I actually finished the Dragon's Den and the Soul Shrine with Umaro. He's pretty powerful, as he easily seems to hit the 9999 cap with natural stats [for those that aren't aware, you can't equip espers on him, so you can't influence his stat growth]. He really isn't that bad at all.

And for the record, yes I'm already aware that it's far more useful to have another character there that can act as a healer / DD through high magic, or something else along those lines aside from the obvious bonus that you can at least control them. I just didn't really mind Umaro being in my party at all. Mostly, I enjoy watching him throwing Gau at the enemy for max damage.

Quote Originally Posted by Roogle View Post
Setzer was redesigned by character artist Tetsuya Nomura for Kingdom Hearts II where he makes an appearance early in the game as a returning champion in a competition. How did you feel about this redesign? I think that the long, white hair might have something to do with your perceptions because I feel the same way about him aesthetically.
I honestly don't remember at all. I'd have to go look at it sometime.