Final Fantasy X Final Fantasy X is the tenth installment in the " Final Fantasy " series . It follows the story of Tidus and Yuna ; and was the first " Final Fantasy " to appear on a sixth - generation console , namely the PlayStation 2 . Due to " Final Fantasy X ' s " success and popularity , it spawned the first - ever direct game sequel to a " Final Fantasy " game : " Final Fantasy X - 2 " , released in 2003 - 04 , which continued the events of Spira two years later through the eyes of Yuna . This came about as the result of an initial concept of spinning off Yuna and Rikku into individual titles of their own , which was later combined into one game . " Final Fantasy X " is the first in the series to use full voice acting instead of the previous method of scrolling subtitles . The implementation of voice acting limits the player ' s ability to change the characters ' names and Tidus is the only playable character , apart from aeons , whose name can be changed , and therefore never appears in the scripted dialogue . A remastered HD version of " Final Fantasy X " was announced at the Sony Press Conference in Japan on September 14 , 2011 as part of a 10th anniversary special , and was released on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita . The PlayStation 4 version was released in May 2015 . A PC version was released on May 12 , 2016 . Gameplay . The Sphere Grid . Character growth is undertaken by use of the Sphere Grid . By gaining AP from battles and collecting different types of spheres , characters move through the grid , raising stats and learning abilities . The sphere grid allows the player to evolve and take on " mixed " abilities , meaning they can learn a wide array of Black Magic , White Magic , Defense and Attack skills . An extra grid was included with the " International Version " ( see below ) , which has thirty - six fewer nodes , and undefined paths for each character , meaning they can take any role they choose . Battle system . Unlike the past few games where the battle system used ATB , " Final Fantasy X " uses the Conditional Turn - Based Battle ( CTB ) system , or the Count Time Battle system in Japan . Basically , CTB is a turn - based system , which does not operate in rounds ; the order of the turns does not guarantee each participant in a battle will have an equal number of turns . Characters with higher speed will be able to take more turns than slower characters , thus making speed more important than in other turn - based battle systems . Furthermore , spells and abilities ( such as Haste ) can modify the turn order ( called the Act List ) , as some abilities require a longer cooldown time . In general , weaker abilities tend to require less cooldown time , thus introducing a trade - off between speed and power . The battle system is distinguished from the usual flow of the Active Time Battle system by the fact that when a character ' s turn begins , all action stops while the player decides upon an action . This shifts the focus from reflexes and quick decision - making to strategy and careful planning . Unlike in previous games in the series , the player is able to change characters on the go during battle . Synopsis . Setting . Spira is a continent resembling a large island . In terms of climate , Spira ranges from tropical islands ( Besaid and Kilika ) and a scorching desert ( Bikanel Island ) to temperate towns ( Luca ) and the icy Mt . Gagazet . Spira ' s population is made up of a variety of six races : humans divided into Spirians and the outcast Al Bhed faction , Hypello , Cactuars , Ronso , and Guado . Characters . " Final Fantasy X " features seven main playable characters and one temporary guest character . Story . Tidus is a blitzball player in a glittering metropolis known as Zanarkand . During the Memorial Cup to honor Tidus ' s father Jecht , a legendary blitzball player who went missing ten years ago , the stadium is destroyed by a colossal monster that attacks the city . Tidus is swept away along with Auron , a man who has been looking after him ever since Jecht went missing and Tidus ' s mother died , leaving him orphaned . Tidus awakens in an alien world called Spira where he meets people whose language he doesn ' t understand , and meets islanders whose customs he is unfamiliar with . The only thing he recognizes is blitzball , and the locals want to add him to their team after witnessing his skills . Under the care of his new friends , Tidus meets summoner Yuna who sets out on her pilgrimage to defeat Sin , the monster who had attacked Zanarkand and apparently transported Tidus into the future , as the only knowledge of Zanarkand Spirans have is a holy land that was destroyed by Sin a thousand years ago . As Yuna ' s pilgrimage is to end there , Tidus joins her journey as her newest guardian , alongside Auron whom he runs into later . Tidus learns that when Jecht disappeared from Zanarkand he had actually run into Sin and arrived in Spira , the same as has happened to him , but can hardly believe it when Auron claims that Jecht has become the monster Sin itself . During his travels Tidus falls in love with Yuna , who has attracted the attention of fellow summoners and a Maester of Yevon — the main religion in Spira — Seymour Guado . Yuna is eventually captured and forced to marry