Get few things off my Chest..

[Wolf Kanno]

We could use a young character but hopefully not giddy and annoying (Yuffie, Eiko, Rikku).

We are starting to loose more unique characters...

FFVII - Quite a few. Cait Sith, Red XIII, Barret, Vincent
FFVIII- Aside from personality, none were extremely unique when compared to others. They were all Humans!!!
FFIX- Practically every character except maybe Dagger and/or Steiner
FFX- Here's where we start to loose them - Lulu, Kimarhi, Wakka
FFXII- Fran, the only one really. Everyone has blonde hair (except maybe Baltheir), everyone is human (except Fran) plus no real character development doesn't help either.

Read this for character development for FFXII http://forums.eyesonff.com/showpost....3&postcount=64
I think they were pretty unique honestly. As well as many character you failed to mention from previous FF's. Like Auron, Quistis, Squall, Laguna and a few others.

Don't you guys like to have a kid like Vivi in FF games?

I liked Vivi, but he's an exception. Characters like Eiko, Yuffie, Rikku, etc. get on my nerves.

"Hey! I'm talking and I have way too much energy! My brain is made of sunshine and cocaine!!"

One of my favorite characters of any FF (that I'm familiar with) is Auron. I would like to see more characters like him and Basch. Fran is also cool. They're not all keyed up and whiney.

But what're'ya gonna' do? We all keep getting older while the characters stay the same age. Pretty soon I'll be griping in forums while examining my pension checks.

Your post made me laugh But it's true. Older fans have issues with younger casts of characters. I'm an older fan and it's difficult to relate to characters like Tidus or Penelo. I tend to like older characters like Auron, Basch, Cecil, Setzer and Balthier(I can't believe I'm actually older than him though... )

A kid party is not too out there though. I honestly feel that the cast of the first three Digimon series are incredibly well written and I find there stories to be gripping as well.

FF should take a page off Zelda: Having child Link time travel to be Adult Link

So we wouldn't have to play Goofy infested KH to play with kid Tidus

Technically, they did it first with FFIV's Rydia. She joins you when she's like 8 years old and then due to unforseen circumstances, you lose her for awhile. Later she rejoins you and once again due to an odd plot twist, she is 16 years old and a lot more useful... Technically she's not an adult but still...

Also, I like Goofy...