- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
First of all, I think that picture is just for craps a giggles. Just something to look at for fun, but people are looking too close at it searching for clues. I think it's just meant to show a silhouette of various characters and you're just suppose to think "Oooooo... whoooo could it be?..." (those O's make an 'eww' sound). And then we laugh at the Cortana figure because she's bouncing. We get it. Or at least I do, I believe.
And yes, that most likely is Cortana and SHE DOES NOT HAVE A PONYTAIL! Her hair has simply shifted to one side. The left side of her hair blends in with her head because it is all silhouette, and the right side of her hair hangs out to the side where we can see it. That's just the way her head is tilted. But I don't think it's so far too the side that it could be a ponytail. And just think, who the hell has a ponytail? And making Cortana playable is the best way to go. More than any other Halo character it's the coolest idea. And she doesn't have to be 2 feet tall, she can be 5 ft. something or whatever. She doesn't have to be presnted in the same way she is in Halo/Halo 2.
Think about the crazy stuff that the characters do in DOA already. Kasumi can vanish from one side to another a leave rose petals. Also, there is a level with dinosaurs! So you tell me that Cortana can't fight in a DOA game because she'd have to be 2 feet tall. And I'll tell you she doesn't have to be 2 feet tall... just because. They can make her as tall as they feel like.
[Edited on 10/6/2005]