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had said, "If this song doesn’t sell, it means that I don’t have what it takes to be an artist. If that happens, then I’ll give up with good grace." After the chart failures of her past singles, Koda Kumi decided that the single would decide her fate as an artist. When the single had a high success rate on the charts, Kumi felt that it was the starting point of her career, but grew discouraged when the following singles didn't chart well, saying, "Once people will listen to my songs, I will certainly be able to keep their interest."
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Enix Music Online agreed, finding it to be the best "Final Fantasy" piano arrangement album to date. is a double A-side by Koda Kumi, consisting of the songs "Real Emotion" and "1000 no Kotoba" (lit. "1000 words"), which are used as the opening and closing themes respectively of Square Enix's game "Final Fantasy X-2", which was used in a cut-scene in the game as well as its ending credits. "1000 no Kotoba" was arranged by Takahito Eguchi and Noriko Matsueda. The CD contains the two songs in addition to their instrumental versions, covering a duration of 20:02. It was published
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the track. Both songs were sung by Jade Villalon from Sweetbox in the English version of the game, and are available as bonus tracks on the Japanese release of her album Adagio. In the Japanese version of the game both the songs were sung by Koda Kumi, and were released as a single entitled "real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba". Kumi also released her own English versions of the songs on her CD single "Come with Me", with slightly different versions of the lyrics than Jade. "Final Fantasy X-2 Original Soundtrack" is a soundtrack album of music from "Final Fantasy X-2" composed,
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released in 2003 by Avex. "Final Fantasy X-2 Piano Collection", a collection of piano arrangements of the original soundtracks by Noriko Matsueda, Takahito Eguchi, Hiroko Kokubu, Masahiro Sayama, and Febian Reza Pane, was released by Avex in 2004. A single by Koda Kumi entitled "real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba", based on the theme song for the game and the ending credits song, was published by Rhythm Zone prior to the game's release in 2003. Another single, titled "Kuon: Memories of Waves and Light – Music from Final Fantasy X-2", was released by Avex in 2003 along with the original soundtrack. It
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version of the game. The English versions of the songs are sung by Jade Villalon of Sweetbox. She released extended versions of the songs she sang as bonus tracks on the Japanese release of her album, Adagio. Koda also released her own English versions of the songs on her CD single "Come with Me". While similar, the lyrics of Koda Kumi's versions differ from those sung by Jade Villalon. As with "Final Fantasy X", an expanded international version was produced for "Final Fantasy X-2". This version of the game, titled "Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission", introduces two new
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by Rhythm Zone on March 5, 2003 with the catalog number "RZCD-45080". "Real Emotion/1000 Words" was poorly received by critics, with Patrick Gann declaring himself to be "not too impressed". It sold 283,000 copies. "Kuon: Memories of Waves and Light – Music from Final Fantasy X-2" is an arranged single consisting of the songs from the game "Kuon: Memories of Waves and Light", "Besaid", and "Yuna's Ballad", composed and arranged by Noriko Matsueda and Takahito Eguchi. The songs feature live instruments, and are the only arranged tracks released from the "Final Fantasy X-2" OST to date. The album was released
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of "real Emotion" and "1000 Words", performed by Jade Villalon of Sweetbox, as well as the eight tracks added for the International version of "Final Fantasy X-2", released in Japan on February 19, 2004. The album was released on July 16, 2003 in Japan by Avex bearing the catalog number "AVCD-17388". The album was better received than the original soundtrack, with Patrick Gann finding several of the tracks to be "beautiful" and the album as a whole "a sure step up from the X-2 OST". He concluded that "if you owned and kept the X-2 OST, you're a fool not
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and motion capture began early in development, the opening sequence was actually the last portion of the game to be completed. For "Final Fantasy X-2", regular series composer Nobuo Uematsu was replaced by Noriko Matsueda and Takahito Eguchi of "The Bouncer" fame. Among the game's more notable tracks are two vocalized songs: the J-pop-style "Real Emotion" and a more slowly-paced ballad, "1000 Words". The Japanese versions of the songs are sung by Kumi Koda, a Japanese music artist who also performed motion capture for the "Real Emotion" opening full motion video and provided the voice of Lenne in the Japanese
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already busy with other projects. None of the pieces from the "Final Fantasy X" soundtrack were re-used in "X-2". Noriko Matsueda and Takahito Eguchi were brought on board to compose the music for the game, as the developers felt they were the "perfect fit" to incorporate a "pop" style into the music. The game includes two songs with vocalized elements, one of which, the J-Pop song "Real Emotion", was written by Ken Kato and composed by Kazuhiro Hara. The other, J-Pop ballad "1000 Words", was written by scenario writers Kazushige Nojima and Daisuke Watanabe. Matsueda and Eguchi composed and arranged
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her 2006 single "4 Hot Wave". "1000 no Kotoba" was arranged by Takahito Eguchi and Noriko Matsueda, who arranged much of the music for "Final Fantasy X-2." It was published by Rhythm Zone on March 5, 2003 with the catalog number "RZCD-45080". An orchestra version was included in limited editions of her album "Grow into One" as a bonus track, which played during the credits of "Final Fantasy X-2". The song was also included on the game's soundtrack, "Final Fantasy X-2 Original Soundtrack". An alternate orchestra version was included on her 2007 compilation album "". Concerning the single's release, Kumi
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song "1000 words" and the "International Edition" using " in-game dialogues are produced fresh to match the dubbed American version, instead of using the original Japanese script." O'Hagan noted a point of contention raised by fans were Yuna's final words to Tidus in "Final Fantasy X" as "Thank you" (Arigato) being translated in English as "I love you"; this translation would extend to the European release and the voice dialogue would be in English. Other academic publications refer to the localization process of "Final Fantasy X" including Hevian and Marco. "Final Fantasy X"s depiction of Spira set a new standard
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it garnered positive reviews from both Japanese and North American fans. Many North American fans said how they had discovered the single due to "Final Fantasy X-2" and how they found "Real Emotion" to be "upbeat" and "empowering," while "1000 no Kotoba" was "very beautiful" and "touching." Reviewer Jae went into more detail, saying how "Real Emotion"'s lyrics were about "not relying on someone else," while "1000 no Kotoba" was a "beautiful power ballad about how she couldn't get out the words to describe her love before it was too late." In Japan, Renji said how the lyrics and music
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with Auron, to transport Tidus to the Spira mainland, repeatedly communicating with his son so that he could find a way to permanently dispose of Sin. Near the end of the game, Tidus' group confronts Jecht inside Sin taking the form of . Before Jecht's death in battle, Tidus makes peace with his father. Jecht has a small voice cameo in the final battles of "Final Fantasy X-2" along with Braska and Auron, during which time they give the protagonists encouraging words and advice on where to strike at the machine Vegnagun. Jecht is the villain representing "Final Fantasy X"
