DJose & Shoopuf & Kidnappers, Oh My! | Final Fantasy X: International | Pt.7 

Where do the people of spira learn to summon Aeon's? ...The Yunaversity.

Hi Kasta, Bit of advice on the sphere grid... You're playing the international version which means you have a more unlocked version of the sphere grid (called the 'Expert Sphere Grid') than you would in the standard version. This can be useful, but it also means you can accidentally screw yourself over by not following the characters "default" paths enough. In the standard sphere grid, those paths would be forced on you by having side routes blocked off by lvl 3 and 4 locks. You may need to make sure you are sending at least a couple of characters along paths that add enough strength nodes. If you don't do this, their basic attacks will not grow and later bosses will become very very hard, and you may end up having to grind a lot of random battles to recover your characters positions on the grid. Auron is your default big hitter, and that path goes from Power Break, to Magic Break, to Armour Break, to Mental Break. Wakkas also gets strong later on, and that path is Dark Attack, to Silence Attack, to Sleep Attack, to Dark Buster, to Silence Buster, to Sleep Buster. Tidus' path is middling on strength and is mostly about being agile and able to hit fast enemies. His path goes Haste, Slow, Hastega, Slowga. Yuna is your White Mage and Lulu is your Black Mage. Kimahri is a Wildcard and has no default path. I'm loving watching you play the game your own way, but I don't want to see you back yourself into a corner, and I feel like it's reasonable to point this risk out since most of us will have first experienced the game with the protections of the Standard Sphere Grid.

When the game and the streamer are so dope, you like the video before the YT ad can finish at the beginning

Around the hour mark, where you just leave Tidus standing there while you let the majesty of the game wash over and envelop you. That moment right there is the invaluable reason for art. Why we make it, experience it, and share in it. To have those moments where nothing else matters except the beauty that is in front of you. Thank you for being unafraid to be authentic and sharing your moments with us. May our lives be filled with them.

if you backtrack to Luca after the operation, there is actually new dialogue with the NPCs regarding it. The attention to detail in this game was nuts and I'm pretty sure 99% of players never saw it

Based on what Dona said here, she thinks Yuna is a nepo-baby and views herself as the underdog. She sees Yuna getting praise and having lots of guardians without being particularly exceptional. Conversely, Dona has to work for everything.

Little tip going forward : try talking to all the npc you meet through Spira with the square button as well. Some of them are recruitable blitzball players. Many are way better at level 1 than the actual Besaid Aurochs that are in your team. That way, if you recruit a couple of them, you'll have a better team when you decide to get into blitzball. Oh and great job with the playthrough! I've really been enjoying these videos!

This is definitely my favorite Final Fantasy cast ever. I know a ton of people love FFVII but I believe because it was the first to revolutionize any sort of 3d as well as a deep story, but this was THEE Final Fantasy experience that Square was looking for after 9 games imo.

You may have already figured it out, since these are delayed releases. But there is an Overdrive menu in the main menu that will help understand the different Overdrives a bit better.

FFX was unlike any other world Final Fantasy has created. Its either western medieval/steampunk fantasy or sci-fi fantasy. I hope they have the creative ambition/inspiration to make another one that feels unique. That being said it's still amazing what they do every game. They start from scratch with every single FF. Whole new combat, story, world, everything. They don't have to do this, but its what they do every time. Also this is definitely the most mature of all Final Fantasy games (yes that includes XVI). Not in terms of language or violence but the heavy themes are something that hit A LOT harder as adults.

Your Aeons can use their own elemental magic on themselves to heal themselves. So for example, Ifirit can use Fire/Fira/Firaga on himself to heal - it wont harm them. Use that battle tip for strategy! ✌🏼

I wish I could experience these games and the brilliance of Nobuo Uematsu's music for the first time again. I'm kind of jealous of Maggie.

"Ride zee shoopuff?" I'll never get over the charming creatures that are always in Final Fantasy games. Shoopuffs are a delight. More seriously, I like the story Auron shares about Ject. I think it's really interesting that the game shows both that Ject was a terrible father to Tidus, but also that he genuinely became a better person in Spira. It's quite nuanced.

