>>11560257
Noctis and Lightning are quite still popular as seen in this recent poll

https://ranking.net/rankings/best-ff-characters

1st Cloud
2nd Yuna
3rd Tifa
4th Zack
5th Sephiroth
6th Tidus
7th Vivi
8th Zidane
9th Squall
10th Lightning
11th Aerith
12th Tina/Terra
13th Auron
14th Noctis
15th Emet-Selch
16th Yuffie
17th Vincent
18th Celes
19th Reno
20th Laguna

Idk why Clive didn't crack the top 20 though or anyone from his series