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Characters of Final Fantasy X and X-2 The tenth game of the "Final Fantasy" series, Square's bestselling role-playing video game "Final Fantasy X" features several fictional characters designed by Tetsuya Nomura who wanted the main characters' designs and names to be connected with their personalities and roles in the plot. The game takes place in the fictional universe of Spira that features multiple tribes. The game's sequel released in , "Final Fantasy X-2", takes place two years after the events in "Final Fantasy X" and uses new and returning characters. There are seven main playable characters in "Final Fantasy X"
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"Final Fantasy X" and "Final Fantasy X-2" was released in Japan under the title "Final Fantasy X/X-2 Ultimate Box". Several action figures, books and soundtracks were released by Square Enix. Among the books that were published were three "Ultimania" guidebooks, a series of artbooks/strategy guides published by Square Enix in Japan. They feature original artwork from "Final Fantasy X-2", offer gameplay walkthroughs, expand upon many aspects of the game's storyline, and feature several interviews with the game's developers. There are three books in the series: "Final Fantasy X-2 Ultimania", "Final Fantasy X-2 Ultimania Ω", and "Final Fantasy X-2: International+Last Mission
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"Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission Original Soundtrack" and "Final Fantasy X-2 Piano Collection", on the other hand, were very well received by critics, who felt that they were far superior to the original soundtrack. The singles for the soundtrack were poorly received by critics, who found a few of the songs to be enjoyable but all of the singles to be overpriced. "Final Fantasy X-2" marks the first soundtrack where former Square composer Nobuo Uematsu did not contribute a single piece, despite having composed the majority of the soundtrack for the predecessor, "Final Fantasy X", as he was
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after having just split from her founded hip-hop group M-Flo. "Grow into One" was released one year after her debut album "Affection". The album was predominately R&B with the only pop songs being those she performed for "Final Fantasy X-2," which was released on the PlayStation 2 in 2003. Those songs were "real Emotion" and "1000 no Kotoba". The only other pop song was "To Be One", which was used in some of the online advertising for "Final Fantasy X-2." There was one B-side to make it to the album: the song "One," which featured reggae artist and music producer
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dream, Tidus feels that disappearing would be preferable to making Yuna cry again. The novel "Final Fantasy X-2.5 ~Eien no Daishou~", set after "Final Fantasy X-2", explores Tidus and Yuna's visit to Besaid Island 1,000 years before. The HD remastered version of "Final Fantasy X" and "Final Fantasy X-2", "Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster", adds an audio drama ("Final Fantasy X: Will") in which Tidus is a new blitzball star who appears to be concealing an injury. After Yuna breaks up with him, Tidus helps her on a quest to defeat a reborn Sin. Tetsuya Nomura made a revision of
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Fantasy X" was aimed towards James Arnold Taylor's and Hedy Burress's portrayal of Tidus and Yuna, respectively, in comparison to the original Japanese delivery which made the characters less interesting. The English release of "Final Fantasy X-2" won the Seventh Annual Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences award in 2004 for Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance in recognition of the character Rikku. Characters of Final Fantasy X and X-2 The tenth game of the "Final Fantasy" series, Square's bestselling role-playing video game "Final Fantasy X" features several fictional characters designed by Tetsuya Nomura who wanted the main characters' designs and
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Fantasy X", she is the daughter of the late High Summoner Braska, who defeated Sin ten years ago, and seeks to accomplish the same task with help from her guardians. While often serious and naïve, she gradually becomes more open and falls in love with Tidus during their journey. Two years after the conclusion of "Final Fantasy X", now 19 years old, she is spurred on a journey of self-discovery by the possibility of reuniting with Tidus, which results in her becoming the main character of "Final Fantasy X-2". In "Final Fantasy X -Will-", Yuna is a priestess acting as
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in "Final Fantasy X-2" as a protagonist, now 17 years old. She is also the one who convinces Yuna to leave Besaid on a journey after showing her a mysterious sphere featuring a person resembling Tidus. Rikku appears in "" as a playable character. Her appearance resembles as a chibi-esque version of her "Final Fantasy X-2" character. Rikku also appears alongside Yuna and Paine in "Kingdom Hearts II" as a miniature fairy version of herself wearing modified versions of her "Final Fantasy X-2" attire. "Itadaki Street Special" features a miniature Rikku in her "Final Fantasy X-2" outfit, along with Yuna
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any of the numerous "Final Fantasy" concerts. Selections of music from the game have appeared on Japanese remix albums, called dojin music, and on English remixing websites. Music of Final Fantasy X-2 The music of the video game "Final Fantasy X-2" was composed by Noriko Matsueda and Takahito Eguchi. Regular series composer Nobuo Uematsu did not contribute any of the music, despite having composed the majority of the soundtrack for the first game, "Final Fantasy X". The "Final Fantasy X-2 Original Soundtrack" was released on two Compact Discs in 2003 by Avex. After the release of "Final Fantasy X-2 International
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the series. Final Fantasy X can be considered a pioneer in 3-D RPG maps. Takeo Kujiraoka, director from "Dissidia Final Fantasy NT", regarded "Final Fantasy X" as his favorite game from the franchise based on its emotional impact on the players as well as the multiple amount of playable content that surpasses 100 hours. Final Fantasy X Final Fantasy X is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square as the tenth entry in the "Final Fantasy" series. Originally released in 2001 for Sony's PlayStation 2, the game was re-released as "Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster" for PlayStation 3
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who has instead joined a sphere hunter group with her cousin in hopes of finding a way to bring back Tidus, her lost love who vanished during the ending of "Final Fantasy X". The three main playable characters of "Final Fantasy X-2" are Yuna, Rikku and Paine, whose team is abbreviated in-game as "YRP" ("YuRiPa" in the original Japanese version). Yuna and Rikku reprise their roles from "Final Fantasy X", and, though their personalities are much the same as before, Square decided that their appearances would be heavily altered to give a greater impression of activity. Furthermore, it was decided
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"Real Emotion" and "1000 Words" for the 2003 video game "Final Fantasy X-2", "Go Way" for the 2006 film "Crayon Shin-chan: Densetsu o Yobu Odore! Amigo!". Koda also performed the theme songs the live-action film of the anime series; the title track for "Cutie Honey", "Crazy 4 U" for "Gilgamesh", "No Regret" for "The Law of Ueki", and the title track for "Re: Cutie Honey". It was selected as the lead single from "Bon Voyage" and was released in Japan on October 24, 2012 by Rhythm Zone. The Maxi CD version of the single contains the B-side "Darling", and the
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the next Sin. His pyreflies are later absorbed by Sin. There, Seymour begins seeking a means to control the creature from within. During this process, he is confronted a final time by Yuna and her guardians, who manage to break their way inside the creature's body. However, he is defeated and is sent to the Farplane by Yuna. In "Final Fantasy X-2", Seymour appears only in a flashback cutscene that shows him assisting Baralai to hide from the Yevon Order. In "Final Fantasy X-2 International", Seymour can be fought in the Battle Simulator tournament and also be added as a
