125-491: Tidus ( Japanese : ティーダ , Hepburn : Tīda ) is a fictional character in Square Enix 's video game series Final Fantasy and the main protagonist of the 2001 role-playing video game Final Fantasy X . A 17-year-old athlete from the city of Zanarkand , he is transported to the world of Spira after Sin destroys Zanarkand. Shortly after arriving there, Tidus meets the summoner Yuna and her guardians and joins them on
250-624: A benefit from the in-group to the out-group) means "[I/we] explained [it] to [him/her/them]". Such beneficiary auxiliary verbs thus serve a function comparable to that of pronouns and prepositions in Indo-European languages to indicate the actor and the recipient of an action. Japanese "pronouns" also function differently from most modern Indo-European pronouns (and more like nouns) in that they can take modifiers as any other noun may. For instance, one does not say in English: The amazed he ran down
375-599: A cameo appearance in Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories and is mentioned in Kingdom Hearts II . A digital replica of Tidus appears as a boss in Kingdom Hearts Coded . 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 the game, and his thoughts and actions relate to FFX . With
500-425: A child. Kitase felt that Tidus' voice acting and facial expressions were crucial to him at this stage. Motomu Toriyama said that when Final Fantasy X was released, he saw the story from Tidus' point of view: "about parent, child and family". Although FFX was originally centered on the relationship between Tidus and Yuna, the addition of Jecht and his feud with Tidus was added late in the game's development to shift
625-504: A comic-strip walkthrough of Final Fantasy XI . Porting Final Fantasy XI to the Xbox proved difficult due to compatibility issues greater than was hoped for between Xbox Live and PlayOnline, likely because the latter was designed first. After negotiation, Xbox 360 players were able to play the game through PlayOnline's servers exclusively, despite Microsoft 's initial wish that Square Enix would use its own platform. Downloadable content
750-589: A complex system of honorifics , with verb forms and vocabulary to indicate the relative status of the speaker, the listener, and persons mentioned. The Japanese writing system combines Chinese characters , known as kanji ( 漢字 , ' Han characters') , with two unique syllabaries (or moraic scripts) derived by the Japanese from the more complex Chinese characters: hiragana ( ひらがな or 平仮名 , 'simple characters') and katakana ( カタカナ or 片仮名 , 'partial characters'). Latin script ( rōmaji ローマ字 )
875-512: A creation of the Fayth and his apparent death confused critics and gave a sad impression. Tidus' gradual care for his abusive father was appreciated. Regarding his design, 1UP called Tidus the worst-dressed video-game character, while in the book Console Video Games and Global Corporations , Mia Consalvo stated that although Tidus was designed from a Western's perspective, contrasting the Eastern designs of
1000-414: A distinct language of its own that has absorbed various aspects from neighboring languages. Japanese has five vowels, and vowel length is phonemic, with each having both a short and a long version. Elongated vowels are usually denoted with a line over the vowel (a macron ) in rōmaji , a repeated vowel character in hiragana , or a chōonpu succeeding the vowel in katakana . /u/ ( listen )
1125-568: A distributed denial of service attack against PlayOnline's servers shut down Final Fantasy XI access for players in North America and Europe for three hours: the attack continued for over a week, leading Square Enix to involve law enforcement. At the time, Square Enix did not reveal if the Japanese server which hosted Front Mission Online , Fantasy Earth , and Japanese players of EverQuest II were affected. A new security system for players by Square Enix began on April 6, 2009, involving
1250-419: A glide /j/ and either the first part of a geminate consonant ( っ / ッ , represented as Q) or a moraic nasal in the coda ( ん / ン , represented as N). The nasal is sensitive to its phonetic environment and assimilates to the following phoneme, with pronunciations including [ɴ, m, n, ɲ, ŋ, ɰ̃] . Onset-glide clusters only occur at the start of syllables but clusters across syllables are allowed as long as
1375-435: A greater understanding of the character's personality; he moved his body when he recorded Tidus' dialogue. Morita said that Tidus was his favorite character and called him "the most outstanding, most special character to me". As his first work as an actor, he has fond memories of voicing Tidus and interacting with other Final Fantasy X staff members. Morita said that there was no difficulty in voicing Tidus, whose personality
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#17328550529851500-443: A laugh. Although fans criticized the laughter as too forced, Taylor stated that it is an intentionally "awkward, goofy, dumb laugh". Kikunosuke Onoe V portrayed Tidus in the 2023 kabuki adaptation of Final Fantasy X , including his child self. To promote the play, Morita appeared in commercials, asking fans to go see it. Morita expressed his excitement at the retelling of Final Fantasy X and that Onoe would portray his character as
1625-479: A listener depending on the listener's relative social position and the degree of familiarity between the speaker and the listener. When used in different social relationships, the same word may have positive (intimate or respectful) or negative (distant or disrespectful) connotations. Japanese often use titles of the person referred to where pronouns would be used in English. For example, when speaking to one's teacher, it
1750-426: A loss. Despite his initial immaturity, during his travels Tidus develops into a more serious teenager and takes Auron's words, "This is my story", to heart. Tidus' eventual sacrifice to defeat Yu Yevon was compared to that of Jesus , while other parts of his characterization parallel Shulk from Xenoblade Chronicles , who finds his purpose to fight for a new world. Mark Ivan Host compared Tidus to Luke Skywalker in
