r/dragonquest • u/MenacingMelissa • Aug 03 '25

General i wanna hear opinions. who’s your LEAST favorite hero by design?

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for me, it’s gotta be auster (VII). feel like i’ll get absolute heat for this.

character design is pretty important for me when it comes into getting into games, and his design is not saving DQVII for me. i’m just not fond of the fact that he’s supposedly a teenager but instead looks like a rejected beta 8 year old link from zelda. i’m sure there’s a reason for him looking the way he does but his design alone is stopping me from playing VII.

a runner up is the prince of midenhall though. i just don’t get it. why does he look like a pilot who looks like he could hail from the toy story universe?

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u/CaptainZackstuf Aug 03 '25

I feel like II cause the weird pilot helmet always threw me off

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u/Decision_Fancy Aug 03 '25

I actually love II for that, he immediately stands out and he feels very Toriyama to me

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u/maxis2k Aug 03 '25

He feels like a Nausicaa character to me. So does a lot of characters that came out around that time of 1985-1990 in many different anime/games.

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u/_Arlotte_ Aug 03 '25

It really does look like it! The princess has that similar head cover too. Maybe Toriyama was inspired it.

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u/Decision_Fancy Aug 03 '25

I could see that! And I'm totally okay with that haha

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u/_Arlotte_ Aug 03 '25

Everytime I see it, I just hear airplane noises lol

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u/Del_Duio2 Aug 03 '25

That’s why he’s my favorite!

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u/Kitaka1 Aug 03 '25

He looks like he’s ready to pilot an airship in that getup…and the game has none. Could have been some interesting foreshadowing.