I think you start off in a castle or town and talk to whoever gives you the background, but I may be wrong. I think there was a longish passage or stairs or something that kinda restricted where you could walk right at the start of the game (out maybe the person I was watching was having fun with the train of characters). It was one of top down kinda ones (like A Link to the Past), I think. I am fairly certain it was pure fantasy, or similar (not science fiction, not historically based or anything like that). I think it had kinda that medieval fantasy look, so armor and such. I don't remember the battles, but I will try to dig those memories up. I believe there were classes, but I don't know how much that mattered, as I think there was some overlap between those shown in the initial grid you could choose from (or at least it I recall having similar abilities between different characters, so you wouldn't miss out too much if you choose a character you prefer over the supposed ideal one, if that makes any sense). I don't remember magic specifically, although I think that was part of picking a good party. I also remember thinking one character I saw was of a typical fantasy race type, like an elf or something. I don't recall if weapons could be upgraded or swapped out, although I think I remember a bowman, and melee weapon weilders like a sword and/or axe. I kinda think there was a rogue or thief or something. I don't remember colors standing out much in the actual game, so probably realistic colors (I mean for those consoles, so green for plants and stuff) with maybe some pink or teal on a couple of the characters. I think the character selection screen background was blue, but I may be wrong. The art style was kinda cutesy, at least while navigating.
I didn't watch long. There were three of us, plus the guys little brother, so we probably told him to play something that wasn't single player.
I am pretty sure it want one of the extremely popular ones that are known to even those that don't play RPGs, so I don't think it was anything like FF, DQ, etc. I will check the links and look at screen shots again, which I do whenever I try to find this game.
The things that stand out the most were the many characters to build your party from as one of the first things that happened, and, at least initially, they made the little train of characters. I don't when know if it was a good game, and at this point it doesn't matter, I have to find it and play it.
