I personlly believe that Terra and Celes shared the role of main character. For the first half of the game it's was Terra's story that was the focus and it was her experiences that we saw. In the second half of the story it was Celes's point of view that was protrayed and it was her story that drove the plot.

Kicks ass that it was a female either way.

I think its Celes because she is treated as a special and dramatic character
in the second part of the game where you have to save Cid.

I agree with Celes and Terra sharing the spot.

well am not sure but isnt the first character you get Terra, and story is mostly about her how shes part human and part Esper, u play as her father and at first its basically about her, then all the characters come after her, but in the Ruin World i think its more bout Celes since thats who u start off with and Terra Losing the will to fight,

also am stuck i cant seem to find Locke any where and Terra has gone from where she was soo am stumped something about the other girl being pergent then the girl runnin away but i cant seem to find terra anywhere, i have found the 2 other mages and Edgar, Sabin and Setzer (is he the one u have to fight at the end of the struggle tornement in KH2 with Roxas)

i never played this game

Your loss because I honestly believe that the FFVI (FFIII in US) has the best storyline of the FF games that I've played so far and the only ones I haven't played are I, II, IV,V, XI and, for obvious reasons, XIII. [PLZ don't kill me people]

As for the question, I'm going to agree with the Terra/Celes shared the role because of the amount of depth that went into their character developement. I think what makes it hard to decide which is which is because the game doesn't require one constant leader. Everyone gets a shot at the top spot.

I will always consider Terra the main character because she's my favorite, but there was a definite shift between the World of Balance and the World of Ruin. From an unbiased viewpoint, I would say Terra was the main character for the first half and Celes was the main character for the second half, simply because you spend more time with her and learning about her from that point on than any other character, in my opinion. Like I already said, though, Terra's the character for me. I wanted to get her back as soon as possible when she left the team.

I was stuck at that part trying to get Terra for a long time, too. And, yeah, those two Setzers are the same. FFVI Setzer is a lot cooler, though.

Locke is in that Star-shape mountain looking for the Pheonix magicite. Terra? I forgot. It's been a long time since I played that game.

Anyway. it's said that if you beat the game with Terra and the painter girl, forgot her name, you get a special song or ending? Never did tried it but I guess I have to go back and try it out.

As for main character, it's really hard to say but I'll go with Terra because it seems she has more spot light and I believe that's her on the cover riding the armor.

You mean Relm?

Haha, that's a good point. Being on the cover and the main playable character during the opening sequence does give Terra some extra points.

Yea, Relm. Her name was on the tip of my tongue. Dunno why I kept thinking Raine or Rinnie.