him even when he becomes an unsent , a ghost whose soul should have departed to the land of Spira ' s afterlife : the Farplane . Tidus saves Yuna with the help of Yuna ' s other guardians and the Al Bhed , a tribe of Spirans who don ' t follow Yevon ' s teachings . Yuna resolves to continue the pilgrimage even after being branded a traitor . By this time Tidus has learned that if Yuna goes through with the ritual known as the Final Summoning to defeat Sin , she will die , but decides to stay by her side and support her . Tidus is contacted by the fayth and learns the Zanarkand he hails from is but a dream of the fayth willed into being by an ancient summoner called Yu Yevon who created Sin as his armor a thousand years ago . The fayth ask Tidus to fell Yu Yevon so they can finally stop dreaming , and Tidus decides to help despite knowing that if the fayth stop dreaming , he will disappear . In the ruins of the real Zanarkand , Yuna discovers the truth behind the Final Summoning : she must choose one of her guardians to become a fayth for the Final Aeon , but even if she were to succeed Yu Yevon would only make the Final Aeon into a new Sin . This is how the current incarnation of Sin is actually Jecht , Tidus ' s father . After arriving in Spira Jecht had become a guardian for Lord Braska , Yuna ' s father , and offered to become his Final Aeon . The party learns that Auron was killed by Yu Yevon ' s unsent daughter Yunalesca when he sought to avenge Jecht and Braska , and has been wandering as an unsent ever since . Yuna , meanwhile , declares the Final Summoning a false rite and refuses to go through with it . Using the Al Bhed ' s airship the party attacks Sin head on and ventures inside it , where they find Jecht in his Final Aeon form who asks Tidus to destroy him . Afterward Yu Yevon manifests and the party kills him . Then Yuna sends Auron , the aeons , and Sin to the Farplane . The fayth statues lose their power , and Dream Zanarkand and all its inhabitants , Tidus included , disappear from Spira . Themes . The " Final Fantasy " series had always had somewhat of a " foreign " feel from the Japanese point of view , the first games taking place in a medieval " European " setting . When the settings moved toward a more modern atmosphere , foreign influence was still strong with " Final Fantasy VII " originally imagined to take place in the real life New York City , and many locations in " Final Fantasy VIII " modeled after real world European locations . " Final Fantasy X " is a break by being pointedly South East Asian in its feel , most notably with respect to vegetation , topography , architecture and names . Producer Yoshinori Kitase felt that if the setting returned to a medieval European fantasy , it would not help the series advance . While he was brainstorming different world environments , scenario writer Kazushige Nojima suggested a fantasy world that incorporated Asian elements . Many fans had responded negatively to the sci - fi elements of some previous " Final Fantasy " games , and with " Final Fantasy X " the developers wanted to expand the fans ' definition of the word " fantasy " by taking a different route from the " medieval Europe " fantasy setting so commonly seen in RPGs . A number of the development staff spent time in South East Asia , such as Bali and Thailand , and brought back influences to incorporate into Spira . For example , " Final Fantasy X " was the first " Final Fantasy " game to have its theme song sung in Japanese , and instead of being a pop song , " Suteki da ne " is a traditional Japanese folk song . The intention to capture an Asian feel is also evident in the character designs , with the basis for Yuna ' s design being that of Okinawan kimonos ; the specific type of kimono chosen for her is a " furisode " . Yuna ' s dress and necklace are adorned with images of the hibiscus flower also called " yuna " , and Tidus ' s Japanese name ( ティーダ ) translates to " sun " ( 太陽 ) in Okinawan . Japanese influences are also seen in Lulu ' s hairstyle and Auron ' s samurai influences . The concepts of aeons , fayth , pyreflies , sending and unsent all harken to Asian legends and traditions . Yoshinori Kitase has stated the game ' s main theme is " journey " , but that in addition there are many hidden themes . He stated that as a father the theme of family is closest to his heart . Another central theme in " Final Fantasy X " is legacy , in how both Tidus and Yuna follow in their fathers ' footsteps . Tidus had grown up in his father ' s shadow and becomes a renowned blitzball star like Jecht was . Yuna follows in her father ' s footsteps by becoming a summoner as he did . Years after Jecht and Braska sacrifice themselves , their children follow the same path , but the revelations they uncover along the way force Tidus , Yuna , and their friends to find a new path and free Spira . Further themed is the Japanese Buddhist religious concepts of " jiriki " ( lit . " self power " ) and " tanriki " ( lit . " outside power " ) , said to be the powers that one may choose to follow to become enlightened and ultimately achieve Nirvana once set in a school ' s teachings . The school of Jodo Shinshu , long empathizing " tanriki " , sees its historical and cultural influence greatly in the aspects of Yevon ; from having a