Phantasy Star: Fringes of Algo

Whoa! Was it on purpose? My favorite non-PS character in my birthday!
On a side note, I've just ordered my Japanese contact to send me the five(!) different Aerith action figures and statues I've bought recently. Hey, when I like a woman, I really like her

I'm not very much a fan of Final Fantasy VII story (more of the gameplay), but, in my opinion, Aerith really stands out during the time she is available in the game because she is very natural as a character. Despite her "special" nature (arguably she is the lead character of the whole story, although not of the game) and the common place of being "the last one" but she fails to save her kind from extinction, making it less cliché, she has different traits of personality and many mood swings, making her one of the best game characters I've ever seen. Usually, the game characters are very cliché and fall in one category (the rebel hero, the always just, the wise, the bully partner, the reckless guy, the mysterious person, the woman disguised as a man in a manly profession, the tomboy girl fighter, the very cold character, the extremelly emotional, the joker, the secret prince/princess, the chosen one/god/mythical etc.), but Aerith falls into none, for she has upbeat and depressive moments; emotional and rational; extroverted and introverted; flirty and prudish; serious and silly; wise and innocent. Like a real person. That is why I love her (less than Maia, obviously ).

Blue Mary seems anything but "blue". Why do they call her that, I wonder? She has a terrific figure, to say the least.

Polka is an interesting character, and quite unusual for a video game character in some aspects, imho.

It's really great getting to "know" all these Ladies.

How many games are there in the Atelier series? I must have really lost track of this one, because I only remember hearing about two.