1875-401: A name based on tiida , which is Okinawan for "sun". Nojima called Tidus' personality "lively", and compared him to Final Fantasy VIII ' s other cheerful characters, Laguna Loire and Zell Dincht . Though Tidus is initially portrayed as ignorant of the world of Spira, his growth during the story was written to make his character arc more notable, especially because he saves the world at
2000-644: A physical form. According to Joseph Roach, through his journeys and relationship with Yuna, Tidus becomes his own individual, especially in Final Fantasy X-2 , because he regains his body. Japanese language Japanese ( 日本語 , Nihongo , [ɲihoŋɡo] ) is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people . It has around 123 million speakers, primarily in Japan ,
2125-647: A pilgrimage to kill Sin after learning that it is his missing father, Jecht . Tidus has appeared in other video games, including the Final Fantasy X sequel X-2 , where he can be recruited as a playable character in the international version. He also appears as a child in the Kingdom Hearts series and in various Square Enix crossover games. Tetsuya Nomura designed Tidus with a cheerful personality and appearance to contrast with previous Final Fantasy protagonists. Scenario writer Kazushige Nojima wanted to expand
2250-436: A result of his popularity. In Final Fantasy X , Tidus is a player in the underwater sport of blitzball in an advanced, technological version of Zanarkand. Belying his cheerful, carefree attitude, Tidus hates his absent father Jecht —initially because of his mother's neglect and later for their rivalry at blitzball. During a blitzball tournament, Zanarkand is destroyed by Sin, who transports Tidus and Jecht's friend Auron to
2375-414: A romantic relationship with Yuna, and vows not to let her die after the guardians tell him that Sin's battle will kill her. When the party approaches Zanarkand, Tidus learns that he and Zanarkand are the dreams of dead people known as fayth . "Dream" Zanarkand was created when Sin was born during a war between Zanarkand and Bevelle and the original Zanarkand was destroyed. If Sin is permanently defeated,
2500-494: A security token that players could purchase for $ 9.99 and including an in-game bonus called a "Mog Satchel". After Japan's 2011 earthquake, Square Enix disabled servers to conserve energy due to the incapacitated state of the region's nuclear power plant. This led to a temporary halt of the Final Fantasy XIV , XI and PlayOnline games and services from March 13 to 25. During the power shortage, air conditioning and lighting
2625-408: A sentence need not be stated and pronouns may be omitted if they can be inferred from context. In the example above, hana ga nagai would mean "[their] noses are long", while nagai by itself would mean "[they] are long." A single verb can be a complete sentence: Yatta! ( やった! ) "[I / we / they / etc] did [it]!". In addition, since adjectives can form the predicate in a Japanese sentence (below),
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#17328550529852750-428: A single adjective can be a complete sentence: Urayamashii! ( 羨ましい! ) "[I'm] jealous [about it]!". While the language has some words that are typically translated as pronouns, these are not used as frequently as pronouns in some Indo-European languages, and function differently. In some cases, Japanese relies on special verb forms and auxiliary verbs to indicate the direction of benefit of an action: "down" to indicate
2875-414: A sketch for input from Nojima and other staff members. Nomura was asked to design Tidus differently from the game's theme so he would stand out. Movie director Hiroshi Kuwabara noted the difficulty of making Tidus and the other main characters realistic. The staff wanted to introduce an undead playable character, but after Nojima saw a film with a similar idea for its protagonist during the game's development,
3000-624: Is compressed rather than protruded , or simply unrounded. Some Japanese consonants have several allophones , which may give the impression of a larger inventory of sounds. However, some of these allophones have since become phonemic. For example, in the Japanese language up to and including the first half of the 20th century, the phonemic sequence /ti/ was palatalized and realized phonetically as [tɕi] , approximately chi ( listen ) ; however, now [ti] and [tɕi] are distinct, as evidenced by words like tī [tiː] "Western-style tea" and chii [tɕii] "social status". The "r" of
3125-617: Is a new blitzball star who appears to be concealing an injury. After Yuna breaks up with him, Tidus helps her on a quest to defeat a reborn Sin. Tidus has appeared in games other than Final Fantasy X , including other Final Fantasy games, the Kingdom Hearts series, and in Itadaki Street Special along with Auron and Yuna.In Kingdom Hearts , younger versions of Tidus, along with younger versions of Wakka and Final Fantasy VIII ' s Selphie appear as inhabitants of Destiny Islands and optional sparring opponents. Tidus makes
3250-445: Is also seen in o-medetō "congratulations", from medetaku ). Late Middle Japanese has the first loanwords from European languages – now-common words borrowed into Japanese in this period include pan ("bread") and tabako ("tobacco", now "cigarette"), both from Portuguese . Modern Japanese is considered to begin with the Edo period (which spanned from 1603 to 1867). Since Old Japanese,
3375-584: Is also shown in the items that power their celestial weapons; the sun sigil and crest for Tidus, and the moon sigil and crest for Yuna. Because the player can change Tidus' name, his name is not spoken in the game. However, a character in Dream Zanarkand uses Tidus' name in a dialogue box, and it appears in Spiran script on the nameplate of an Auroch locker in the Luca stadium. Before Final Fantasy X ' s release, Tidus
3500-519: Is also used in a limited fashion (such as for imported acronyms) in Japanese writing. The numeral system uses mostly Arabic numerals , but also traditional Chinese numerals . Proto-Japonic , the common ancestor of the Japanese and Ryukyuan languages , is thought to have been brought to Japan by settlers coming from the Korean peninsula sometime in the early- to mid-4th century BC (the Yayoi period ), replacing
