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Tae posted:Young characters like Rikku and Yuffie were the exception, not the norm. Not in X. Oldest party member in that is Auron, who is 35. Even Kimahri is only 25. Everyone else is 23-15.
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Mar 23, 2015 19:04
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8, 9, and 10 all had protags that were 17/16. 8 literally takes place in a high school. 12 was an exception, admittedly. perhaps it would have been more palatable for me to have said with protagonists in their 20s. it honestly doesn't matter and i don't have a greater point to all this, i was just making a little joke at square enix's expense, on the comedy website something awful dot com.
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Mar 23, 2015 19:08
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your joke sucked
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Mar 23, 2015 19:08
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One of the first things you do in 7 is down some hard alcohol, it rules and is cool, for adults
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Mar 23, 2015 19:09
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Cake Attack posted:your joke sucked i should have known that mentioning cast age would bring out the fact checkers and fall on blind eyes. we were all 14-20 when those games came out, its ok guys. we can laugh about it.
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Mar 23, 2015 19:11
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AngryRobotsInc posted:Not in X. Oldest party member in that is Auron, who is 35. Even Kimahri is only 25. Everyone else is 23-15. Tidus and Yuna are 17, I had to look it up and I can't believe it because I thought they were in their mid-20s. Then again Tidus whines like a child sooo... I'm pretty sure Cloud and Lightning are the oldest principal characters in the series at 21. They're also both 5'7". I thought Cecil would be way older but no, he's 20 until The After Years. Also I think Cecil is the tallest of the principal characters at 5'10"? All the Final Fantasy characters are really short. I know it's Japan but I thought they'd embellish the heights a little.
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Mar 23, 2015 19:12
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hubris.height posted:i should have known that mentioning cast age would bring out the fact checkers and fall on blind eyes. we were all 14-20 when those games came out, its ok guys. we can laugh about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5FTJxfV3pc al-azad posted:Tidus and Yuna are 17, I had to look it up and I can't believe it because I thought they were in their mid-20s. Then again Tidus whines like a child sooo... Ashe is 19, Balthier is 22??? The gently caress.
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Mar 23, 2015 19:13
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5'10 is a giant to them, you can't really imagine 6'6 unless you're constantly around it.
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Mar 23, 2015 19:14
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hubris.height posted:i should have known that mentioning cast age would bring out the fact checkers and fall on blind eyes. we were all 14-20 when those games came out, its ok guys. we can laugh about it. It's not really a funny joke. v  v Like I literally can't even tell what the joke is. Even if you're trying to joke about FF characters being abnormally young, Fei is all of 18.
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Mar 23, 2015 19:15
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al-azad posted:Tidus and Yuna are 17, I had to look it up and I can't believe it because I thought they were in their mid-20s. Then again Tidus whines like a child sooo... It's pretty much a trend in Japanese games that the protagonists are younger than you would expect and/or the height and weights are all sorts of skewed. Resident Evil, Jill is ex-Delta Force, and is all of 24 in the first game. Also 5'5" and 111 lbs, according to REmake. Chris was 25. Mega Man X, and admittedly they're robots, but X is only supposed to be like 5'3". Another Square game, Chrono Cross, is all sorts of weird with heights and weight. Janice (the rabbit girl), is listed as 5'7" and 104 lbs. And her build is described as plumpish.
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Mar 23, 2015 19:24
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al-azad posted:Tidus and Yuna are 17, I had to look it up and I can't believe it because I thought they were in their mid-20s. Then again Tidus whines like a child sooo... Why are you white people so drat tall.
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Mar 23, 2015 19:34
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The ages and look/history of the characters in Japanese games never really match. Basically take how the character looks or how many years would be necessary to explain their past, subtract 5-10, that's probably what it says in the little booklet that came with the game.
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Mar 23, 2015 19:38
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the joke is that squeenix has tropes its not laugh out loud funny. mea culpa for giving them a soft ribbing. e:  tag is appropriate i guess
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bloodychill posted:The ages and look/history of the characters in Japanese games never really match. Basically take how the character looks or how many years would be necessary to explain their past, subtract 5-10, that's probably what it says in the little booklet that came with the game. Like seriously, why do I need to know that a certain character's birthday is October 17th? Is there some significance to that? Will the character have a birthday on that day in-game? Why the gently caress are you telling me about it then?
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Mar 23, 2015 20:24
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Maybe they just added it for fun? Jesus dude.
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Mar 23, 2015 20:26
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WHAT IS THIS HUMAN CONCEPT CALLED 'FUN...' BEBOOP... I AM A ROBOT THAT ONLY REQUIRES RELEVANT INFORMATION...
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Mar 23, 2015 20:26
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What's fun about knowing a fake person's birthday?
