Square was weirdly scared of not making a teen boy the POV. In 12 the main character is the princess but they make a random teen boy with zero story relevance the POV. The second most important character storywise was still the "guardian of the MC" guy but he couldn't be the POV either because he was like 30 (aka ancient old boomer, not POV material).
All FF games also follow the typical shounen anime tropes. A weak and often character-flawed teen boy undergoes character arc to god-destroying strength then literally fights god.
Square was weirdly scared of not making a teen boy the POV. In 12 the main character is the princess but they make a random teen boy with zero story relevance the POV. The second most important character storywise was still the "guardian of the MC" guy but he couldn't be the POV either because he was like 30 (aka ancient old boomer, not POV material).
All FF games also follow the typical shounen anime tropes. A weak and often character-flawed teen boy undergoes character arc to god-destroying strength then literally fights god.