Quote Originally Posted by Del Murder View Post
And if you don't consider direct sequels? There is just no way a main FF game (not a sequel) would ever feature an all-female cast and that's part of what people's gripe is about. You can throw out any number of combinations to show that SE has a pretty even distribution of male to female cast (and they do a good job there) but that doesn't change the fact that having an all male cast for a main numbered entry is significant. Sequels have much less hype and give Square much more freedom to experiment and it is not a coincidence that all of the female-heavy games have been sequels.
I disagree that they would never have an all female cast, I can see them doing such a thing. Whether they do or not depends on whether they feel it's right.

I don't think it's an issue that there is an all male cast because I genuinely don't think there is any sexism involved in the decision. If anything, they are being brave to not have females, considering how massive the appeal is for FF fans to have a female playable character.

To my knowledge, this is the first time it's happened for FF and I don't think it should be turned into a Big Deal. It's one thing to say that females should be fairly represented in gaming, it's another thing to say that you can't have an all-male cast in gaming.