[Rico]

Actualy, speaking of 9 characters, I'm still confused as if Quina is male or female, because it can equip a female only accessory but I'm pretty sure it was refered as an he somewhere.

As for lead characters... I think my favorite would be Terra from 6, but it's hard to tell in this game because there's no real, main main characters. There are major important characters, but no real main, it's kind of strange in that way.

The others main from other FF are kind of m'eh to me. You can't really count 1-2-3 (the actual ones), Cecil from 4 I just couldn't get to like him in any way shape or form, Bartz from 5 is just kind of there, Cloud from 7 I just never even could get in the game and I did try numerous time, Squall from 8 was okay-ish I guess, but I wouldn't say he's my favorite, Zidane was... Actualy, Zidane would be contender for number 2, Tidus from 10 I don't even want to go there, 11 is 11 and 12 I like 7 to me, so screw what's-his'face mini-van I forgot. Oh yeah, and there's 13 too, with is basicaly a female mix of Cloud and Squall (don't ask me how that works). And the -2 games I still haven't played 13-2 even thoush I have it since forever and X-2 I guess I kinda like Yuna, but again, X-2 story was dumb.

I love the mini games from X-2 and the side quest. Paine side-quet should have been the real story, I say, THAT was interesting and pretty cool. I love the sphere break game too, way more than the card games from the others game. The gauntlet was pretty fun but I suck at it <.<

Also, the thing I love about 9 is that it goes back to the older style, like FF1, in a way. I think a lot of people were put of because of the uber SD character design, and I actualy find it pretty fun to watch personaly. And there's still the awesome music :D

Thinking back though, I think I'd change my vote for favorite character to Cloud of Darkness, only because I arbitrarily love her design and she's evil and whatever. And I have a thing for floating characters.