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Square Enix’s Final Fantasy 8 remaster will bring the classic (and frequently overlooked) role-playing game to modern platforms later this year, giving the game a fresh, high-definition coat of paint.

To drill that point home, on Tuesday, Square Enix gave Final Fantasy fans a little taste of what to expect with Final Fantasy 8 Remastered — and breathed new life into a classic FF8 meme in the process.

That brief video is, of course, a reference to the “You’re the best looking guy here” meme that pokes fun at Squall’s low-res representation in the PlayStation original. The meme contrasts protagonist Rinoa Heartily telling Squall Leonhart how handsome he is, and a close-up of our hero’s extremely distorted mess of a pixelated face.

Ffviii youre the best looking guy here
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Final Fantasy 8 tells the story of a military invasion of the Dukedom of Dollet and the mercenary force SeeD that’s hired to defend it. SeeD soldier Squall, resistance fighter Rinoa, and their friends are pulled into war and must ultimately save the world. It gets pretty weird from there.

Final Fantasy 8 Remastered will be released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows PC and Xbox One in 2019. The remaster was officially announced at E3 2019.

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You're the Best Looking Guy Here refers to a screen capture from the 1999 role-playing game Final Fantasy VIII in which the character Rinoa Heartilly tells the protagonist Squall Leonhart that he is "the best looking guy here," followed by a closeup of the character's pixelated face to mock the low-resolution graphics used in the game.

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On August 16th, 2013, Redditor ozzymustaine submitted a screencap of the Final Fantasy VIII scene followed by a zoomed-in closeup of Squall's pixelated face (shown below). Prior to being archived, the post gained over 2,500 points (95% upvoted) and 1,700 comments on /r/gaming.[1]

Ffviii youre the best looking guy here

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In April 2015, Tumblr[2] user rakugaki-otoko drew an illustration of the Squall closeup (shown below). The original post has since been removed, but can be found archived on Rebloggy.[3]

Ffviii youre the best looking guy here

On March 16th, 2018, Redditor Launceron submitted a photoshopped Final Fantasy Record Keeper image with a pixelated Squall superimposed over the opening screen (shown below). Prior to being archived, the post gathered more than 540 points (95% upvoted) and 65 comments.

Ffviii youre the best looking guy here

Final Fantasy VIII Remaster

On June 11th, 2019, Imgur user cowardlypastry posted the pixelated Squall face next to an image from the upcoming Final Fantasy VIII remaster with a You vs. the Guy She Told You Not to Worry About caption (shown below).

Ffviii youre the best looking guy here

On August 13th, the @FinalFantasy Twitter account tweeted a video of the scene from the remaster, which zooms in on Squall's face after being told "You're the best looking guy here" (shown below). Within 48 hours, the video gained over 1.4 million views, 47,600 likes and 14,800 retweets.

😍😍😍 pic.twitter.com/7e0cNgOeZg

— FINAL FANTASY (@FinalFantasy) August 13, 2019

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