Vaan wasn't the original protagonist, but he was always a part of the game plan and Matsuno didn't leave because of that particular change.
Yes, it did fine with a ginormous cast, but guess how it did it? Multiple series of mini-sodes that had a focus on various characters throughout the game! Terra and the children she took care of, the three parts after they are broken up after the raft ride, etc. Like, if you're going to have a huge cast, you need to find a way to keep the characters relevant and the only way to do that is to find a way to focus on them as individual or small groups of characters at various points.
Meanwhile in 2019 we continue to drown in young, clean shaven, generic looking, anime pretty boys. Older dudes are so fucking rare and even when they happen like in FFXV they happen for a very very small portion of a large game.
What? They had a Japanese girl Big Hero 6 character right there and they didn't seize that? Damn.
I assure you that wouldn't be the case if VP had a more traditional 5-8 JRPG party members. VP has dozens and dozens and dozens of recruits le characters like Suikoden. Of course they'd have to be a little more varied to fill the spaces.
With my girlfriend looking for more characters worth cosplaying, I went through the Fire Emblem catalogue because I hate myself. After heaps of zettai ryouiki infested trash, I stumble upon Titania. By god, her design is amazing. What the fuck happened?
Reads to me like he is justifying a personal fetish.
When was the last time you say an old woman as a party member on a JRPG? If you have only 5-8 slots in your traditional JRPG party they never use one for an old woman.
I agree with him. Just look at most Japanese games with limited parties. If the game had 6 permanent party members and not a gallery you churn through leveling up and sending away, the likely hood of them locking in on older characters is significantly lower imo. Same with Chrono cross and it's huge potential cast. You see variety because unless the game is pure waifu bait and they have some integrity, they use that opportunity for some representation.
When was the last time you saw a jRPG with any cast diversity in the last ten years? It's hard to even know if such a thing would or could happen given the current state of jRPGs. It's why I ask what brings you to that conclusion given the current state of things.
Gogo's Korean. Not to undermine your point but I think people don't like when you call one the other.
Sorry, I thought in SanFrancistokyo everyone was basically Japanese. It's in the name, I mean.
This does not make it easier to, "see what you're talking about."
Your writing is completely incomprehensible. I literally do not know where to start and it just seems to jump from topic to topic with no explanation of how one piece is connected to another, or why.
They did make Viera concepts with a more rabbit like look:
Honestly this would be a good idea to have, and threadmark the post too x_x
Older women even more so!
I don't know why you're arguing with him, he's right. JRPGs with vast casts have more room for diversity (which includes older characters), whereas JRPGs with smaller ensemble casts will always focus on pretty, samey teenagers with the "old hardened veteran" being a whooping 24 years old.
Not disagreeing so much as, "how would we know if it's even possible, given the current state of jRPGs?" There hasn't been a jRPG with an interesting cast in a decade or more.
Octopath had an OK cast but still featured mostly young people, with the oldest man being Oberic (35) and the oldest woman being H'aanit (26). At least they didn't treat H'aanit like some grizzled veteran lady, but a "normal" Hunter... lol.
Yeah, and that's exactly what I'm getting at. When grizzled is 25, it's hard to imagine what the hell these writers/designers consider 30 or 40 year-olds to be. It'd be comical if it wasn't so sad.
Ah, this is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you so much! This thread is always my first stop when I check into ResetEra because of how many great posts, big or small, that articulately discuss the problems that far too many people don't want to acknowledge.
At 25, bros have been to too many parties. They've seen too much shit. They gotta carry all those memories of fun having for the rest of their lives.
Here's another example if you need one, from Phantasy Star Idola:It's like the extreme version of this pic:
Only they couldn't even be arsed to design the actually-non-human male version. :D
Here's another example if you need one, from Phantasy Star Idola:
......................Fucking hellHere's another example if you need one, from Phantasy Star Idola:
It's definitely not, but video games, especially in Japan, took on that "industry" moniker and boy do they wear it on their sleeve. And Japan is still very much a believer in "sex sells, racism sells, etc." - you can see this across pretty much any of their industry-driven media (TV/Anime/Videogames/toys/electronics/fashion).
Okay, let's pretend Advance Tactics didn't exist for a bit. Let's just analyze FFXII. By your postulation, Viera wear the clothes they wear because they need to be "more alien" compared to human and thus need to assimilate rabbit traits, right? Let's assume this is true for a bit, let's say that Viera in FFXII was actually meant to convey that.