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trailers for "Final Fantasy X" and "Kingdom Hearts", a concept and promotional art gallery for the game, and a music video of "Suteki da ne" performed by Rikki. In 2005, a compilation featuring "Final Fantasy X" and "Final Fantasy X-2" was released in Japan as "Final Fantasy X/X-2 Ultimate Box". Square also produced various types of merchandise and several books, including "The Art of Final Fantasy X" and three "Ultimania" guides, a series of artbooks/strategy guides published by DigiCube in Japan. They feature original artwork from "Final Fantasy X", offer gameplay walkthroughs, expand upon many aspects of the game's storyline
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first game in the franchise to feature voice acting and also had to feature multiple tribes from different parts from Spira with distinctive designs. Various types of merchandising have also been released. The characters from "Final Fantasy X" and its sequel were praised by video game publications owing to their personalities and designs. The English voice acting received a mixed response during their debut while in "Final Fantasy X-2" the dub received a better response. The character designer from "Final Fantasy X" and "Final Fantasy X-2" is Tetsuya Nomura. Since art director Yusuke Naora convinced the Square staff to make
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Music of Final Fantasy X-2 The music of the video game "Final Fantasy X-2" was composed by Noriko Matsueda and Takahito Eguchi. Regular series composer Nobuo Uematsu did not contribute any of the music, despite having composed the majority of the soundtrack for the first game, "Final Fantasy X". The "Final Fantasy X-2 Original Soundtrack" was released on two Compact Discs in 2003 by Avex. After the release of "Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission", an album entitled "Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission Original Soundtrack" composed of the songs added to the soundtrack for that game was
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Collection", was also released featuring tracks by the actors behind Yuna, Rikku and Paine. A new action figures for Tidus was also released in conmemoration of "Final Fantasy" 20th anniversary alongside other protagonists from the franchise. Critical reception to the characters from "Final Fantasy X" and "Final Fantasy X-2" has been positive. The cast from "Final Fantasy X" has been well received by IGN's David Smith for their characteristics which avoided clichés, commenting that supporting cast was "rock-solid". IGN also appreciated the variety of characters based on Spira's regions, favorably comparing it with the ones from "Final Fantasy VII" and
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"Final Fantasy X-2"s critical reception has been largely positive, with IGN summarizing it as "a brilliant and addictive romp through Spira that we're certainly glad to experience", and GameSpot commenting that it is "every bit as poignant, endearing, and engrossing as its forebears," with strengths that "ultimately make ... "X-2"s minor flaws forgivable". The game maintains an 85/100 approval rating on Metacritic. Final Fantasy X-2 "Final Fantasy X-2" set several precedents in the "Final Fantasy" series aside from being the first direct sequel in video game form and the second sequel in the franchise, after the anime "". It was
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that both "Eien no Daishō" and the audio drama were simply intended as standalone continuations of the games' universe. Shinji Hashimoto revealed in October 2016 that "Final Fantasy X-3" is possible but Square Enix is currently busy with other projects and he also confirmed that the audio drama is the basis for it. Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster , also stylized as "Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster", is a high-definition remaster of the role-playing video games "Final Fantasy X" and "Final Fantasy X-2", originally developed and published by Square (now Square Enix) on the PlayStation 2 in 2001
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has released nine original albums, has been presented with a number of international awards and sales certifications, has had her music featured in a number commercials and television spots, and also has lent her voice to perform the vocal songs Real Emotion and "1000 Words" on the English version of the video game "Final Fantasy X-2". Her albums in Sweetbox have all reached gold or platinum status in Korea, and many of her singles have ranked in the Top 10 on charts in Europe and Asia. Villalon has also written songs for a number of artists, including The Cheetah Girls
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"Final Fantasy X-2 HD Remaster" to include "Final Fantasy X-2 HD Remaster" and "Final Fantasy X-2 Last Mission HD Remaster". They were sold together with a voucher to download "Final Fantasy X-2 HD Remaster" for free in regions outside Japan as well as in Japan. Square Enix launched an official website for the two HD remastered titles in March 2013. In 2014, it was announced that the remaster would be released for the PlayStation 4 in Spring 2015. It was later released for Windows in May 2016. "Final Fantasy X-2" sold over 1.94 million copies in Japan in 2003 as
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it was confirmed that the PS3 version of the game would also include its sequel "X-2", and that it would also be remastered in HD and would be based on the International version. "Final Fantasy X-2 Last Mission" was later announced to be remastered in HD and included as well. The HD remastered games for the PS3 was released under the title "Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster". The two games were sold separately on PlayStation Vita in Japan with "Final Fantasy X HD Remaster" to include "Final Fantasy X HD Remaster" and "Final Fantasy X Eternal Calm HD Remaster" and
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years following Yuna's final battle. The dark religious theme of the first game was concluded and the cultural changes were explored as the people of Spira, the focus on fashion that "reflects their state of mind". Toriyama believes the most important element incorporated into "Final Fantasy X-2" was the "peaceful world of Spira achieved in FFX and unification of characters' state of mind." Kitase identified "Final Fantasy X"s theme as "independence from the ties of law and customs" and "Final Fantasy X-2"s theme is about "the changes that occurred from the chaos after gaining that independence." For "Final Fantasy X-2"
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increasing love for Yuna, and the implications of her pilgrimage. In the audio drama "Final Fantasy X -Will-", set a year after "X-2", Tidus is a star blitzball player in Bevelle, where he meets Kurgum and Chuami. The character's outfit was designed to stand out within the people from Spira due to being from another world, while his lively personality is meant to contrast with previous "Final Fantasy" protagonists. Tidus has also been featured in the "Kingdom Hearts" series and is also the hero representing "Final Fantasy X" in "Dissidia Final Fantasy". is a 17-year-old summoner from Spira. In "Final
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PlayOnline viewer used for "Final Fantasy XI" and "Tetra Master". She reunited with Eguchi to create the soundtrack to "Final Fantasy X-2" in 2003, with Matsueda contributing most of the setting themes. Having replaced "Final Fantasy"s regular series composer Nobuo Uematsu to create a work entirely different from the predecessor "Final Fantasy X", their score has become one of the most criticized soundtracks in the series. However, despite the negative response and a low budget, it was commercially successful. The following year, she worked on "Final Fantasy X-2"s international version "Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission" and provided three
