Interesting! Neither of us have played JRPGs before (well, Im currently playing FFVII but Im not done yet), but thats not necessarily a turnoff (to me, at least). I see that the collection comes with three games, but multiplayer is only available for two. Do you need to play the single-player game to understand/unlock the other games? Its fine if we do, just want to know what were getting into.
You don't need to play the first game to unlock the others.