I remember seeing advertisements for Final Fantasy X on Toonami all the time, and I was super excited for it since it was voiced and had great graphics. I also thought Auron looked cool. The first FF I played was VIII, and it was my favorite game pretty much for the longest time. IX existed back when my family bought VIII, but I was put off by the character designs. My copy of that game also froze and couldn’t be played after a certain point. I love it how, but at the time I just wasn’t feeling IX. I liked VII though, and that kept my interest going for the series as a whole. X just felt like such a huge leap from the ps1 era graphically, that I was extremely hyped. I really enjoyed the game and thought it met my expectations. It didn’t unseat VIII for me and I now like IX more than it, but I still like X a good amount.

I’ve been hyped for all of the games since then, but nothing really compares to when I first saw stuff for X. Strangely enough, the most hype I’ve felt next to X was probably for Theatrhythm. I love ff music and rhythm games, so I knew it would be a blast.