^ ZING!
If you ask me personally, and you didn't, I think Final Fantasy has this big unbreakable wedge between the player and the main character of the story. I never feel quite connected with that person, whereas in Zelda I also feel a connection with the main character (Link). I have a hard time subscribing this to coincidence as well.
"There are some who call me... Link?"
"Carpe Gaium Domesticum!" (Seize the Cucco!)
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