(leaving this here to maybe work on later, or for people to comment on if they want)
I was looking at the FFI&II Kanzen Kōryaku-hen which lists all the enemies from both games and gives them numbers. More interestingly it groups enemies into families. These are listed below (FFI on left, FFII on right)
- 鬼系 Devil
[Goblin, Troll]
[Goblin, -Dual Heads-]
- 獣系 Beast
[-Rakshasa-, Wolf, Hound, Tiger, Sphinx[?], Chimera, -Crazy Horse-]
[Chimera, Rat, Rhino, -Devil Wolf-, -Coeurl-, Behemoth]
- 爬虫類系 Reptile
[Lizard, Snake, Crocodile, Naga]
[Lizard, Vampire Thorn (wut), Adamantoise, Toad, -Sea Snake-]
- 巨人系 Giant
[Gigas, Ogre]
[Ogre, Gigas, -Iron Giant-]
- 魚系 Fish
[Sahagin, Shark, Piranha]
[Ray, Fish]
- 人間系 Humanoid
[Pirate, Knight, Dark Elf, -Garland-]
[Sorcerer, -Gottos-, Pirate, -Borghen-, -Rider-, Soldier]
- 悪魔系 Demon
[Eyes, Beholder Evil Eye, Medusa, Vampire, Gargoyle, Mindflayer, -Dark Wizard-, -Nightmare-]
[Brain, Parasite, -Beast Demon-, Imp, Vampire, -Beelzebub-, -Astaroth-]
- 骸骨系 Skeleton
- 虫系 Bug
[Crawler, Scorpion, Worm, Ankheg, Spider]
[Worm, Mantis, Aculeate, Antlion]
- 獣人系 Mutant/Beastman
[-Werewolf-, -Werepanther-, Lamia, Yeti]
- 悪霊系 Wraith
[Wraith/Specter, -Imperial Shadow-]
- ゾンビ系 Zombie
[-Minotaur Zombie-, Zombie, -Dragon Zombie-, Mummy]
[-Dual Deads-, Zombie/Ghoul, -Zombie Borghen-]
- 精霊系 Soul
- ドラゴン系 Dragon
[DragonA, DragonB, Wyvern, Hydra]
[-Sea Dragon-, Dragon/Winged Dragon, -Tiamat-]
- スライム系 Slime
- 不定形系 Amorphous
[Hectyes, Slime, Bomb]
- 恐竜系 Dinosaur
[Baretta, Tyrannosaur]
- 鳥系 Bird
[Ostrich, Eagle]
- 植物系 Plant
[Malboro, Death Flower]
- メカ系 Mech/Construct
[Robot, Golem, Warmech]
- ゴーレム系 Golem
[Golem, Icicle]
- カオス Chaos
- 皇帝 Emperor
Points of note: Enemies that are palette-swaps of each other aren't always found in the same family. Undead variants will often be found in a group especially for undeads. If the enemy has "were" in front of its name then it will be considered a Beastman/Mutant. Crazy Horse gets classed as a beast while Nightmare is a demon, and one of the weirdest situations is that Dark Fighter is humanoid but Dark Wizard is Demon???
I don't know if we want to just simply use these as families, or if we want to use a "Genus" and "Class" system (a la XII), so we can have "Devil: Goblin".
Shouldn't be hard for us to categorise the Advance enemies. JBed (talk) 12:11, October 23, 2019 (UTC)