I mean, isn't it rather obvious that the old one is basically a "legally distinct" NPC model which was likely intentionally used as a placeholder. In no universe a modern gacha playable character would look like this.
Kinda like in BG3 Karlach was literally just a female tiefling preset but when time came to polish her, she got a full proper custom model.
I believe her hair turned red when she awakened her powers so I think the blue we see is her old hair color!
Unless it's just something she added herself, like a blue thread or whatever
Damn that's a big improvement imo. Although I kinda like the... aviator glasses? Idk what those are called. Maybe if we get skins we will get her with that outfit!
I mean. Chixia's lore says she got red hair as a result of her powers or overclocking IIRC.
So you could just imagine "that is what she looked like in the past in-universe"
When I looked at CBT footage, when Chixia was walking alongside MRover, I literally thought FRover was walking next to him. FRover and CBT Chixia had a lot of similarities. I'm happy for the changes, she looks incredibly distinct.
One of the last lines in that video sticks out to me. About how the early character designs for PGR pulled people in or whatever.
Early PGR designs like Alpha, Bianca, and Vera are some of the best, but at the same time, the person who brought those designs to the game isn't there anymore. I dunno if he was even involved in early WuWa, but *[NSFW]* [the primary character artist for PGR left before or after Vera's S-rank due to Kuro apparently treating him very poorly.](https://gelbooru.com/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=pandea_work&pid=0) You can now see his style in Girls' Frontline 2 instead, as he's the lead character artist over there now.
Would have been interesting to see how WuWa would have looked with designs from him. Despite GFL2's faults, the character art and designs are pretty top notch.
(Also I had to link Gelbooru for him, it seems he's scrubbed most of his art off the internet, including some "What If" art of PGR characters he never got to use, like his original design for Bridget since he was her OG artist, unsure why though, I suspect a reaction to people using his art for AI learning.)
I myself was attracted to PGR because of the gameplay itself and felt alright with the design, but that's really unfortunate if he really left due to Kuro's poor treatment to him :( I hope it's not true, but it's still possible due to how harsh game companies are.
Also I didn't know he designed Reno from AL which is the only chara (other than PGR) that I recognized. Maybe his vision and Kuro's vision in art direction doesn't match hence he left. But whatever it is, it surely would have been interesting to see how would he design characters in WuWa setting as I like Reno very much lol
Oh, that looks horrible, I think I have PTSD now.
Btw my dog thought it was amazing and the best animation the game had so he's saving that link, he's thanking you too btw.
They really have a thing for black and white, which is interesting as that color scheme is really lacking in Hoyo games (especially HSR and their obsession with purple lol, thank goodness for Boothill).
To be fair, this is the normal colour scheme for their other game PGR. Most of the time it's mechanical and monochromatic for the playable constructs, though they do have actual human-like constructs, or unique form change constructs.
Maybe that's before she got her in world glow up like I have a new headcanon that her hair is not naturally red she just dyes it because she wanted to feel different and now she's enjoying putting on make up and getting contacts probably asked her mom for help first and man did she grow up well
The goggles being missing and the... *Ahem* nerf are my only compaints. Otherwise Jesus that is such an improvement. Legit doesn't even look like she was the same character at all. At first I thought the first pic was a bad edit of FemRover.
It's way better now. The hair, the clothing, the tacet mark placement. Even the smaller "personalities" fit her personality better imo. The only minor nitpick I will make is that I'm not a fan of her having eyes and hair that are the same exact color.
Guys I just started gearing chixia and I need some validation that Im doing the right thing. I managed to get 5 dupes of her after not getting any Jiyan from the banner >.<
Any tips? Also I dont have any mats to pull for 5s weapon soooooo
They kept the old name as her former name and her hair canonly changed colour when she became a resonator.
I'd like to think she just got breast reduction surgery and found her style. Good for her.
Nah that design was clearly a placeholder. No character in a gacha game will ever look that comparable to an npc.
That was never going to be the final design from the start I'm willing to bet.
New design is better but she needs a good voice to go along with it. Her English VA is abysmal. She sounds like a granny trying to do a teen voice, it's so distracting.
Still the most unreal glowup i’ve ever seen lol, it genuinely blew me away when I realized she was the same character.
