Building a better Alphinaud

[Slatersev]

Fordola not being super popular on either side of the ocean is why she got shoved into no speaking role quests and the like and had an extremely small role in the MSQ post Stormblood. Which is a shame because I do like her and wish she was more prominent

Aveyond is straight up lying and has absolutely no source to back it up, meanwhile both twins were in the single digits of the EW Jpn popularity poll.

[aveyond-dreams]

Curious that all of these wonderful polls are never conducted overseas in the west. Sort of strange, isn't it?

In any case I firmly believe that Fordola as a postergirl for this game would move more copies than the twins. You put her on an ad and I'll at least consider checking the game out. You put Alphi on an ad especially that Sage cgi of his and I just look the other way.

[CrownySuccubus]

Curious that all of these wonderful polls are never conducted overseas in the west. Sort of strange, isn't it?

Yes, how strange that polls are chiefly done in the work's home country of origin.

Gee, I wonder how many Japanese World of Warcraft or GTA Online polls there are?

Get out of here with this, dude.

[tokinokanatae]

Curious that all of these wonderful polls are never conducted overseas in the west. Sort of strange, isn't it?

Not particularly? I can't think of any polls SE has directly taken for character popularity. The ones linked for Japanese opinions tend to be the big one for all FF games done by NHK or smaller fan polls. So it's about as "curious" as posting a favorite character thread on these boards, which has happened more than once. EDIT: There's also the recent Famitsu poll, but that is also not a poll directly conducted by SE.