ok heres wat im want or atleast hope to achieve.
i wish to basically have something like pokemon in terms of battling. i wanna travel around the world using my main character (like the trainer does in pokemon), but when i get into a fight i dont want him as one of the 4 battlers. i basically want to have 4 people/creatures fighting for me while the main character stands back and lets them take care of the fighting. he doesnt need to be on the screen of anything.
also i'd like something like a limit gauge from ff7, a bar that charges up and allows me to use special moves when full.
and a bacon sandwich pls
hell, even finding a way to make my characters menu/battler graphic different from his overworld graphic would suffice.
http://pokemonessentials.wikia.com/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Essentials_Wiki (http://pokemonessentials.wikia.com/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Essentials_Wiki)
This might help you out.