3625-643: Is an agglutinative , mora -timed language with relatively simple phonotactics , a pure vowel system, phonemic vowel and consonant length, and a lexically significant pitch-accent . Word order is normally subject–object–verb with particles marking the grammatical function of words, and sentence structure is topic–comment . Sentence-final particles are used to add emotional or emphatic impact, or form questions. Nouns have no grammatical number or gender , and there are no articles . Verbs are conjugated , primarily for tense and voice , but not person . Japanese adjectives are also conjugated. Japanese has
3750-457: Is an online gaming service owned by Square Enix as the launcher application and Internet service for many of the online PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 games the company publishes. Launched on June 6, 2000, the service hosted games including Front Mission Online , Fantasy Earth: The Ring of Dominion , Tetra Master , and the Japanese releases of EverQuest II , Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII and JongHoLo . As of 2022, however,
3875-440: Is appropriate to use sensei ( 先生 , "teacher"), but inappropriate to use anata . This is because anata is used to refer to people of equal or lower status, and one's teacher has higher status. Japanese nouns have no grammatical number, gender or article aspect. The noun hon ( 本 ) may refer to a single book or several books; hito ( 人 ) can mean "person" or "people", and ki ( 木 ) can be "tree" or "trees". Where number
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4000-635: Is associated with comedy (see Kansai dialect ). Dialects of Tōhoku and North Kantō are associated with typical farmers. The Ryūkyūan languages, spoken in Okinawa and the Amami Islands (administratively part of Kagoshima ), are distinct enough to be considered a separate branch of the Japonic family; not only is each language unintelligible to Japanese speakers, but most are unintelligible to those who speak other Ryūkyūan languages. However, in contrast to linguists, many ordinary Japanese people tend to consider
4125-620: Is based on a fish hook, is an amalgam of the letters J and T, the first letters of his name and that of his father Jecht . Additionally, he and Yuna share the key color blue, suggesting a maritime link. Tidus was designed to be distinctive within the world of Spira. Because of improvements in technology following the previous Final Fantasy games, Nomura wanted to make Tidus' face more realistic and his build more noticeable compared to previous Final Fantasy characters, who looked scrawny. Square Enix wanted Tidus to have an Asian look. Artist Yusuke Naora worked on Tidus' design and his relationship with
4250-462: Is better documentation of Late Middle Japanese phonology than for previous forms (for instance, the Arte da Lingoa de Iapam ). Among other sound changes, the sequence /au/ merges to /ɔː/ , in contrast with /oː/ ; /p/ is reintroduced from Chinese; and /we/ merges with /je/ . Some forms rather more familiar to Modern Japanese speakers begin to appear – the continuative ending - te begins to reduce onto
4375-509: Is correlated with the sex of the speaker and the social situation in which they are spoken: men and women alike in a formal situation generally refer to themselves as watashi ( 私 , literally "private") or watakushi (also 私 , hyper-polite form), while men in rougher or intimate conversation are much more likely to use the word ore ( 俺 "oneself", "myself") or boku . Similarly, different words such as anata , kimi , and omae ( お前 , more formally 御前 "the one before me") may refer to
4500-404: Is explained in the game Mobius Final Fantasy . Trapped in the underworld-like Palamecia, Tidus joins forces with the warrior Wol on a quest to become a Warrior of Light. After seeing one of Yuna's creatures disappear from Palamecia, Tidus decides to find a way to return to Spira, which he succeeds in after finding a crystal that allows him to teleport back to the world. His latest appearance is in
4625-417: Is important, it can be indicated by providing a quantity (often with a counter word ) or (rarely) by adding a suffix, or sometimes by duplication (e.g. 人人 , hitobito , usually written with an iteration mark as 人々 ). Words for people are usually understood as singular. Thus Tanaka-san usually means Mx Tanaka . Words that refer to people and animals can be made to indicate a group of individuals through
4750-548: Is known of the language's prehistory, or when it first appeared in Japan. Chinese documents from the 3rd century AD recorded a few Japanese words, but substantial Old Japanese texts did not appear until the 8th century. From the Heian period (794–1185), extensive waves of Sino-Japanese vocabulary entered the language, affecting the phonology of Early Middle Japanese . Late Middle Japanese (1185–1600) saw extensive grammatical changes and
4875-722: Is less common. In terms of mutual intelligibility , a survey in 1967 found that the four most unintelligible dialects (excluding Ryūkyūan languages and Tōhoku dialects ) to students from Greater Tokyo were the Kiso dialect (in the deep mountains of Nagano Prefecture ), the Himi dialect (in Toyama Prefecture ), the Kagoshima dialect and the Maniwa dialect (in Okayama Prefecture ). The survey
5000-420: Is often called a topic-prominent language , which means it has a strong tendency to indicate the topic separately from the subject, and that the two do not always coincide. The sentence Zō wa hana ga nagai ( 象は鼻が長い ) literally means, "As for elephant(s), (the) nose(s) (is/are) long". The topic is zō "elephant", and the subject is hana "nose". Japanese grammar tends toward brevity; the subject or object of
5125-489: Is preserved in words such as matsuge ("eyelash", lit. "hair of the eye"); modern mieru ("to be visible") and kikoeru ("to be audible") retain a mediopassive suffix - yu(ru) ( kikoyu → kikoyuru (the attributive form, which slowly replaced the plain form starting in the late Heian period) → kikoeru (all verbs with the shimo-nidan conjugation pattern underwent this same shift in Early Modern Japanese )); and
