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It's hard to say. I think these two aspects would describe the main character:

• The character(s) we play the most as.
• The character(s) which the game's main quest we follow.

However, it also depends on the game and context.

I think a game or story can have more than 1 main character. Since you mentioned FFVI in the first post, I thought the main character was Terra when I first started playing because many FFVI books kept mentioning her as the main character, and we start the game with her. However, as I approached the end, I thought Celes could also be the main character. I finally decided that all the playable characters (those who join and stay to the end of the game) were the main characters.

For FFX, I first thought Tidus was the main character, especially since he narrates the story and we start with him. Then for FFX-2, I thought Yuna was the main character. Eventually, I felt both Tidus and Yuna could be the main character for FFX, and later, I thought they and the rest of the guardians were main characters. For FFX-2, I later thought that Yuna, Rikku, and Paine could all be main characters.