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I'm going to preface this by saying this shouldn't be treated as an argument, because I don't really think over sexualization should some how be countered by "we have a bunch of non-sexualized characters, isn't that enough?"

That said, since I do personally like numbers and you unintentionally primed it with that line there, I took a look at all the non-dlc female rare blades in the game. (Non-dlc since the set of images didn't have them for some reason.)

There are a total of 19 of them

5 of them can be classified safely as not scantily dressed at all: Azami, Adenine, Ursula, Kasandra, Agate

6 of them has some amounts of skin showing, but the general design of the character is not to use that for titillation purposes: Nim, Electra, Vess, Vale, Herald, Kos-Mos

8 of them are extremely scantily clad or have poses/proportions that achieve the same purpose: Perun, Newt, Kora, Zenobia, Praxis, Theory, Sheba, Dhalia.

This is the part of this argument that loses me.

Barbie dolls were directed towards an audience that were suppose to see the dolls as a formative part of the development of their self-image. As overly sexualized as many video game characters are (in this case, in XC2), I do not see it being delivered with anything close to that message due to the vast difference in their audience.

If one was to take your argument and apply it fully, the expectation should be that Pneuma would be in an attire far skimpier than both Pyra and Mythra given her role in the game. However, visually, her design is far less revealing than the other two. Additionally, it is strange you bring up Nia and Morag, especially when the latter is one of the most popular characters in the game among the fan community, meaning players are not interpreting the message of "skimpy and submissive is the correct act" for themselves either.

Note, this is not saying that XC2 does not sexualize the female blades. However, this argument that is trying to attribute purposeful malice simply does not hold water.

Ummmm....

My general rule of thumb is any game whose online mode is competitive by nature will inevitably become a giant blazing inferno.

Wait, is this going to be a playthrough of the entire trilogy? I'm actually kind of interested in how ZP will react to Lightning Returns.

Octopath Traveler got me to actually make a forum thread about it. I don't think I've done that in half a decade.