Screw Final Fantasy Potion. Adult Square-Enix fans drink booze. Cloud's private label booze. Spencer over at Siliconera explains:

This past weekend I was hanging out at a Kingdom Hearts themed Valentine's Day party (not Square-Enix sponsored!) and there was "Cloud Strife's Buster Brose" to drink. The label says "A Scottish SOLDIER tradition" and below it "Made with the finest blend of scotch, oats and Mako energy." There was also Maleficent Mimosas which was some kind of punch mixed with Champagne.

The difference between this and Final Fantasy Potion: Drink a bottle of "Buster Brose" and puke on somebody's shoes. Drink a bottle of Final Fantasy and see spots. Brian Ashcraft

Cloud's Liquor [Siliconera]

I suspect Jones Soda Co's Fufu Berry Soda featuring Samus from Metroid Prime Hunters is probably just a label-job by some fans (I couldn't find this on the Jones website), but it' still pretty cool. It would be neat it they started selling it. It's got to taste better than that god-awful Final Fantasy Potion. Brian Crecente

Metroid Soda [Cathode Tan]

Previously described by our own Crecente as well as 4 Color Rebellion as a blue-tasting drink that coats your mouth with rancid milk, Cheap Ass Gamer has leaped into the fray to issue the final word on Suntori's Squarenix-themed energy drink. CAG's verdict?

The FFXII Potion tastes so bad, you would think it would either get you incredibly drunk or cure Cancer. Being that it does neither makes me wonder why this drink exists.

Japan's own personal OK Soda

Final Fantasy XII Potion Review [Cheap Ass Gamer]
Previously: 4CR Reviews Final Fantasy Potion
Previously: Drinking Potion: Yes I Liveblogged It

What does 4CR think?

How does it taste? Well you see it tastes... well... It tastes "blue". That's the best way I can explain it. It is blue flavored. It is sort of sweet a bit sour and tastes a tad like medicine. It has caffeine in it (not that that affects the taste). All in all, it is not a delicious drink but it it's not too unpleasant either. For the price, I would rather be drinking something else.

Another strong endorsement! Are you mentally challenged? Do you have two dollars and fifty cents burning a hole in your pocket? Can your thirst only be quenched by 120 millileters of blue-tasting rancid milk? Buy Final Fantasy Potion today!

Vinnk Wastes His Money Part III: Final Fantasy Potion [4CR]

It's about 10:30 p.m. and I just cracked the seal on my Final Fantasy XII potion. I'm feeling relatively healthy and all symptoms of my weekend flu have disappeared. Here goes.

Hmmm, the "potion" smells like some wicked mixture of mouthwash, cough syrup and Gatorade. I'm not feeling good about this.

Wow, I have no idea how to explain what this tastes like. Drinking bubble gum? Ooooh, every sip is different, that one was very tart. Flat 7-Up? Rancid lemonade? Why the hell do I keep drinking this?

It feels like the four or five sips of potion have actually coated my mouth with a thin layer of rancid. It's like instant cotton mouth... maybe they should have called it Rancid Cotton Mouth instead of Potion.

Ewwwww, man. I just chugged half the bottle. It made me shudder, shudder. Like when you drink spoiled milk or are half way through a swig of beer and something bumps into your lips. (Don't ask).

Having recently spent the day vomiting, I can say the taste is familiar.

Holy God, I just figured out why it's called Potion, it magically replenishes itself with bile. Actually, it does sort of taste like bile. I can't believe I'm only like a tenth of the way into the bottle.

I'm gonna go run and get some ice, maybe it will be better cold. Chilled bile.

Just poured out half of the bottle over three ice cubes resting in a tumbler. The stuff is actually tinted blue. I'm going to let it sit for a bit and get cold.

Maybe I'm not supposed to be drinking this. Could it be just for display?

Checking

Nope, it's consumable. I checked with Ashcraft. If they find me dead tomorrow with a bloated black tongue sticking out from between my lips blame him.

He says that's what Genki drinks all taste like. Hmmm, I wonder if Genki is Japanese for bile?

OK, now I'm just stalling. Back to the drink. It appears to be sufficiently cold.

Tinkle, tinkle.

Tastes like cold bile. Lol. Just kidding, it's a bit better. Taste a little bit like acrid Gatorade.

OK, I've emptied the bottle into the tumbler. I'm just going to kill it. Whooo, I hate when a taste actually makes me lose control of my facial muscles for a second or two. Couldn't make it all the way through the glass, but almost there.

I just asked Ashcraft what's in Potion. Maybe I should have asked him that before I cracked open the bottle. Ohh, he blogged it. One sec. Hmm, can't find it, our search engine really sucks.

Uh oh, my stomach is gurgling.

Must finish drink.

Tinkle, tinkle, tinkle.

And done.

Yeah, that was no good.

I'll let you know if I grow wings or learn to spell. ;)

Update: It's almost 12 hours later and my stomach is still gurgling and my heart racing. Yeah, it's definitely an energy drink. On the plus side, it still feels like my mouth was coated in rancid milk. Yum.

The day we posted about J-List having a bundle of Final Fantasy XII Potions for sale I ordered one. This is mostly because I'm a big geek. Well my pretty bottle arrived Saturday, coincidentally it was right in the middle of my struggle with a very nasty 24-hour flu. I decided to go ahead and ride it out, instead of risking vommiting up herbal potion for another 12 hours or so.

My stomach still isn't up to much more than water and broth, but I promise as soon as I can, I'll be downing this bad boy.

FFXII Potion from Suntory
Flash Version (thanks, Kotaku Komment Krew!) [YouTube]