The 5 worst Final Fantasy couples

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Lonely after Valentine's Day? At least you've got it better than these romantic trainwrecks

1. Wakka and Lulu
Final Fantasy X-2 | 2003 | PS2

We don't care if they were "childhood sweethearts." We don't care if you think it's cute when opposites attract. There's a reason why goth chicks never date jocks in high school -it produces unions like this:

Feb 15, 2008

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Mikel Reparaz
Mikel Reparaz
After graduating from college in 2000 with a BA in journalism, I worked for five years as a copy editor, page designer and videogame-review columnist at a couple of mid-sized newspapers you've never heard of. My column eventually got me a freelancing gig with GMR magazine, which folded a few months later. I was hired on full-time by GamesRadar in late 2005, and have since been paid actual money to write silly articles about lovable blobs.
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