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Final Fantasy X was released in 2001 for PlayStation 2. It shipped over 2.14 million units on its first day in Japan and went on to sell over 8.5 million copies worldwide on PS2. As of the end of March 2022, the Final Fantasy X series had surpassed 21.1 million units sold worldwide.
The Sphere Grid is a character progression system that replaces traditional experience points. Characters earn Ability Points in battle to gain Sphere Levels, which they use to move through a pre-determined network of nodes containing stat upgrades and abilities. International and PAL versions added an Expert grid where all characters start in the center and can follow any path.
Final Fantasy X was scored by three composers: Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamauzu, and Junya Nakano. It was the first main-series Final Fantasy game in which Uematsu did not compose alone. The vocal song "Suteki da ne" was performed by Japanese folk singer Rikki, with lyrics by Kazushige Nojima and music by Uematsu.
Final Fantasy X was the first main-series game to feature fully three-dimensional areas and voice acting. It replaced the Active Time Battle system with the Conditional Turn-Based Battle system and introduced the Sphere Grid for character development. The world of Spira was also the first in the series modeled primarily on Southeast Asian cultures rather than European fantasy.
Yes. Famitsu and Famitsu PS2 awarded the game 39 out of 40, and it holds a 92 out of 100 on Metacritic. It won the Best Game Award from the Japan Game Awards for 2001-02, and Famitsu readers voted it the best game of all time in early 2006. Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii said in November 2025 that its release represented "the ultimate perfection" of the Final Fantasy series' formula.
Final Fantasy X follows Tidus, a blitzball player from the high-tech city of Zanarkand, who is transported to the world of Spira after the creature known as Sin destroys his home. He joins summoner Yuna on a pilgrimage to defeat Sin, eventually discovering that Sin's true identity is his own missing father, Jecht. The group ultimately breaks the cycle of Sin's rebirth by defeating the deity Yu Yevon.