harumph

i still dont get whats up with a japanese odin anyway. odin was the nordic god of the underworld. . . why does he look japanese in the games? and wth is a zantazookie?

it's called "borrowing from folklore"

people do it every time. and odin's not the only one. there's shiva from hindu religion, he's male and known as the god of destruction - but in the ff games she's a she and an ice queen. there's a lot of terms, concepts, characters, items, and events in these games that are borrowed from a lot of real-world religions and cultures. xenogears has a lot of nordic references. heimdal, yggdrasil, orobulous, etc. if you want norse gods looking like actual norse gods (and not japanese) in a video game, the closest you can get is valkyrie profile. but then, valkyrie profile has a slight touch of modernness to it too. which i think is waaay cool. oh and zantetsuken is odin's trademark sword. may inflict an instant kill.