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Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster , also stylized as "Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster", is a high-definition remaster of the role-playing video games "Final Fantasy X" and "Final Fantasy X-2", originally developed and published by Square (now Square Enix) on the PlayStation 2 in 2001 and 2003 respectively. It also features story content previously only found in the "International" versions, and a new audio drama set a year after the events of "X-2". The Chinese studio Virtuos handled large parts of its development, while Square Enix assisted the process and published the collection. It was released for PlayStation
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Ultimania". A similar three-book series was produced for "Final Fantasy X". Gaming peripheral company Hori produced PlayStation 2 controllers modeled after the Tiny Bee guns Yuna uses in "Final Fantasy X-2". These controllers were released only in Japan. They were re-released in a new silver box to coincide with the release of "Final Fantasy X-2: International+Last Mission". They also released a vertical stand for the console with a "Final Fantasy X-2" logo that lights up in blue color when plugged into a powered console. On September 13, 2011, Square Enix announced that "Final Fantasy X" would be re-released in high-definition
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Final Fantasy X Final Fantasy X is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square as the tenth entry in the "Final Fantasy" series. Originally released in 2001 for Sony's PlayStation 2, the game was re-released as "Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster" for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita in 2013, for PlayStation 4 in 2015, Microsoft Windows in 2016, and will be released for the Nintendo Switch and Xbox One in 2019. The game marks the "Final Fantasy" series transition from entirely pre-rendered backdrops to fully three-dimensional areas, and is also the first in the series to feature voice
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loved ones. The album also contains the extended versions of "Real Emotion" and "1000 Words", two of the tracks Jade recorded for "Final Fantasy X-2". The track 'Chyna Girl' was originally written by Jade and Geo, for the pop group S.H.E. Adagio (Sweetbox album) Adagio is the fourth album of Sweetbox and the third album with Jade Villalon as frontwoman. It was released in 2004, in two different versions. One was released in Japan, debuting at #3, and the other was released in Europe, South Korea and Taiwan. The album was heavily inspired by world music, with songs sampling music
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part ways with Chuami returning to Besaid with Tidus while Kurgum stays in Bevelle with Wakka and Yuna as she resolves to fight Sin once more. Near the release of the first game, Square released multiple types of merchandising featuring the cast of "Final Fantasy X" including plushes and action figures. A CD titled "Final Fantasy X Vocal Collection" contains monologues and character songs by the Japanese voice actors. Another CD is an extended play with themes by actors Masakazu Morita and Mayuko Aoki who do the characters of Tidus and Yuna, respectively. A three-CD album, "Final Fantasy X-2 Vocal
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appealing character designs. The change of several designs in "Final Fantasy X-2" resulted in mixed reactions with GameSpot criticizing "a dominantly lighthearted tone" in comparison to "Final Fantasy X" darker atmosphere, while IGN praised the clothing designs, combining "proven and recognizable Final Fantasy styles" with a "revealing neo-modern fashion sense". The voice casting was praised by Game Revolution who noted most of them were "above average". Bramwell was more critical owing to the lack lipsynching and unsuitable tones that made him wonder why could not the gamers listen to the original Japanese audio. Criticism to the English acting in "Final
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-Will-", Lulu is the mayor of Besaid Village. Tetsuya Nomura has expressed that he wanted her character design to resemble a cross between a fashion model and Black Mage to break the connotation in players' minds of the traditional "Final Fantasy" Black Mage. This was achieved through – in Nomura's words – Lulu's "eccentric" hair and dress. She is dressed in a low-cut, fur-lined, dark grey and black dress with an interlocking series of belts across the front. Nomura has said that as technology advances, the "Final Fantasy" games allow for a greater level of detail to be incorporated into
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Fantasy X-2 Original Soundtrack" album was unique and enjoyable, but "ultimately forgettable." Liz Maas of RPGFan agreed, finding the album to be simultaneously "refreshing" and "odd". Chris Heit of Soundtrack Central, however, found that the album had "good, original music", although altogether different than previous "Final Fantasy" soundtracks. Track list "Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission Original Soundtrack" is a soundtrack album of music from "Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission" composed, arranged and produced by Noriko Matsueda, Takahito Eguchi and Kazuhiro Hara. The album spans 10 tracks, covering a duration of 45:21. It includes the English versions
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events of "Final Fantasy X", he marries Lulu. In "Final Fantasy X-2", he becomes a father to their baby son, Vidina, a name thought up by Wakka. A younger version of Wakka makes a cameo appearance in "Kingdom Hearts" on Destiny Islands as a friend of a younger Tidus and "Final Fantasy VIII"s Selphie and a sparring partner who can be engaged in battle, fighting with a beach ball. He makes a smaller cameo in "" as well as "Kingdom Hearts coded". is a 22-year-old black magic user and an older sister figure to Yuna, whom she grew up with
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energy flowing through Spira on the Farplane could possibly be harnessed for the purpose of supplying electricity to a city. In interviews published in the "Final Fantasy X Ultimania Ω" and "Final Fantasy X-2 Ultimania" guidebooks, scenario writer Kazushige Nojima and producer Yoshinori Kitase revealed that "Final Fantasy VII" and "Final Fantasy X-2" share a plot-related connection, in which the Shin-ra corporation in "Final Fantasy VII" is founded on another planet after about one thousand years, after space travel became possible, by descendants of Shinra of the Gullwings in "Final Fantasy X-2". This connection was conceived of only after "Final
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the album as a whole was "a cheap production." "Memories of Waves and Light" reached #32 on the Oricon charts and stayed on the charts for eight weeks. "Final Fantasy X-2 Vocal Collection" was a set of three singles, each consisting of two tracks sung by the voice actress for one of the main characters of the game and two instrumental tracks. The singles, "Final Fantasy X-2 Vocal Collection- Paine", "Final Fantasy X-2 Vocal Collection- Rikku", and "Final Fantasy X-2 Vocal Collection- Yuna", were released by Avex on July 16, 2003. The songs were composed and arranged by Noriko Matsueda
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"not" get ... [the impression] that the graphics have been improved in any significant way since "Final Fantasy X"", while GameSpot said ""X-2" doesn't look that much better than "X" did two years ago". "Electronic Gaming Monthly" regarded this reuse of code as "[tripping up] in the one area where "Final Fantasy" titles usually shine". The game's soundtrack was met with mixed feelings, because "Final Fantasy X-2"s score was the first in the series without input from Nobuo Uematsu, composer of all previous games in the main series, and because of the change to a distinct J-pop atmosphere. While IGN
