Mimics, where are they?

[Kletian]

So you have never played any FF games other than FFXIV?

Mimics did not exist in FF1, FF3, FF4, FF5, FF6, FFT for sure. Monsters in a box have but they never look like Carnivorous Treasure chests. I haven't played (to completion at least) but am willing to bet they also don't exist in FF7, FF8, or FF13. I know they existed in FF2, FF9, FF10, FF11, I played a Thief after all, and FF12. But non-carnivorous chest monsters in a box also existed in those games.

In contrast, Breath of fire had mimics in games 1-3 at least, though most of the times they'd even be regular enemies rather than trapped chests. Lufia and Mario RPG had them as miniboss chests. Dragon Quest has had mimics as trapped chests in nearly every game, Dungeons and Dragons has them of course, they made them. Ragnarok Online has them as roving monsters. Thus my point that they belong to other RPGs much more than they belong to Final Fantasy.

Check this if you don't believe me: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChestMonster

I could be snide here and say "Perhaps you've have never played any RPG games other than FFXI"? And I know by conjecturing it is the same as me just flat out saying it. So let's have this needless hostility of mine balance out yours and call a truce.