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5250-454: Is pronounced / ˈ t iː d ə s / ( TEE -dəs ); in the English version of Kingdom Hearts II , Tidus' name is pronounced / ˈ t aɪ d ə s / ( TY -dəs ). According to Taylor, the name was pronounced TEE -dəs during the localization of FFX because the narrator of an early English trailer pronounced it that way. Nojima said that he cried during the game's ending, when Tidus and Yuna are separated and he vanishes. For
5375-407: Is responsible for Sin's rebirth, the fayth leave and the summoning of Dream Zanarkand ends. As he vanishes, Tidus says farewell to his friends and joins the spirits of Auron, Jecht, and Braska in the afterlife. Tidus also appears in the 2003 sequel Final Fantasy X-2 , set two years after the events of FFX . After Yuna sees a sphere with a young man resembling Tidus imprisoned inside, she joins
5500-402: Is the version of Japanese discussed in this article. Formerly, standard Japanese in writing ( 文語 , bungo , "literary language") was different from colloquial language ( 口語 , kōgo ) . The two systems have different rules of grammar and some variance in vocabulary. Bungo was the main method of writing Japanese until about 1900; since then kōgo gradually extended its influence and
5625-514: Is unsure whether he is still a dream and wants to remain with Yuna. He is also an unlockable character as blitzball player Star Player. In Final Fantasy X-2: International + Last Mission , the game's updated version, Tidus is a recruitable playable character and an extra episode, set after the original game, reveals that he is living with Yuna in Besaid. An illusion of Tidus also appears as a boss . Tidus' dialogue, monologues, and songs were included on
5750-471: Is used for the present and the future. For verbs that represent an ongoing process, the -te iru form indicates a continuous (or progressive) aspect , similar to the suffix ing in English. For others that represent a change of state, the -te iru form indicates a perfect aspect. For example, kite iru means "They have come (and are still here)", but tabete iru means "They are eating". Questions (both with an interrogative pronoun and yes/no questions) have
5875-405: Is why some linguists do not classify Japanese "pronouns" as pronouns, but rather as referential nouns, much like Spanish usted (contracted from vuestra merced , "your ( majestic plural ) grace") or Portuguese você (from vossa mercê ). Japanese personal pronouns are generally used only in situations requiring special emphasis as to who is doing what to whom. The choice of words used as pronouns
6000-591: The Star Wars films due to his youth and relationship with mentors, which allow him to reconcile with his father, as does Luke, who wishes to reconcile with Darth Vader in Return of the Jedi . According to Christopher Bingham, while defeating Jecht appears to be a success to the player, Tidus expresses angst at his death, marking a contrast with other fictional stories. In The Kingdom's Shōnen Heart Transcultural Character Design and
6125-505: The Japonic language family, which also includes the Ryukyuan languages spoken in the Ryukyu Islands . As these closely related languages are commonly treated as dialects of the same language, Japanese is sometimes called a language isolate . According to Martine Irma Robbeets , Japanese has been subject to more attempts to show its relation to other languages than any other language in
6250-504: The Philippines , and various Pacific islands, locals in those countries learned Japanese as the language of the empire. As a result, many elderly people in these countries can still speak Japanese. Japanese emigrant communities (the largest of which are to be found in Brazil , with 1.4 million to 1.5 million Japanese immigrants and descendants, according to Brazilian IBGE data, more than
6375-716: The United States (notably in Hawaii , where 16.7% of the population has Japanese ancestry, and California ), and the Philippines (particularly in Davao Region and the Province of Laguna ). Japanese has no official status in Japan, but is the de facto national language of the country. There is a form of the language considered standard : hyōjungo ( 標準語 ) , meaning "standard Japanese", or kyōtsūgo ( 共通語 ) , "common language", or even "Tokyo dialect" at times. The meanings of
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#17328550529856500-794: The de facto standard Japanese had been the Kansai dialect , especially that of Kyoto . However, during the Edo period, Edo (now Tokyo) developed into the largest city in Japan, and the Edo-area dialect became standard Japanese. Since the end of Japan's self-imposed isolation in 1853, the flow of loanwords from European languages has increased significantly. The period since 1945 has seen many words borrowed from other languages—such as German, Portuguese and English. Many English loan words especially relate to technology—for example, pasokon (short for "personal computer"), intānetto ("internet"), and kamera ("camera"). Due to
6625-496: The fighting game Dissidia Final Fantasy ; he was concerned about his ability to perform the character's lines like the original Final Fantasy series because nearly a decade had passed since he voiced Tidus. By that time, Morita was more accustomed to acting as Ichigo as well as Keiji Maeda from Capcom 's games Sengoku Basara , characters who have a different vocal tone than Tidus. When Morita returned to voice Tidus, he tried to make his voice match his original performance. When
6750-518: The 1.2 million of the United States ) sometimes employ Japanese as their primary language. Approximately 12% of Hawaii residents speak Japanese, with an estimated 12.6% of the population of Japanese ancestry in 2008. Japanese emigrants can also be found in Peru , Argentina , Australia (especially in the eastern states), Canada (especially in Vancouver , where 1.4% of the population has Japanese ancestry),
