Sounds like just lame whining to me. No offense, but it does. Everyone's going on and on about everything, we nit pick every little thing to death. Who cares if they're scantily clad? I sure don't. And the people that do... well, then just don't play the games.

How did they try to add a lot of 'physical beauty'? So if Rikku was dressed the same way as she is in X-2, yet in FFVI style graphics, it would just be an effort to add beauty, not sex? That doesnt make sense to me. FF characters from the very beginning have worn next to nothing. Lenna's (Reina, whatever) sprite. Adult Rydia's sprite. Terra. Celes. All their clothes were like bathing suits, yet when a character in better graphics does the same, it's whorish and Square is trying to work sex into the games. That just makes no sense. What about Kidd in CC? Or Tifa? Or Selphie? Or Ayla from CT? What about all these barely dressed characters. Why is it a big deal now if it wasnt then?

Sex is everywhere in our society. Personally, if you cant look at a cartoon or video game character as just that, and you're reading to much into them and whatnot, you made need to step away from the PS2 and go watch real half-naked women gyrate.

Edit: and besides, you think this is bad? Japan is a very open society. They have specific hotels for discreet sexual encounters, and vending machines that dispense used panties, to name a few things. These games we get over here are pretty tame.