Editing Final Fantasy X (section)

===Awards===
''Final Fantasy X'' received the Best Game Award from the [[Japan Game Awards]] for 2001–02.<ref name="cesa">{{cite web | title=最優秀賞は「FF10」!!「第6回 CESA GAME AWARDS」授賞式 | url=http://www.gpara.com/news/02/10/news200210280717.htm | publisher=GPARA.COM | access-date=May 28, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826011503/http://www.gpara.com/news/02/10/news200210280717.htm | archive-date=August 26, 2011}}</ref> In ''GameSpot''<nowiki/>'s "Best and Worst Awards" from 2001, it came seventh in the category "Top 10 Video Games of the Year",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/bestof_2001/p6_02.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020203130429/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/bestof_2001/p6_02.html|archive-date=February 3, 2002|title=The Best and Worst of 2001 |work=GameSpot| publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=July 6, 2010}}</ref> and won the "Best Story" and "Best Role-Playing Game" awards.<ref name=bestworst2001>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020803185618/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/bestof_2001/ | url=http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/bestof_2001/ | title=''GameSpot''{{'}}s Best and Worst Video Games of 2001 | author=''GameSpot VG'' Staff | date=February 23, 2002 | work=[[GameSpot]] | archive-date=August 3, 2002 | url-status=dead}}</ref> The game also received a PlayStation 2 Game of the Year award nomination at the [[Golden Joystick Awards#2002|2002 Golden Joystick Awards]], but lost to ''[[Grand Theft Auto III]]''.<ref>{{cite web |author=Thomas |date=17 September 2002 |url=http://worthplaying.com/article/2002/9/17/news/5775/ |title=Golden Joystick Awards Is Announced |publisher=Worthplaying |access-date=17 September 2002 |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803060842/https://worthplaying.com/article/2002/9/17/news/5775/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Readers of ''Famitsu'' magazine voted it the best game of all time in early 2006.<ref name="famitsureaders">{{cite web|author=Edge Staff |date=March 3, 2006 |title=Japan Votes on All Time Top 100 |url=http://www.next-gen.biz/features/japan-votes-all-time-top-100 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806220418/http://www.next-gen.biz/features/japan-votes-all-time-top-100 |archive-date=August 6, 2011 |work=Edge |access-date=November 24, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Final Fantasy X'' came in fifth on ''IGN''<nowiki/>'s "Top 25 PS2 Games of All Time" list in 2007 and sixth in "The Top 10 Best Looking PS2 Games of All Time".<ref>{{cite web|author=IGN PlayStation Team |date=March 16, 2007 |url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/772/772296p3.html |title=The Top 25 PS2 Games of All Time |work=IGN |publisher=News Corporation |access-date=November 24, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228201618/http://ps2.ign.com/articles/772/772296p3.html |archive-date=February 28, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=May 7, 2010 |url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/606/606189p2.html |title=The Top 10 Best Looking PS2 Games of All Time |website=IGN |access-date=June 29, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100629140052/http://ps2.ign.com/articles/606/606189p2.html |archive-date=June 29, 2010}}</ref> In a similar list by GameSpy, the game took the 21st place.<ref>{{cite web|date=March 16, 2007 |url=http://ps2.gamespy.com/articles/693/693430p6.html |page=6 |title=Top 25 PS2 Games |publisher=GameSpy |access-date=July 5, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712053758/http://ps2.gamespy.com/articles/693/693430p6.html |archive-date=July 12, 2010}}</ref> ''[[1UP.com]]'' listed its revelation during the ending as the third-biggest video game spoiler, while ''IGN'' ranked the ending as the fifth best pre-rendered cutscene.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3168011 |title=Top 5 Videogame Spoilers |author1=Sharkey, Scott |author2=Betenhausen, Shane |author3=Nelson, Michael  |website=1UP.com |access-date=June 2, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716055944/http://www.1up.com/features/top-5-spoilers |archive-date=July 16, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=June 20, 2006 |url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/713/713671p1.html |title=The Top 10 Tuesday: Best Pre-Rendered Cutscenes |work=IGN |publisher=News Corporation |access-date=June 29, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629133657/http://ps2.ign.com/articles/713/713671p1.html |archive-date=June 29, 2011}}</ref> In a Reader's Choice made in 2006 by ''IGN'', it ranked as the 60th-best video game.<ref>{{cite web |date=June 20, 2006 |url=http://top100.ign.com/2006/051-060.html |title=Readers' Picks Top 100 Games |work=IGN |publisher=News Corporation |access-date=June 29, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100814180057/http://top100.ign.com/2006/051-060.html |archive-date=August 14, 2010}}</ref> It was also named one of the 20 essential Japanese role-playing games by [[Gamasutra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3581/a_japanese_rpg_primer_the_.php?page=15 |page=15 |title=A Japanese RPG Primer – Final Fantasy X |author=Kalata, Kurt |date=March 19, 2008 |website=Gamasutra |access-date=November 25, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194234/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3581/a_japanese_rpg_primer_the_.php?page=15 |archive-date=March 3, 2016}}</ref> It also placed 43rd in ''[[Game Informer]]''{{'}}s list of "The Top 200 Games of All Time".