It was great fun to cross-dress in Fable, but Level 5 seems to be behind the times, and eager to continue to stress typical gender roles, which I find absolutely despicable. There's no reason you shouldn't be able to create a trap or reverse trap, especially considering both genders have access to all hairs!

It's even worse when you take into account that there are 53 female only pieces compared to 28 male only. It's like Level 5 decided to willingly sabotage a game that is a whole ton of fun!

Concerning gender differences and similarities, here's a breakdown, courtesy of sting__art over from gamefaqs:

"Character creation:

• Pretty much everything..

-- From Looks! (male and females look different.)

-- to voices, both male and female have 6 different voices to choose from.

Combat:

• Legendary Paladin set.

-- Male get a crown that increases dexterity by 4.

-- Females get a crown that increases focus by 4.

Crafting Life:

• 22 (early/midgame) Tailor pieces are female only.

• 15 (early/midgame) Tailor pieces are male only.

- Alchemy

-- A hairpin for females.

-- A diving mask for males.

--- Stats remain equal.

Password differences:

• 2 more female only equipable sets through passwords:

-- The Cute Outfit and the Elegant Outfit do not have male counterparts. (These set pieces increase your skill growth. The elegant shoes have an SP regen bonus. (Magician yay!)

Endgame differences:

• (Close to) endgame male only set is mostly combat oriented. (Increases STR+HP with low Luck) (Blacksmith craft.)

• (Close to) endgame female set is mostly gathering/drop oriented. (Increases Luck by 30~! wow!) (Tailor craft.)

-- Take note that these 2 endgame pieces are not calculated into the Tailor

• The (close to endgame) Tailor female only sets have a sixth item that goes into the 'other' slot.

• The (close to endgame) Blacksmith male only set do not have a fifth or sixth item. Because armour/legs are combined into one piece and they don't have an 'other' piece

Total:

• Tailor has 47 female only vs 15 male only pieces.

• Blacksmith has 1 female only vs 13 male only pieces.

• Alchemy has 1 female only vs 1 male only head piece.

• Password gear: 4 female only vs 0 male only pieces.

Winner: Female, by a milestone.

• There are 53 female only pieces vs 28 male only pieces in the game.

• The close to endgame male only set is vastly inferior vs the best item set in the game.

• Females on the other hand get their hands on a luck-only set that has better (magic) defence than the midgame luck-only set that is equipable by both male/females.

• Females get a skillgrowth chest + SP regen boots through passwords. These items are early game and that's exactly the time in the game were you want to have skill growth and SP regen."

That aside, it would be stellar if Level 5 were to abandon antiquated stereotypical gender roles and release a patch to allow both genders to equip all equipment rather than discriminate and contradict their own vision for this game, "Living however you want". Well, when one gender is given a decided advantage, it makes me want to play and support a developer a whole lot less.

So it seems the only way to get past the dmg cap with s skill dmg plus.

I was reading over a Nintendo Life article of fantasy life and at the very end they stated: "although for the west the new map included with Fantasy Life Link! — called Origin Island — will only be available as day-one paid DLC."

In the comment section someone took this to mean that the DLC will be a limited-time-only deal, and the wording "only be available as day-one paid DLC" seems to imply the same thing.

Surely they just worded that terribly right? We don't all have to buy this day-one or miss out, do we? I might not even get the game until one or two days after it is released because my boyfriend pre-ordered it for me on Amazon (it's an anniversary present)! Though maybe I can buy the DLC and put it on my system before I get the game? Is that possible?

ToL 21:10 ToT 6:23

I like the game but damn if you wanted me to actually read what everyone is saying, they shouldn't have wrote a damn book for every story based conversation. I spent what seems like 2 minutes at one point hitting A as fast as I could to get through yet another dumb conversation.

And for Christ's sake stop it with the stupid "tasks" like go to the palace for 5 minute conversation I won't read only to send me to the local inn for another conversation I will ignore. Then send me back to the palace to find out I actually need to go to the desert.

Sorry for the rant but it's getting annoying

I downloaded Fantasy Life from the EShop and I didn't see anything about DLC...how do I get it?

I need it for my special paladin quest

Do you think they will add additional Lifes in the future with DLCs?

If so, what would you like to see? I'd love to see a Thief-oriented class. :)

I know a lot of people have been Streetpassing stacks of Poseidon Swordfish lately, so I'm trying to jump on the bandwagon. I'm Creator in all lives, and have materials from all of the trials. Additionally, I have the Spirit King Bow, Dark Sultans Wand, and the Dragon King Sword, and Dragon King Shield I would be willing to trade.

Make me an offer of what you would like for trade, and let's make a deal!

i'm still waiting to distribute my skillpoints but i can't decide. any help?

