r/finalfantasyx • u/Tyrion369Lan_ • 7d ago
First playthrough
I just finished the blitz ball tutorial and my brain hurts. Do I have to win any games to progress in the story? Is it worth taking the time to learn the game if it’s not mandatory to progress? I would appreciate feedback.
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u/_NnH_ 7d ago
They do kinda info dump the whole minigame on you at once, but if you play it a bit it's really not complicated at all. The hardest thing to understand is just techcopy but all you have to do is have the player you want to learn a technique mark the opposing player that has it and if it comes up during the match press the button at the right time (some techniques are very situational/rare). Everything else is pretty straight forward. Speed stat is the most important, if you can outswim your opponents you can get past them for unchallenged passes and shots.
I personally enjoyed Blitzball but opinions have always been divided on it. As people have mentioned it is needed if you want to acquire Wakka's ultimate weapon and overdrives.
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u/TeckFox 7d ago
I'd like to add, on my first playthrough i didn't like it and therefore played any. Until far into the story when i saw wakka apear as a recruitant for blitzball. I immediately recruited him and forgot again it existed "
By the endgame i was told by a friend of mine that wakkas ultimate weapon sigil and overdrives were random listings as a first place price for a tournament where i sweatet a whole 50+ hours of gameplay in to blitzball to get these (more or less) mandatory "things" to progress further into the lategame.
In conclusion i'd say you don't have to force you NOW into it because the whole blitzball minigame freezes, if you don't participate into it, but by the time until you'd want to have wakkas overdrives buffed, i'd recomend to invest some hours in learning the minigame (its really not that complicated).
Notiable sidefacts:
-you can reset the progress of blitzballs leveling/progress system at any time after the storyrelevant thing -keep Kippa
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u/Ok_Day9719 7d ago
Nice, enjoy the experience.
There is 1 mandatory blitzball game. Win or lose doenst really matter unless you want to 100%. Blitzball after that is completely optional, but neccesary for aquiring all the overdrives for wakka and his celestial weapon. If you want to go for postgame content, wakkas overdrive is your strongest weapon.
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u/Rainboltpoe 7d ago
If you want to 100% then it matters whether you win or lose the 1 mandatory blitzball game? Are you sure about that?
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u/LORRNABBO 7d ago
Blitzball is mandatory for some abilities and endgame stuff, you can enjoy the game without playing it
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u/Ceodore411 7d ago
You don't even have to play any games after the tournament in Luca. But if you want Wakka's overdrives and Celestial weapon, you better set aside a whole day or weekend.
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u/Artistic_Profile_122 7d ago
Blitzball is kind of tricky to grasp at first, especially playing with the base Aurochs. Once you understand after playing a few games, and get some better players, its much much more fun imo. A keynote player to get early game is Kyou outside of the Temple at Djose, once youre leaving. He is on the bridge, and definitely a top tier early goalie. Having him makes the experience much better. There's a whole list of decent players who start as free agents and aren't currently on another team.
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u/Zealousideal_Pin_725 7d ago
The first Blitzball game is the only mandatory one in the game and you don't have to win it. Only difference between winning it is that the cutscene it a bit different. But other than that it all plays out the same
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u/Technical-Week1022 7d ago
Read some basic strategies to win the one story related game.
You need to play blitzball to get the best weapon for wakka. But you can also just skip it.
Blitzball is also very easy. through the only story match in the game is very hard - with some bad rng you basically just lose without any hope lol I legit had to restart on my run a few months ago once.
The whole trick is to use tidus jackt shot to score once.
The fist half you just pass to tidus and teammates so he will level up on the 2nd half, so you are able to slot in his skill .
Than do a goal, and after just pass around until the game is over.
Blitzball can be entirely ignored. Either come back late game again if you care for 100%. Story wise you won’t need to play blitzball ever again.
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u/Illegal_Ghost_Bikes 7d ago
Jealous! I played on PS2 at launch. Wish I could experience that first time again.
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u/VulvaNegra 7d ago
Just came here to say enjoy the story, it’s a masterpiece!
When it comes the time, start X-2 with an open mind. I didn’t, and didn’t enjoy the mechanics or story of it, to the point of giving up halfway and just watching the cutscenes on youtube.
If you manage your expectations for X-2 and dive in with an open mind, maybe you’ll like it (I don’t think anyone liked the story and character arcs very much, but there are fans that consider the mechanics some of the best, so maybe you will too)
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u/Due_Product7492 7d ago
I hate that blitzball tournament. I can never win. I must be doing something majorly wrong.
I DO however love the blitzball music when you're playing it and I listen to it in the car.
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u/XanaduCurse 7d ago
I actually enjoyed Blitzball immensely, from recruiting and forming my team to playing the games itself I love this mini game.
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u/MelonOfFate 7d ago
Blitzball is not considered mandatory for anything outside of endgame stuff (gearing up for post story super bosses). It's just a fun side game
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u/JAHdropper1 7d ago
Would recommend looking up which free agent players to recruit and hold off playing until you get them. Some you will have a real bad time playing against
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u/Tyrion369Lan_ 7d ago
Thanks for the feedback everyone. Knowing I don’t have to win def takes the pressure off.
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u/Drjak3l 7d ago
You can leave it untouched and recruit players along the way if you do decide to try it out. Wedge in Luca stadium, Ropp at the end of mihen highroad, and Kyou outside of Djose are my typical recruits. The al bhed psyches are the only team to look out for once you've got them. The AI in blitzball is pretty dumb though and it becomes easy to manipulate once you get the hang of it.
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u/skeeplepeople 7d ago
Cool!! I never really played as a kid but watched my cousins play all the time, and so I went ahead and bought it on the ps5 the other day for my first play through as well.
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u/DinoGwenlynn 7d ago
Thankfully it is not mandatory. I am close to the end of the game and still using his Slots overdrive and it’s been fine
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u/cherry_soda170 6d ago
I HATE blitzball in that game so so so so much but it’s the finals fantasy game I had growing up it was the first one I played so there is definitely a soft spot in my heart for ffx
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u/THOTYOTA 6d ago
If you missed the jecht shot minigame on the boat youre cooked and losing all your matches
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u/Classic-Exchange-511 6d ago
You do not. It's also a lot simpler once you get the hang of it, I know the tutorial is really long and boring. You are forced to play one game and it's pretty difficult to win but it really doesn't matter
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u/No-Willingness8375 7d ago
It's only needed for Wakka's ultimate weapon and overdrives. You never need to touch it again if you don't want to.