6875-522: The Gullwings, a sphere-hunting group, and travels across Spira in hopes of finding clues that indicate Tidus is alive. The individual in the sphere is later revealed to be Shuyin . Depending on the player's development during the game, the fayth will appear to Yuna at the ending and tell her that they can make Tidus return to her. He then appears in Spira, and he and Yuna are reunited. In another final scene, Tidus
7000-673: The JRPG , Rachael Hutchinson compares Tidus' disappearance to Riku's ending in Kingdom Hearts , though Tidus' case is handled more maturely. In their book Dungeons, Dragons, and Digital Denizens , authors Gerald A. Voorhees and Joshua Call compare Tidus with Final Fantasy VII protagonist Cloud Strife in appearance and weapon, but found Cloud to be more realistic than Tidus. In Science Fiction Video Games , Neal Roger Tringham said that Final Fantasy X focuses on melancholy by having Tidus disappear after destroying Sin, with his town being destroyed in
7125-482: The Japanese language is of particular interest, ranging between an apical central tap and a lateral approximant . The "g" is also notable; unless it starts a sentence, it may be pronounced [ ŋ ] , in the Kanto prestige dialect and in other eastern dialects. The phonotactics of Japanese are relatively simple. The syllable structure is (C)(G)V(C), that is, a core vowel surrounded by an optional onset consonant,
7250-724: The Old Japanese sections are written in Man'yōgana , which uses kanji for their phonetic as well as semantic values. Based on the Man'yōgana system, Old Japanese can be reconstructed as having 88 distinct morae . Texts written with Man'yōgana use two different sets of kanji for each of the morae now pronounced き (ki), ひ (hi), み (mi), け (ke), へ (he), め (me), こ (ko), そ (so), と (to), の (no), も (mo), よ (yo) and ろ (ro). (The Kojiki has 88, but all later texts have 87. The distinction between mo 1 and mo 2 apparently
7375-537: The PC version of Final Fantasy XI is the only remaining game supported by the service. PlayOnline was one of the first cross-platform gaming services, and hosted hundreds of thousands of players at its peak. It was shut down for twelve days during the 2011 earthquake in Japan . The platform was also subjected to denial of service attacks and players attempting to cheat were subsequently banned. Starting with Final Fantasy XIV , Square Enix began moving their online games off
7500-488: The Ryūkyūan languages as dialects of Japanese. The imperial court also seems to have spoken an unusual variant of the Japanese of the time, most likely the spoken form of Classical Japanese , a writing style that was prevalent during the Heian period , but began to decline during the late Meiji period . The Ryūkyūan languages are classified by UNESCO as 'endangered', as young people mostly use Japanese and cannot understand
7625-586: The account management portion of the PlayOnline service into Square Enix accounts from July and culminating on August 31. However, PlayOnline is still required in order to actually play Final Fantasy XI . Square Enix replicated the idea of the friends list from Final Fantasy XI in XIV . The termination date of service for Final Fantasy XI and PlayOnline for PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 was March 2016. In December 2001, Square Enix projected it would have 250,000 users by
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#17328550529857750-543: The addition of a collective suffix (a noun suffix that indicates a group), such as -tachi , but this is not a true plural: the meaning is closer to the English phrase "and company". A group described as Tanaka-san-tachi may include people not named Tanaka. Some Japanese nouns are effectively plural, such as hitobito "people" and wareware "we/us", while the word tomodachi "friend" is considered singular, although plural in form. Verbs are conjugated to show tenses, of which there are two: past and present (or non-past) which
7875-399: The best Final Fantasy characters. Action figures and jewelry related to Tidus have been produced, and he is a popular character among cosplayers . Before the development of Final Fantasy X , game-scenario writer Kazushige Nojima was concerned about the relationship between the player and the main character in a Final Fantasy title, and wanted to make the story easier to follow. Because
8000-674: The cast, he also appears in the prequel Dissidia 012 and represents Chaos in the previous war. Yuna confronts Tidus, who offers his life to save her from an attack by the villain Emperor, but Jecht saves Tidus, who becomes a warrior of Cosmos. Tidus appears in the third entry in the series, Dissidia NT . Tidus is a playable character in the rhythm game Theatrhythm Final Fantasy . He also appears in World of Final Fantasy and Fortune Street: Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary . Tidus' disappearance between Final Fantasy X and its sequel
8125-492: The cellphone game Final Fantasy Explorers-Force . Video-game publications gave Tidus had a positive reception. Several critics praised Tidus for his cheerful personality, contrasting with previous brooding protagonists. According to GameSpot reviewer Greg Kasavin , players may not initially like him, but would eventually find him "suitably endearing". Kasavin wrote that Tidus has "surprising depth" characteristic of past Final Fantasy protagonists. Complex described him as
8250-586: The character friendlier and less serious. After recording for Final Fantasy X , Taylor said that he would enjoy voicing Tidus again; he said the character is "like an old friend to me now. I know so much more about him now than I did when we first started, knowing hardly anything about him. I would really hate it if anybody else voiced him." Taylor enjoyed recording for the game, which took him three-and-a-half months. According to Taylor, it would be unrealistic for Tidus to hide emotion. He said that, although there were things he would change about his performance, such as
8375-526: The character. Tidus has been generally well-received by video-game critics. His cheerful personality and heroism make him an appealing protagonist, contrasting with previous male characters in the franchise and being comparable to messiah figures and other fictional heroes. Tidus' character development and romantic relationship with Yuna are considered among the best in video games, although reviewers and fans were divided on Taylor's voice acting. Tidus has been popular with fans, often ranking in polls as one of
