One-Gender Race: Difference between revisions

* Mithra and Galka in ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'', where players can create only female and male types, respectively. The Galka reproduce by reincarnation, with it suggesting that the number of Galka in the world is a fixed figure (or decreasing, if being killed before their time prevents reincarnation). Even with no need for sexuality, the Galka still seem to fall in love with females of other races. Among the [[Catgirl|Mithra]], males are rare and as a result, have been forced into protective status (probably not too enviable a position, with them most likely being treated as little more than objects and forced into passionless sex for reproduction only on a constant basis). Doesn't really change that ''Wings of the Goddess'' (which takes place during the Crystal War) just ignores this and keeps the mostly female motif present in the modern day (giving us ''one'' token male that just seems to exist as Square telling people to stop asking questions about the males at conventions).

** Later, an all-female [[Always Chaotic Evil|enemy race]] called the Lamia was added to the game, though their status as a [[One-Gender Race]] may be [[Justified Trope|justified]] by the insinuation that they're actually an [[Biological Mashup|artificial race]] used as biological weapons...and because the mythical creatures they're based on are always depicted as female.

** Officially there are male Viera, though none have appeared in any games. According to canon sources, they live separate from the female half of the species and the two populations only meet when it's babymaking time. A young, spoiled Viera appears in a series of missions in TA2, and wants the player to help her capture a Wyrm so that she can take it home and impress her father. So far, Gria have only appeared in one game of the Ivalice series, and their role was tertiary at best, so no word yet on how their society functions.

** Tactics A2 plays with your expectations a little, with the Duelhorn Boss, Night Dancer. From first appearances you might think she's the only female Bangaa character and therefore is safe for your Viera unit to hit under the "No Harming Opposite Gender" law. But no, she's a got a pickle surprise.

** Even in [[World of Warcraft]], there are many more female Night Elves than male. This is probably a [[Rule of Sexy]] choice by Blizzard and the players, and the (Handwaved) reason for this is probably that many males are still trapped within the Emerald Dream. If players are ever allowed to visit the Emerald Dream, one can bet that there will be plenty of female Night Elves running around.

* In the MMORPG ''Trickster'', Cats, rabbits, foxes, and sheep are female, raccoons, dragons, lions, and bulls (well, duh) are male. Less so than most examples in that all the characters [[Little Bit Beastly|are really humans with costumes consisting of a headband and a tail]].

* The Kremlings of ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' were like this for a long time, with only males depicted (there is a throwaway reference to a wife for K. Rool in the third game, however). It took them until ''Donkey Kong Barrel Blast'' to finally introduce female Kremlings to the series.

* Only male Grendels and either male (in ''2'') or female (in ''3'') Ettins occur without player intervention (or breeding, once you have both genders) in the ''[[Creatures]]'' games.