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people who have been excommunicated. All of the Crusaders were excommunicated, however, when they set up Operation Mi'ihen, a joint Crusader-Al Bhed attempt to destroy Sin with a giant machina weapon. The operation failed and the Crusaders were largely eradicated in the process. A group known as the Crimson Squad was also formed around Operation Mi'ihen. Three candidates survived the final exercise; Baralai, Nooj and Gippal, all of whom would eventually lead one of the three political factions during the events of "Final Fantasy X-2". Spira is the world of "Final Fantasy X" and "Final Fantasy X-2", but elements of
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the franchise. Among these were the game's status as "Final Fantasy"s first direct sequel and the change from a tragic atmosphere in "Final Fantasy X" to a dominantly lighthearted tone in "Final Fantasy X-2". In their review, gaming website GameSpot commented that "Some of the missions ... come off as downright silly and a bit tacked on". Additionally, they felt that the game's non-linear style makes it "[lack] the singular narrative thrust of "Final Fantasy X" or other typical RPGs, and the storyline can feel a little nebulous and disjointed as a result". Moreover, GameSpot commented that "trivial minigames have
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until Sin's defeat. In "Final Fantasy X-2", set two years after "Final Fantasy X", Yuna is a member of the sphere hunting group Gullwings, along with Rikku and Paine. In the game's international version, the Gullwings go their separate ways before the game's opening, with Yuna returning to Besaid Island. The trio then reunite to explore a tower. In "X-2", Yuna journeys to Spira in search of the truth behind a sphere containing a video featuring a man resembling Tidus in prison. During her journey, Yuna discovers the man from the sphere was actually Shuyin, a spirit who wishes to
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game to be developed by Square before merging with Enix in April 2003. The game was re-released as a high-definition remaster for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita in 2013, together with "Final Fantasy X", under the title "Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster". It was also re-released for the PlayStation 4 in May 2015, Microsoft Windows in May 2016, and will be released on the Nintendo Switch and Xbox One in 2019. Square Enix announced in 2013 that the "Final Fantasy X" series has sold over 14 million copies worldwide. Though a direct sequel to "Final Fantasy X", "Final Fantasy
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been creeping into the Final Fantasy games at an alarming rate over the last few years, and in this regard, "X-2" is definitely the most egregious offender in the series". Despite these comments, they praised the battle system as a "welcome addition", while regarding its voice-overs and localizations as "outstanding". Another aspect of the game that has attracted criticism is the reuse of graphical designs from "Final Fantasy X". One reviewer at RPGamer commented that "there is little question that the graphics in "Final Fantasy X-2" could rival just about any other RPG on the market ... [but] one does
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Fantasy XIV" have also occurred in the game. "Final Fantasy VII Remake", "Final Fantasy XIII", "Final Fantasy VII" and "Final Fantasy X" have had original stories told alongside their respective games' stories with "Final Fantasy XIII" set between "Final Fantasy XIII-2" and "" and "Final Fantasy X" between it and "Final Fantasy X-2". During its pre-registration period, the game received 200,000 registered users. By July 12, just over a week after release, the game had one million registered players in Japan. This number had expanded to over two million by the following month. Speaking after release, Kitase said that Square
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Uematsu, Masashi Hamauzu and Junya Nakano were rearranged. Hamauzu and Nakano took charge of most of the revised music, with Tsutomu Narita and Ryo Yamazaki also making select arrangements. The soundtrack for "Final Fantasy X-2" by Noriko Matsueda and Takahito Eguchi was carried over from the original PlayStation 2 version. For the credits of the HD remaster, scenario writer Kazushige Nojima wrote the audio drama "Final Fantasy X: Will" as an appendix taking place two years after "X-2". Nojima and Nomura felt that it was a good opportunity to expand upon the universe of "X". They opted for the audio
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and the other two were PS3 exclusives. "XIII" was developed by team members who had worked on "Final Fantasy VII", "VIII", "X" and "X-2", "Agito XIII" was handled by staff from "Before Crisis", while "Versus XIII"s development was headed by the team behind the console "Kingdom Hearts" games. "Final Fantasy XIII" and "Versus XIII" were intended to form the core of the series, with future games being a "facet" of "Final Fantasy XIII". "Agito XIII" and "Versus XIII" both began production in 2006. By 2008, "Agito XIII" had been moved onto the PlayStation Portable, then later renamed "Final Fantasy Type-0".
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that the pervading cultural changes occurring in "Final Fantasy X"s world as they and others began trying to live positively would be reflected in the new clothing of these two characters. The character of Paine is a new creation designed for inclusion in "Final Fantasy X-2", to accommodate the game's intended action-adventure style revolving around a trio of female characters. Her personality is far more cynical and emotionally distant than that of her teammates, and she keeps her past a secret from them for much of the game. Several other major and supporting characters from "Final Fantasy X" appear in
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characters were fitted with a jovial "Charlie's Angels"-like motif. Whereas "Final Fantasy X" drew heavily on ancient Japanese culture and Asian settings, "Final Fantasy X-2" incorporated a number of elements from modern Japanese pop culture. Aesthetically, the world of Spira is essentially unchanged in the two years since "Final Fantasy X", and many locations return from the game. There are, however, major changes in the ideology of Spira's people. After Sin's defeat came the arrival of an era known as "the Eternal Calm". The priests of the Yevon religion chose to expose the truth about the order, leaving the population
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the fiftieth most popular video game character. In official Square Enix poll, Rikku was voted the thirteenth favorite female "Final Fantasy" character in 2013. is an 18-year-old girl and a protagonist of "Final Fantasy X-2". While "Final Fantasy X" characters Yuna and Rikku were planned as stars of "X-2", she was created for "X-2". Paine is prominently featured as a warrior. In contrast to Yuna and Rikku, she is more calm and reserved, with her comrades knowing little about her. Throughout the game, the player learns of Paine's experience as a member of the Crimson Squad, which was intended to
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on as lead writer for "" (2013), alongside new writer Kazutoyo Maehiro. The first title to receive a direct sequel was "Final Fantasy X": "Final Fantasy X-2" is set in the same fictional world of Spira, while using a lighter tone than its predecessor. No sequel to "Final Fantasy X" was planned initially. "Final Fantasy XIII" was also intended to be a standalone title, and was later expanded into the series' first official trilogy with the development of "Final Fantasy XIII-2" (2011) and "" (2013). "Final Fantasy VII" was later expanded into a multimedia series titled "Compilation of Final Fantasy
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The leader of the Guado tribe, Seymour Guado, briefly joins the party for a fight but is then revealed as an antagonist in his quest to replace Tidus' father, Jecht, to become the new Sin. "Final Fantasy X-2" features Yuna, Rikku, and the newly introduced Paine as playable characters in their quest to find spheres across Spira and find clues regarding Tidus' current location. During their journey, they meet Paine's former comrades who are related with the spirit of an avenger named Shuyin. The creation of these characters brought the Square staff several challenges as "Final Fantasy X" was the