military power , ensuring that the people follow its zeal to have the populace under its teachings , and ultimately , obedient unwavering command , and to bearing influence on political scale , sometimes to the point of corruption . Another central theme is Gnosticism , a eletist movement in the early Christian Church that was rejected as heresy . Gnostics believed all material existence , including the human body itself , to be sinful and that the material world was created by an evil god . The word " gnosis " ( Greek : γνῶσις ) means " knowledge , " denoting a special " hidden knowledge " about the world and about Christian doctrine that only a select few were privileged to know . The Gnostics believed it was this " hidden knowledge " about the world that freed them from the confines of the body and material existence , uniting them to the spiritual realm created by the evil god of the Old Testament , whom they believed unenlightened Christians unknowingly worshipped . Spirans in " Final Fantasy X " believe Sin is their rightful punishment for their vanity and that because mankind is sinful , Sin is continually reborn . Death is glorified with the summoners sacrificing themselves to summon the Final Aeon , with the aeons themselves being the spirits of the dead . Those who do not find their way to the Farplane become twisted by the envy they feel toward the living and eventually turn into fiends . The word " aeon " is derived from the Koine Greek word ὁ αἰών , meaning " age " , " forever " or " for eternity . " In Gnostic lore , it denotes the immaterial emanations of God . Yu Yevon can be viewed as the " evil god " from Gnostic lore , known as Yaldabaoth in Gnostic religions , from whom mankind must be saved . Although Yu Yevon is not a true god in " Final Fantasy X " , not having created the world and the people in it , but merely having created Dream Zanarkand and Sin , it is still worshiped in the Yevon religion in a similar way in which the Gnostics believed Yaldabaoth was unknowingly mistaken by the Christian Church for the supreme God , and worshipped as such . Tidus is introduced to the world as someone who can see Spira ' s ways of life as they really are : false . By getting to know Tidus and believing in his Zanarkand , Yuna comes around to his way of thinking , and at the crucial moment rejects the Final Summoning as a false rite . The Gnostic belief of the " hidden knowledge " about the world being the way to save them , is represented in the game by the discovery of truth behind Sin , Yevon , and the Final Summoning . Once the hidden truth behind Yevon is revealed , Yuna and her friends seek to find a permanent way to vanquish Sin and give the people of Spira a future of independence from Yevon . Tidus further acts as a Gnostic Christ figure . The Gnostics , rather than believing Jesus Christ to be God the Son , the second Person of a Triune Godhead incarnate , they believed him to be a spirit sent from a higher spiritual plane than that of Yaldabaoth , who came to teach the world about the one supreme transcendent God — different from the God of the Old Testament , whom Gnostics believed was actually the lesser , malevolent deity Yaldabaoth , who created all physical matter — and to free humankind from the illusion that was the physical world . Much similarly , Tidus ' very existence is an illusion , as is the world he comes from . A secondary theme throughout highlights the belief that religion is a manmade , or at least , cultivated concept , and of how customs can change from their original interpretations over time . The blitzball salute , originally a gesture of respect and greeting in the past for a sport , becomes the Yevon faith ' s salute . Machina , once used commonly by Bevelle , is stigmatized and cast down as heresy . The faith of Yevon finds itself not of a supernatural and divine origin , but ultimately one founded by man and whose spiritual protectors and entities are those of martyrs who were once human . Music . " Final Fantasy X " is the first numbered " Final Fantasy " game to feature a musical score not completely credited to Nobuo Uematsu , who has written the music for " Final Fantasy " since its inception . The game ' s soundtrack was co - scored by Junya Nakano and Masashi Hamauzu . The game ' s main theme " Zanarkand " is heard in the beginning and in multiple other forms during the game ' s main events . Another prominently featured song is the vocal theme " Suteki da ne " , played during the romantic scene between Yuna and Tidus at the lake in Macalania Woods . Many tracks also have the instrumental form of this song mixed into them , such as " Yuna ' s Theme " and " Spira Unplugged " . Other popular songs include " Otherworld " , played in the beginning of the game and during the final battle , and the " Hymn of the Fayth " , sang in a different way in each temple by each fayth , and by many characters , such as the Al Bhed and even hummed by Tidus . Development . Development of " Final Fantasy X " began in 1999 and was first presented at the 2000 Square Millennium Event together with " Final Fantasy IX " and " Final Fantasy XI " , although this early version greatly differs from the final game . Although Hironobu Sakaguchi showed doubts about the transition from 2D to 3D backgrounds , voice acting , and real - time storytelling , he also stated the success of the series was due to constantly changing development and trying out new things . Development for " Final Fantasy X " cost approximately four billion Japanese yen ( approximately 32 . 