Lol, the ONLY thing FE has over FFT is the permanent death things. FE never impressed me as far as gameplay goes. Reskinned Advance Wars with 'quip.
I thought FE was pretty lightweight as well, glad I'm not the only one on the internet that thinks that.
Then again, I play bearded men strategy games all the time on the PC, which skews my view of what kind of sophistication is needed in a turn-based strategy game, RPG or not.