Fort me personally, Wakka was a breath of fresh air when the game needed it. He was a great character imho. Auron, despite his Cliché's, was still, for me, the best in the game. He's by no means original (there's a bit of Cyan Garamonde & Cid Highwind in him mixed with Vincent Valentine) but I've always liked that type of character & while his story is Cliché-Hero, it still gripped me, maybe even morerso than the previous 2 mentioned. Lulu was a decent character & Kimari ended up being a weapon of total destruction for me, pretty early on...but by the time I maxed out everyone, no one stood out, my party resembled the German Army going into Poland. Good game, not the best, VII, IX & VI still hold that crown respectively, but nevertheless, worthy of the FF name.