Well let's start with the most important position, and go from there!

Quarterback - Barret from Final Fantasy VII - You know how they say some quarterbacks have a cannon for an arm? Well, Barret could literally install a cannon for an arm. Think touchdown throws fired from your own end zone. Who's going to catch that though?

Wide Receiver/Running Back - Sonic from Sonic Chronicles - I mean, the obvious answer right? Who else is going to be able to run and catch the shots Barret fires off? He can also double as a running back.

Left Tackle - Snorlax - He's so big that players will have a tough time getting around him to get to Barret even if he is just sitting there taking a nap.

Linebacker - Sabin from Final Fantasy VI - With his mastery of blitzes (see what I did there?) he's the perfect fit for this position.

Kicker - Chie from Persona 4 - I've seen her kick enemies clear out of the battlefield so I'm sure she would have no problem kicking the football really, really far.

Punter - Teddie from Persona 4 - Listen, this team is never going to have to punt. They're just too darn good! So he's here just to entertain those currently on the sideline.

Kick Returner - Tails from Sonic Chronicles - He can catch the ball in mid-flight and easily return it for a touchdown without even touching the ground!

There you have it, a small sampling of the team, but as you can see a team that won't be losing much.

That's a complicated question with a complicated answer. Certainly to some extent some people were pretty incensed about Nintendo originally having no plans to bring the games over, and preached the usual fan anger without actually looking at what economic factors may have gotten in the way of localization efforts. Wii games weren't and still aren't exactly flying off the shelves, and these are huge games with a lot of voice work required. That said, the one wild card and cause for much anger here is the fact that the games Operation Rainfall was concerned with were all set to be released in Europe. Now, the reasons why Nintendo of Europe was set to release them and Nintendo of America was not are probably complicated and seeing as how I have no idea about their specifics I'm not going to speculate. At the very least gamers would be able to import a localized version of the games so things were looking good in that regard. So then, what eventually led to two of the three Operation Rainfall games coming to the US, one by Nintendo and one by XSEED?

Well, for starters, Xenoblade did quite well in Europe, possibly well above expectations. Since in the US Xenoblade was made a Gamestop exclusive and Last Story was published by a third party, it's quite likely those parties had been working on the releases for quite some time. Now, did Operation Rainfall help? Maybe, they certainly got the gaming press to pay closer attention to some Wii RPGs that may have gone under the radar otherwise, and the push to get people to pre-order Xenoblade on Amazon while the old pre-order page for it was still up was a cool step. It's almost impossible to quantify what effect though, especially given that the arrangements for their release could have been going on for a long time before their announcements. At the very least they got gamers' attention to focus on some really great RPGs. On the other hand, I still don't get why they tried to focus on Pandora's Tower as well, an RPG that no one seemed to have much interest in.

So long story short, without knowing all the facts there's no possible way to tell if Operation Rainfall had a discernible effect, but the answer is probably no.

I had an absolute blast with this game. It does a great job presenting an old-school experience, with some modern touches such as the streamlined battle system. It wasn't perfect, as you are often shoe-horned into using certain jobs instead of using whatever you'd like, but my overall experience was still exceedingly positive.

Not my favorite in the Crystal Chronicles sub-series, but still a fine multi-player RPG to be sure. The various armor inspired by classic Final Fantasy characters was a very nice touch. The Wii version was awful though. It's just the DS version running in an emulator, and is still restricted to one save file like the portable version, which made no sense. An actual port to the Wii would have been much preferred. Still, if you had a friend with a Wii but no DS, it was there as an option so they could join in on multiplayer sessions.

I'm not sure if you know this, but there were actually previous mystery dungeon games in the Chocobo series, one of which came out in the US on PS1. The Wii game is of course far better than the previous games, as is the DS game. These fun and easily accessible roguelikes are a really great diversion, with a ton of remixed Final Fantasy music. I highly recommend them.

Don't have much to add to this, Dissidia 012 is an absolutely fantastic fighting game that has everything necessary to please series fans. I just wish it had more characters from Final Fantasy VI! How could you not put Sabin in a fighting game?

A fun little rhythm game that I've quite enjoyed, though I wouldn't go as far as to place the RPG tag on it. They've covered the gambit of Final Fantasy music quite well in it, so I have a feeling it'd be hard to do another game like this unless they dig up music from side Final Fantasy games or create a different gameplay experience.

Most people don't realize that the first Mana game did actually have Final Fantasy in the title, even in Japan, so you'll get no objections from me on this one. Don't you mean three playable characters? Anyway, brilliant action RPG that I don't mind replaying over and over.

Unlike Final Fantasy Adventure, the Final Fantasy Legend games are not a sub-series, and were just renamed that way to sell them in the West. That being said, the remake of SaGa 3 is brilliant and any fan of the SaGa games needs to import it. I'll let this one go this time!

I'm guessing you played the originally Japanese version? I can't say that the graphics look all that great, but if the gameplay systems are that good than this could be quite interesting. Too bad it will be retailing for a shocking $29 on the app store!

Not much needs to be said about this one, this game is an absolute classic.

Surprised to see this one over the first Final Fantasy Tactics, but I've had a blast with it so far, after putting an insane number of hours in the first Tactics Advance. That was a fantastic list! Can I request the next one? Perhaps your top ten underrated RPGs or your ten least favorite RPGs?