sentences:  Some characters (such as Experiment 626, Prince Phillip, and Mickey) occasionally fight alongside the player characters in battles as partners similar to the other games, providing assistance and performing combos to help the player proceed.However, they do not follow the player around constantly like Donald and Goofy in the other games.Unlike the other major installments, which also featured casts of various characters throughout the "Final Fantasy" series, "Birth by Sleep" only features two of these characters