 He wanted to continue the recent trend of sky-related names, and Kazushige Nojima chose a name based on "tiida" (Okinawan for "sun").Nojima called Tidus' personality "lively" and compared him to "Final Fantasy VIII"s Laguna Loire and Zell Dincht, two other cheerful characters.Tidus was initially a rude plumber who was part of a delinquent gang, but Kitase said he would be a weak protagonist and he was made an athlete instead.