FF Characters You Would Like To See

[Laddy]

-A black woman.

A black party member. In fact, a game with humans of a variety of ethnicities would be nice.

-A badass middle-aged woman that doesn't feel the need to mention her age.

Real middle age, too. Like 40-55. Bonus points it her age is not treated like a humorous contradiction.

-A cast of people all over the age of 25.

At least by average. I feel more intensely with an adult's issues than a teenager just being insecure.

-A male White Mage. (Come on, Minwu was one of the most underrated

It's ridiculous women have been put in this role so much.

-A romantic couple in your party.

I mean a real romantic couple. As in, a married couple who has real relationship issues without making them a center of the conflict. Also, not "falling in love" but actually having a real history together.

-An openly gay party member.

A romance arc with this person would be double points. Being stereotypical or having their sexuality being their primary conflict would lose points.

-A character who is physically handicapped.

Again, don't make their "struggles with being handicapped" define them.

-A female character who is also the physically strongest.

A female Auron. As in, hands-down the strongest.

-An "evil" party member.

I don't mean "anti-hero" or "moody", I mean doing the right thing for the wrong reasons and using the party for their own means. Bonus points if they're balanced, their motivations make sense, and they're not doing anything "for the evilz".

-A lead, either male or female, that isn't designed to be particularly attractive.

Again, not necessarily ugly. Even ruggedly good-looking works, but these bishounen and sex kittens are seriously losing their appeal and ability to be identified with.

[Quindiana Jones]

Lost Odyssey has two parents who have lost a child. And it's smurfing heart-breaking.

Vivi was physically handicapped in that he was short and clumsy. Also, relative to Sabin, pretty much everyone in FFVI is physically handicapped, because Sabin is the god of bears.

I would like a main character to actually be an Imp. Not a person in Imp status, but an actual Imp. And his quest would revolve around them hunting the legendary Imp equipment. Good times.

[Jinx]

I don't think being short is a disability.

[Sephiroth]

-A female character who is also the physically strongest.

Lightning was officially said to be the "strongest female woman in Final Fantasy" in 2009. Fang seems to be very skilled, of course. So is Tifa. Nevertheless she is the best in terms of Final Fantasy storyline strengths. Physically, of course. There are still women like Ultimecia.

Many of those things on some lists shout for the story of "Nier".

[Quindiana Jones]

I don't think being short is a disability.

He said handicapped, not disabled.

[Rantz]

- A full-on traitor who turns out to be the central villain right at/near the end. It shouldn't be obvious.

This is what comes to mind for me too. Cait Sith's treachery was lame, I want a long-term traitor who is overtly likeable for most of the game. Realising towards the last quarter of the game that someone in your party is a traitor and to have them revealed near the end, maybe fighting them as the penultimate boss or something. Large scale treachery is one of my favourite sub-plot themes, would be awesome to see it implemented well.

[Depression Moon]

Lead non-white non Asian character
Cyborg Moogle
Old Woman party member
Identical twins in the party
A party member from a less common job class like Beastmaster, time mage, etc.
A mackdaddy villain that I'm so jelly of.

[Laddy]

Kreia from KOTOR2 was an excellent example of a character who was a party member who became the lead villain about 4/5 into the game. She was also a badass old woman with one hand so she fit many of these criteria. Obsidian is a developer Square Enix could learn a lot from.

But yeah, the idea of a protagonist becoming the main villain is an amazingly awesome idea that I would love to see an FF game pull off.

[maybee]

Identical twins in the party

Sabin. Edgar.

The Twins from FF IV.

[Mercen-X]

-A black badass middle-aged woman romantically coupled with the not-so-hot male white mage in your party whose brother is the handicapped openly gay guy with a massive hardon for the "evil" party member who in turn is in love with the strongest member of the group who is female.

[Jinx]

-A black badass middle-aged woman romantically coupled with the not-so-hot male white mage in your party whose brother is the handicapped openly gay guy with a massive hardon for the "evil" party member who in turn is in love with the strongest member of the group who is female.

Let's kill the Fuhrer.

[Depression Moon]

Identical twins in the party

Sabin. Edgar.

The Twins from FF IV.

Neither of those pairs are identical.

[Mercen-X]

How about this? A character comes off as schizophrenic until you realize he/she is actually a pair of mischievous twins who have thus far not been taking the quest seriously enough to reveal their existence to the party.

[The Man]

-A black badass middle-aged woman romantically coupled with the not-so-hot male white mage in your party whose brother is the handicapped openly gay guy with a massive hardon for the "evil" party member who in turn is in love with the strongest member of the group who is female.

Let's kill the Fuhrer.

I'm disappointed; you passed up the opportunity to make that a perfect Doctor Who reference

I was on my way to a gay gypsy Bar Mitzvah for the disabled when I suddenly thought, gosh, the Third Reich's a bit rubbish. I think I'll kill the Führer. Who's with me?

[Jinx]

I didn't pass it up. I thought adding to it made the reference more lame.