Various stuffs about FF

[Great Rumbler]

I know I mentioned one of the most obvious ones, that the female main character is the main healer of the group. Of course she also has other attack magic and stuff, but she is the strongest healer. I'm not saying that that's necessarily a bad thing (the "women as nurses" thing actually was somewhat progressive when it first came around in the mid 1800s), but by now it's certainly a much-used stereotype.

Yes, Rena is the healer of the group, but they are three optional female characters that are great fighters.

Etrian Odyssey? That's a throwback to '80s PC RPGs, which always had character creation, including gender selection.

I was speaking more specifically about Ren and Tlatchga.

Those others - haven't played, except for Ogre Battle 64 and that's not the one you mentioned.

Well, for your benefit I will explain.

Valkyrie Profile - You play as a female warrior who leads the souls of the fallen to Asgard in preperation for a great war.

Odin Sphere - The "level select screen" is about a little girl who reads various stories. One of the first stories is about the daughter of Odin who's a warrior and the leader of an army. There are other stories, but that's the only one I've seen so far.

Magical Starsign - You can play as a male of female character, I think the same goes for Children of Mana too.

Generation of Chaos - You can play as various countries and one of the main characters is a leader of a unit of knights, who also happens to be female.