Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/rebeccamwrites.bsky.social/post/3m6a62btty226
Here’s the dataset and their website if you are interested, there’s more games beyond Final Fantasy that they’ve looked at.
Main findings
- 35% of words were spoken by female characters.
- 29% of characters were female, which suggests the imbalance is driven by a lack of female characters.
- 94% of games had more male dialogue than female dialogue.
FF IV remake starring Joachin Phoenix as Kefka.
Dang that would be a good idea. Method acting with those silly tight spandex suits with the light bulbs on em might make for good cinema with him dancing madly