2) Tidus + Yuna (Final Fantasy X & Final Fantasy X-2, PS2)
Who they are: A dead professional athlete and a summoner/J-pop star.
Why they're the best: Despite having all odds set against them, Tidus and Yuna go the extra mile to make it last. Even though she’s out to sacrifice herself to save the world and he’s actively helping her achieve this goal, the pair never stop believing they can make it if they try. Even after Yuna goes with plan B - the one that doesn’t involve her dying - and ghost Tidus fades away, Yuna is determined to go to the ends of the earth and beyond for her chance at happiness.
And this is what happiness looks like:
This is what happiness doesn’t look like:
What they teach us: "'Til death do us part" is for losers.
Hideo Kojima originally had "no plans" for a character like Metal Gear Solid's Cyborg Ninja until Yoji Shinkawa's art had him saying "hell yeah, a ninja cyborg!"
One of the most iconic D&D RPGs ever made stood out among Baldur's Gate and Fallout as it was the "first" to make companions "feel like fully functional parts of the story"
