I have the habit of becoming over zealous when I talk about this game, and thus you have been warned. I curse, but not profusely.
A good friend of mine, Mr. Geek, once told me in a conversation that he believed that your first Final Fantasy was bound to be your favorite. So, what is your favorite Final Fantasy, Internet?
Mr. Geek’s hypothesis is tried and true in my scenario: my first and favorite Final Fantasy was Final Fantasy IV (known here in the states as Final Fantasy II on the SNES). I remember being a wee lass of six at a beach house down at the Jersey shore and hearing the Red Wing’s theme and just being literally sucked into the story. Final Fantasy IV had knights, dragoons, villains you loved to hate, and supporting characters you came to love. In this particular story, the were involved with stories of monarchical intrigue, love triangles, damsels were in distress, painful backstabbing – all the while they were trying to stop one malicious bad dude trying to fuck things up with the world.
So while little girls my age loved Ariel – the beautiful Disney mermaid, I loved Rydia, the bad ass female summoner. Whats a summoner, you ask? It’s a person that “summons” monsters to do their bidding and attack an enemy. That’s right, I was six and I loved a girl that called up monsters to help her attack and fuck up people.
Bahamut > Sebastian the crab.