3 million dollars ) with a crew of more than 100 people , most of whom worked on previous games in the series . Gameplay . " Final Fantasy X " was initially going to incorporate online elements , which were later dropped , and added into the next title in the series , " Final Fantasy XI " . In a beta video shown at the Square Millennium Event in 2000 , Tidus has black hair , and the game appears perfectly 3D with the player being able to rotate the camera . Tidus ' s character model in the demo is more detailed with his clothes and hair bouncing as he moves and also fluttering in the wind . In the menu it was obvious Tidus and Yuna had levels akin to previous " Final Fantasy " games rather than sphere levels like in the final game . The Conditional Turn - Based Battle ( CTB ) was a new battle system replacing the Active - Time Battle ( ATB ) system from previous titles . The traditional world map concept was dropped , because the developers wanted a more realistic approach , as well as realism of the game ' s 3D backgrounds and the animation of characters . Originally , " Final Fantasy X " was going to feature enemies wandering visible on the field map with seamless transition into battles allowing players to move freely around the area during enemy encounters . Battle art director Shintaro Takai has explained the intention was for the battles to come across as a natural part of the story instead of an independent element . However , due to hardware and system limitations , these ideas were not used until " Final Fantasy XI " and " Final Fantasy XII " . " Final Fantasy X " uses a compromise from the original ideas , with some transitions from the field screen to battle arenas relatively seamless only with the implementation of a motion blur effect . The desire for seamless transitions also led to the implementation of the new summoning system . The game takes place on a journey from the village of Besaid to Zanarkand with little side - tracking , and to broaden the range of what the players can enjoy many minigames were incorporated . There were close to 10 people handling this aspect , and Yoshinori Kitase left it up to their imagination to come up with ideas . Voice acting . Yoshinori Kitase has cited the inclusion of voice acting as one of the big things he wanted to introduce to " Final Fantasy " when the series moved from PlayStation to PlayStation 2 . As the previous games had only had text , the depth of expression available was broadened by the introduction of voice , but on the other hand , by giving characters actual voices , their facial expressions became more important , and the developers needed to invest more energy into that . The characters ' facial expressions were achieved through motion capture and skeletal animation technology , which allowed animators to create realistic lip movements programmed to match the speech of the game ' s voice actors . Scenario writer Kazushige Nojima has revealed the inclusion of voice acting enabled him to express emotion more powerfully than before , and he was therefore able to keep the storyline simple . The presence of voice actors led to various changes to the script to match the voice actors ' personalities with the characters they were portraying . Localization . The inclusion of voice led to difficulties ; with the game ' s cutscenes already programmed around the Japanese voice work , the English localization team struggled incorporating the translated script with the rhythm and timing of the characters ' lip movements , and almost all of it had to be rewritten to better match the lip animations . The localization voice director , Jack Fletcher , had asked several months before the project began whether there was going to be ADR recording to lip flaps , and had been told by someone at Square Hawaii — who had been working as a go - between — that there would not be syncing to lips . The video that he had received at that point , a few months before recording began , was a rough cut without proper lip animations . The majority of the English dialogue was not based to the actual game footage ; the only guidance the voice actors had were samples of the original Japanese dialogue , and they rarely had the opportunity to sync their dialogue with actual footage . Once the voice recording was complete , sound editors would digitally speed up or slow down the audio clips to fill the character ' s allotted speaking time for each particular line , because the lengths of audio files were hardcoded the game engine triggering actions and sound files concurrently , so changing the length of a sound file would break the game . The way that the game engine was triggering sound files was tied into the same system used to trigger action on the screen , so if a sound file went overboard by even half a second , it could throw off the entire scene and even crash the game . The team tried to mask the file constraints the best they could , but that was not the only issue : The Japanese idea of dramatic writing is to speak slowly . This reflected in Yuna ' s cadence