8500-561: The compact discs (CDs) Final Fantasy X Vocal Collection and feel/Go dream: Yuna & Tidus . Although he does not fully understand he is not the fayth 's dream, Tidus feels that disappearing would be preferable to making Yuna cry again. The novel Final Fantasy X-2.5 ~Eien no Daishou~ , which is set after Final Fantasy X-2 , explores Tidus' and Yuna's visit to Besaid Island 1,000 years before. The HD remastered version of Final Fantasy X and X-2 , Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster , adds audio drama Final Fantasy X: Will , in which Tidus
8625-424: The couple's farewell. Their kiss also gathered attention. Yuna's English voice actor Hedy Burress said that Tidus' interactions with Yuna give her a humanized, "womanly aspect". Ash Parrish from Kotaku said that the scene in which Tidus and Yuna kiss in a forest underwater was one of the "first sex scenes" in his life due to its erotic atmosphere, which contrasted with the relationships in previous games, and that
8750-564: The effect of changing Japanese into a mora-timed language. Late Middle Japanese covers the years from 1185 to 1600, and is normally divided into two sections, roughly equivalent to the Kamakura period and the Muromachi period , respectively. The later forms of Late Middle Japanese are the first to be described by non-native sources, in this case the Jesuit and Franciscan missionaries; and thus there
8875-500: The end of the game. The scene in which Tidus saves Yuna from being kidnapped by Al Bhed and proclaims that he and the Guardians will protect them so they should not be concerned is one of their most important scenes. While Nojima wrote the character, the scenes in which Tidus' and Yuna's relationship becomes intimate was written by Daisuke Watanabe because Nojima struggled to write them in a proper romantic relationship. Nojima believes that
9000-404: The end of the year, and 400,000 by the end of 2002. The service charged $ 10 per person, and thus needed 200,000 participants to break even. By January 2004, PlayOnline had over 500,000 registered users, and slightly under one million active players. By September, the service had 1.2 million characters, with most players having two to three characters. In May 2005, Front Mission Online became
9125-423: The first appearance of European loanwords . The basis of the standard dialect moved from the Kansai region to the Edo region (modern Tokyo ) in the Early Modern Japanese period (early 17th century–mid 19th century). Following the end of Japan's self-imposed isolation in 1853, the flow of loanwords from European languages increased significantly, and words from English roots have proliferated. Japanese
9250-470: The focus to father and son making a bigger impact in Spira's history rather than the romantic couple. Kitase found the story of the relationship between Tidus and Jecht to be more moving than that between him and Yuna. Voice actor Masakazu Morita , who voiced Tidus in Japanese, called him a highlight of his career, comparable to his voicing of Ichigo Kurosaki , protagonist of manga Bleach . Morita also enjoyed performing Tidus' motion capture, which gave him
9375-416: The game's director complimented Morita for keeping the character's tone, Morita was relieved and joked that he felt younger. In English, Tidus is voiced by James Arnold Taylor . Taylor was offered the role by voice director Jack Fletcher , who believed that Taylor would fit the character, and translator Alexander O. Smith explained Tidus to him. In contrast to Morita, with the staff's approval, Taylor made
9500-609: The genitive particle ga remains in intentionally archaic speech. Early Middle Japanese is the Japanese of the Heian period , from 794 to 1185. It formed the basis for the literary standard of Classical Japanese , which remained in common use until the early 20th century. During this time, Japanese underwent numerous phonological developments, in many cases instigated by an influx of Chinese loanwords . These included phonemic length distinction for both consonants and vowels , palatal consonants (e.g. kya ) and labial consonant clusters (e.g. kwa ), and closed syllables . This had
9625-532: The idea of such a sport. Tidus was compared with other kind heroes in the franchise, including Zidane Tribal from Final Fantasy IX and Vaan from Final Fantasy XII , because they appear to be less prominent in the main narrative than other featured characters. Christian Nutt of GamesRadar+ wrote that despite initial issues, Tidus' character development during the game makes him more likable. Atlus character designer Kazuma Kaneko called Tidus "a dashing lead character". The revelation of his true nature as
9750-453: The languages of the original Jōmon inhabitants, including the ancestor of the modern Ainu language . Because writing had yet to be introduced from China, there is no direct evidence, and anything that can be discerned about this period must be based on internal reconstruction from Old Japanese , or comparison with the Ryukyuan languages and Japanese dialects . The Chinese writing system
9875-449: The languages. Okinawan Japanese is a variant of Standard Japanese influenced by the Ryūkyūan languages, and is the primary dialect spoken among young people in the Ryukyu Islands . Modern Japanese has become prevalent nationwide (including the Ryūkyū islands) due to education , mass media , and an increase in mobility within Japan, as well as economic integration. Japanese is a member of
10000-427: The large quantity of English loanwords, modern Japanese has developed a distinction between [tɕi] and [ti] , and [dʑi] and [di] , with the latter in each pair only found in loanwords. Although Japanese is spoken almost exclusively in Japan, it has also been spoken outside of the country. Before and during World War II , through Japanese annexation of Taiwan and Korea , as well as partial occupation of China ,
