Minorities in Final Fantasy

[DeathKnight]

No, that just because someone says something or makes a minority joke he's suddenly racist... like: Blacks can make fun of Whites but Whites can't make fun of blacks...

That is smurfing racism too, even if it's being the majority

I NEVER called japanese people racist, all I stated were facts. Most FF characters since FF VII are blonde and WHITE and now again with XII it continues................Hell if they made them with black hair and japanese looking I'd shut up right away since the games are made by japanese people...............but wow they really want the money and go so low with it that they HAVE to make every FF character blonde and WHITE. (Let it be known, my post is MOSTLY facts with opinion)

PS: Oh right, you're banned...oh well

[Shiny]

racist??? uuuuuuuuuuuh...more like stating facts??? most FF male protagonists were blonde. Especially since the PS1 days where they could REALLY make 'em blonde. really smurfed up if you ask me.

This is true. Most of them are blond. And have white (peach whateva)skin. I think what DeathKnight is trying to say is that Japanese people aren't racist, Square Enix is just fitting into the mold of rpgs to make all their human characters Caucasion. Honestly if you look at the whitening products and advertisments most of the people are white actors/models. Some of them idolize Caucasions because they look so different from Asians. Which leaves me to wonder why they don't have extreme opposites like Blacks or Latinos.

[DeathKnight]

This is true. Most of them are blond. And have white (peach whateva)skin. I think what DeathKnight is trying to say is that Japanese people aren't racist, Square Enix is just fitting into the mold of rpgs to make all their human characters Caucasion. Honestly if you look at the whitening products and advertisments most of the people are white actors/models. Some of them idolize Caucasions because they look so different from Asians. Which leaves me to wonder why they don't have extreme opposites like Blacks or Latinos.

This summarizes all I've been trying to say, good to see that there are people who look at things from other people's eyes and know how they feel 'bout things.

[Momiji]

I've never seen an asian with freckles (but I won't discount the possibility).

I have. My cousin is Asian...well, half-Asian, (I'm from the Caucasian side of the family) and he has freckles.

But as FF goes, it's just a game, I don't see diversity as being a big deal.

[DeathKnight]

I have. My cousin is Asian...well, half-Asian, (I'm from the Caucasian side of the family) and he has freckles.

But as FF goes, it's just a game, I don't see diversity as being a big deal.

It's more than a game, it's art.

[DMKA]

In the early ones nearly everyone had the same skintone, understandably..

In VII there was Barret and alot of NPCs that weren't white-ish..

In VIII there was Rajin and Kiros..

In IX hardly anyone looked human anyway...

In X there was Wakka, and alot of non-humans again, and ALOT of NPCs of various colors...

In X-2, same, and there was Buddy...

In IX, X, X-2, XI and XII there's so many mythical races..

And in all of them it's set in a mythical world, not earth...therefore I don't see how it even matters.

[DeathKnight]

In the early ones nearly everyone had the same skintone, understandably..

In VII there was Barret and alot of NPCs that weren't white-ish..

In VIII there was Rajin..

In IX hardly anyone looked human anyway...

In X there was Wakka, and alot of non-humans again, and ALOT of NPCs of various colors...

In X-2, same, and there was Buddy...

In IX, X, X-2, XI and XII there's so many mythical races..

And in all of them it's set in a mythical world, not earth...therefore I don't see how it even matters.

ok, so all the other characters besides the main characters have similarities with other races but what 'bout the main MALE character??? It's always this blondy caucasian guy. In XII they've crossed the line, it's almost boring, hell we ALL know that the guy with the gun(insert name) would argueably be the better main character.

[Death Penalty]

Dont judge a book by iots cover

[SoulTaker*]

ok, so all the other characters besides the main characters have similarities with other races but what 'bout the main MALE character??? It's always this blondy caucasian guy. In XII they've crossed the line, it's almost boring, hell we ALL know that the guy with the gun(insert name) would argueably be the better main character.

He does got sort of a point, I dont care what race the main character is but except for Squall all the main characters of the later generation have been blonde haired and blue eyed. How about black hair green eyes or brown hair hazel eyes, Final fantasy needs to start diversifying its lead male characters.

[TheAbominatrix]

While many of them have had blonde hair, they've all been very different people. They have different personalities, stories, and attitude. That's the important part.

[Shadow The Red XIII Thing]

He does got sort of a point, I dont care what race the main character is but except for Squall all the main characters of the later generation have been blonde haired and blue eyed. How about black hair green eyes or brown hair hazel eyes, Final fantasy needs to start diversifying its lead male characters.

And while I some diversity would be nice, its not everything. The only time I cared about race in FFs was when I was arguing with this kid over if Red XIII was black or not.

[Shiny]

He does got sort of a point, I dont care what race the main character is but except for Squall all the main characters of the later generation have been blonde haired and blue eyed. How about black hair green eyes or brown hair hazel eyes, Final fantasy needs to start diversifying its lead male characters.

How about not Caucasion and male for once?:laugh:

[TheAbominatrix]

Well we had Yuna and Terra as female main characters... but I think they'll stick to males in general, as the majority of gamers are guys (and yes, I am a female).

[Shiny]

Well we had Yuna and Terra as female main characters... but I think they'll stick to males in general, as the majority of gamers are guys (and yes, I am a female).

This is true unfortuanetly. But I don't think it's the majority anymore. It's pretty much half and half. Some girls just don't admit they do, but they do.

[DK]

The reason why the main characters usually have blonde hair is probably because it's something that stands out to the Japanese. I don't know this with any great certainty, it's just something I saw on a site once a long time ago, but as someone already mentioned, Dark hair and eyes are a physical trait of pretty much every Asian person. Therefore, i'm guessing for their heroes, to stand out and be defined as someone who is not just an average person, they give them the blonde hair and green eyes to point this out, for example when the Saiyan's transform in Dragon Ball Z, they get golden hair and green eyes. It was something along those lines, anyway. I know there is some sort of fixation with blonde hair over there, with Gaijin girls or whatever they're called with the bleaching and dying.

Anyway, I see nothing wrong with the casts of these games, these are just the people that inhabit this certain world. How exactly do you propose to get a latino character for instance into a game and then portray them as latino without coming across as stereotyped and cliche? I don't see why it matters what colour or creed a character in a game is, or why they should have members of all races if it doesn't apply to it. If you were making a film/game set in the arctic, you wouldn't stick an african elephant into the film/game just to represent Africa/Elephants.