I see a couple comments already addressing the Overdrive Modes and the Healer/Warrior ones you recently acquired for Yuna and Tidus respectively, but thought I'd go into it a little further: first you want to go into your menu to "Overdrive" > "Set Mode", and you should then see all the different Overdrive Modes you've unlocked per character. Depending on the mode you set the character to, that character will then increase their Overdrive meter based on that new mode's requirements - so for Stoic, which is the default for everyone, you gain Overdrive meter for taking damage, but with Warrior for example, you gain Overdrive meter for attacking the enemy, which is really useful when you want to be more in control of when you acquire a full Overdrive meter for that character. Hope this helps. :) Loving your wonderful commentary Kasta, and I can't wait to see your upcoming reactions as the story progresses!

Couple more tips! New overdrive modes all have unique conditions to learn, like kill X enemies or heal Y times. You've just been using Yuna long enough now for her to learn Healer naturally, it didn't come from the weapon. And you need to go into the overdrive mode menu to equip it. When you're trying to select a character in battle, sometimes Left-Right switches between enemies/allies, and Up-Down cycles you through the current group. But sometimes it's vice-versa, depending (I think) on camera position. So it can even change mid-battle! Figure out which pair of directions is which action, should make it easier to get your cursor to move where you want it to. A monster can only drop one type of sphere when killed, so you only need to use a single "Extract Power/Speed/Magic/Ability" per enemy. And don't use these abilities on bosses! They can drop better spheres, don't want to "overwrite" their drop.

The sphere grid is kinda meant to follow a line specifically for that character. When you unlocked the lines earlier with lvl unlock spheres, you unknowingly left that character's intended line and move into the other grids, which is not optimal until end game (when you've completed the character's personalized sphere grid). Might have to grind to get them back on track in their respective character's grids.

Scans do tell you elemental weakness by the way! It’s a chart (1.5x - 50% extra damage, 1/2x - half damage, / for null and + is absorbs) and the color corresponds to the element (red/fire, white/ice, blue/water, yellow/thunder).

FYI if you told Gatta to join the fight during Mi’hen operation it would be Gatta who died and Luzzu grieving over his death. There’s also a bit of a moment with Luzzu and Wakka there that talks about Wakka’s past.

I don't actually think it's mentioned specifically anywhere else in the game, but if you talk to one of the guards in the Moonflow multiple times, he says that Al Bhed have green eyes with spiral pupils, and they use goggles to hide this from people (since they're not much liked in Spira). This is also probably why Yuna has one green eye since she's half Al Bhed ^^ Loving the playthrough

Dang the O'aka hate is real lmao! I get that O'aka isn't the most pleasant person but if you continue to donate a high amount of gil, he does give you a good discount throughout your progression. Plus he also does carry some good stuff for the group. If you ever change your mind lol

I NEVER in like 20 years made that connection of Sin homing in Tidus being just like the way it infamously goes after the Sinspawn. Mind blown.

Another week of FFX, let's go!

38:02 This guy sounds exactly like Raiden from Metal Gear Solid 2. Edit: Yep!

I thought, "I wonder if the next FFX is up." I check, and it's been up for 6 minutes.

Kasta, you’re making Sir Auron, my most favourite character EVER, weak like Tidus. Please find his abilities on the sphere grid and guide him back to the proper path. Find “magic break” or “armour break” and you’ll rediscover his proper path. Having two Tiduses is NOT good. Kasta, you keep spamming power break on fiends that you can kill in one hit. Which means you’re just wasting MP. You got to learn what the skills do. They don’t increase attack strength.

I like the scene in front of the Djose temple with Yuna waking up late. After everything they’ve all seen, Yuna and her Guardians are trying to enjoy the company of one another on such a dangerous and harrowing journey. Sin can’t take that away from them if they don’t let it. Even Auron, whose character in other games would normally be the “strong silent type” without exception is able to laugh and joke with the group. Everyone has a personality and the group actually likes one another. I also personally enjoy that Tidus is an emotional guy. Yes, sometimes overly emotional, but he’s not one of these stone faced protagonists that are closed off and ices everyone out. Nothing wrong with those types of characters either, I just enjoy the fact that sometimes a protagonist who is emotional and sensitive can still be seen as strong and charismatic, lie Tidus.

