38 Facts About Tidus

Tidus is a fictional character in Square Enix's Final Fantasy series and the main protagonist of the 2001 role-playing video game Final Fantasy X Tidus is a 17-year-old from the city of Zanarkand who is transported to the world of Spira following an attack by the creature Sin.

Tidus was designed by Tetsuya Nomura with a cheerful appearance, in contrast to previous Final Fantasy protagonists.

Tidus is voiced primarily by Masakazu Morita in Japanese and James Arnold Taylor in English.

Tidus has been popular with fans, often ranking as one of the best Final Fantasy characters in polls.

Action figures and Tidus-related jewelry have been produced, and he is a popular cosplay character.

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Nojima felt that Tidus was the easiest character to draw in the first half of Final Fantasy X, because character and player learn about the storyline together.

Nomura mentioned the contrast between the lead male and female protagonists established by their names; Tidus' name is based on the Okinawan word for "sun", and Yuna's name means "night" in Okinawan.

Tidus' clothing has a distinctive blue motif; his blitzball team logo, based on a fish hook, is an amalgam of the letters "J" and "T" .

Tidus wanted to continue the recent trend of sky-related names, and Kazushige Nojima chose a name based on tiida .

Tidus was initially a rude plumber who was part of a delinquent gang, but Kitase said he would be a weak protagonist and he was made an athlete instead.

Tidus called the character a career highlight, comparable to his voicing of Bleach manga protagonist Ichigo Kurosaki.

Morita said that Tidus was his favorite, calling him "the most outstanding, most special character to me".

Tidus was concerned about being able to perform the character's lines like the original Final Fantasy series, since it had been nearly a decade since he voiced Tidus.

When Moriata returned to voice Tidus, he tried to make it match his original performance.

Tidus said that although there were things he would change about his performance, he was grateful for the warm fan reception of his work.

In Final Fantasy X, Tidus is a player in the underwater sport of blitzball in an advanced, technological version of Zanarkand.

When he meets Auron, Tidus learns that Jecht and Auron made the same pilgrimage ten years before to protect the summoner Braska and defeated Sin .

Tidus makes few appearances in the plot of the 2003 sequel, Final Fantasy X-2, although meeting him is the player's objective.

Tidus's joins the Gullwings, a sphere-hunting group, and travels around Spira in the hope of finding more clues that Tidus is alive.

Tidus then appears in Spira, and he and Yuna are reunited.

Tidus is an unlockable character as Star Player, a blitzball player.

In Final Fantasy X-2: International + Last Mission, Tidus is a recruitable playable character for battles.

In Kingdom Hearts, Tidus appears with younger versions of Wakka and Final Fantasy VIIIs Selphie as an optional sparring opponent.

In Dissidia Final Fantasy, Tidus is the hero from Final Fantasy X: a warrior from the goddess, Cosmos, whose father works for the rival god Chaos.

Tidus has two uniforms in this game, and his thoughts and actions refer to Final Fantasy X With the cast, he reappears in the prequel Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy and represents Chaos in the previous war.

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Tidus is confronted by Yuna and offers his life to save her from an attack by the villain Emperor, but is saved by Jecht to become a warrior of Cosmos.

Tidus appears in the third entry in the series, Dissidia Final Fantasy NT.

Tidus is a playable character in the Theatrhythm Final Fantasy rhythm game.

Kasavin wrote that Tidus had the "surprising depth" characteristic of past Final Fantasy protagonists, and called the game's ending "emotionally charged and satisfying".

In Console video games and global corporations, Mia Consalvo stated that although Tidus was designed from a Western's perspective which contrasted the others' Eastern designs, the game managed to blend their looks and appeal to the audience.

Matthew Walker of Cheat Code Central wrote that Tidus told his father he hated him in the climax, but later appreciated him.

Kotaku noted that despite Tidus being a victim of child abuse due to Jecht's misbehaviour, the two characters developed in the story, making up in the end.

Andrew Long of RPGamer criticized James Arnold Taylor's work, saying that Tidus is supposed to sound "impulsive and energetic" but his dialogue is "stupid and childish".

Tidus' character has appeared in popularity polls and features in video-game publications.

Tidus was Final Fantasy X second-most-popular character in a fan poll.

Tidus was the fourth-most-popular male Final Fantasy character in a 2012 Square Enix poll.

In 2020, Tidus was voted as the seventh best character in the entire Final Fantasy franchise in a Japanese poll by NHK.

Director Takeo Kujiraoka from Dissidia NT noted that the staff received multiple requests by fans to include Tidus' Will look as an alternative design but Nomura said it was not possible as the company would first need to develop Final Fantasy X-3.