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** Later, an all-female [[Exclusively 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.
* Also in the ''Final Fantasy'' franchise, the [[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance|various incarnations]] [[Final Fantasy XII|of Ivalice]] (aside from the all-human original [[Final Fantasy Tactics]]) feature the Gria. Except for humans, most other races are effectively all-male, as well, but it appears simply because they have no alternate gender appearance, and ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics A2]]'' has a Luck Stick vendor and exchanger who are described in-game as male and female, respectively, in spite of appearing completely identical. The Seeq have an official female sprite, though it's just a Seeq Viking with a pink outfit and lipstick, and not playable.
** 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.
* As far as ''[[Final Fantasy XIV]]'' goes, we haven't ''seen'' female Roegadyn or male Miqo'te yet, and it apparently hasn't been decided whether or not they'll appear in-game (although [[Word of God]] confirms their existence). And the Highland Hyur have only male adventurers.
* The Gerudo from ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' are an entirely female race of warrior-thieves. Even though they're apparently human, only one Gerudo male is born every hundred years (the only one known is [[Big Bad|Ganondorf]]) and is destined to become king. In fact, the gossip stones found in the game reveal that the Gerudo often visit the town for the purpose of finding a man to borrow in order to make more little Gerudo. There seem to be no Goron women, though this is difficult to tell based on their strange appearance.
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** When new races were added, things got different. It may be a joke to the common hairstyles of the blood elves but most blood elves appear to be female, especially since they're quite frail looking. (Then again though, the [[Reality Is Unrealistic|males are actually the most realistically-proportioned character models in the game]]) Draenei seemed to be well balanced, as do the Goblin and Worgens, although it's not uncommon to see a higher male to female population in the playerbase.
** Oracles, Murlocs, and Kobolds seem rather one-gendery.... though they maybe don't have any sexual dimorphism at all. Furbolgs are a good example of this. The one female furbolg seen looks exactly like every other furbolg out there.
** Additionally, several races have both genders according to the lore, but only one (male, with an exception being the succubus) is depicted in game. Ogres, Broken and Lost Ones, for example... although a half-finished female Broken model exists in the game source. Literally ''half''-finished. If the macro system's UnitSex() function is to believed, some of the 'all male races' such as Ogres do have female individuals in the game. Apparently the player characters just can't tell the difference.
** The ''Warcraft D20'' monster manual states explicitly that Harpies reproduce by <s> copulation with</s> raping a captured humanoid race, preferring elves and humans.
* In ''[[Warcraft]] III''<nowiki></nowiki>'s campaign, the Night Elves begin as a one-gender race, until the male Druids, who have apparently been hibernating for a long, long time, awaken.
** 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]].
* In ''[[Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura]]'', several of the playable races can only be male. This has an in-game justification of the females of certain races being deliberately sheltered and do not go adventuring. The real reason was technical; there was not enough room on one CD for all the sprites required to have females for all the races.
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* The Kaka clan of ''[[BlazBlue]]'' are at least close to being a {{spoiler|genetically engineered}} One-Gender Race that reproduce via parthenogenesis. Kaka males are mentioned as being incredibly rare, and none are seen in game.
* In ''[[Daily Life with Monster Girl|Monster Girl Quest]]'', all the monsters are female, and survive by raping human males. Early on, we find out that this isn't their fault: The human's goddess has forbidden sexual intercourse with monsters. Again, they're all female, so it's just a slow form of genocide.
* Parodied with the Dreamboat Kingdom in ''[[Xolga and Mr. Toko]]''. For our protagonists, said kingdom is composed exclusively of males, but the Dreamboaters claim that they ''do'' have different sexes, is just that their females are [[Bishounen]]-[[Uke|looking]] while their males look [[The Bear|muscular]] but [[Camp Gay|very]] [[Macho Camp|campy]]. Not that Xolga is entirely convinced about it.
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