Actress Anne Recalls Arc the Lad II as One of Her Best RPGs
Actress Anne posted a 25-minute video on her YouTube channel Anne/anne TOKYO on November 8, walking through the games she has played from the Famicom onward.
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Why it matters
Anne's account of leaving games during her 30s for childcare and coming back through Final Fantasy XIV and Clair Obscur is the kind of lapsed-player story the industry rarely hears from a public figure, and she says it plainly on camera.
Key Facts
- Actress Anne posted a gaming history video on her YouTube channel Anne/anne TOKYO on November 8.
- Anne calls the PlayStation title Arc the Lad II one of the best RPGs in her book.
- Anne demonstrates the hidden command for Dragon Ball Z: Super Butoden 2, saying she can still recite it from memory.
- Anne says she joined Final Fantasy XI from the 2001 beta together with friends.
- Anne now plays Final Fantasy XIV on Nintendo Switch 2 and PS5 and praises Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
She calls the PlayStation title Arc the Lad II one of the best RPGs in her book, cites Pokemon Green and Kamaitachi no Yoru among childhood picks, and says she returned to games recently after drifting away in her 30s.
Anne frames herself as part of the generation that lived through what she calls the festival frenzy when the PlayStation arrived after the Famicom and Super Famicom. Her list follows the hardware: Kamaitachi no Yoru and Momotaro Dentetsu on the Super Famicom, Pokemon Green on Game Boy, Ace Attorney and Feel the Magic: XY/XX on the DS, Monster Hunter Portable 2nd and 2nd G on the PSP.
She also demonstrates the hidden command in Dragon Ball Z: Super Butoden 2, saying she can still recite it from memory. On the PS2 she names Final Fantasy VII through XI, and says she joined FF11 from the 2001 beta with friends.
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- Denfaminicogamer 女優・杏さんが“ガチすぎるゲーム遍歴”を公開。『アークザラッドII』は「私の中での最高のRPGの1つ」と熱弁