Final Fantasy X

Final Fantasy X is a video game that consists of 11 releases

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The tenth game in Square-Enix's hallmark series; Final Fantasy X follows Tidus and his pledge to protect the summoner, Yuna, as she attempts to defeat Sin and bring about a temporary "Calm."

Final Fantasy X marked the transition of the Final Fantasy franchise from Playstation to the Playstation 2. Final Fantasy X was developed and published by Square and was released on December 20, 2001. The tenth installment of Final Fantasy was the first of its kind to implement fully three-dimensional backgrounds, made possible by the "Emotion Engine." Final Fantasy X was radically improved upon graphically, as the Playstation 2 hardware allowed a higher polygon count and for lighting and shadows to appear more naturally and realistically than prior Final Fantasy games.

Story

Final Fantasy X begins in medias res with the protagonist, Tidus, looking out over a ruined Zanarkand City, as he starts to narrate the events that led him and his companions there. His story begins just before a much anticipated Blitzball game, in an unruined Zanarkand City, where Tidus lives and is a famous star of the sport. During the Blitzball game, Sin attacks the city, sucking up both Tidus and his discreet mentor, Auron.

Tidus awakes alone in the ruins of an unknown deserted temple, where he meets a group of Al Bhed salvagers, one of whom is Rikku; through her, he learns that Zanarkand was destroyed by Sin one thousand years ago. Tidus helps the Al Bhed with the recovery of a large sunken Airship just before they are again attacked by Sin.

Tidus wakes up alone for a second time, having washed up on a beach on the island of Besaid. Here he meets the captain of the Besaid Aurochs Blitzball team, Wakka, and quickly impresses him with his Blitzball skills. Wakka introduces Tidus to Yuna, an apprentice summoner who plans to make a pilgrimage to the ruins of Zanarkand, as her father did ten years before her. At Zanarkand, she would summon the "Final Aeon" and temporarily destroy Sin, bringing about a ten year long "Calm." Tidus also meets Yuna's guardians; Lulu and Kimahri, whom along with Wakka would travel with Yuna on her journey. Yuna aquires the first aeon, Valefor, in Besaid's temple to begin her pilgrimage and Wakka asks Tidus to accompany them part of the way to Luca, to search for anyone he knows and to play for the Besaid Aurochs in an upcoming tournament.

Sin attacks en route to Kilika

The party sail to Kilika Island and are attacked by Sin at sea; after the group repel Sin, it turns to Kilika Island, killing most of it's population. The party arrive safely at the destroyed Kilika to make the second stop on Yuna's pilgrimage, with Yuna aquiring the second aeon, Ifrit. They continue on to Luca, where the stadium is attacked by fiendsafter the blitzball tournament. They are fought by Seymour Guado and his aeon, Anima, and destroyed. Tidus finds Auron in Luca shortly afterwards, who informs the group that he plans to join them as a permanent guardian on their pilgrimage, causing Tidus to effectively do the same.

The group continue their journey, encountering Sin and it's devastating effect on the world once again, before making the next stop on the pilgrimage to get the third aeon, Ixion. They continue onwards and come across a disguised Al Bhed, who quickly reveals herself to be Rikku, and Yuna's cousin. They arrive at Guadosalam, where Seymour proposes to Yuna before leaving for Macalania Temple. Whilst travelling to the temple though the Thunder Plains, Yuna tells her guardians that she will marry Seymour for the sake of public happiness.

At the temple, Yuna finds a sphere recorded by Seymour's father, Jyscal, detailing the malcontent and hate his son possessed. In this recording he accurately predicted his own murder at the hands of his son. After receiving the fourth aeon, Shiva, from the temple, the group fight and kill Seymour. After fleeing the temple the group are again attacked by Sin, this time transporting all of them to different locations on the sandy, desert-like Bikanel Island, home of the Al Bhed.

The party regroups, minus one member, after being unable to find Yuna. Rikku leads the group to the Al Bhed Home to find it under attack from Yevon's forces; the Al Bhed had been kidnapping summoners to prevent them from summoning the Final Aeon. It is here that Tidus learns that the Final Summoning will kill any summoner who performs it, including Yuna. Cid, Rikku's father, was determined to save Yuna, who had been taken to Bevelle to be forcefully married to the dead, but unsent, Seymour.

The Wedding

The party travel to Bevelle on the airship salvaged at the beginning of the game and gatecrash the wedding in progress, stealing back Yuna and escaping to the Temple of Bevelle. There, Yuna aquires the fifth aeon, Bahamut, before the entire party defeat Seymour in battle a second time. After a romantic embrace between Tidus and Yuna the party travel through the Calm Lands and onto Mt. Gagazet, the Ronso homeland. Halfway up the mountain, Kimahri encounters members of his old tribe, who tell him to turn back, as he was banished from the mountain long ago. Kimahri fights his tribesmen, Biran and Yenke, defeating them and earning their respect. When the party reach the summit, they encounter a flying Seymour and learn that he had slaughtered the entire Ronso tribe behind him. The group defeat Seymour for a third time and continue down the mountainside toward the ruins of Zanarkand.

