Editing Cactuar (section)

== Cultural impact ==
===Fandom===
[[File:Cactuar cosplayer at FanimeCon 2010-05-29.JPG|thumb|upright|A cosplayer in a Cactuar costume.]]
The Cactuar has been subject to [[cosplay]] and [[fan art]].<ref name="Tattoo"/> In August 2014, a Chinese man performed a [[marriage proposal]] stunt wearing a Cactuar costume in [[Beijing, China]].<ref name="Proposal"/>

===Critical reception===
The Cactuar has been well received, and often described as being an iconic element of the ''Final Fantasy'' franchise.<ref name="Table"/><ref name=PCG/><ref name="FFXV"/><ref name=":2"/> Jason Wilson of ''[[VentureBeat]]'' called the Cactuar his favorite video game monster, saying that, while "kinda cute", they "can be scary [...] especially when these cowardly creatures stick around instead of running away and launch its devastating ''1,000 Needles'' attack", also saying that they can easily cause a [[total party kill]].<ref name=":1" /> [[James Stephanie Sterling]] called the Cactuar "everybody's favorite perennial mascot" in a 2009 post published by ''[[Destructoid]]'', and praised its design for ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' which was unchanged from previous iterations.<ref name="Sterling"/> Mike Fahey of ''[[Kotaku]]'' stated that the Cactuar is "one of ''Final Fantasy''{{'}}s most iconic creatures", and commented that the ''[[Final Fantasy XIV]]'' Gigatender was "doing the best it can to live up to that legacy, bless its giant plant heart", also stating that they "are adorable enough that I just want to sit in The Fields of Amber and watch them nearly topple all day long".<ref name=":2"/> ''[[GameFan]]'' called the Cactuar "one of the most popular ''Final Fantasy'' enemies of all time, despite its inability to talk", saying "his ''1000 Needles'' attack can be quite painful if your characters don't have triple-digit hit points".<ref name=Gamefan/> In Darren Nakamura's review of ''World of Final Fantasy'' for ''Destructoid'', he found the Cactuar Conductor's antics to be funny, as the context of the Cactuars being reputed as "slippery jerks" is well known to the series' fandom.<ref name="Review"/>

The Cactuar-themed mods for ''Final Fantasy XV: Windows Edition'' has received a varied reaction. Joe Donnelly from ''[[PC Gamer]]'' was excited by the mod and found the Cactuar costume to be cute.<ref name=PCG/> In a post which highlighted examples of players amusing themselves with ''Final Fantasy XV'' modded content, Brian Ashcraft from ''[[Kotaku]]'' featured the Cactuar mod as an example of the game's "delightful strange" mods.<ref name="Strange"/> On the other hand, Alex Avard from ''[[GamesRadar]]'' felt that the Cactuar costumes are adorable but "slightly creepy",<ref name="Table"/> whereas Zoe Delahunty-Light also from ''GamesRadar'' considered the Cactbar mod to be "bizarre".<ref name="Cactbar"/>