It seems clear to me not everybody was happy with Cross ditching much potential character development in favor of the gotta-catch-'em-all approach.
Soo..If you had to whittle it down to the standard RPG party of 7, whom would you deem worthy of making the cut?
Here are my seven =o
1)Glenn
2)Guile
3)Radius
4)Riddel
5)Fargo
6)Razzly
7)Norris
Now, all 3 people that bother coming in this section of the for(a?)um may be wondering "What the hell is this jibba-jabba? Where's Kid, Harle, and Serge? And why is Razzly there?"
Well, since Kid and Harle are gone for story reasons for most of the game (excluding New Game + loopholes), I don't feel the need to include them. They will be like a guest eighth character. Kid is absent almost the entire game and it's not like you even have to get her back. She may be important, but not as a playable character. Razzly is there to fill the annoying-but-cute character void. Better than Poshul or Pip, isn't it?
Serge I'm not including because the silent protagonist thing rubs me the wrong way. Instead, Glenn gets to be the main character of the entire game. He's already connected to anybody important, and with a few line rewrites it will be fine.
I'd much rather have a main character that actually speaks then just sits there in a pink bandana nodding now again. I know it trickled down from Trigger, but meh, I'd have changed it. ENOUGH JIVE, Glenn is the main character in my version, so sniff my pixie stick if you disagree.
Ahem. That's all. I think this was done once before? My memory is a huge pile of and I can't remember anymore.
Edit: I just realized there are three Green innate characters and no Red. My party is going to suck.