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and the chance to play through the games on the new platforms. The collection did receive criticism for a few minor upgrade faults and uneven quality between the two, while some of the collection's added content drew mixed opinions. The minor upgrade faults and uneven quality were fixed in the PlayStation 4 version. The HD remaster covers both "Final Fantasy X" and its sequel "Final Fantasy X-2". The first game follows the journey of the teenager Tidus who is transported to the world of Spira after an encounter with a creature known as Sin. He becomes one of the guardians
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Final Fantasy X-2 "Final Fantasy X-2" set several precedents in the "Final Fantasy" series aside from being the first direct sequel in video game form and the second sequel in the franchise, after the anime "". It was the first game in the series to feature only three player characters, an all-female main cast, and early access to most of the game's locations. Additionally, it featured a variation of the character classes system—one of the series' classic gameplay concepts—and is one of the few games in the series to feature multiple endings. Finally, it was the first game in the
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world and story, in contrast to the jovial atmosphere of "Final Fantasy X-2", and the story was scripted to play out as "pieces of drama" like a television series. Its story and characters were focused around the concepts of mortality and, in Toriyama's words, the "wish for rebirth": the latter theme was directly inspired by the Great East Japan earthquake. Watanabe stayed as one of the game's writers, with writer and novelist Emi Nagashima, better known under her pen name of Jun Eishima, coming on as a story consultant. Lightning's outfit for the game was designed by Isamu Kamikokuryo, who
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Yuna herself whenever she dons her Songtress outfit. After Shuyin is defeated, Lenne separates herself from the dressphere and fades with Shuyin while thanking Yuna for helping her. is an elderly itinerant historian who often tells Tidus the history and origins of all things related to Spira. Although he seems to be an ordinary inhabitant of Spira, he reveals himself in "Final Fantasy X-2" to be an unsent from Zanarkand who used to live before the city was destroyed, and was so engrossed in his studies that he forgot that he'd died of old age. His memories of his time
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see an additional reunion scene in Zanarkand where the pair discuss whether he is truly real or still a dream. Development of "Final Fantasy X-2" began in late 2001 in response to the success of "Final Fantasy X", particularly fan reaction to the "Eternal Calm" video included in the Japanese version of "Final Fantasy X International". It was released in Japan shortly before the merger between Square and Enix. The game's eventual name, "X-2", was initially not liked by the production team, but it was eventually accepted since the story was a direct continuation of "X" and thus could not
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Tokyopop released a version of "Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack" in North America entitled "Final Fantasy X Official Soundtrack", which contained 17 tracks from the original album on a single disk. This release had the catalog number TPCD-0211-2. Additionally, in 2001, prior to the game's release, Square released a promotional disk titled "Final Fantasy X Promo CD", which contained edited versions of "Other World", "Zanarkand", and "Battle 1". The disk covers a length of 7:08, and was only released in Japan. "Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack" reached #4 on the Oricon charts, and sold 140,000 copies as of January 2010.
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"Final Fantasy X". The orchestra played 17 songs over a period of almost two hours. The setlist ranged covered songs from the very first "Final Fantasy" game through "Final Fantasy X", the latest game to have been released. Their rendition of "Suteki da Ne" from "Final Fantasy X" was accompanied by Japanese folk singer Ritsuki Nakano, known as "RIKKI", who sang the track in the original game. Similarly, "Melodies of Life" from "Final Fantasy IX" was performed by Emiko Shiratori, the original performer for the song in that game's soundtrack. "At Zanarkand" and "Yuna's Decision", both from "Final Fantasy X",
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this positive reception, there was a mixed reception for her role in "Final Fantasy X-2" due to her redesign. In "Final Fantasy X", Yuna is introduced as a summoner who can use healing magic and is able to summon powerful magical entities called aeons with help from spirits known as Fayths. Already known throughout Spira as the daughter of High Summoner Braska, who previously brought a brief respite from Sin's destruction ten years earlier, Yuna decides to embark on the summoner's pilgrimage to become a High Summoner herself. Yuna must journey to temples across the world, acquire the aeon from
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012 Final Fantasy", an action game that features several "Final Fantasy" characters, as one of the characters to be summoned by the goddess Cosmos to participate in a war against her rival Chaos. For this game, Yuna appears in her "Final Fantasy X" form but sightly arranged to fit with the game's cast. Additionally, she has an alternative design based on Yoshitaka Amano's illustration, and a wedding dress from "Final Fantasy X". Her "Final Fantasy X-2" regular form was made available as downloadable content. Outside the "Final Fantasy" series, Yuna appears in "Kingdom Hearts II" as a pixie along with
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sequel to "X", and if there were demand for it, it could happen. The minigame of blitzball has made it into other games, such as "Final Fantasy X-2", and was mentioned as a possibility for "". The advancements in portraying realistic emotions achieved with "Final Fantasy X" through voice-overs and detailed facial expressions have since become a staple of the series, with "Final Fantasy X-2" and other subsequent titles (such as "", "Final Fantasy XII", "XIII" and its sequels, and "XV") also featuring this development. Traversing real-time 3D environments instead of an overworld map has also become a standard of
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Cid is one of the few to receive a negative impact from Sin's demise, as his children left him behind to set their sights on the changing Spira, rather than rebuilding Home like most of the other Al Bhed. In "Final Fantasy X-2", he attempts to convert Zanarkand into a tourist attraction, only to make his way to the Thunder Plains. After being saved from an ancient Machina, Cid goes on board the Gullwings' Celsius, much to Brother's dismay. However, by "Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission", Cid returns to make business in Mt. Gagazet alongside his son. is
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"Final Fantasy X" an Asian-themed game, Nomura designed the characters to give them an Asian look. Nomura first illustrated the characters' faces and started adding details upon receiving information from the staff. Since the PlayStation 2's capabilities allowed to feature multiple details, Nomura did so with characters and asked the staff to make them consistent. The hardest part from his work involved making the characters' clothes identical between full motion scenes and in-game parts. Nomura has expressed after designing serious and moody main characters for "Final Fantasy VII" and "Final Fantasy VIII", he wanted to give Tidus a cheerful attitude
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the game. At the end of the game, when Sin's creator, Yu Yevon, is defeated, he is laid to rest. Auron has a brief appearance in "Final Fantasy X-2", where his voice helps Yuna during her battle in the Farplane with Vegnagun. The updated "International" version added Auron both as a boss and as an optional playable character. In the audio drama "Final Fantasy X -Will-", Chuami claims to be Auron's daughter based on stories told to her by her late mother. While the developers originally considered having "Final Fantasy X-2" follow the story of Auron and Jecht's generation, they
