The Grandest of Dreamers

author=BurningTyger
If I understand your description, it sounds vaguely like "Magical Land of Wozz' where one character is the focus and which one you pick causes some variances in the storyline. Of course, another option when it comes to intros is to have the player cycle through each character's intro individually before they all come together as a team, as was done in Wild Arms (and I assume Alter Code F), which also saw the party members split up and rejoin multiple times throughout the story.

My original idea for the game was like wild arms, but I wanted the game to have replayability, and each of the main characters has a special ability only they can use, So i ended up changing it around a little to be more like Star Ocean 2 for ps1 where you choose the main character, you play though only their intro, then they meen up and the game is via their point of view, with Private actions in town where you can interact with the other party members, and maybe even get multiple endings. There will also be some dungeon levels that are different depending on which character you have as main because depending on who you use, you will loose the ability to use the other's special skills if you don't choose them. For example, Citus's pickpocket and pick lock abilities will only be accessable if she is your main, Teressa's Seed of Aylonna are only useable if she is your main, David's Shadowwalk ability has some main storyline connection, but you can only use it at will if he is your main, Herin will eventually become a Knight, and you will get to choose his order, but only if he is your main... And othe rlittle tweakes that will make it interesting to play through with each character. (I guess it's also kind of like Dragon Age 1)

Never played Wild Arms..but I loved the Star Ocean games. ^o^ (That's it, I'm placing Wild Arms in my emulator~)