Current Cloud is still super anime
That last picture you posted is actually (bad) fanart and his clothes change for actual plot reasons (as in it's a prequel game).
It's funny you talk about Fox because I think Fox looks more anime now than it ever did before. Though I can't deny that 90's designs had a charm of their own, but it's mostly a byproduct of an era, I don't think that video games are getting very heavy on "Matrix" look either.
Not saying you're wrong about Prince Sable, but if I ever saw him out of context I would just assume he was a character for some obscure old anime rather than a video game character, and that's not bad, because that's definitely the vibe they were trying to go for.
That last picture you posted is actually (bad) fanart and his clothes change for actual plot reasons (as in it's a prequel game).
It's funny you talk about Fox because I think Fox looks more anime now than it ever did before. Though I can't deny that 90's designs had a charm of their own, but it's mostly a byproduct of an era, I don't think that video games are getting very heavy on "Matrix" look either.
Not saying you're wrong about Prince Sable, but if I ever saw him out of context I would just assume he was a character for some obscure old anime rather than a video game character, and that's not bad, because that's definitely the vibe they were trying to go for.