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for "Final Fantasy XIII-2". The narrative was divided into smaller "pieces of drama" similar to a television series rather than one overarching story piece. This was reflected by the game's working title "Final Fantasy XIII: Season 2" when the project was first proposed within the company. Unlike "Final Fantasy X-2", which had a more cheerful and humorous feel than "Final Fantasy X", the staff members wanted the overall tone of "Final Fantasy XIII-2" to be serious as well as darker and more mysterious than its predecessor. The original scenario had called for Serah to travel alone with Mog. However, Kitase
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the ninth most tear-inducing game of all time. The game inspired an unofficial version for the NES by Chinese company Shenzhen Nanjing Technology. This port features the "Final Fantasy VII" game scaled back to 2D, with some of the side quests removed. The game's popularity and open-ended nature also led director Kitase and scenario writer Nojima to establish a plot-related connection between "Final Fantasy VII" and "Final Fantasy X-2". The character Shinra from "Final Fantasy X-2" proposes the concept of extracting the life energy from within the planet Spira. Nojima has stated that Shinra and his proposal are a deliberate
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Dream Zanarkand and continuously create Sin. If Sin is destroyed, he then recreates it by possessing the Final Aeon that defeats it. In the end, Tidus' group use the aeons to weaken the disembodied spirit of Yu Yevon, and destroy him. is the main antagonist of "Final Fantasy X-2". He is a native blitzball star from Zanarkand who had lived during the age of the Machina War between Zanarkand and Bevelle. The lover of the summoner Lenne, he refused to accept her fate when she was ordered to the front lines and attempted to commandeer Bevelle's machina weapon, , in
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also includes "Eternal Calm", a 14-minute video clip bridging the story of "Final Fantasy X" with that of its sequel, "Final Fantasy X-2". The video clip was included in a bonus DVD for "Unlimited Saga Collector's Edition" under the name "Eternal Calm, Final Fantasy X-2: Prologue". It was first released in Europe on October 31, 2003, and featured English voice-overs. The international and PAL versions include a bonus DVD called "Beyond Final Fantasy", a disc including interviews with the game's developers, and two of the game's English voice actors, James Arnold Taylor (Tidus) and Hedy Burress (Yuna). Also included are
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X-2" does not duplicate its predecessor's gameplay; instead, it innovates on traditional elements. Like pre-"Final Fantasy X" installments, characters "level up" after a certain number of battles, by gaining pre-determined stat bonuses. The conditional turn-based battle system in "Final Fantasy X" has been replaced by a faster-paced variation of the "Final Fantasy" series' traditional active time battle (ATB) system, which was originally designed by Hiroyuki Ito and first featured in "Final Fantasy IV". Whenever a random enemy is encountered, the ATB system is used. Under this enhanced version of the ATB, playable characters may interrupt an enemy while they are
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and other arboreal features. Still less human are the lion-like Ronso and the frog-like Hypello. A subset of Spira's sentient races are the "unsent", the strong-willed spirits of the dead that remain in corporeal form. In Spira, the dead who are not sent to the Farplane by a summoner come to envy the living and transform into "fiends", the monsters that are encountered throughout the game; however, unsent with strong attachments to the world of the living may retain their human form. While the setting of the original "Final Fantasy X" was decidedly somber, in "Final Fantasy X-2", the main
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other. Ito also co-directed "Final Fantasy VI" with Kitase. Kenji Terada was the scenario writer for the first three games; Kitase took over as scenario writer for "Final Fantasy V" through "Final Fantasy VII". Kazushige Nojima became the series' primary scenario writer from "Final Fantasy VII" until his resignation in October 2003; he has since formed his own company, Stellavista. Nojima partially or completely wrote the stories for "Final Fantasy VII", "Final Fantasy VIII", "Final Fantasy X", and "Final Fantasy X-2". He also worked as the scenario writer for the spin-off series, "Kingdom Hearts". Daisuke Watanabe co-wrote the scenarios for
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and Paine. Rikku also appears as a non-playable character in "World of Final Fantasy". Several figurines of Rikku were released by various manufacturers, including by Coca-Cola and Square Soft in 2000 (two), Kotobukiya in 2001, Bandai in 2002, 2003 and 2005, "Hobby Japan" in 2003, Kotabukiya and Square Enix in 2003, Square Enix in 2003 (three) and 2006, and Square Enix and Amono Shiro in 2008. A special PlayStation memory card was also released by Hori in 2003. Rikku's outfit changed from a casual outfit to a skimpier outfit from "Final Fantasy X" to "X-2". Tetsu Tsukamoto, the alternate costume
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have people too young to have played the games experience them, as his son was only old enough to know the characters of Tidus and Yuna from "Dissidia Final Fantasy" and its prequel. Another reason was that many did not have an opportunity to play the games since they were not compatible with the majority of PlayStation 3 models and neither available on the PlayStation Network unlike games from the original PlayStation like "Final Fantasy VII" and "IX". Nomura entered negotiations with other old members of staff and got a remaster of "X" and "X-2" approved, but the actual development
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alongside Wakka and Chappu on Besaid Island. Before becoming one of Yuna's guardians, she had previously accompanied two other summoners as their guardians. Lulu had been romantically involved with Wakka's younger brother, Chappu, and his death at the hands of Sin affected Lulu greatly. While she is often stern and scathing (particularly to Wakka), she is nonetheless caring toward others. Wakka and Lulu fall in love and marry six months after "Final Fantasy X". She appears in a reduced role for "Final Fantasy X-2", where she has a son with Wakka named Vidina. In the audio drama "Final Fantasy X
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attached. The b-sides on the single were English versions of "real Emotion" and "1000 no Kotoba." These versions were not the ones that were included in the North American and European releases of the "Final Fantasy X-2" video game, however; the English versions found in the game were sung by Jade Villalon from the group Sweetbox. The lyrics in Kumi's original versions differ slightly from those used for Jade's version. The single was also released as a 12" vinyl with the title track and remixes of "real Emotion" and "1000 no Kotoba." "Come With Me" was used in a television
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arranged and produced by Noriko Matsueda and Takahito Eguchi. The album spans two discs and 61 tracks, covering a duration of 2:18:00. It was released on March 31, 2003 in Japan by Avex bearing the catalog number "AVCD-17254". It included a booklet filled with printed images, providing more information about the soundtrack. "Final Fantasy X-2 Original Soundtrack" sold 82,000 copies as of January 2010; it reached position #5 on the Japanese Oricon charts and remained on the charts for 12 weeks. The game's soundtrack was met with mixed feelings from critics, because "Final Fantasy X-2"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s score was the first in
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"Final Fantasy X-2" and "Final Fantasy XIII". According to Toriyama, the game is aimed at Nintendo DS owners who are not experienced with "Final Fantasy" games, and will remove "overly complicated elements from the battle system...that will allow [the player] to defeat the enemies with minimal controls." The game features a sprite-based graphics engine with 3D backgrounds and character designs by Ryoma Itō ("Final Fantasy Tactics Advance"). Producer Eisuke Yokoyama cited "Warcraft" and "Age of Empires" as sources of inspiration and expressed a desire to "extract the pure 'fun' of those games" and bring it to "Final Fantasy". Itō based
