[XjapanFOREVER]

Victory Fanfare is played only after you beat a boss.

Real-time fighting has almost always been the goal of FF.
FFVII was almost realtime. it wasn't you hit me, I hit you like FFX (Which I'm playing now.......again). FFX is all about strategy.

FFXII still retains this, that's why they put in the Gambit system to make up for the realtime battles...

I'll admit the political story is out of Square's league, they need to stick to the "The Planet is about to be detroyed... I have and idea: Let's save it" story line, but overall FFXII is a fantastic game by all means.

I read a long time ago, that the whole concept of FFXIII (13) was to see if they could put FFVII:AC type fighting into actual gameply.. That's going to be realtime.