Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26213067-20150704223025/@comment-25521131-20150705105023

I personally like the design PowerFX chose, especially concerning the color palette. But I really would've liked to have seen what Syo and Natasha had in mind, especially considering they wanted to try going in a new direction making Ruby "colored" and a little different from other Vocaloids. I mean the initial design concepts looked like something out of an American cartoon, something I felt would've appealed to American audiences, at least more than animoo characters and stock images. But now there's this, I mean, again, I really like it, I think it's really pretty, but it seems to be taking the same direction SONiKA did, which dissappoints me since I was looking foward to something a little more unique, and I just can't help but feel in comparison to what Syo and Natasha had in mind, that it's going to affect sales in a negative way - not only because they broke their promise to Syo, but also because they're still using their old method of making mascots - using a realistic persona to act as the mascot, or a Japanese-influenced avatar, and considering Vocaloid still isn't very popular in the US and other similar countries, it's beyond me how it doesn't  occur to them "Hmm, maybe we should try something different."