3. Favorite partner(s) to have around?
Ooh, that's a tough one. In terms of gameplay, it's just never Joshua, I'm afraid. Even with the feather buff, the DS version has him only dodging attacks instead of blocking which is just useless against some enemies. And the Switch version has him saying "How's my aim?" all the time, which is appropriate because it's awful. I never hit anything half the time.
In both versions, Beat's my champion. Switch version is so easy to chain attacks with him and the DS version has the greatest fusion versatility.
In terms of story, I want to say Shiki for her growing bond with Neku or Joshua for his entertaining and interesting banter, but I think I have to pick Beat again. He brings the feels and the laughs; I love him too much.
Any pin that blasts the enemy with powerful energy is a winner. I would likely have said the one that shoots lightning. You know the one. (Lightning Rook.) But that was before A New Day gave us pins that let us unleash a barrage of SWORDS at enemies! Prince Noctis who
Oh, but flip, the darklit planet set are also flipping awesome!
12. Do you own any merch? is there any merch that you’d like to have?
Nothing official; I've never crossed paths with anything, although there were some reasonably priced figurines recently that caught my eye. Been meaning to check them out...
I do have some art prints and pins hung up in my room by Areiml! They're really cool.