Yes, I did get another character: Lester the cop. I was quite surprised and wondered for a moment whether he had been there before or not. But then I thought: nah... you couldn't have overlooked him. He is right there in the street. LOL
And thanks for the offer to get another character when playing in Normal mode, but no thanks. There are enough characters here already to mix and match them for many games. Besides... I only just managed to kill the last group on the plane, and it wasn't "easy" all the way through anyway. So no thanks, I would never make it through normal mode.
The fights weren't too bad in most worlds, but some of them were really hard. I was just glad that I had the guy who filled my HP and MP for 60 gold and the save guy standing close by in the plane. And it was really tough at the end in the last worlds, when I had to fight the last two enemies without a break in between.
I am now going to rescue a girl called Sandy. My new guys are: Lester, Phil, and Ralph. Too bad I can't exchange Dan for someone else. I often find that the main character you always have to keep is the weakest of them all. I liked John best from my last group, because he was able to only target the boss, which helped a lot.