Character design nowadays.

[TheAbominatrix]

Indeed, Tidus is just the first one who managed to whine throughout the whole freakin' game. Plus they gave him a girly voice too, I can't imagine that helped at all.

Of course not. But that has nothing to do with his appearance. It's not like Square just started this pretty boy deal.

[Agent Proto]

I thought this thread was about character designs rather than Final Fantasy character designs.

Anyway, I'll include my input. I kind of agree with darkchrono on this. Most games, including the Final Fantasy series, most of the main characters look attractive in one way or another. Even fighting games. But anyway, who's to complain about it? Even in The Sims, where you create your own characters! You can't make them look like regular joes or janes with a little gut and other imperfectionism.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas apparently implements a system wherein what you have your character eat and how often you have him exercise determines his appearance over time, so you'll finally be able to realize your dream of playing in the image of a fatty.

[black orb]

>>> Attractive or ugly characters, both are fine with me as long the character development and the game are good..

[Anaisa]

Who doesn't prefer to look at good looking people rather then ugly bugs? I say keep making good looking chracters but throw in a few uglys too because its not realistic to make everyone good looking.

[Lindy]

"60. The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Rule
a. Any male character who is ugly, malformed, or misshapen is either evil or so moral, spiritual, and/or wise that it's a wonder no one's proposed him for sainthood yet.
b. Any male character who has a physical disfiguration that doesn't seem to impede him (i.e. a prominent scar across the face or a bad eye) is evil, unless he is the male lead, since scars are cool and no other good guy can be as cool as the hero. An exception is made for characters who are clearly ancient, and therefore automatically not as cool as the young hero.
c. Any female character who is ugly, malformed, mishapen, or physically disfigured is evil, since all good female characters are there to be potentially seduced by the male lead -- see Know Your Audience. "

~ http://www.project-apollo.net/text/rpg.html