A portion of a Reddit interview with character designer Yusuke Kozaki ...

R: Just wondering, which character in FE:A was your favorite to design? Also, what was your primary inspiration for the design of armored characters (e.g Social Knights and especially Armor Knights)?

YK: Lucina. For the armored charcters, the art director designed the armor, and I designed the characters in the armor.

R: How closely did you get to work with Suda 51, and what is he like to work with? How do you feel about Grasshopper recently being acquired?

YK: He is someone very creative, but he is a boss of the company. He has to meet a lot of people and be very sociable. He has a kind of boss aura. But he is very humble. When I had ideas, Suda 51-san always found a way to help me exchange ideas, and to develop them further. It was constant brainstorming, but very creative and positive.

In Japan, the companies who are making games for home are having some difficulties, and companies who are making games and applications for smartphones are getting stronger, so Grasshopper being bought by Gungho Online Entertainment will allow them to develop more games, and be stronger as well.