Heavy spoilers for the game, in case it wasn't obvious.
I didn't know that Nomura did these chibi figures. Terra here was also on the back cover of the Super Famicom box. Amusing how the screenshots in this piece aren't from the Pixel Remaster while it's advertised at the bottom.
Also wasn't expecting this to get me angry all over again for the industry's sudden move to 3D. So many of the amazing sprite tools like the one Nomura discusses got thrown away in the late 90's.