<ref name="GItop200">{{cite magazine|author=''Game Informer'' staff|date=December 2009|title=The Top 200 Games of All Time|magazine=Game Informer|issue=200|pages=44–79}}</ref> In 2004, ''Final Fantasy X'' was listed as one of the best games ever made by [[GameFAQs]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Spring 2004: Best. Game. Ever |url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/contest/c04spr |website=GameFAQs |access-date=July 16, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209040851/http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/contest/c04spr |archive-date=February 9, 2009}}</ref> while in November 2005 it was voted as the 12th "Best Game Ever".<ref>{{cite web|title=Fall 2005: 10-Year Anniversary Contest—The 10 Best Games Ever |url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/contest/top10 |website=GameFAQs |access-date=July 16, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716111618/http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/contest/top10 |archive-date=July 16, 2015}}</ref> In a general overview of the series, both ''[[GamesRadar]]'' and ''IGN'' listed ''Final Fantasy X'' as the fourth best game.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-top-7-best-final-fantasy-games/a-201002261573698036/p-2|page=2 |title=The Top 7... Best Final Fantasy games |date=March 19, 2008 |publisher=GamesRadar |access-date=July 5, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615200029/http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-top-7-best-final-fantasy-games/a-201002261573698036/p-2|archive-date=June 15, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ps3.ign.com/articles/105/1057079p1.html |page=1 |title=Ranking the Final Fantasy Series |date=December 9, 2009 |work=IGN |publisher=News Corporation |access-date=July 5, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615133046/http://ps3.ign.com/articles/105/1057079p1.html |archive-date=June 15, 2010}}</ref> At the [[6th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards]] in 2003, it was nominated for "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Animation|Outstanding Achievement in Animation]]" and "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Role-Playing Game of the Year|Console Role-Playing Game of the Year]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=AIAS ANNUAL AWARDS > 6TH ANNUAL AWARDS |url=http://www.interactive.org/awards/2003_6th_awards.asp |publisher=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |access-date=November 19, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101023023559/http://www.interactive.org/awards/2003_6th_awards.asp |archive-date=October 23, 2010}}</ref> Readers from GameFaqs also voted it as [[List of Game of the Year awards|Game of the Year]] during 2001.<ref name="gamefaqs">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=776 |title=BEST OF 2001: Overall Game of the Year |publisher=GameFaqs |access-date=January 6, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219120012/http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=776 |archive-date=December 19, 2011}}</ref> In 2008, readers of ''[[MediaWorks (publisher)|Dengeki]]'' magazine voted it the second best game ever made.<ref name="kotakudengeki">{{cite web | first=Brian | last=Ashcraft | date=March 6, 2008 | title=Dengeki Readers Say Fav 2007 Game, Fav of All Time | url=http://kotaku.com/364353/dengeki-readers-say-fav-2007-game-fav-of-all-time | publisher=Kotaku | access-date=March 29, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807024238/http://kotaku.com/364353/dengeki-readers-say-fav-2007-game-fav-of-all-time | archive-date=August 7, 2009}}</ref> It was voted first place in ''Famitsu''{{'}}s and ''Dengeki''{{'}}s polls of most tear-inducing games of all time.<ref name="Famitsupollsec">{{cite web|last=Romano |first=Sal |url=http://gematsu.com/2011/12/famitsus-top-20-list-of-tear-inducing-games |publisher=Gematsu |title=Famitsu's top 20 list of tear-inducing games |date=December 29, 2011 |access-date=February 24, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306155226/http://gematsu.com/2011/12/famitsus-top-20-list-of-tear-inducing-games |archive-date=March 6, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:【アンケート結果発表】感動して泣いてしまったゲームはありますか? |trans-title=(Survey results) Are There Emotional Games That Made You Cry? |url=http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/113/113442/ |publisher=ASCII Media Works |date=October 15, 2008 |access-date=May 7, 2012 |language=ja |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419012624/http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/113/113442/ |archive-date=April 19, 2012}}</ref> Both Tidus and Yuna have been popular characters in games in general due to their personalities and their romantic relationship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamezone.com/editorials/top-10-final-fantasy-characters |title=Top 10 Final Fantasy Characters |author=Hooker, Heath |publisher=GameZone |access-date=June 14, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509194555/http://www.gamezone.com/editorials/top-10-final-fantasy-characters |archive-date=May 9, 2012}}</ref><ref name="GreatLove">{{cite web | url = http://www.gamespot.com/features/6144012/p-5.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070518135027/http://www.gamespot.com/features/6144012/p-5.html | archive-date = May 18, 2007 | title = Great Loves – Features at GameSpot | work = GameSpot | publisher=CBS Interactive | date = February 14, 2006 | access-date = March 13, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-14-best-videogame-couples/a-20100212134311112031/p-3 | title = The 14 Best Videogame Couples | publisher = GamesRadar | date = February 14, 2006 | access-date = February 14, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615185515/http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-14-best-videogame-couples/a-20100212134311112031/p-3 | archive-date=June 15, 2011}}</ref>