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I can't speak on all of these, (not touching ff8, i have a game mechanic hatred which means i know nothing of the characters and don't want to ) but I'd put Alakazam at mid or high fodder, just because it's the original psychic pokemon.

Thief... that's hard LAW fodder, it's not a character, it's a class, and a very bad one only used in the most memecentric of runs. The only time I ever saw thief used in FF1 was in randomizer seeds where the game FORCED it, and the time where the after tournament was voted in to have everyone run 4 thieves (because twitch chat is a cruel and evil god) And the only consideration that would bring it up due to positive recognition, 8 bit theatre is over 19 years old from it's conclusion, and I doubt anyone would remember it, much less remember the mechanics in a FF1 game. If you wanted actual character, you'd pick Garland, who'd knock you all down, or Fighter who has been reimagined in Dissidia and World of Final Fantasy as the Warrior of Light. Not someone that is such a non-important design that they are just a forgettable class out of 6 classes.