Yea, I think the transition was perfect. You've dealt with Squall being somewhat of a buzzkill and Zell being somewhat of a pest. So the sudden change to these new interesting people was really great. I wish they did a little more with the characters. I didn't care for Laguna's movie section, for example. I think they would have better served the three characters by fleshing them out a little more at this stage rather than doing a comedy dragon bit. Incidentally, when you meet them for the first time in person, I think there could have been a bit more done with it. They kinda rushed into the next plotline of the game and no one really seemed to care that they were meeting each other for the first time despite their involved past. Overall though, I think they were great and an essential addition to the game.