i don't care, Shadow's not THAT important

[chionos]

I always have Umaro on the frontlines going into the final battle.

cannon fodder?

Shadow should have his own spinoff game. I'm sure -anything- they did with him would be better than, say, DoC.

As far as choosing characters based on their stats or abilities...it's not like there's any boss in FFVI that can't be killed by -any- character. FFVI's cake...it's all about the story. Characters are more than the sum of their stats.