I recently started playing DEII and noticed that all of the NPCs are... Uh... They appear to be charging their crystals.
Why? Why did the designers have slapping' happy NPCs all over the place?
Answer: homage to the DE1 US box art. It all makes sense now.
I don't know what to write.
ramblings from a drunk.....
Maybe they just wanted people moving all the time. In Secret of Mana the shop/innkeeper is always doing this weird dance.
(http://s3media.247sports.com/Uploads/Assets/844/459/459844.gif)