Children, Trying to crack the code... Options

[Nurse Fin]

Okay, I've been figuring out a bit more about the kids...


Child's Appearance
I think that you may not have to let the spouse pick to have a child that resembles them. At least, judging by other people's pictures, you don't have to because you can have sister/sister, brother/brother, sister/brother, brother/sister combos with anyone. Though, in the opening videos and such, there were children that resembled the main character with Kotomi. I'm still not really sure about that.

Older brother: Straight hair
Younger brother: Spiky hair
Older sister: Long hair
Younger sister: Short hair

Child's Personality
If the appearance thing seems complicated, then this might just be downright confusing. We still don't know all the possible personality types, or how to get them all. From info that players have gathered, your child's personality is dependent on your spouse's influence AND your own influence.

You are given 4 questions throughout your child's development in which you can influence their personality

1. After it's born
(a) Strong and Energetic
(b) Kind and Gentle

2. Crawling Stage
(a) Champion Learner
(b) Learns at Own Pace

3. Walking Stage
(a) Studies Hard
(b) Carefree

4. Talking
(a) Talks Passionately (articulately)
(b) Talks About Dreams
*You can also choose how the child addresses his/her parents at this stage

Now here's where it gets a little foggy. Depending on your spouse, there will be one "basic" type of kid that you will get if you don't enter certain combinations.

edit-- It doesn't necessarily correlate with ToT. I added spouses names next to the type which is most dominant for them.

Personality Types
Type A "Serious and Polite/Studious" (Anise, Pat, Won, Gil)
Type B "Cool and Collected/Reserved" (Goddess, Kotomi, Wizard, Chihaya, Tao)
Type C "Dreamy and Carefree" (Leena, Mai, Calvin, Juli)
Type D "Hyper and Hot-Blooded" (Witch, Cathy, Roomi, Sheila, Luke, Ose, God)

D is therefore the most common dominant type, with B in second place and C and A tied for least dominant. (however, many Type A/B/C dominant parents cannot have type D kids)

Spouse Bias and Your Influence
If you don't enter the "proper" combinations, the child's personality will take after the spouse's influence instead (their bias).
New-- there might be types that are impossible to get depending on your spouse, but it's not a sure thing.

edit: added "possible types" for each spouse in the order of dominance.
Generally most possible combinations follow a pattern:
Dominant type: Dependent on 2 questions (so the other 2 questions, doesn't matter what you choose)
Middle type: Dependent on 3 questions (one question won't matter what you choose)
Third type: You must enter one specific combination.

Each of the required combinations tend to be unique to each spouse, there are no universal patterns.

Goddess's Child
Possible Types: B, A, C
Cannot have: Hot-blooded child

Type B child: a-either-a-either
Type A child: a-a-a-either
Type C child: a-b-a-b

Witch's Child
Possible Types: D, C, A
Cannot have: Reserved child

Anise's Child
Possible Types: A, C, B
Cannot have: Hot-blooded child

Leena's Child
Possible Types: C, A, B
Cannot have: Hot-blooded child

Cathy's Child
Possible Types: D, C, A
Cannot have: Reserved child

Kotomi's Child
Possible Types: B, A, C
Cannot have: Hot-blooded child

Roomi's Child
Possible Types: D, A, C
Cannot have: Reserved child

Pat's Child
Possible Types: A, B, D
Cannot have: Dreamy child

Mai's Child
Possible Types: C, D, B
Cannot have: Studious child

Sheila's Child
Possible Types: D, C, B
Cannot have: Studious child

God's Child
Possible Types: D, B, A
Cannot have: Dreamy child

Wizard's Child
Possible Types: B, A, C
Cannot have: Hot-blooded child

Luke's Child
Possible Types: D, C, B
Cannot have: Studious child

Calvin's Child
Possible types: C, D, A
Cannot have: Reserved child

Chihaya's Child
Possible types: B, A, C
Cannot have: Hot-blooded child

Ose's Child
Possible types: D, C, A
Cannot have: Reserved child

Won's Child
Possible types: A, B, D
Cannot have: Dreamy child

Juli's Child
Possible types: C, A, B
Cannot have: Hot-blooded child

Gil's Child
Possible types: A, C, B
Cannot have: Hot-blooded child

Tao's Child
Possible types: B, A, C
Cannot have: Hot-blooded child

edit: I added more info, now that the guide is out child's personalities are more clear.

This post has been edited by Nurse Fin: Jan 8 2009, 04:37 AM

[Cloverless]

o_O that's just plain wrong.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/emot-gonk.gif)

On so many levels....

I know most of us are going to try to pick out our kids personalities, but is there an option for the spouse to choose personality traits as well as their genders? I think it'd be interesting to see what the game wants the baby to be like before I make the second one the way I'd like. I'm sure it would make the ingame husband or wife happy, too.