Quote from: 7Soul on October 18, 2012, 09:58:35 PM
Most of the time this is due to limitations of the color palette, and for the art design in general.
For instance, in the ending credits her hair is brown, and during the game it's black. If it was brown in the game, her sprite would have to be drawn in a different way in order to display that brown color, and it could also result in bad readability against the background
NES games have a limitation of only 4 colors per 8x8 pixels sprite. In her case, she is made of 6 (or 8, I forgot) sprites, each using white, red, black and transparent
Great knowledge on the topic, but I am mostly curious about her attire. Is it that skimpy outfit she wears at the end? It just doesn't seem to be practical for combat, but then again, it is similar to what her sprite wears IMO.