10125-467: The last scheduled to release in the summer of 2001, and that they had been working on an online portal called PlayOnline with Japanese telecom company NTT Communications , which would feature online games, chat, email, online comics, Internet browsing, online shopping, sports, and instant messaging . The service was first announced as costing ¥500 for monthly membership, and a ¥1000 monthly user fee. Final Fantasy XI , then nicknamed Final Fantasy Online ,
10250-545: The only country where it is the national language , and within the Japanese diaspora worldwide. The Japonic family also includes the Ryukyuan languages and the variously classified Hachijō language . There have been many attempts to group the Japonic languages with other families such as the Ainu , Austronesian , Koreanic , and the now-discredited Altaic , but none of these proposals have gained any widespread acceptance. Little
10375-425: The only strict rule of word order is that the verb must be placed at the end of a sentence (possibly followed by sentence-end particles). This is because Japanese sentence elements are marked with particles that identify their grammatical functions. The basic sentence structure is topic–comment . For example, Kochira wa Tanaka-san desu ( こちらは田中さんです ). kochira ("this") is the topic of the sentence, indicated by
10500-461: The original Japanese release of Final Fantasy X differs from that in its English dub, which fails to emulate the original Tidus. RPGFan said that Tidus' hobby, blitzball, is well integrated into the narrative because he and Wakka become close friends due to sharing the same passion, with Wakka acting like a mentor to Tidus when he believes that they should not focus on sports given the situation, but he tells him that Spira's citizens are fascinated by
10625-459: The other characters, the game blends their looks and appeal to the audience. According to Square Enix producer Shinji Hashimoto , Tidus has been a popular subject for cosplayers . GameSpot described the relationship between Tidus and Yuna as one of the video-game "great loves", and it is often cited as one of the best romances in gaming. According to The Inquirer , Tidus and Yuna are a memorable video-game couple, noting Tidus' self-sacrifice and
10750-470: The out-group gives a benefit to the in-group, and "up" to indicate the in-group gives a benefit to the out-group. Here, the in-group includes the speaker and the out-group does not, and their boundary depends on context. For example, oshiete moratta ( 教えてもらった ) (literally, "explaining got" with a benefit from the out-group to the in-group) means "[he/she/they] explained [it] to [me/us]". Similarly, oshiete ageta ( 教えてあげた ) (literally, "explaining gave" with
10875-415: The particle wa . The verb desu is a copula , commonly translated as "to be" or "it is" (though there are other verbs that can be translated as "to be"), though technically it holds no meaning and is used to give a sentence 'politeness'. As a phrase, Tanaka-san desu is the comment. This sentence literally translates to "As for this person, (it) is Mx Tanaka." Thus Japanese, like many other Asian languages,
11000-432: The player and the main character find themselves in a new world, Nojima wanted Tidus' understanding of that world to track the player's progress in the game. Nojima felt that Tidus was the easiest character to draw in the first half of Final Fantasy X , because the player and characters learn about the story together. Nojima created a brief description of Tidus for character designer Tetsuya Nomura , from which Nomura created
11125-521: The player are both given commentary about religion in the world of Spira, and arrive with their own answers about how this should continue. While analyzing the handling of religious figures, Anthony J Eisner said that Tidus' characterization and role in the game bear similarities to Christianity because he and Yuna are an example to society of people who can make their own decisions. Tidus' vulnerability while trapped in another world serves as an example for those who struggle with their freedom after experiencing
11250-481: The process. While the game often deals with the concept of dead spirits, Joseph Roach notes that Tidus' nature as a "Fayth" does not involve death, but instead a memory-like being who stands out among the Fayths for the maturity of his portrayal in the narrative. While Tidus becomes more heroic in the game and defeats Yu Yevon to end the cycle of death in Spira, he is haunted by death because the Fayths are unable to maintain
11375-477: The proposed larger Altaic family, or to various Southeast Asian languages , especially Austronesian . None of these proposals have gained wide acceptance (and the Altaic family itself is now considered controversial). As it stands, only the link to Ryukyuan has wide support. Other theories view the Japanese language as an early creole language formed through inputs from at least two distinct language groups, or as
11500-443: The relationship between player and character with monologues describing the game's setting. The narrative was initially focused on the romance between Tidus and Yuna, but Square Enix instead decided to focus on Tidus' relationship with Jecht to have a greater impact on the setting. Tidus is voiced in Japanese by Masakazu Morita , who also performed his motion capture , and in English by James Arnold Taylor ; both actors enjoyed voicing
11625-421: The release of Final Fantasy XI , Square partnered with BradyGames to publish a paperback strategy guide for Final Fantasy IX . The guide became notorious for barely containing any actual guidance. Instead, it asked players multiple times on each page to visit PlayOnline to obtain the solutions to puzzles, etc. Initial plans to utilize PlayOnline with Final Fantasy X were eventually scrapped. PlayOnline
11750-444: The remastering of Final Fantasy X and X-2 , producer Kitase's motivation was to have people too young to have played the games experience them; his son was only old enough to know Tidus and Yuna from Dissidia Final Fantasy and its prequel. Character designer Nomura said that he wanted Tidus' clothing and accessories to suggest a relationship with the sea. Tidus' clothing has a distinctive blue motif; his blitzball team logo, which