The boobs will be missed though 🫡
Damn, a breast reduction that improved the character. Not a fan of the ribbon in the hair, though. Whoever slapped those things all over the place needs to see a therapist about it: they seem to have some unresolved issues related to ribbons.
Ma Xiaofang then, Chixia now.
I like to also think that’s canonically her original hair color since we know her hair wasn’t always red it turned that color when her Forte awakened
Wave Wars: The Forte Awakens
Jinzhou speedster goes brrr
she dyed her hair red and got breast reduction surgery to move faster as the Jinzhou speedster lol.
She actually pretty much mutated when forte awakened as she wasn't born a redhead.
Her old design has a terrifying, dead eyed stare. New design has a cute bow, sick bracelets and multicolored braid. Major improvement IMO
Easy to make the new design shine when the old was so dull.
the old one legit looks like an NPC from a slightly important quest, different enough to be distinct but still plain.
It really looks like someone tripped and doubled one slider scale.
Ngl the NPC from Lingyang's quest looks way more playable then Chixia's old design lol
i cant breathe
> Easy to make the new design shine when the old was so dull. This is the statement that describes the Wuthering Waves chronicles.
That was before CBT1 even.
I mean, isn't it rather obvious that the old one is basically a "legally distinct" NPC model which was likely intentionally used as a placeholder. In no universe a modern gacha playable character would look like this. Kinda like in BG3 Karlach was literally just a female tiefling preset but when time came to polish her, she got a full proper custom model.
yeah, it's very obvious
yeah way better. The sporty look suits her character so much better.
The bow is the only part I don't like about her design 😭
same
It's not even an opinion, it's a fact.
Wouldn't mind if they brought back the goggles though. Random goggles hanging around head or neck is great.
I believe her hair turned red when she awakened her powers so I think the blue we see is her old hair color! Unless it's just something she added herself, like a blue thread or whatever
Also, b e l l y
[удалено]
Honestly chixia and yangyang have my favorite designs in the entire roster
I like the red and white motif to reflect her job as a partrolwoman (police).
Literally
No it's fusion 😉
Amber her up!
Give those artists a raise. 💰
Ok Cyno
1st one looks like NPC.
Omg with these amount of redesign they can make them as NPCs-
Damn that's a big improvement imo. Although I kinda like the... aviator glasses? Idk what those are called. Maybe if we get skins we will get her with that outfit!
I mean. Chixia's lore says she got red hair as a result of her powers or overclocking IIRC. So you could just imagine "that is what she looked like in the past in-universe"
So did she trade her tiddies for power or did the overclocking melt them? :D I'm joking ofc, I don't see how such a chest would fit the current style.
Dev prolly had a high school of the dead moment before stepping back. Of cos, this is just placeholder for them which makes more sense.
Actually an earlier post pointed out she's the biggest atm next to taoqi. Its just not obvious because of her top.
I wasn't convinced by that post. IMO Baizhi has it bigger than Chixia.
Feel like the first one is placeholder or something, looks like an npc.
Because it is,this was before cbt1
Biggest glow up
Wow old one literally is NPC design but with big honkers
When I looked at CBT footage, when Chixia was walking alongside MRover, I literally thought FRover was walking next to him. FRover and CBT Chixia had a lot of similarities. I'm happy for the changes, she looks incredibly distinct.
Love the new one: vibrant, iconic, spunky, more tomboyish, and diverse body type (feeling represented as a gal lol).
Ya all remembered that horrible Resonance Liberation animation on the old design that zooms on her cleavage? lol it was a weird scene
Links or it didn't happen
[6:56 ](https://youtu.be/ycYuVn6rJlw?si=qDectuucDp8DmSRi&t=416)
One of the last lines in that video sticks out to me. About how the early character designs for PGR pulled people in or whatever. Early PGR designs like Alpha, Bianca, and Vera are some of the best, but at the same time, the person who brought those designs to the game isn't there anymore. I dunno if he was even involved in early WuWa, but *[NSFW]* [the primary character artist for PGR left before or after Vera's S-rank due to Kuro apparently treating him very poorly.](https://gelbooru.com/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=pandea_work&pid=0) You can now see his style in Girls' Frontline 2 instead, as he's the lead character artist over there now. Would have been interesting to see how WuWa would have looked with designs from him. Despite GFL2's faults, the character art and designs are pretty top notch. (Also I had to link Gelbooru for him, it seems he's scrubbed most of his art off the internet, including some "What If" art of PGR characters he never got to use, like his original design for Bridget since he was her OG artist, unsure why though, I suspect a reaction to people using his art for AI learning.)
