Your statement about the sidequests being irrelevant is extremely shortsighted. I mean one might be able to buy it, except that if we look at other FF games, the sidequests disproportionately involve the lead or focus primarily on him. (The Zack and Squall sidequest in FF VII, for instance)
In comparison, the sidequests in FF VI focus disproportionately on characters aside from Terra, serving to explain their individual stories / struggles in depth. It provided a sense of completeness that I haven't seen in many games before or since.
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Anyone looking for something similar like that should give Tales of Legendia a shot. It's nothing amazing on the gameplay end, but the story gets INSANELY in depth on the characters when you play the FULL game. Just wanted to chime that in real quick.
Jam it back in, in the dark.