Quote Originally Posted by NeoCracker View Post
I can 't vouce for I - III, but most FF's the main Villain gets the spotlight. IV it admitingly goes to Golbez, 5 definately went to Ex-death. Mostly because he really was the only Villian I can think of.

And the empire had a lot of spotlight in VI yes, but Kefka is the one doing a lot of the deeds. He's the one that poisened Doma, destroyed Thamasa, and many other things before WoR. Then he betrays Ghestal, and the world undergoes a little 'boom' and he proceeds to rule over it. I'd say Kefka stood out most there.

VIII, I won't comment on.

IX, I don't see how anyone stands out over Kefka.

X I'll give to seymore as standing out more then Sin, though this could depend on how one looks at it, so its a toss up.

And I didn't play far enough into XII to comment.

Sephiroth just doesn't stand out in his own game, which makes him seem weak. If Shinra had not been there, however, he likely would have had more of a pressance for me.
I was talking about physical presence(on-screen). But if we are talking about spotlight, then it's obvious Sephiroth have more than Shinra.
During the first half of FFVII, the party was following him across the planet(hell, that's the main reason why they left Midgar and started traveling the world), and during the second half, the party and Shinra were trying to stop him(by destroying his Meteor, or his Barrier).
Not to mention his connection and rivalry with the main character of the story.

The spotlight was Sephiroth. Shinra was just a side-villain appearing in the way.
Actually, we can compare it with FFX. Sephiroth = Sin. Shinra = the Maesters.

Finally, how did the Weapons help Sephiroth? Its not like anything would have changed for him had they been their or not, as the Junon Cannon is basically the only thing that could break the Barrier. All weapon did was make a delay in how long until the cannon shot the barrier down.
Exactly, the Weapons delayed his enemies. That's the point.
Sephiroth was waiting for Meteor, and he needed something to delay his enemies until that point. This is why he created the Barrier around the Crater in the first place. And the Weapons helped too.
Let's not forget they were attacking cities with Mako Reactors on them(ex: Junon and Midgar) too. By destroying the Reactors, the Weapons would stop them from sucking Lifestream, giving more of it to Sephiroth absorb, when Meteor hit the planet.
Not to mention that they mortally injured the president of Shinra, and fought against the party many times.
The Weapons helped alot dude.