He looks pretty awesome.  Like you said, an interesting departure, but a welcomed one.

Totally doesn't look like Richard Pryor, btw

yay the black guy is here.

Dude, his afro doubles as a nest for the chocobo baby, that's pretty cool hehe.

lol whats up with the japanese and their concepts of black people? im actually quite suprised its not black face and red lips. *cant remember the name for that concept*

The name for that concept is blackface.

He seems like the "comical" character.

Also I think the Cloud and Tifa picture at the bottom is just an add for saying "Hey look, FF Advent Children Complete is out"