Reminds me of the time between the games being released in Japan and the west, watching what was essentially a full play through on Dailymotion at sub-240p quality, but still enjoying the music.
The slow trickle of those videos and the Gamesradar videos, which were a little higher quality, kept me hyped for 10 months until I got my own imported US copy.
Thanks for the teen nostalgia blast, OP, I feel better than I did before.