Editing Final Fantasy X (section)

===Influences===
[[File:Okinawa Emerald Beach.JPG|thumb|The development team was interested in giving the game a tropical flair, basing the game's setting, Spira, on locations like Okinawa in southern Japan.]]

Character designer [[Tetsuya Nomura]] has identified the [[South Pacific]], [[Thailand]] and Japan as major influences on the cultural and geographic design of Spira, particularly concerning the geographic location of the southern Besaid and Kilika islands. He has also said that Spira deviates from the worlds of past ''Final Fantasy'' games in the level of detail incorporated, something he has expressed to have made a conscious effort to maintain during the design process.<ref name="character">{{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy X International |developer=Square |publisher=Square EA |date=December 20, 2001 |platform=PlayStation 2|level=Beyond Final Fantasy: Character}}</ref> Kitase felt that if the setting went back to a medieval European fantasy, it would not seem to help the development team advance. While he was thinking of different world environments, Nojima suggested a fantasy world that incorporated Asian elements.<ref name="producer"/>

Sub-character chief designer Fumi Nakashima's focus was to ensure that characters from different regions and cultures bore distinctive characteristics in their clothing styles, so that they could be quickly and easily identified as members of their respective sub-groups. For example, she has said that the masks and goggles of the Al Bhed give the group a "strange and eccentric" appearance, while the attire of the Ronso lend to them being able to easily engage in battle.<ref name="producer" /> Tidus was originally envisioned to be a plumber as to connect to the underwater elements used in the game, according to Nojima, but they later made him into a blitzball athlete, helping to distinguish his character from prior ''Final Fantasy'' protagonists; Tidus' final outfit still incorporated elements of the original plumber outfit they had designed for him.<ref name="ign plumber">{{cite web | url = https://www.ign.com/articles/final-fantasy-x-10-tidus-started-out-as-a-plumber | title = Final Fantasy X's Tidus Started Out as a Plumber | first = Adam | last = Bankhurst | date = August 2, 2021 | access-date = August 2, 2021 | work = [[IGN]] | archive-date = August 2, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210802144548/https://www.ign.com/articles/final-fantasy-x-10-tidus-started-out-as-a-plumber | url-status = live }}</ref>

Tidus' relationship with his father Jecht was based on "stories throughout the ages, such as the ancient Greek legends". This would eventually reveal the key of Sin's weakness and eventual defeat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamestm.co.uk/features/final-fantasy-10-kitase-reveals-the-secrets-of-its-success/ |title=Final Fantasy 10: Kitase reveals the secrets of its success |publisher=Gamestm |date=February 27, 2014 |access-date=March 3, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131034322/https://www.gamestm.co.uk/features/final-fantasy-10-kitase-reveals-the-secrets-of-its-success/ |archive-date=January 31, 2017}}</ref> Auron was intended to be silent throughout the game but became a voiced character as they developed out the Guardian storyline between Tidus and Yuna.<ref name="ign plumber"/> Although ''Final Fantasy X'' was originally centered on the relationship between Tidus and Yuna, the addition of Jecht's character and his feud with his son was added later in the making of the game to provide more focus on how the father and son produce a bigger impact in Spira's history rather than the romantic couple. Kitase found the story between Tidus and Jecht to be more moving than the story between Tidus and Yuna.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.siliconera.com/yoshinori-kitase-cried-while-playing-final-fantasy-x-for-the-first-time/|title=Yoshinori Kitase Cried While Playing Final Fantasy X for the First Time|website=Siliconera|date=August 2, 2021|access-date=October 12, 2021|archive-date=August 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802123410/https://www.siliconera.com/yoshinori-kitase-cried-while-playing-final-fantasy-x-for-the-first-time/|url-status=live}}</ref>