That's not the same pose. The pose they are referring to is a different one. You can see it shown off here at 1:52 ...
and also here in the same scene in Crisis Core at 2:20 ...
The iconic sword pose is unique to Cloud and was designed by Tetsuya Nomura even before he was done with designing the character completely.
Unless you are referring to the brief moment where he does the pose, then yes. Toriyama did design this, along with many of the other references made throughout the trailer. That is no surprise to anyone though.
The iconic sword pose is unique to Cloud and was designed by Tetsuya Nomura even before he was done with designing the character completely.
Unless you are referring to the brief moment where he does the pose, then yes. Toriyama did design this, along with many of the other references made throughout the trailer. That is no surprise to anyone though.