Lee McKusick

It’s a match that never should have worked. I mean, anyone could clearly see that their relationship was over before it began…

Final Fantasy, a series renowned in the gaming world for its complicated plotlines and characters, its exotic weaponry, environments, and bestiary, and, for me, the word “Megalixir.” (Say it out loud. See?)

And…

DISNEY?! OMGWTFKTHXBYEORLYBBQ*?!?!!?!?!

Disney, renowned by children (and parents who want their kids to zone out for two hours) everywhere for its plethora of talking animals (Try to name a Disney cartoon movie that didn’t have a talking animal. If you can, put it in the comments.), it’s bright, vibrant colors, and its theft of ideas. Sorry Buster Keaton, but I guess Steamboat Bill Jr. just wasn’t as popular as a boat-driving mouse.

Regardless of how Disney comes up with their plotlines, one cannot dispute that the very idea of a Disney-Final Fantasy mash-up sounds horrible. Woeful, even. One might just go so far as calamitous.

But it worked.

I have to hand it to Squaresoft, they pulled this one off. It stays true to FF’s RPG system, but incorporates al the Disney characters we’ve all come to know and love. It’s amazing. This isn’t even my first time playing it, I used to own it when it first came out, but since it’s here in my apartment, I’m playing it through again. I’m almost done with it too, but I’m trying to pretty much completely finish the game. Curse you, item synthesis…

I can’t wait to try to fight Sephiroth though. As the hardest boss in the game, he’s practically impossible. I don’t know if it’s true or not, but I heard that a guy called Square asking about tips for beating him, and Square asked him if he was level 99 yet…

It’s just such a fun and addiciting game. And since no self-respecting gamer would normally be caught dead with this much Disney paraphernalia, truly a guilty pleasure…

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*Orange Monkeys Go With Their Fruity Kiwis To Hurl Xylophones By Yelping Extraneously On Really Large Yellow Acorns and Burning Bright Quilts

And you thought you knew what I was talking about…