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Mar 23, 2015 20:27
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Erebus posted:What's fun about knowing a fake person's birthday? or if you're into astrology also my birthday is the same as sailor moon's and as a young endorph i spent like two days riding that high
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Mar 23, 2015 20:29
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Erebus posted:What's fun about knowing a fake person's birthday? Hey, depending on the game, that could be crucial information!
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Mar 23, 2015 20:30
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Endorph posted:also my birthday is the same as sailor moon's and as a young endorph i spent like two days riding that high lol gonna spend the rest of your life chasing that dragon
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Mar 23, 2015 20:30
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I heard a half-joking comment that Japanese characters often use the symbolism of the western zodiac instead of the eastern because everyone is born within the same few years anyway.
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Mar 23, 2015 20:31
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Erebus posted:What's fun about knowing a fake person's birthday? Astrological signs matter to people for whatever reason. Not even just in Japan.
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Mar 23, 2015 20:32
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I'm fine with stuff that matters but odds are if it matters it'll be in the game too since they're probably not expecting you to read the manual or some promotional materials to be aware of it. Also as has been noted the height/weight/age/measurements of most characters seem only distantly related to the way they're actually drawn or modeled.Endorph posted:also my birthday is the same as sailor moon's and as a young endorph i spent like two days riding that high EDIT: It appears I was mistaken.
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Mar 23, 2015 20:32
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Erebus posted:What's fun about knowing a fake person's birthday? lol if you don't celebrate your waifu's birthday every year
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Mar 23, 2015 20:32
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Mar 23, 2015 20:35
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Strange Quark posted:Why are you white people so drat tall. Low gravity.
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Mar 23, 2015 20:36
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I make sure to turn on Fire Emblem Awakening every time it is someone's birthday, to congratulate them.
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Mar 23, 2015 20:37
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I've played at least one game where the main twist was somewhat spoiled by not listing a character's blood type in the manual, while every other character got one.
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Mar 23, 2015 20:37
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hubris.height posted:lol
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Mar 23, 2015 20:37
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Nakar posted:That's different though because Sailor Moon is a real person and sharing a birthday with her makes you cool. It's true I saw her on TV 
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Mar 23, 2015 20:39
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AngryRobotsInc posted:I've played at least one game where the main twist was somewhat spoiled by not listing a character's blood type in the manual, while every other character got one. Speaking of manual spoilers, don't read the cast credits in Catherine's manual!
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Mar 23, 2015 20:42
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Strange Quark posted:Why are you white people so drat tall. Wait, that might actually be the answer.
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Mar 23, 2015 20:43
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Endorph posted:what are you implying about the relationship between me and usagi tsukino its like the birthday equivalent of the first time you encounter masa and mune in chrono trigger and you're like 'woha #wow' or something
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Mar 23, 2015 20:47
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Erebus posted:What's fun about knowing a fake person's birthday? It's extra color in the world. It's a little bit of trivia you can make note of and sometimes it leads to amusing coincidences like Endorph and Sailor Moon. The real question is why shouldn't they have birthdays?
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It'd be cool to have it come up in a conversation or something that's actually in the game, is the thing. There's plenty of fictional characters who reveal little details about themselves like their birthdays or whatever. Putting it in the manual or a booklet but nowhere else is just the most lazy way to fake character. Imagine somebody has "DISLIKES: Cats" in their manual profile and then at no point in the entire game do they encounter a cat or talk about cats (or worse, they do encounter cat-like enemies and don't react to this). Like okay great, he doesn't like cats, but is there a reason he doesn't like cats? Is it a pathological fear, a general revulsion, a righteous anger, a PTSD-laden trauma trigger? Is his reason really stupid and funny, and how would other characters react to that? Outside of skits in Tales games I don't see that explored too much, and it's a lot more useful to the character to have them actually explain these quirks about themselves rather than a paragraph telling us they exist with no evidence in support of it. If you're not even going to put in a tiny bit of effort to connect those details to the story then nobody actually gains anything from knowing about them.
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if i paypal you the money will you hire a lady of the night to poo poo in your mouth, so that you can taste what the rest of us have just read
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I imagine most of that stuff is just thrown in by devs and producers having fun during downtime or letting off steam.
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Final Fantasy Tactics had characters age a year in their bios every time you passed their birthdays. So you could totally have the "child" prince Orinas be like 30 years old if you wasted enough time, and have T.G. Cid join your team when he's 102 years old.
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hubris.height posted:if i paypal you the money will you hire a lady of the night to poo poo in your mouth, so that you can taste what the rest of us have just read If I read a character's profile in an instruction booklet and it said he once paid (or habitually pays) a chick to poo poo in his mouth, he would always be in my party
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Schwartzcough posted:Final Fantasy Tactics had characters age a year in their bios every time you passed their birthdays. So you could totally have the "child" prince Orinas be like 30 years old if you wasted enough time, and have T.G. Cid join your team when he's 102 years old.
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