Nintendo's Super Mario is used to some friendly competition when it comes to video games, but not so much in the plumbing business. This might have been different though, had Square Enix gone ahead with its initial plans for Final Fantasy X.
Speaking to Famitsu, the game’s writer, Kazushige Nojima, mentioned how the original idea was to make the protagonist Tidus a plumber, just so the team had an excuse to get him into the water:
“To get the character in the water, for the initial plan, there was a time in which Tidus was to be an underwater plumber”
The character designer, Tetsuya Nomura, went as drawing illustrations Tidus as a plumber until he was changed to a "Blitzball" player (an aquatic sport in this particular entry). The only traces of his plumber origins that remained, in the end, were his overalls.
The decision to make Tidus an athelte also made him rather unique among other Final Fantasy protagonists.
If you would like to see just how different the final version of Tidus is, you can check out the Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster on the Nintendo Switch. We praised it as one remarkable collection.
[source famitsu.com, via kotaku.com]
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Let's laugh Tidus style!
AH- H A H - H A H - H A H
At least he didn't wear a tie.
I knew it, there was a 3rd brother!
Thankfully they made him star player of fantasy water polo
@Snatcher *fifth. Wario is the third and Waluigi is the fourth.
I reached the end part of FFX but never did beat the final bosses. The battles were long and drawn out, and every time I failed, I'd have to redo the part where you have to run around collecting energy orbs or whatever it was beforehand. And it felt like the only solution was to either grind for more stats or just give up. ... :/
FFX's story at one point was going to be way darker. Tidus was originally going to be travelling the world, possibly even by himself searching for a cure to a disease spreading across the main setting that killed anyone once they reached the age of 17
It actually sounds kind of similar to what plot details we currently know about Final Fantasy XVI given the main threat seems to be a disease known as the Blight spreading across two warring nations
Also as a side note, Final Fantasy X was made before the Enix merger, so it was Square developing the game, not Square Enix
Final Fantasy X was the first game I bought for PS4. Somehow passed me by in the PS2 days despite playing VII back then via BC. It’s a really really great game to be honest, woefully underrated by people due to Tidus being a massive meme.
One of these days, I’ll return to this game.
@HotGoomba *sixth
Don't forget Stanley
“It’s a me-a, Tidus! Ya-ha.Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Aaaaah. Haa. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Hooo!”
I always find it amusing how Tidus and Johnny Test have the same voice actor lol. I never realized it until I beat FF X
Wow, that explains the overalls pretty well. Love FFX and never knew this.
@Vortexeo He’s also Obi Wan Kenobi on Clone Wars (along with dozens and dozens of other roles)
@Vertpin Do it now!
@HotGoomba Mario: "There's one in every family, princess. Two in mine, actually"
Well, anything would have been better than crappy Tidus. Lol.
Nothing will ever touch FF4 - FF9. All the rest is crap in my opinion (and I've played them all minus the MMOs).
Star plumber of Zanarkand.
"You can't unclog it kid"
"No one can."
"Except me, Imma the best" - Jecht
There should be more plumbers in the world. The plumbers in my family make $100-$180 an hour.
Maybe if he were a plumber he could have connected the plot points so the story could flow with continuity.
@TheFrenchiestFry So instead we got a confused mess about a sports star with daddy issues that rarely makes sense even when the entire thing is exposition. That still ends up being dreary and depressing pretty much all the time. I think the plague tale would have been better....
I wonder what the Blitzball minigame would've been instead?
Hear me out: I really think he should have been a plumber.
Most people would be able to identify with him better.
Him being a hotshot and pro athlete, most people are not able to identify with him at all.
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