I guess this just all goes back to my problem with kid characters, I really don't like them and its hard to make them likable unless your into that cliche. I'd rather have a cast of semi-adults and not have to deal with these silly "coming of age" stories, or "lonely child prodigy" spiel that every RPG/Movie/Book/TV series likes to do. I need RPGs to ditch them as well as the "spunky girl" archetype cause they are equally as annoying at this point in time.
Oh yeah. I've never really understood the Japanese obsession with having underage protagonists. I can think of so many Anime/Manga's that would be so much better if the characters were adults and I could take them seriously.
I would much rather have pure adults in the cast. You know, ones with experience fighting before the game started? I still find it hard to stomach watching Sazh fight alongside Lightning in battle.