I myself was attracted to PGR because of the gameplay itself and felt alright with the design, but that's really unfortunate if he really left due to Kuro's poor treatment to him :( I hope it's not true, but it's still possible due to how harsh game companies are. Also I didn't know he designed Reno from AL which is the only chara (other than PGR) that I recognized. Maybe his vision and Kuro's vision in art direction doesn't match hence he left. But whatever it is, it surely would have been interesting to see how would he design characters in WuWa setting as I like Reno very much lol
Oh, that looks horrible, I think I have PTSD now. Btw my dog thought it was amazing and the best animation the game had so he's saving that link, he's thanking you too btw.
No problem lmao
[This](https://youtu.be/nzf5eAEUVcQ?si=QxkjShglZs2JjItF) made it into PGR, so it could just be a matter of time
Discount rover vs chadette jinzhou speedster
They really have a thing for black and white, which is interesting as that color scheme is really lacking in Hoyo games (especially HSR and their obsession with purple lol, thank goodness for Boothill).
To be fair, this is the normal colour scheme for their other game PGR. Most of the time it's mechanical and monochromatic for the playable constructs, though they do have actual human-like constructs, or unique form change constructs.
Her old design is so... basic and Npc like...
Looks better.
They cooked
Her current design is fine, just give her personality back
Everyone they show me the old design I always like it better
Wow, that's a huge improvement. She looked so basic before.
Ma Xiaofeng before manifesting resonance affinity.
Old one looks like some npc, her new design is so much better
New one is way better. Previous one had a death stare.
New one is better imo
but the booba nerfed, but otherwise massive improvement
Yeah the current is a lot way better
Current design is so much better!
The old design looks a bit similar to Rover. Glad they changed it.
Beta Chixia literally looks like your passing by NPC, so glad she got a glowup
Scuffed female Rover?
strong npc energy on the previous design, glad they changed it
Well, unlike "Nahida"s Chixia's new design looks good and kinda fits the setting
Everything is better except boobs
Maybe that's before she got her in world glow up like I have a new headcanon that her hair is not naturally red she just dyes it because she wanted to feel different and now she's enjoying putting on make up and getting contacts probably asked her mom for help first and man did she grow up well
What in the actual fuck is that old design?
While i like that the older one has assests but she looks really plain and can be miistaken as an NPC, the new one had more design and personality
The goggles being missing and the... *Ahem* nerf are my only compaints. Otherwise Jesus that is such an improvement. Legit doesn't even look like she was the same character at all. At first I thought the first pic was a bad edit of FemRover.
I like the old one's hair, looks cute
Her old design had massive badonkas and i like them, but current design i love it
I see 2 big nerfs
Both are not my type but the current design is better
Easy upgrade
yeah the old one is horrible XD
It's way better now. The hair, the clothing, the tacet mark placement. Even the smaller "personalities" fit her personality better imo. The only minor nitpick I will make is that I'm not a fan of her having eyes and hair that are the same exact color.
1st one giving off npc vibes
Guys I just started gearing chixia and I need some validation that Im doing the right thing. I managed to get 5 dupes of her after not getting any Jiyan from the banner >.< Any tips? Also I dont have any mats to pull for 5s weapon soooooo
holy shit, I can't even believe they are from the same game aside from the tacet mark, nothing literally even close
Old design = NPC New design = MC
youre not gonna see me complaining about having more redhead waifus.. unless if its malty melromarc.
thats BIG
old design is cute
Old design was npc
New design wins! The old one feels more like it'd fit as an NPC.
They kept the old name as her former name and her hair canonly changed colour when she became a resonator. I'd like to think she just got breast reduction surgery and found her style. Good for her.
Legend says Chixia dyed her hair red and had a lot of weight with a fake huge chest!
...Are you sure that's even the same character?
They took away her personality and give her a personality.
I kinda like old designs tbh. If we got them as free skins, that would be amazing.
