Following in the Squaresoft tridition of blonde hair, blue eyed, loner maincharecters; Zitane looks to be a lot like Cloud and Squall before him. But don't write him of just yet, we still do not know all there is to know about our teenage midget friend. He, most likely, will be the steady in the game with well balenced attack, magic, defence etc. . Ito has already said that indivisual stories will be sacrafised for the good of the overall story. So, in other words, you'll be playing as him a lot less than you did with Cloud and Squall. What's known about him is that he is from a poor area and is mostlikely poor, and for some odd reason, he has a tail. Is he human? probably not!. I like the tail, though, it shows more difference in the usual main cheracter. If you have seen the now famous Final Fantasy IX Coke commercial, you'll notice an indisclosed cheracter. She looks like a mini- Rinoa and looks as if she is the same species as Zidane, could this mean a relationship for our 14-year-old friend?. Also in the commercial, you'll notice that Zidane has lots of youth and energy. He bounces roof to to roof top, runs allong the streets and always seems to be jumpimg; Another great change from the "whatever happens, happens" attitude of Cloud and Squall. Zidane is also known as a ladies man. Maybe it's the fact that he looks like a mini- Leonardo Dicaprio, whatever the case, Zidane will be charming and swave. One thing that bothers me and pleases me at the same time is the cheracter design of Zidane. I mean, sure he is very well created and everything, but would it be so hard for Sqaure to get the preportions right!. C'mon, with a head that big, it's sure to fall off!. Anyways, Zidane should be more than out average Final Fantasy main cheracter, let's just hope Square releases some more info on him!.

Adelbert Steiner

Think of Berret, make him white, make him the princesses guard. Accually, Steiner is very well designed and will promise to be more than a brute with little defence. All that is known about him right now is that he is a guard for a capured princess and that he is willing to risk his lfe to save her. It is highly provable that you will control him out of battles for quite a while refering back to Ito's comment of how you will control many cheracters not just the "main" cheracter. Steiner seems to waddle as he walks sort of similar to a penguin. He also doesn't seem to run very fast but that is fine, square wasn't designing a Zell when they created Steiner. By looking at many pictures, it seems that Steiner is quite serious but not afraid to smile or laugh. Steiner and VIVI make it very evidnet that Square is going back to the Motley Crue of many previous Final Fanatasy games. Once more info is available then I'll pass it on to you!

VIVI Ornitier

By far the best cherecter design goes to Vivi!. C'mon, how could you resist those beautiful yellow eyes?. In all seriousness, Vivi promises to be one of, in not, the most unique cheracters to be in the Final Fantasy series for a long time!. His story so far is that he is a son of a black mage. That's it, Ditto. But I think we can draw our own conclusions with that. It seems lil' VIVI will be on a mission to rescue/evenge the death of his father. Very little else is known about Vivi but I'll pass everything on to you guys!./P>