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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.","whyItMatters":"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.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eAnne 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.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe 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.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Anne's 25-minute gaming history runs from Famicom to Final Fantasy XI and Monster Hunter Freedom 2, complete with a return to games after drifting away in her 30s. Arc the Lad II is the one she names as her best RPG.","twitterPost":"Anne's gaming history is the draw: Final Fantasy XI and Monster Hunter Freedom 2 sit beside Arc the Lad II, her pick for one of the best RPGs.","threadsPost":"Anne's gaming video covers more than Arc the Lad II. She traces Famicom-era picks like Pokemon Green and Kamaitachi no Yoru up to Final Fantasy XI and Monster Hunter Freedom 2, then says she drifted from games in her 30s before returning.","newsletterBlurb":"Actress Anne posted a 25-minute video on November 8 tracing her games from the Famicom to the Switch 2. She singles out Arc the Lad II as one of the best RPGs in her book and demonstrates a hidden command in Dragon Ball Z: Super Butoden 2 from memory. 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