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Old August 9, 2007, 5:19 AM   #11
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Penelo is not under-developed that much. Maybe she isnt the most Developed Character in the universe but she's not the most under-developed. In a game like FFXII war is the main Issue, there wasn't time to do Sidequests explaining a character's past.
Because it was much more appropriate to do sidequests in FFVIII when Rinoa was waiting to be saved at the Sorceress' Memorial, or with an enormous Meteor hanging in the sky ready to crash within the next day, or when Sin was killing anything that got in its path. Most every game had a war or similarly urgent conflict - the plots would slug along if there weren't any urgency.

But many of the other games still put in more story about the characters being developed.
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Old August 9, 2007, 9:01 AM   #12
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I love Sephiroth and think he has loads of story behind him, most characters in seven seem to be like this. Also Delita from FF Tactics.

The characters in XII seem to be the least developed especially Penelo, I dont seem to be behind these characters as much as in the other FF games.
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Quina is pretty under developed ...

We don't know its gender
It eats frogs and wants to learn more about food
Is part of the tribe Vivi's Grandfather is from

... anything else?
There is an optional back story about Quina (You have to visit his father's cave with Vivi and Quina in party), but since (s)he is an optional character in the game, it doesn't leave much room for development.

The two optional characters in FFVII do not develop much either.
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Characters don't really *need* backstory. Sure, it's a bonus, but if they're not gonna develop throughout the story, whats the point in having them there? Even with pretty background stories?

Kimarhi. Why was he there again?
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Kimarhi. Why was he there again?
Basically a furry breathing safety blanket for Yuna.

I think the story goes that after Auron gets killed, he goes to Gagazet and asks one of the Ronso to fulfill Braska's wish of moving his daughter away from Bevelle to Besaid - and of course, it's Kimahri who does this, and basically he becomes a sort of best friend/bodyguard to Yuna as she grows up.

As for his purpose in the events of the game... um, I'll get back to you on that.
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Old August 9, 2007, 1:54 PM   #16
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Kimahri was there as Yuna's first guardian. He was there to protect her threw the end. That's about it really.

He also had his own little story with Biran and Yenkee along with the Ronso tribe. So, he had more info than Penelo did.
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There is an optional back story about Quina (You have to visit his father's cave with Vivi and Quina in party), but since (s)he is an optional character in the game, it doesn't leave much room for development.

The two optional characters in FFVII do not develop much either.
You mean Vincent and Yuffie, both of these appear alot in DoC especially Vincent.
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You mean Vincent and Yuffie, both of these appear alot in DoC especially Vincent.
Of course they do, since DoC is a Vincent-vehicle. Let's try to hold backgrounds within one game, or else someone could be dragging Kingdom Hearts into this.
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KH is in an alternate universe, and therefore Characters backstorys are completly Retconned in KH and aren't FF Canon.

And DoC is a vincent / yuffie centric game because they were popular characters who developed slightly in FFVII - though not to the level of Aerith Cloud or Tifa - and fans wanted more information about them.
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Old August 16, 2007, 9:05 AM   #20
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In my opinion, one of the best developed character in the series would be, Yuna. We learn a lot about her past as well as her parents past, she goes from a shy and quiet girl to a battle-harden summoner who in time learns to stand on her own and think for herself. I also thought that she was well developed as someone who is very kind and genuine.

The worst developed character would have to be, Quina. What was it? What’s its history?
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