As much as I like Lightning, Sazh would have been much more fun to play. Not to mention we don't have any gun users. (Gunner Yuna for FFX?!)
It's a marketing issue, I think. Out of the six main characters it was Lightning they chose to represent FFXIII in their advertisements and game cover etc, but the other five could easily take that place. They chose Lightning because she is a strong, sexy female. From a business perspective this is a wise choice. Unfortunately this lead to some people viewing her as the main character and they expected her to support everything. But that's another topic. Anyway where I was going with this is that it makes more sense to insert the most iconic character of the game for FFXIII's first entry.






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