Been waiting all day! This playthrough is addictive 😂

Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday are my favourite days of the week because of these episodes, let’s go!

Yuna's mother is Al Bhed, not her father. In Luca, Yuna asked Tidus if he had encountered an Al Bhed by the name of Cid, who is her mother's brother. 👍

You were able to beat the summoner battle easier because of that +4 Magic you gave Yuna. Anytime you activate nodes on the sphere grid with Yuna it powers up her Aeons. That magic significantly improved them all.

I really like how you are doing this playthrough. FFX is an amazing game and I'm glad you're appreciating it! I think you really nailed the format for this playthrough (taking time to talk about the story, your interpretations, etc). I'll continue this adventure with you and I'll gladly watch others from other games like this in the future!

Don't forget you can cure/heal your party members when you're between fights and just walking around, will save some turns when in fights.

I love your empathy for the creatures and characters ❤ not me tearing up over that lonely chocobo

Another great video Maggie and love the giant Elephant at the end....I also never thought the words ‘big schnoze’ would be used by the old man telling his story about the elephants😂. Nothing much more add, except glad to see you’re having fun and I’m enjoying these episodes a lot👍.

Binged the first few episodes since your last one. Happy to join in and watch as you go.

Fun fact- Cheer can stack up to 5x

So every time I played through the game, at some point you may get to a boss you just cant beat and you will be stuck. The answer to that will be to go back and grind so you can progress further in the sphere grid. That should also help with your farming for the resources needed to add ability to weapons and the aeons. Loveing this playthrough btw. 😊

I am so happy we get to watch you experience and enjoy this game so much! My cheeks hurt from smiling at you having fun with a game that is very near to my heart and still go back to years after it came out. I hope you're considering playing x-2 as well after you finish this. It's an almost direct sequel.

For lulu look for the path that has Thundaga, Firaga,… Don’t deviate her, she will be more useful as a Black Mage for most of the game.

Every moment tidus' the narrative tidus speaks, will come back to you, all those cutscenes, the music with critical snd cryptic input from future tidus, will be super relevant later on, and the fact that u pause and reflect on them now just shows how much you are playing this game to it's full potential!!

Maggie, your play throughs are always fun! 😄🎉 Yup, O’aka is more pricey, but he has access to and carries some very powerful and useful weapons and armor that regular shops don’t carry, so don’t snub him, his weapons will give you a hand up in battles 😉

There's a couple of my favourite lines in FFX: "Pitiful Kimahri. Howl alone! Howl alone!" "Hornless!" Brian and Yenke may be assholes, but those lines always make me laugh... and sometimes pop into my head for no reason whatsoever 😅

Hey Kasta. just a quick tip. you can heal outside of battle using magic. it will help you going into battle with a good amount of hp. glad you are playing the game and enjoying it.

Big tip that will help with long roads: Yuna can cure outside of battle using the ability menu. Go to Abilities and then Yuna and then Cure and you can just heal up outside of battle

I think up to this point we've seen so many emotional situations, great character introductions and story developments, far more than most (story) games can even manage in their entire length. But that was only a "warm up" for that masterpiece of a game

Well, +20% Magic would be amazing if Kimahri actually would use magic that depends on magic power...

Finally, the time has come for Kasta to ride ze shoopuf I like how you call him Sir Auron btw. He's my favourite character.

Either Luzzu or Gatta can survive Mi'ihen operation. When Gatta asks you what he should do. If you tell him to fight x2 then he will ignore his orders and Gatta will die instead of Luzzu. Btw there are overdrives and then there are overdrive modes. The Overdrive modes determine how you charge your Overdrive. Everyone begins with stoic which accumulates by receiving damage. But there are others that you gain as you accomplish certain things. check them out in the overdrive section in the menu.

