Quote Originally Posted by Captain Maxx Power View Post
(SPOILER)That would be because you're on the floating continent at present. Once you're done there you'll eventually open up an entire world that will be five times bigger than the one you're presently on

Also Advance makes all your party attack at once with increased attack power I believe.
Okay, cool. I just realized the (SPOILER)floating continent part when I raced around it with a chocobo and saw (SPOILER)clouds underneath.