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The Speed Gamers are doing a Final Fantasy 1 through 10, and 12 marathon for the week.
NukaCola | 1:44 PM on 07.18.2009 10 comments


http://www.thespeedgamers.com/

Pretty cool! I saw a link to this while I was checking out the newest 8-Bit Theater. They're raising money for ACT Today. How nice of them! At the time of this blog, they're currently going through Final Fantasy II. I see he's holding a Wavebird, so I guess they're playing the GBA version "Dawn of Souls" using a Gamecube Game Boy Player. I wonder how they'll be doing Final Fantasy III, as the only official American release of it is on DS...



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NukaCola's Destructoid Blog
Update: Here's the actual play order they'll be doing

(From the website:)

Final Fantasy I:Kilgard
Final Fantasy II:Local
Final Fantasy VI:Cross Warrior
Final Fantasy V:Phil
Final Fantasy III:Gwellin
Final Fantasy VII:Dustin
Final Fantasy IX:Daniel L. & others
Final Fantasy X: Rob & others
Final Fantasy IV: BlackDuck
Final Fantasy VIII:Daniel M.
Final Fantasy XII: Britt & Chase

Final Fantasy XI will be played by an honorary participant “Nobody X” who has a form of Autism so the cause is very close to her heart. She will begin streaming the morning of Friday July 24th. There will be an extra feed showing her progress through the game.
Monodi's Destructoid Blog
Seriously? Well they need a medal, I have never fully beaten a Final Fantasy game. The closest I've done in Final Fantasy V and I was still missing 4 of the sacred weapons.

I wonder if there has been a Pokemon marathon yet, it would be worth recording too.
Zippyduda's Destructoid Blog
Wow, and I thought the Mario Marathon was awesome. I have to say, that is an odd order to play the games in. Good luck to them though :] Hopefully it won't put them off playing FF :P
Kohlstream's Destructoid Blog
I donated :)
phantomile's Destructoid Blog
I've never beaten II, V, or XII.

I think I'll watch their run of X, since I loved it when I played it, but have been putting off replaying it because of the unskippable cutscenes with horrible voice acting.
Xhumation's Destructoid Blog
Awesome! but a JRPG speed run? it's gonna take at least 10 hours per game, especially the latter ones.
Overcrowd's Destructoid Blog
@Xhumation

I would say you're right, but I've seen Ocarina of Time completed in about 2 and a half hours, so my faith in humanity is noticeably shaken.

That said, this is so awesome that they're doing it for charity. If there was one with miscellaneous games like Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon, I'd definitely be up for it.
grafkhun's Destructoid Blog
I'll try to tune in and check this out. A FF marathon is crazy itself, but the whole series in one shot? dayum...
NukaCola's Destructoid Blog
They should do a Mega Man & Mega Man X run next!
Projectexodus's Destructoid Blog
Wow... I barely had the patience to go through with the grinding in Final Fantasy III and IV. And they're doing this in one week!? Respect!


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