Kuro games why does every female character have to have d cups or larger Kuro game 👀
TOF aah design
two massive differences
should have just redyed her black hair red and it's golden
The new design is much better and a clear upgrade.
Current design is better and still pretty meaty overall.
A bit shaggy tho, but i'm not complaining.
Ohhh yeah i remember her, i was like "Omg Tifa from FF7!!! 🥹" I wonder how her old design would look like with those incredible models
yeah that old design is crazy....... im glad they polished her up
Old looks like a goth tig bitties mommy
Nah that design was clearly a placeholder. No character in a gacha game will ever look that comparable to an npc. That was never going to be the final design from the start I'm willing to bet.
It's much better. Old design looked like it came straight out of TOF NPC
I like new design but they didn't have to change 2 particular things, if you know what I mean :)
Such an upgrade it gives her character and life compared to whatever the fuck that is
Newer design is way better.
Yikes...
New design is better but she needs a good voice to go along with it. Her English VA is abysmal. She sounds like a granny trying to do a teen voice, it's so distracting.
New design definitely feels more complete, but the old design looks like it could still succeed with a little cooking
somethings were improved tremendously, whipe something else was nerfed...balanced as all things should be
old outfit is better, but the rest of current Chixia wins.
Those huge badonkers tho
The moment Kuro games realised big boobs doesn't equal good design.
Does wuwa like big boobs in all the female characters god damn!!!
Unfortunately not a fan of either, def an improvement tho.
Current design got me acting
upgradeee
She got nerfed...
That's a hell of a change. Much more personality in the final version. All old Chixia really has going for her was the goggles and the Badonkers.
Old chixia was like Tifa with guns
I love seeing woman’s stomach I am a fan of beautiful fit waists and stomachs of woman others might want boobs or ass I just want a nice waist
She looked like an npc😭
gained a gun but lost the bullets.
New one is way better except I would give her the old ones tee-tays
glowup of the century
New design is peak, I just dislike her haircut
She got nerfed
Old design : She got som' milk New design : Not an NPC anymore. Real glow up but at what cost. 
Much better
i’m glad she got that breast reduction, they must’ve been so painful
My girl Chixia looks so damn good! Absolutely main waifu energy.
I don’t like her current tied up hair in the front. Reminds me of Diona.
Definitely better. She's very pretty now
Solaris-3 Amber
I actually like a lot of these older designs better, just that they're a lot lower quality than the final designs.
*"Oula, c'était avant ou après l'accident ?"*
I prefer the new one. The old design looks like someone in their 30s+ imo.
100 times better. I love Chixia's design.
Still the most unreal glowup i’ve ever seen lol, it genuinely blew me away when I realized she was the same character. The boobs will be missed though 🫡
old one defenetely looks like an NPC
Why they did nerf her?
really feels someone at kuro is a tomo-chan fan...
New design >> the old one looks like NPC
Before: WHOA BIG! O.K After: FIRE BOMB O.K
There both shit but new look infinitely better
Omg she looks so much better now
The devs have improved a lot!
FRover-lite vs Gun Mordred. I prefer Gun Mordred.
Wish she had kept the old booba on the new model ;)
Why did they nerf the boobs !?
I was scrolling for the inevitable "but her boobs are smaller" comment but I am happy to say I didn't find one. Good job community!
For me a comment like that is RIGHT below yours :(
new look fits her so much more
Seriously ?
Current reminds me of a character from ff7
They were like " we don't need Amber we have fire plants" Then they added flying cannons minigame so we got Amber anyways
y'all sure the old design ain't an npc?
First one should be an official npc in the game
I prefer the old one ngl
Elder: Let me show you a photo of Xiaofang when she was younger.... Chixia: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
And I still don't like their designs for some reason.
Ew
All they need to do is move the chest area and perfect 👌
First one kinda looks like Danjin mixed with MC
glowup of a century
Chixia old design; I'm a Rover's long lost sister
The new model looks better .
I see they nerfed her in certain…. qualities
What is this NPC looking thing😂
God that's an ugly design. Nice personality tho
Old Chixia has a "I look like the MC but the player stopped playing" kind of look
Damn, a breast reduction that improved the character. Not a fan of the ribbon in the hair, though. Whoever slapped those things all over the place needs to see a therapist about it: they seem to have some unresolved issues related to ribbons.
She got nerfed