He was recently voted as Eyes on Final Fantasy’s ‘Best Character’ at the 25
th Anniversary Final Fantasy Ciddies. But just what is it about this Black Mage that makes him so beloved to fans?
Vivi has a childlike curiosity and innocence that takes us, as gamers, back to our childhoods in a sense. We relive that feeling of wonderment at everything which is new. We feel excitement! happiness and sometimes even fear with Vivi.
We feel for Vivi as a character, because he is the one who seems to have been thrown in there without reason. Zidane, Garnet and Steiner are all meant to be there, or at least have a legitimate reason for being on that stage! Zidane is trying to kidnap Garnet, Garnet is trying to be kidnapped, and Steiner, is of course, trying to save her. Poor Vivi just got caught up in the action and was in the wrong place, and the wrong time.
Or maybe he was in the right place at the right time.
Final Fantasy IX deals with a lot of issues in the centre of its storyline, and for Vivi; the issues that affect him the most are those of identity and existence.
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