OOOO if you'd have gone one step further before ending this video. lol Oh well, you'll be in for a nice surprise in the next video. 😁

this expert grid is doing a number of Kasta right now 😂 but hey! T'is the game of FFX, just gotta grind your way to the top also, when she wondered why anyone would throw gil away... it has saved me a few times...

Fun fact: Depending on your interactions, Gatta can be the one that dies and Luzzu is still around. Bear in mind as you play there is a soft 'friendship' mechanic, that will affect some scenes/conversations you have with different characters later on. My tip is to keep talking to your favourites over and over if you want to see specific moments with that character.

Idk if anyone has told you this yet, but it’s good to have every character get a turn in a boss battle so everyone can get alot of XP

I don't know if you already know this but it's recommended to let every party member gain EXP for every battle. To gain EXP a party member has to perform any action during fight; therefore, it's a good idea to first bring in all the party members you don't want to use for that particular fight and let them defend themselves (Triangle button) and then switch in the party members you want to fight with.

Let's go, another one! You have me going down the FFX rabbit hole again

Another tip! If you see Belgemine coming up at anypoint, try build up both Yuna's and her Aeon's overdrives so you can wombo-combo her at the beginning of the battle :) Also I'm pretty sure Valefor is a girl. Look at her chest when you summon her xD

I am glad she getting use of this game.

1:56:00 Sonic Wings is like a weaker version of Quick Hit (a move on the sphere grid) they ended up nerfing them in the remaster. You can loop with Sonic Wings in this version, and are able to do slight loop with quick hit with high agility plus haste.

Blitzball will be your favorite problem befor you know it.

I started playing the game again after 20 or so years because of your playthrough, but I'm trying to stay behind you story wise so I see everything here the first time. I'm doing the Mi'ihen Operation right now. I guess when I'm caught up to you and there's no new video I'm gonna do some blitzball... or continue Astro Bot^^

You can use haste on all characters as well. Always good in longer fights.

Hey Kasta. As I post this, I've reached "the desert". One game away from getting Wakka's 3rd Overdrive, but I've postponed Blitzball for a bit to focus on the main storyline. Great progress by the way! I away how you'll deal with a certain difficulty spike of a fight coming up relatively soon; you'll know it when you get there, its the first multi-phase fight in the game so far, and I died once because of not doing a certain something; which sucks, cause the first time round, I stole more and pilfered more gil. Oh well. Glad you're enjoying the ride and thanks again for getting me back into FFX

Everyone you talk to press square instead of x to recruit people to blitzball

These videos don't come out fast enough :D Your videos really help distract me from reality. They take me back to my childhood watching my dad play through this game. Once I was deemed old enough to play it myself there was no turning back. There ARE some al-bhed primers that are in areas that you can't return to

1:02:30 moments like these are what solidify this game as the last of the "golden era" final fantasies.. it's just so special

25:08 Love how Kasta says "Donna 🙄😒 " and with the exact same cadance and tone, Tidus immediately says it exactly the same way. So funny

Minor note: There is a limit to how many weapons and armor you can carry. The number is pretty high, but eventually sell what you dont use.

The streamer with the most aesthetic background

Your better at puzzles then u think bc you have 2 of 3 treasures from the temples and the besaid temple forces you to the end if you walk to far in 😊

"Sir Aaron" 😂 I love it. Love your amazing playthroughs and insights Kasta!

You're very perceptive with the story, it's so nice to see! FFX's story is so good and plays a big part in the game so it's nice to see you really pay attention to the details and enjoy it. Hope you'll love it even more, have fun!

Everyone loves the Hypellos lol

Aww so close to a moment.

Oh my this was fun to watch! Listening to your insights makes watching so much more interesting. Can't wait to see your reaction as to whether they play out or not. You should start to sort the weapons and armor; it makes selling decisions much easier. Again, have fun!

important to remember that you can scout ANY NPC by going up to them and pressing square (should check everyone when you are talking to them), if they play blitzball you will get a little information window about their skills and their required salary. I will give you this tip, scout "Brother" when possible and put him as your midfielder, his speed is insane and can basically just run past opponents without getting encounters and his shooting is pretty good too so he can just go straight to the goal and score a lot.