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Yenke Ronso, who challenge him—and thus the player—to a 2-on-1 battle as an obstacle to the player's progression. Following Kimahri's victory, he has proven his worth as a Ronso. After departing from Mt. Gagazet in shame ten years before the current events depicted in "Final Fantasy X" began, Kimahri discovered a dying Auron outside Bevelle. Auron told Kimahri about the daughter of Braska, Yuna, and asked him to fulfill a promise Auron had made to Braska in his stead: to remove Yuna from Bevelle and transport her to the island of Besaid, where she may grow up peacefully. Kimahri honored
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Fantasy X" and "Final Fantasy X-2", producer Kitase's motivation was to have people too young to have played the games experience them; his son was only old enough to know the characters of Tidus and Yuna from "Dissidia Final Fantasy" and its prequel. For the first two "X" games' rerelease, Nomura redesigned Tidus based on his older appearance from the audiodrama "Will". For the franchise's 30th anniversary, Square presented Tidus' new design in a museum. According to Nomura, he wanted to give Tidus a cheerful persona and appearance after designing serious, moody main characters for "Final Fantasy VII" and "Final
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always looked up to Braska, and sets up a challenge with Yuna to see who will defeat Sin first. At Besaid, Isaaru's party gets kidnapped by the Al Bhed and are present at Home's destruction. He is later sent by Yo Mika to prevent Yuna from escaping the Via Purifico, and reluctantly fights her with his Aeons. Defeated, he remains in Bevelle to preserve order along with Pacce and Maroda. The three brothers part ways in "Final Fantasy X-2". Isaaru helps out with the Ruin Tours in Zanarkand, Maroda joins the Youth League, and Pacce starts a spherehunting group known
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Fantasy VIII" (1999). He was also a major contributor to "Final Fantasy X" (2001) alongside other writers. He returned to write the scenario for "Final Fantasy X-2" (2003), despite initial reluctance due to its upbeat feel when compared to its predecessor. His later supplementary material would return to a darker theme. Nojima also created the original scenario of "Final Fantasy XV" (2016), then called "Final Fantasy Versus XIII". His original scenario was reworked for "Final Fantasy XV" by Saori Itamuro. Another recurring writer is Daisuke Watanabe. His first job as a scenario writer was with "Final Fantasy X". He worked
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for "VII", "VIII", "X", and "X-2", and battle-system director Toshiro Tsuchida reprised that role from "Final Fantasy X". As "XIII" was the first "Final Fantasy" game for the PlayStation 3, the development team's internal goal was for the game to have the same "gameplay and craftmanship" impact that "Final Fantasy VII" and "X" had as the first games of the series on their respective consoles. They aimed to sell five million copies of the game. Toriyama wanted the game to be "the ultimate single player RPG". Tsuchida's concept for the battle system was to maintain the strategic nature of command-based
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to the reduced PlayStation 2's fanbase, making it smaller than the last three released titles. However, within four days of its release in Japan, the game had sold over 1.4 million copies in pre-orders, which set a record for the fastest-selling console RPG. These figures exceeded the performances of "Final Fantasy VII" and "IX" in a comparable period, and "Final Fantasy X" became the first PlayStation 2 game to reach two million and four million sold copies. In October 2007, the game was listed as the 8th best-selling game for the PlayStation 2. "Final Fantasy X" sold over 2.26 million
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in September 2005 sold over 131,000 copies in Japan by the end of 2006. In October 2013, Square Enix announced "Final Fantasy X" and its sequel "Final Fantasy X-2" have together sold over 14 million copies worldwide on PlayStation 2. "Final Fantasy X" received critical acclaim by the media. The Japanese video game magazine "Famitsu" and "Famitsu PS2" awarded the game a near-perfect 39/40 score. Another Japanese gaming magazine, "The Play Station", gave the game a score of 29/30. "Famitsu", "Famitsu PS2", and "The Play Station" expressed particularly favorable responses toward the game's storyline, graphics, and movies. The game maintains
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its world and characters have been included in other "Final Fantasy" media. For "Dissidia Final Fantasy" and its sequel/remake "Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy" the characters Tidus, Yuna, Jecht and an area known as were featured. The Dreams' End shares similarities to the final area of "Final Fantasy X" complete with a large replica of Jecht's sword in the center. "Final Fantasy X"s Tidus and Wakka are supporting characters in "Kingdom Hearts", "" and "Kingdom Hearts coded". Auron makes an appearance in "Kingdom Hearts II" as a supporting team member and "Final Fantasy X-2"s main cast of Yuna, Rikku and Paine
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the ten best "Final Fantasy" characters as well in a "Famitsu" poll of the best 100 video game characters with GameZone praising the two characters' attitudes. Additionally, Tidus and Yuna have been listed by several publications as one of the best couples in gaming. GameSpot cited the romance's progress across the game as one of its strongest elements, while GamesRadar referred to it as a realistic relation. The main cast of "Final Fantasy X-2" was also praised with writers comparing the trio with the protagonists from "Charlie's Angels". Raymond Padilla from GameSpy also praised the game's visual which resulted in
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Fantasy VI Original Sound Version", "Final Fantasy VII Original Soundtrack", "Final Fantasy VIII Original Soundtrack", "Final Fantasy IX Original Soundtrack", "Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack", "Final Fantasy X-2 Original Soundtrack", "Final Fantasy XII Original Soundtrack", and "Final Fantasy XIII Original Soundtrack", the latter debuting at #3 on the chart. As of 2010, the only "Final Fantasy" albums that failed to reach the top 30 of the Oricon albums chart were the soundtracks for the "Final Fantasy Tactics" series and "Crystal Chronicles" series. "My Hands", the Leona Lewis theme song for the North American and European versions of "Final Fantasy XIII",
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Cid's 18-year-old son, Rikku's older brother, Braska's nephew, and Yuna's cousin. Brother participates in the Al Bhed expedition to salvage an airship from the ocean floor, where he meets Tidus. Eventually, he goes on to support the protagonists' struggle against Sin and Yu Yevon as the pilot of the salvaged Fahrenheit. During "Final Fantasy X-2", Brother is the pilot of his own airship, the "Celsius", and is leader of the Gullwings sphere hunter group with and working alongside him in the ship. Having fallen out with Cid after the events of "Final Fantasy X", father and son frequently—and-unsuccessfully try to
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Fantasy X" was already finished and realized in "Final Fantasy X-2" riding on the success of the original game and is not reflected in the gameplay or storylines of "Final Fantasy VII" or "Final Fantasy X". Religion is an important part of life for many of the peoples of Spira, with a large majority of the population describing themselves as "Yevonites." Though by the end of "Final Fantasy X" some people had begun to question them, nevertheless the teachings of Yevon were millennium-old and heavily influential. The Yevonite clergy taught that Sin was a divine punishment set upon the people
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