Actually, if you look at the logo:
http://ff14.awardspace.com/images/articles/8/FINAL%20FANTASY%20XIV_Logo.jpg
you can tell that right above the Hume with the big sword, looking straight at the viewer, there appear to be a couple of Tarus. Amano wouldn't trick us, would he?
While I think Akihiko Yoshida did a good job with those two games, he did use a lot of brown.