For all our complaining about The After Years, Kain’s Tale mostly worked for us. In fact, according to Mike, this was the “high point of the After Years so far.” He even liked Cid in this bit — which is huge!
Castle guards won’t let you through. Kain’s mission is in the throne room. Edward becomes Gigachad. The Twingers are never relevant. Mirrors are weird. We apologize to Dan. Sorry, Dan.
The English translation of Final Fantasy IV lied to us. Damcyan is economically fudged up but Edward is so hot everyone cuts him slack with being a bad monarch. Hey, what happened to the hovercraft from FF4? Whisperweed has so many world-building implications. Is the chancellor running the biggest economic espionage game in history?
Rubicante F Kennedy Jr drops by to share some health and wellness tips.
PS: Guys, autism isn’t caused by vaccines or Tyenol or basilisk milk pasteurization. I can’t believe this needs to be said.
The dragon is crying. Porom is a parentified child. Edge is spotted lurking in the bushes wearing a t-shirt that says “sicko” and rubbing his hands together.
We really lay into Kain this time, folks. We really let him have it.
Sometimes you get stuck with a timeloop curse. Sometimes you gotta replay part of the game. Spoiler alert: sometimes you have to do it again later. I hope you like cold opens, mid-credits scenes, and extra dramatic goofiness. I was up way too late finishing up this one and I’m very tired now. (Episode 27, by the way – just in case you’re trying to remember why the mid-credits beginning bit sounds familiar.) Anyway, this time we talk about Final Fantasy IV: The After Years – Palom’s Tale.
Special thanks to Remy’s wife for lending her vocal talents for this episode. Special thanks to Unei for the coffees.
