Five Humes and a Viera - Page 2

November 25, 2007, 9:28 AM

I have to correct Mitsuki. Moogles appeared first time in III and II had beaver-creatures who were almost like moogle. IV had no moogles at all. V again had.

November 25, 2007, 9:29 AM

It would be a great idea as having a balanced team makes a lot of sense. However, I think Square chose not to go that route due to fan appeal. The non-human characters tend to be the least popular characters, which I think is due to two main reasons: a) human players can more easily relate to human characters, and because b) human, or humanoid characters (such as Viera) help anchor a story that has many fantasy elements.

Also, look at the doujinshi and fanfiction communities - you can easily gauge the state of the fandom with these, and how many doujin and fics do you see which center on Red XIII or Freya? From a marketing point of view, how much more would squealing fans pay for a viera poster as opposed to a bangaa poster? Bangaa, moogles, and nu mou might make a good team, but humes and viera (the races that have the most potential to spawn hot characters, at least from a mainstream POV) are the ones that would most help sell a product.

November 25, 2007, 2:42 PM

Sheesh, blame it on Dark Remnant, Pineapple.

Hmm, I'll have to agree with eisprinz here. It makes more sense that Square would not take that route due to fan appeal. Like I stated previously, it makes more sense to include Fran in the party than a moogle or baanga because of that reason. The players can relate more to the main characters that way.

Of course, some may not agree.

November 25, 2007, 5:37 PM

You are also forgot Montblanc from FFTA, he too is a permanent moogle party member. He can be a pretty powerful black mage in that game imo depending how you raise him.

November 27, 2007, 3:06 PM

I was actually thinking about this the other day and wondered why most of the playable characters are humes. I would of dropped Penelo and replaced her as her story is almost non existant.

November 27, 2007, 3:50 PM

Seeing as every FF favours Humes, why are people making a deal out of this one especially? Maybe it's because there are more races in that would appeal to people in the game, I don't know. But I don't see a problem with it really. Main reason would have been for storyline purposes - humans are huge contributors to many FF storylines, so thats why the majority of the cast are..well..human.

November 28, 2007, 8:05 PM

Character development was so sparse in FF12 that they could have put in a pet rock as a party member and it would have had as much personality.

November 28, 2007, 11:59 PM

It wouldn't have worked with more characters anyway, since the point in the story was that they remained undetected by the empire, as 6 is more than enough. Human characters have to dominate the party so people can relate to them, having 3 humes, a bangaa, a moogle and a viera, wouldn't look right and would make the players relate less to the characters...

November 29, 2007, 1:29 AM

Character relations, I don't really care much about that.

I like the idea of a bangaa party member. They would be purely tank as a fighter. The battles would look weird with a moogle running around with a giant sword or spear. So I wouldn't really like a moogle as a party member in ffXii.

But the Vieras are the most suited to the game, having their own village and all.

November 29, 2007, 2:19 AM

FFXII had more races than most FFs. (Excluding 9 I belive)

I didn't think the all human party was weird though.

I found it weird how all the Leaders featured in the game and all the Judges were Humes.
I want a Moogle Empire...