Maybe it's a bit late but the fastest and most fun way to play FF2 is to actually kill everyone but 1 of your main characters and go completely nude. No weapons, no armors. Your character will become a dodge god that oneshots everything, and your only problem will be lethal status effects later on like petrify. Nothing a bit of save scumming doesn't fix though.

How was adventures of mana? It's in my list of things to try but I keep putting it off

Haha, don't, I knew that it existed and that it was good but nothing more, so thanks for the info! I'll definitely check it out... someday... oh god my backlog, IN FACT I CAN READ A COMMENT FROM ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO SAYING THAT I BOUGHT FF9 AND I WOULD TRY IT AND STILL HAVEN'T FFS. Although for the first time that's not my fault, this last year has been terrible YEAH I WILL

My main problem with A Witch's Tale is that I loved the game but I can't really recommend it since the gameplay is like that. If only you could play using the buttons instead of using the stylus I'd definitely recommend it, as the experience is really good. So yeah, I can't usually talk about it The good thing about NG+ is that you have all your dolls and levels and stuff so you can basically wreck everything that stands in your way. I mean once you get Loue's Doll and Super Dayna, dying is simply not an option