Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean
2003 role-playing game Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean has an intro that slides pleasantly from character to character like marshmallows melting on your tongue, or like the pastel opening theme to Dragon Tales
Like that show did for babies watching PBS, Baten Kaitos brought delightfully silly fantasies to the GameCube, and the intro showcases it as proudly as sparkling horses in a carousel. In a shaking voice, a wrinkled woman tells the story of a polluted earth and humans taking refuge in the sky. We then meet protagonist Kalas, outfitted with mechanical wings and clean blue hair (this was before pronouns), who amusingly screams “Who cares!” and dives into the sky during a cotton candy sunset. Maybe I won’t cut down on sweets in 2023 after all.
