To celebrate the UK launch of Final Fantasy: 4 Heroes Of Light, NowGamer runs down the top ten worst JRPG cliches ever - "Pretty much every JRPG ever conceived has moments of innuendo, none more so than the rather embarrassing sequel Final Fantasy X-2, in which the once chaste Yuna swaps her mage garb for hot pants and magic spells for a pair of pistols. It’s blatantly preying on the sexual curiosity of adolescent teens, inflating the bosoms of 15 year-old characters to bursting point and making them wear ludicrously impractical outfits. It also seems to be an iron-clad rule that the sexier a JRPG character is, the more irritating they become."
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This list kinda sucks, actually.
As for amnesia, well, it's overused. No two ways about it. But perhaps because some of the most renowned RPGs ever made use them to great effect like Planescape: Torment, FFVII, and KoTOR.
With the silly name reasoning. They're fantasy worlds for goodness sake. It's not like the main character is going to be called John Smith is it?