in some parts with long pauses between words . Some parts like this were covered by having the character ask themselves a question and then answer it , making the pause sound more natural . The head of localization , Alexander O . Smith , was the one to push for the change for Yuna ' s final words to Tidus in the ending from " Arigato " ( thank you ) to " I love you " despite resistance from the Japanese side of development . " * I love you " had never appeared in a " Final Fantasy " game before because it ' s not something Japanese usually say , but Smith kept pushing for the change and it made it though to the localization . Storyline . The original concept of " Final Fantasy X " story was that " a person would reach the end of life at 17 years of age " . That theme of " inevitable death " was carried over to become Yuna ' s fate . In " Final Fantasy X Ultimania Omega " creators ' interview , it is mentioned one of the early the premises was having a deadly illness running rampant in the world with Yuna as a nurse following Yevon ' s teachings treating people while on a pilgrimage . Yevon was a " Red Cross - like organization " with Mika as its chairman . Yuna would have failed to heal the people and it would turn out that the method of treatment itself was leading to the people ' s deaths . Kazushige Nojima was initially concerned with establishing a connection between the player and main character and the story was designed so the player ' s progress through the world and growing knowledge about it is reflected in Tidus ' s narration . In the early story drafts Tidus ' s role was vastly different from the final version ; Tidus was envisioned as a plumber with the attitude of a delinquent . The original plans for the game ' s opening scenario were wildly different from the final version . In the early drafts Tidus would have been swimming around the ocean near Registan ( later renamed Zanarkand ) to the theme of " Hymn of Fayth " , then visiting a place called " Yevon Dome " where Tidus would have met up with his friends , a male and two females . They would have checked the time and thought it was getting late . The Yevon Dome would have been a place where the founder of Registan , Yevon , would have been worshiped , it was a large bowl - shaped arena where Registan ' s populace would come to meet with friends and offer up their prayers . The people would have prayed daily to Yevon , but although Yevon would have been deified in Registan , it was not a religion . Tidus would have then descended to the underwater facility of Registan where he would have fought against an underwater boss . Upon leaving the facility Sin would have been seen rising from the ocean and Tidus would have let Sin pass with a smile . The scene would have ended with Tidus glancing at his wristwatch and worrying about it being so late . Monsters would have begun attacking the city but Auron and the Crimson Blades would have fought them off . Before it was decided Auron would be an unsent , he was envisioned working as a Crimson Blade exterminating monsters in Registan . There were also plans to make Tidus the unsent , but due to the release of the film " Sixth Sense " with a similar plotline , the storyline was given to Auron instead . There were also plans of having Auron be Jecht in disguise . This way , Jecht could have been watching things all along , but because the developers didn ' t want Jecht to have a leading part in the game , they gave up on the idea . Sin was created to be a presence Spirans could simply not avoid , however much they tried . Yoshinori Kitase created him to represent the kinds of calamitous disasters that exist in the real world , such as earthquakes and typhoons . Spira has the teachings of Yevon , which give meaning to people ' s lives in the face of death , so what Kitase really tried to show in " Final Fantasy X " was how people behave in the face of unavoidable fate . The process of acquiring each of the aeons was made an important element to the main story . This importance placed on them made the developers invest in their design . What differentiates " Final Fantasy X " is the interplay between the summoner and the summoned monster , such as how Yuna will pat Valefor ' s head during its summoning animation . By emphasizing the relationship between Yuna and the aeons gave the game ' s final scene where she must part with them even more impact . Leaked version . In May 2009 a preview - build of the North American version of " Final Fantasy X " was leaked online . This build is from about two months before the final release . It has a debug mode at the main menu , and the FMVs are in Japanese with English subtitles . Pressing during gameplay brings up debug info , and there are plenty of humorous scenes and settings that were never supposed to make it into the final game . The leaked version has greyed out loading options in the config : either " HDD " or " DVD - ROM " . There is also an HDD option in the main menu . Releases . " Final Fantasy X : International " . The International Version was released on January 31 , 2002 , in Japan , and later in Europe ( the European release was simply titled " " Final Fantasy X " " ) . This updated version of the game has different box art for Japan , and new features , such as an Expert Sphere