able to buy this version of Batman, which Nomura apparently designed for DC Comics’ Variant Play Arts Kai action figure line. The figure was revealed in advance of Comic-Con, which kicks off today, July 24 and runs through Sunday, July 27. > [](https://twitter.com/SquareEnixUSA/status/492121570161094656) Nomura’s [going to be at the show](http://na.square-enix.com/us/blog/sdcc-2014-tetsuya-nomura-autograph-session-announced "undefined") autographing postcards on behalf of _Final Fantasy_, _Kingdom Hearts_ and DC Comics series Play Arts Kai action figures purchased at the show (you have to buy one to get the autographed postcard — a little gimmicky-sounding, I know). No word yet on when (or I suppose we need to include the condition _if_) this claw-winged, crimson-visored version of Batman’s going to be available, but [Kotaku says](http://kotaku.com/look-what-the-creator-of-kingdom-hearts-has-done-to-bat-1609958541 "undefined") the figure will be on display at Square Enix’s Comic-Con booth through Sunday. **RELATED:** Batman Arkham Knight Developer Interview **MORE:** The History of Video Game Consoles ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3028511/tetsuya-nomura-batman/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3028511/tetsuya-nomura-batman/"},"headline":"This Is What Batman Might Look Like in a Final Fantasy Game","datePublished":"2014-07-24T14:08:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:45:47.963Z","description":"Japanese artist and game designer Tetsuya Nomura tries his hand at a rendition of Batman we've definitely never seen before.","url":"https://time.com/3028511/tetsuya-nomura-batman/","keywords":["Tech","Video Games","Batman","Comic Con"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Matt Peckham","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/matt-peckham/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3028511/tetsuya-nomura-batman/","name":"This Is What Batman Might Look Like in a Final Fantasy Game"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"E3 Interview: Batman Arkham Knight","description":"E3 Interview: Batman Arkham Knight","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/KSnLjqAW/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-06-11T17:56:40.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/KSnLjqAW.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3028511/tetsuya-nomura-batman/","duration":"PT3M8S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3028511/tetsuya-nomura-batman/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"A History of Video Gaming Consoles","description":"The full series on gaming consoles packed into one video for you to watch.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/c8bQ37tV/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-01-08T16:50:03.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/c8bQ37tV.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3028511/tetsuya-nomura-batman/","duration":"PT23M45S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3028511/tetsuya-nomura-batman/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```