so why isn't it good enough to be able to be used in such as the party window, save screens etc? I feel like I'm in ff7 not being able to use it to scroll with.

or am I missing an important fact to being able to use my left analog stick mojo?

I had nearly forgotten about not being able to use it until just now when my arm did a motion in body-memory in the save screen: taking the controller and hitting it on the arm of the couch to move the cursor, and now it's got me all wondering about it again.