Blitzball (Final Fantasy)

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Blitzball is a sports minigame that appears in the 2001 and 2003 role-playing video games Final Fantasy X and X-2, designed almost entirely by Yoshinori Kitase, the games' producer. It involves a fictional, fantastical underwater sport of the same name that uses six-person teams, with the ultimate aim of scoring by throwing or kicking the ball into the opposing team's goal. The game is played underwater in a large "sphere pool" kept suspended in midair by magic, and plays an integral role in the fictional universe of Spira, with the protagonist of FFX, Tidus, having been a star Blitzball player in the city of Zanarkand. The playable character Wakka is also a Blitzball player, and uses a ball from the sport to attack enemies. Both games feature a different implementation of the minigame; the version from Final Fantasy X was divisive, with some fans and critics seeing it as one of the best video game minigames, and expressing a desire for it to return in the MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, or as a standalone spinoff title. Others disliked the minigame, and the fact that it was required to play to progress within Final Fantasy X. Blitzball has also been referenced outside Final Fantasy, appearing in the Star Wars extended universe.