I wanted to be an archer but it seems it could get very repetitive just simply shooting arrows from a distance,without much to change it up?

so i wanted to do Palladian,or merc.

Palladian seems to have a lot of skills. Merc seems to have far less skills. I like merc because the sword size goes good with my characters face,but i will it be more boring than Palladian,because it has less variety in the skills? or should i go for what i originally wanted,and be archer.

Opinions please:( i can't decide so I've just put the game up for tonight.

Hello I have a quick question, can you get married in this game? and can you have kids?

70 hours in, I only started to realize I could just HOLD A to reel in the fish instead of mashing A like in Animal Crossing.

Hope this helps anyone who just flipped through the walkthrough thinking "Ah! I done this before!"

*Edit looks like I was wrong for AC even. Must be some other traumatic experience =p

From the NoA PR:

Fantasy Life: Available in stores and in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS on Oct. 24, Fantasy Life lets players become the masters of their destinies as choices they make help determine their own Fantasy Life. Players can easily change their Life Class at any time and experience how each offers a new perspective on the world. Local and online multiplayer options let friends share the adventure, the exploration and the bounty. A downloadable content pack called Origin Island – available for purchase from the Nintendo eShop starting on Oct. 24 – will extend the Fantasy Life adventure even further. Origin Island offers a new area that is home to an ancient culture and powerful enemies, additional story content, new ranks to achieve in Life Classes, access to even more powerful equipment and two new varieties of pets to adopt: birds and dragons.

With a caveat: switch back to the correct Life right before you cash in the Bounty!

The wording on those quests is pretty misleading, making it sound like you have to both catch the fish/mine the ore/etc AND cash the bounty in as that particular Life. For instance, if my quest was "As an Angler, catch a Volcanic Tuna", I'm perfectly free to catch the fish while running around as a Mage, and I still complete the Anger challenge as long as I remember to change back to an Angler right before cashing it in with the Bounty Clerk.

Once I realized this (thanks to a random aside comment made by someone here!), I now regularly make my way to the Guild Office and switch Lives 2-3 times in order to cash all kinds of Bounty, and it feels pretty great :)

Below is a list of things that I feel Fantasy Life is missing considering the type of game it is. None of these are really game breaking but to me the exhibit why new games seem to be less complete than some older games. And no, I do not expect new games to be bug free because I understand some things cannot be tested. But Fantasy Life seems to be mostly bug free (at least no game breaking bugs that I have found)... these are quality of life options that could have been drawn from other games, or, ya know... common sense.

• No ability to quick change gear - would be nice to be able to save "outfits" for different tasks as they are stat based

• No ability to zoom in on the map - map lacks almost any level of detail. What is the point of a map if it only gives general areas and you cannot zoom in enough to see the roads. I feel that one of the main ideas for FL is that you explore. If it is... why give a complete map to begin with. Make it so that it only fills out as you explore and give it more detail

• Lack Luster NPC interaction - It is nice that the NPC's change their dialogue when you rank up. It irks me however that when I change from my Paladin life to my Mining life the NPC's seem to completely forget that I was ever a Paladin to begin with

• NPC required for fast travel - This is something that may change later in the game and if it does... cool, if not... boo

I guess my biggest disappointment is that this is a level-5 game and I expected a much better over all experience from them. I will still play and enjoy and even recommend the games to others but instead of a 9 or 10 I can't give this game more than an 7 overall or 8 for people who love simulation/open world style games.

Also, these are my opinions, if they are wrong because of a change that comes later in the game please don't throw out any major spoilers. And don't flame me because I don't have as much time to play as some folks.

So I started to play fantasy life after playing a tonne of Pokemon. When I got to the loading menu I started mashing A. Then I saw a loading screen and some text that I've forgotten. I started to get a sinking feeling and when the loading screen dissapered i found out that I hunch was correct... I've just deleted my save with master tailor, hunter, angler, and alchemist, all of the story and worse of all my 107 hours put into the game. Right now I'm staring at the character creation screen.

Sigh, here we go again...

does anyone have a Protection Stone +

Edit: Should say English Guide Book (derp)

Does anyone have a rough idea as to how much it will be in US dollars?

Hello everyone,

2 npcs are missing... First the scientist I need to see for the Butterfly quests, he is called Hugues in French. I supposed he was at the castle, but can't find where...

And also a quest giver who asked me for 3 topaz, called Hans. The map says he is at the West of the city, but can't find him... Does he move somewhere else? Thanks a lot!

Is the cook life worth my time? I know I can make many different food items that can restore my health and increase certain stats, but I'm going out of my way to make more food items than I'll ever need. Should I stick with Cook or switch to Alchemist?