I will also recommend Fire Emblem. It is one of my all time favorite series and is one of those rare games I will recommend to anyone. Specifically Path of Radiance for the Gamecube because the support system and bonus exp are far more simple than the other games, it is fairly easy compared to the others, the number of characters that are flat out useless is very limited, and it has my absolute favorite protagonist in the series (only game I think of where you can have a one character run, the protagonist being that character).