 Rikku, along with Yuna, were the leads "Final Fantasy X-2" and were the only characters from "Final Fantasy X" to appear.Developers chose her in order to create a game that centered on women.Tetsu Tsukamoto, the designer of "Final Fantasy X-2"s "alternate" costumes, explained that Rikku's outfit was the product of a cultural change in Spira, the world Rikku inhabits.