Before reaching the bottom of the mountain, Tidus learns that he, his father, Jecht, and the Zanarkand they had known are dream-like entities created by Yevon, the real Zanarkand's ancient ruler. It is after this that the party reach the bottom of the mountain and ends Tidus' prolonged flashback sequence, which had begun at the beginning of the game. Inside the Temple of Zanarkand, the group learn from Lady Yunalesca that the Final Aeon is created from the spirit and life of one of the summoner's guardians, the last of which had been Braska's guardian, Jecht. A flashback visible to the entire group occurs; showing Auron, ten years ago, attemping to attack Yunalesca for the deaths of Braska and Jecht. Yunalesca kills Auron in this display, revealing to the party that Auron is an Unsent himself.

Cid's airship attacking Sin

Yuna did not wish for any of her companions to be sacrificed, angering Yunalesca and sparking a confrontation. After killing Yunalesca the group decide to find a new way to defeat Sin, permanently and without sacrifice; they go on to attack the monster with Cid's airship and enter it's body. Soon after landing inside Sin, the party encounters Seymour for a final time, after they defeat him Yuna sends him to the Farplane, ending his life forever. They encounter the spirit of Jecht, defeating him and then sacrificing all of Yuna's collected aeons to destro y Yu Yevon, ending Sin and it's ability to be reborn forever.

Auron is laid to rest, finally going to the Farplane, and the spirits of the fayth are all released; causing the aeons, the dream-like Zanarkand and Tidus to dissipate. Yuna pledges to help rebuild Spira now that it is free of Sin and asks that no-one forget those who died to make it possible.

Soundtrack

Disc One
01. "I Want to Tell You Everything"

Final Fantasy X - Original Soundtrack

02. At Zanarkand
03. Prelude
04. Tidus' Theme
05. Otherworld
06. Hurry!
07. This is Your Story
08. Ominous
09. Normal Battle
10. Victory Fanfare
11. Game Over
12. No Hopes, No Dreams
13. Secret Maneuverings
14. Underwater Ruins
15. Al Bhed Tribe's Chi
16. Enemy Attack
17. Blitz Ball Gamblers
18. Besaid Island
19. Spiran Scenery
20. Song of Prayer
21. Illusion
22. Palace of Ordeals
23. Song of Prayer. Valfor
24. Summoning
25. Daughter of the Great Summoner
26. Good Night

Disc Two

01. Yuna's Theme
02. Sprouting
03. Farplane Sending
04. Silence Before the Storm
05. Song of Prayer. Ifrit
06. Luca
07. Reception for Great Sage Micah
08. Unwavering Decision
09. The Splendid Performance
10. Confrontation
11. Blitz Off
12. Auron's Theme
13. Mi'ihen Road
14. Brass de Chocobo
15. Travel Company
16. Permitted Passage
17. Seymour's Theme
18. Twilight
19. Djose Temple
20. Song of Prayer. Ixion
21. Wanna Ride the Ciparph?
22. Rikku's Theme
23. Guadosalam

Disc Three

01. Thunder Plain
02. Ject's Theme
03. Macalania Forest
04. Sea of Mists
05. The Temple Band
06. Seymour's Ambition
07. Song of Prayer. Shiva
08. The Advancers
09. Blazing Desert
10. Crisis
11. The Truth Revealed
12. Start
13. Marriage Ceremony
14. Raid
15. Tragedy
16. I Can Fly
17. Path of Repentance
18. Song of Prayer. Bahamut
19. Time of Judgment
20. My Father's Murderer
21. Isn't It Beautiful? (Suteki da ne?)

Disc Four

01. Yuna's Decision
02. Lulu's Theme
03. Brave Advancement
04. Song of Prayer. Bodyguard
05. People of the North Pole
06. Song of Prayer. The Lonzo
07. Wandering Flame
08. Someday the Dream Will End
09. Song of Prayer. Yunalesca
10. Challenge
11. At the End of the Abyss
12. Darkness
13. Song of Prayer. Spira
14. The Deceased Laugh
15. Seymour Battle
16. Song of Prayer. Anima
17. Summoned Beasts Battle
18. Decisive Battle
19. Ending Theme
20. "Please Remember"
21. Isn't It Beautiful? (Suteki da ne?) - Orchestra Version

General Information Edit

Game Name	Final Fantasy X
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2
Publisher(s)	Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Square Enix Square Co., Ltd. Sony Computer Entertainment Australia
Developer(s)	Square Co., Ltd.
Genres	Add a new genre Role-Playing (RPG)
Themes	Add a new theme Fantasy Anime
Original US Release	Dec. 26, 2001 need a fuzzy date?
Original US Release	know the real date?
Aliases	FFX Final Fantasy 10