Breath of Fire 3 is in my opinion the best one in the series - great music, fun characters, good story, and the dragon gene system is just fantastic.
I gave Final Fantasy 4 warriors of light another shot last night, and I didn't run into the metal enemy of doom.. Apparently, most enemies are one attack, one kill... who knew?
I got all four characters now, and the game is actually pretty fun. It *IS* a total nostalgia fest; the game not telling you explicitly what to do, and getting obscure suggestions from towns people really brings me back to the FF1. I'm not at all far into the game yet, but I think the crowns and method of skill allocation has some real potential.. I'm enjoying it quite a lot.
I'm going to look for that metal enemy and kick his ass the next time I play.. revenge will be mine.