Uniqueness of FFXII?

[Flying Arrow]

One extra thing I came up with is that while FFIV and FFIX where series tribute games, I always felt FFXII was a homage and reimagining of Final Fantasy II.

Huh. I never thought of it like this. Good call. I have a similar take of FFXIII being a call-back to FFIII (what with the idea of an upper, "fake" world and a lower, natural one).