First contact was back in 1992. I used to buy the official Nintendo magazine here in Mexico (I bought it for almost 15 years straight, I sold my entire collection of it in 2010), and in some number they had tips and strategies for this weird game called FFII (FFIV). I was like "hey this game is pretty, I should give it a try when I can". Later that year, I found a copy for rent in Blockbuster, so I rented it... but unfortunately, my english language understanding was very primitive back then (I was 5 years old for God's sake!) so I only rented it once because I really couldn't understand what was going on.
Then in 1994, I had the chance to rent Final Fantasy III (FFVI) on the same Blockbuster. My english was much better by then, so I got hooked with the story and characters. I rented it multiple times just to finish it! I actually wanted to buy it, but I just couldn't find it anywhere and those suckers at Blockbuster didn't want to sell me their only copy.







