First-Time Fantasy: "Twiggy" Plays Final Fantasy VII For The First-Time.

Twiggy’s playing through Final Fantasy VII for the first-time ever. Join him as he catalogues his progress but beware, if you’re still planning on playing through Final Fantasy VII for yourself, there are spoilers ahead.

“Mouth to mouth!?” I exclaim. “She’s just a girl.” Ahh, Final Fantasy VII’s repressed innuendo returns. I’d wondered where it had gone. You see, myself and my chosen army of three (Tifa of course, and Barrett) just saved the young Priscilla from a giant serpent named erm, Bottomswell. No, not the most menacing of names but you should have seen him. He was huge!

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First-Time Fantasy: "Twiggy" Plays Final Fantasy VII For The First-Time.

Twiggy’s playing through Final Fantasy VII for the first-time ever. Join him as he catalogues his progress but beware, if you’re still planning on playing through Final Fantasy VII for yourself, there are spoilers ahead.

If I didn’t know any better at this stage, I’d say Sephiroth likes reading books. He’s in the basement of the Shinra’s mansion, frantically flipping through the pages of hardback after hardback. He’s searching for the truth. The truth about his mother. The truth about his life. He seems distant. I approach him, ask him what’s what, but he sends me away. He’s different.

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First-Time Fantasy: "Twiggy" Plays Final Fantasy VII For The First-Time.

Twiggy’s playing through Final Fantasy VII for the first-time ever. Join him as he catalogues his progress but beware, if you’re still planning on playing through Final Fantasy VII for yourself, there are spoilers ahead.

Final Fantasy VII just became road-rash. I’m riding on the back of a huge motorcycle, wielding my elongated sword. I’ve got to protect Barrett and the others. They’re in a truck just ahead. We’ve escaped from the Shinra building, Aeris in tow. Rescued her. Saved her. But dude, has the whole story turned on its head.

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First-Time Fantasy: "Twiggy" Plays Final Fantasy VII For The First-Time.

Twiggy’s playing through Final Fantasy VII for the first-time ever. Join him as he catalogues his progress but beware, if you’re still planning on playing through Final Fantasy VII for yourself, there are spoilers ahead.

If the blaring “battle music” is anything to go by, I’d say we’re in a panic. The Don’s told us that Sector 7 is to be blown to the ground and apparently Barrett’s up the tower trying to fight. Myself and Tifa leg it, leaving Aeris to look after Barrett’s daughter Marlene. Shit Marlene. What if we don’t make it in time?

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Gran Turismo PSP May Have Been Received Tepidly, But That's Not Particularly Slowed Its Sales.

Who said the Gran Turismo franchise carries no weight these days? Fuck me. Sony and Polyphony have just announced that Gran Turismo PSP, launched last Winter, has shifted over 1.8million copies. That’s a startling number for a PSP game without “Monster Hunter” in the title.

Polyphony’s also released the worldwide sales for each Gran Turismo game below. Prepare to have your mind blown:

• Gran Turismo – 10,850,000
• Gran Turismo 2 – 9,370,000
• Gran Turismo 3 A-spec – 14,890,000
• Gran Turismo Concept Series – 1,560,000
• Gran Turismo 4 “Prologue” – 1,350,000
• Gran Turismo 4 – 10,980,000
• Gran Turismo 5 “Prologue” – 4,650,000
• Gran Turismo PSP – 1,800,000
• Total – 55,450,000

We’re taking bets on what Gran Turismo 5 will do when it’s finally released. We reckon its lifetime sales will top 10million, in the Gran Turismo 4 region. Thoughts?

First-Time Fantasy: "Twiggy" Plays Final Fantasy VII For The First-Time.

Twiggy’s playing through Final Fantasy VII for the first-time ever. Join him as he catalogues his progress but beware, if you’re still planning on playing through Final Fantasy VII for yourself, there are spoilers ahead.

I’m starting to realise why everyone loves Final Fantasy VII so. When I left you last time, I’d been hanging with the lovely Tifa. Shortly after that, we headed straight back to another generator thing. We needed to blow it. Turns out it all went a bit wrong. After a short encounter with the Shinra president (and a boss-fight), I found myself clutching a ledge. That dick-head Barrett wouldn’t save me, so I fell. And found myself in the arms of the “Flower Girl”.

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Even The Cover Art Is Amazing.

Twiggy’s in agreement – Team Teamwork’s Final Fantasy VII/hip-hop mash-up is phenomenal. Aside from a brief appearance of the frighteningly folk Tom Waits, this “pay-what-you-want” record is the perfect compliment to our First-Time Fantasy series.

Go download it from here.