Next episode is gonna be jam-packed!

Doesn't want to play Subnautica but totally willing to go swimming in a mystical swamp. Very telling

Praise, Yevon! He hath once more summoned forth Maggie to just kinda be herself for a little bit.

Some advice: Spend some time going through your menu options again. The Ability menu lets you use Yuna's cure spells on your party outside of battle. The Overdrive menu lets you set different overdrive modes, like Healer and Warrior for your characters. These options don't change what overdrive you have. It just changes what actions need to be taken in order to charge the overdrive bar. During battle, when you scan an enemy (or target with a character who has Sensor on their weapon), on the left side of the screen, there's a box with some symbols and some colored circles. The "X1.5" symbol means they are weak to a certain element. A "+" means that they absorb that element and will heal from it instead of taking damage. A "1/2" symbol means they only take half damage. The colored circles are: Red (fire), Yellow (Thunder), Blue (Water), White (Ice). Ifrit, Ixion, and the next Aeon you get are all aligned to a certain element. They absorb their element. So go to the Black Magic menu, select their element (for example, Fire for Ifrit), then target themselves. They will heal instead of taking damage.

First 10 seconds has heavy "Ashley Simpson hoedown on SNL energy" lol

So happy to see you enjoying the game!! ❤️

Awesome and magnificent more of Final Fantasy X: Int'l have a fantastic Tuesday Kasta and Ginger.🧀💗🐈:)

Get Bonide for your house plants, it’ll get rid of the gnats.

Thats it. Yuna play all the Final Fantasy's. Im hooked. If you ob-jecht ill wakka out here i swear to Yevon

MrSqueakums 🐹 I miss our little space hamster. Love how immersed you are into the story.

The only RU-vidr who can make me say: 2h 30? Damn that's a short one

hngh..so close. Well, I'm sure the next episode will be starting good :)

man I love the first song (the one in Djose road), what a great chill theme. Also I'm having a blast watching this playthrough, glad you are enjoying it too :) edit: Also the songs in 1:01:13 and 1:24:14 are my favorites in the whole game!

The crusaders were once called the Crimson Blades, 800 years prior to the main story, they were excommunicated from Yevon. Their leader Lord Mi'ihen, convinced Yevon clergy that they were doing good and were brought under their control. Yevon changed their name to Crusaders.

Dona and Bartello are definitely getting it on. its so Dona to indulge

I stuggled with the sphere grid during my first playthrough so bad. We couldnt just google stuff back then lol. I went and bought the strategy guide book. It has the recommended sphere grid for all the characters and the stat for all the feinds. There where bosses I could never beat without it 😂

I had a feeling you’d get a kick out of ze shoopuff driver.

should definitely really explore the options and info available in the abilities section of the menu. might make a difference in how you think about what you need to do between battles

Poor O'aka XXIII. 😞

Weapon tip: Weapons have auto-abilities/stats like 'Pierce', 'Strength +3%', 'Scan". A weapon with Scan ability automatically lets you see monster's HP, only available when the character equipped with it is in battle. Overdrive tip: When a character learns an "Overdrive Mode", check the menu and Overdrive section.

So hard resisting the urge to start this again. i really dont want to spend another 100 hours on blitzball XD

Yay let’s goo, I get so happy when you upload. Thank you 🙏 been waiting for the next video

that was a pretty hard hit on the chocobos after you failed to stop the chocobo eater slaughtering them Kappa

Oof... having to wait for the next episode to see the next party member >.< Love the content though, keep it up!

7:20 "Garm" is also the name of the character Red XIII played in the gold saucer play. FF loves their easter eggs lol

Menu tip: You can use Yuna's white magic abilities from the menu screen. Attack skills tip: Almost all the attack skills your physical attackers use are for applying debuffs and status ailments, there is no boosted damage with these attack skills. For example, Power Break has a % chance to lower the monster's Power, no additional damage is done. Equipment tip: Equipment with "ward", for example "Poison ward" is not 100% guaranteed, it is a % chance to prevent poison. I don't think the game really tells you this.