That's one charming thing I like about older games. Your party dialogue consists of whoever is in the battle party with you, as opposed to a cutscene playing and all 6 to 8 members having a discussion.

I don't know that one's preferable to another, but I do like the incentive of using different people depending on where you go to see specific dialogue.

I also love that 7th Heaven has a neon sign that says "Texas".