Grid , which allows for accessing abilities more easily , but less overall stat - growth . New abilities were added to both Standard and Expert Grids . The Dark Aeon s and Penance , all powerful superboss es , were added , as well as many minor changes to dialogue , scenes , the Celestial Weapons ' key items ( Japan only ) , characters and armor , weapon customizations , such as Ribbon . The release also includes a bonus disc with behind the scenes making - of features of " Final Fantasy X " , and a to " Final Fantasy X - 2 " . The European release has the the Dark Aeons and Penance , as well as the new equipment abilities , but didn ' t change the name of the Celestial Sigils and Crests . As with previous PAL conversions of " Final Fantasy " installments , the game has noticeable black borders and a slower running - speed as a result of . The black label version includes a bonus DVD with the title " Beyond Final Fantasy " , which includes various interviews with the game developers , as well as two of the English voice actors . Additionally , it also includes trailers of various Square games , an art gallery , short biographies on Nobuo Uematsu and RIKKI , as well as a music video of RIKKI performing the song " Suteki da ne " . Some versions of " Final Fantasy X : International " have a glitch , whereby if the player goes to the area where they fight Dark Ifrit it is possible to slip past the men blocking the way to Home , and thus , be able to return to the story at the events in Home with Yuna in the party . This glitch can be repeated after the first time it is used . " Final Fantasy X / X - 2 HD Remaster " . " Final Fantasy X " was the first " Final Fantasy " game originally developed for a Sony platform to be remastered . A high - definition port was announced at the Sony Press Conference in Japan on September 14th , 2011 as part of a 10th anniversary special , and was set to be released on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita . This version is based on the " International " version , making it the first time the features exclusive to that version will be officially available in North America . The HD remaster has trophies . On 19 March , 2013 , it was confirmed " Final Fantasy X - 2 " was also receiving an HD remastering and that it , too , would be based on the International version of the game . The two games are available together on a single Blu - ray disc for the PlayStation 3 version , but on PlayStation Vita " Final Fantasy X - 2 " is available only digitally , but its code is included in the " Final Fantasy X " retail version so that the buyer can still get both at once . It was released in Japan on December 26 , 2013 and March 18 , 2014 overseas . Microsoft Windows ( via Steam ) . " Final Fantasy X / X - 2 HD Remaster " was listed in Steam ' s database in December 2015 . It was released on May 12 , 2016 . Reception . " Final Fantasy X " received critical acclaim in the media and enjoyed high sales figures . Within four days of its release in Japan , the game had sold over 1 . 4 million copies in preorders , which set a record for the fastest - selling console RPG . Since May 2011 ; the game had sold nearly 8 million copies worldwide . " Final Fantasy X " received generally high review scores in both Japanese , western and Middle Eastern media . Critics generally praised the game ' s storyline , graphics and movies , although some criticized the game ' s dialogue and linearity , as well as the Sphere Grid leveling system and the fact that cutscenes cannot be skipped . Famitsu readers voted " Final Fantasy X " the best game of all time in early 2006 and Producer Shinji Hashimoto stated in 2002 : " We ' ve had a great reception from the media and already received some awards and so forth , so overall the reaction has been excellent " . On December 3 , 2014 " Final Fantasy X " was voted by the Japanese fans as one of the best five PlayStation games of the brand ' s 20 years lifespan , along with " Final Fantasy VII " , ' , ' , and " " . Legacy . " Final Fantasy X " was the first " Final Fantasy " game to get a direct sequel game , and " Final Fantasy X - 2 " was released two years later , in 2003 . " Final Fantasy X " wasn ' t originally planned to have a sequel , but after a strong fan reaction to the short story titled " " included with " Final Fantasy X International " , the development team decided to continue the story in a sequel . In an interview in the " Final Fantasy X | X - 2 HD Ultimania " published the same time the " Final Fantasy X / X - 2 HD Remaster " set came out in Japan , 26th December 2013 , Kazushige Nojima , the scenario writer for " Final Fantasy X " and " Final Fantasy X - 2 " , hinted at possible future developments for the world of Spira : " If there ' s enough demand , then we may possibly see new developments . [ . . . ] I would personally like to see a sequel like " X - 3 " " . Dialogue translated from the " Final Fantasy X / X - 2 HD Remaster " post - credits audio drama , and Nojima ' s spin - off novella " Final Fantasy X - 2 . 5 ~ Eien no Daishou ~ " , leave open new plot threads , further hinting at a future sequel , but Square Enix has yet to make any formal announcements on the subject . Allusions . " Final Fantasy X " contains allusions to previous games and Asian mythologies .