You Can Only Have Eight Characters

[Laddy]

So, FFVI's cast is cut down to eight. Who do you keep? Who do you bump? Explain.

I'd keep...
I. Terra
II. Celes
III. Locke
IV. Edgar
V. Sabin
VI. Setzer
VII. Cyan
VIII. Shadow

All of these character have the most to do with plot and/or are more developed than the rest.

[Flying Mullet]

1. Sabin
2. Sabin
3. Sabin
4. Sabin
5. Sabin
6. Sabin
7. Sabin
8. Cyan

I threw Cyan in there because 8 Sabins would just be silly.

[chionos]

Setzer
Sabin
Terra
Celes
Shadow
Mog
Locke
Gogo

Gogo gets no love, I don't get it.

The rest of them are pretty standard picks cept maybe Mog and I don't know why anyone wouldn't want to keep the playable moogle.

[Flying Mullet]

Gogo gets no love, I don't get it.

A lot of people didn't know about the option to assign him skills. Once you do that he's a beast. (Especially when he mimics Umaro)

[Slothy]

1. Sabin
2. Sabin
3. Sabin
4. Sabin
5. Sabin
6. Sabin
7. Sabin
8. Cyan

I threw Cyan in there because 8 Sabins would just be silly.

Plus we need someone to say thou. Actually, we might need Gau in there as well. Should we bump it to nine or just drop one Mr. Thou?

[Depression Moon]

I pick Laddy's 8 for the same reason, though I could swap Setzer for Mog.

[Flying Mullet]

1. Sabin
2. Sabin
3. Sabin
4. Sabin
5. Sabin
6. Sabin
7. Sabin
8. Cyan

I threw Cyan in there because 8 Sabins would just be silly.

Plus we need someone to say thou. Actually, we might need Gau in there as well. Should we bump it to nine or just drop one Mr. Thou?

I think six Sabins, Gau and Cyan would be stellar!

[Loony BoB]

1. Edgar
2. Celes
3. Sabin
4. Umaro
5. Gau
6. Relm
7. Locke
8. Shadow

If I can draft in General Leo, I'd bring him in for Relm ideally but, due to Ultros, I'd inevitably drop Shadow instead becuase, well, Ultros.

[maybee]

1. Celes
2. Celes
3. Celes
4. Celes
5. Celes
6. Celes
7. Celes
8. Edgar

I threw Edgar in there because 8 Celes's would just be silly.

Fixed

[Mirage]

Terra Celes Relm Shadow Sabin Locke Edgar Cyan

[Flying Mullet]

1. Celes
2. Celes
3. Celes
4. Celes
5. Celes
6. Celes
7. Celes
8. Edgar

I threw Edgar in there because 8 Celes's would just be silly.

Fixed

Edgar would be down with that.

[blackmage_nuke]

Sigfried
Train Impressario
That soldier at Doma who tells Cyan everyone is dying
Duncan
Clyde
Gungho
The guy who sells us Rust Rid
Sabin

[theundeadhero]

Terra
Locke
Edgar
Sabin
Celes
Setzer
Umaro
GoGo

[Roogle]

I think these characters would work best if the size of the cast was lowered.

1. Terra
2. Locke
3. Edgar
4. Sabin
5. Celes
6. Shadow
7. Cyan
8. Setzer

I doubt that this would be the final roster of any game as it lacks the children and other necessary archetypes that the writers of Square Enix tend to find necessary these days.

[Inferno]

1. Sabin - 8guy's a beast
2. Edgar - tools, they just dominate
3. Terra - great story, great set of skills
4. Shadow - he's a freakin ninja !
5. Celes - great story, great set of skills
6. Locke - stealing is bad, but so useful
7. Mog - kupo !
8. Cyan

I never really cared about Relm & Strago's story. Plus, poor fighting skills