What are you talking about? The Barbie series as a whole is amazing.
It's actually outselling game series like Metroid, Gears of War, Starcraft, and the "Tales of" series. They have so much that they should learn and copy from the Barbie series, like targetting young girl gamers, the style of clothes they should dress their characters in, keeping creepy plastic like smiles on their characters faces all the time, and that combs, purses, and makeup trump space aliens, guns, laser cannons, and swords any day of the week.
On topic, I enjoy Final Fantasy VI, but I do think it's quite overrated, especially seeing how the story falls apart in the World of Ruin. I guess having all those side quests in the World of Ruin made up for it, but I would've preferred a linear storyline at that part. It'd still be in my top 5 favourite Final Fantasies though.