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'''Character customization''' is the process in which players can fine-tune the details of characters in certain titles. The system has grown more sophisticated and detail-oriented as the industry has advanced through generations of hardware, with earlier games being limited to merely a character's name and profession to later entries allowing players to decide the colour of a character's eyes. | '''Character customization''' is the process in which players can fine-tune the details of characters in certain titles. The system has grown more sophisticated and detail-oriented as the industry has advanced through generations of hardware, with earlier games being limited to merely a character's name and profession to later entries allowing players to decide the colour of a character's eyes. | ||
Being able to customize a character is synonymous with the [[vocation system]] | Being able to customize a character is not possible in games with established casts already written into the narrative, and as such is synonymous with the [[vocation system]]s that allow the creation of characters from scratch. This process has been managed by the recurring tavern owner [[Patty]] in all but one of her mainline appearances. | ||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
==={{DQ}}=== | ==={{DQ}}=== | ||
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Beyond this the online entry builds upon the example set by the ninth game by giving players two body styles to choose from, adult or child, with three height ranges, thirty-two hair styles with eighty-two dye choices, eighty-two eye colours, twelve skin tones per race, eight choices per sex for the shape of the eyes and the eyebrows, three choices for the contours of the face for thin, normal, and plump, and eighty-two colours for lipstick should the character choose to wear any. | Beyond this the online entry builds upon the example set by the ninth game by giving players two body styles to choose from, adult or child, with three height ranges, thirty-two hair styles with eighty-two dye choices, eighty-two eye colours, twelve skin tones per race, eight choices per sex for the shape of the eyes and the eyebrows, three choices for the contours of the face for thin, normal, and plump, and eighty-two colours for lipstick should the character choose to wear any. | ||
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The player can dress the chosen child up in a variety of outfits, and the sibling staying behind at the ranch will occasionally change clothes as well. | |||
==={{DQMJ3}}=== | ==={{DQMJ3}}=== | ||
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==={{DQStars}}=== | ==={{DQStars}}=== | ||
The hair colour, hairstyle, hair colour, eye colour, face, and skin tone of a character can be altered by visiting a beauty salon in the game. | The hair colour, hairstyle, hair colour, eye colour, face, and skin tone of a character can be altered by visiting a beauty salon in the game. | ||
==Gallery== | |||
===''Dragon Quest III HD2D Remake''=== | |||
<gallery><center> | |||
Healizah make over example.jpg|Healizah performing a makeover on a thief | |||
</center></gallery> | |||
===''Dragon Quest IX''=== | |||
<gallery><center> | |||
DQIX_character_customization_example_1.jpg | |||
DQIX_character_customization_example_2.jpg | |||
DQIX_character_customization_example_3.jpg | |||
DQIX_character_customization_example_4.jpg | |||
</center></gallery> | |||
===''Dragon Quest X''=== | |||
<gallery><center> | |||
File:DQX character customization example 1.jpg|Selecting body type and sex during creation | |||
</center></gallery> | |||
{{Series_mechanics}} | {{Series_mechanics}} | ||
[[Category: Game mechanics]] | [[Category: Game mechanics]] | ||