11875-456: The role of an undead person was then given to secondary character Auron . Director Yoshinori Kitase stated that during the development of Final Fantasy X , one developer focused on the romance between Tidus and Yuna. Nomura stated that the contrast between Tidus and Yuna was established by their names, which are derived from the Okinawan words for "sun" and "night", respectively. This contrast
12000-459: The same structure as affirmative sentences, but with intonation rising at the end. In the formal register, the question particle -ka is added. For example, ii desu ( いいです ) "It is OK" becomes ii desu-ka ( いいですか。 ) "Is it OK?". In a more informal tone sometimes the particle -no ( の ) is added instead to show a personal interest of the speaker: Dōshite konai-no? "Why aren't (you) coming?". Some simple queries are formed simply by mentioning
12125-472: The scene in which Tidus and Yuna begin laughing together, he was grateful for the warm fan reception of his work. Smith felt the forced-laugh scene was adapted well from the original Japanese scene because of how "stilted and out of place" it is in the original version. Smith was confused by Morita's and Mayuko Aoki 's performances but, after discussing it with Nojima, found that it well done in both languages, calling it "awkward" and "funny". When Final Fantasy X
12250-432: The scene was well executed and that the couple's comfort helped Yuna complete her character arc. Tidus' relationship with his father was based on stories such as ancient Greek legends and reveals the key to the weakness of Sin , the game's main antagonist. Kitase noted that in contrast to previous orphan characters in the franchise, Tidus' character arc includes accepting Jecht's wish for redemption for his abuse of him as
12375-414: The sea, which he found difficult to draw and translate into computer-generated imagery CGI. Because they were unaccustomed to animating romantic scenes, the developers struggled with a scene in which Tidus and Yuna kiss. According to Visual Works director Kazuyuki Ikumori, this was due to the use of 3D models. The scene was revised several times due to a negative response from female staff members. Tidus
12500-402: The second game to utilize the service, retailing at ¥7,140 with a monthly subscription price of ¥1,344. In June 2009, a San Francisco resident sued Square Enix for "deceptive advertising, unfair competition, and unjust enrichment" from Final Fantasy XI , and sought a $ 5 million settlement. Composer Nobuo Uematsu said that Square's efforts to push forward with online gaming was important to
12625-472: The second-best Final Fantasy character, surpassed only by Cloud, and praised his personality. GameZone called Tidus "a complete mixture of everything cheesy and everything emotional", and noted the differences between him and the brooding Cloud and the antagonistic Sephiroth. Gail Hawisher and Cynthia Selfe, in their book Gaming Lives in the Twenty-First Century , said that Tidus' characterization in
12750-461: The sequel, Final Fantasy X-2 , producer Kitase thought that the greatest fan expectation was the reunion of Tidus and Yuna after their separation in the first game. The game generated rumors about Tidus' connection with the villain Shuyin , who was physically similar to him and had the same voice actors. However, according to Square Enix, given Tidus' nature, such a storyline would be too complicated. For
12875-481: The service as membership declined. The termination date for Final Fantasy XI and PlayOnline on PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 was March 2016, with only the PC version of Final Fantasy XI still supported. PlayOnline was originally conceived as an all-in-one solution to house multiple types of game content. At the "Square Millennium" event in Japan in January 2000, Square announced Final Fantasy IX , X and XI , with
13000-605: The song "Suteki da ne" helps improve the romantic atmosphere. The next dialogue, in which the new couple swear their eternal love for each other, further amplifies the atmosphere. Den of Geek 's reviewer Jason Gallagher cited the eventual kiss in later part of the game as one of the best scenes in the entire franchise. To commemorate the franchise's 20th anniversary, Square Enix released figurines of Tidus and other Final Fantasy protagonists. In his paper "Procedural Religion in Videogames", Kristofer F. Sjølie said that Tidus and
13125-797: The state as at the time the constitution was written, many of the elders participating in the process had been educated in Japanese during the South Seas Mandate over the island shown by the 1958 census of the Trust Territory of the Pacific that found that 89% of Palauans born between 1914 and 1933 could speak and read Japanese, but as of the 2005 Palau census there were no residents of Angaur that spoke Japanese at home. Japanese dialects typically differ in terms of pitch accent , inflectional morphology , vocabulary , and particle usage. Some even differ in vowel and consonant inventories, although this
13250-476: The street. (grammatically incorrect insertion of a pronoun) But one can grammatically say essentially the same thing in Japanese: 驚いた彼は道を走っていった。 Transliteration: Odoroita kare wa michi o hashitte itta. (grammatically correct) This is partly because these words evolved from regular nouns, such as kimi "you" ( 君 "lord"), anata "you" ( あなた "that side, yonder"), and boku "I" ( 僕 "servant"). This
13375-409: The summoning of Dream Zanarkand and its people, including Tidus, will cease. In the real Zanarkand, the group decides to find a way to destroy Sin that does not require the sacrifice of a guardian or a summoner. They attack Sin, entering its shell and finding Jecht, whom they must defeat to eliminate Sin, and Tidus makes peace with his father in the aftermath. After defeating the spirit of Yu Yevon , who
13500-544: The topic with an interrogative intonation to call for the hearer's attention: Kore wa? "(What about) this?"; O-namae wa? ( お名前は？ ) "(What's your) name?". Negatives are formed by inflecting the verb. For example, Pan o taberu ( パンを食べる。 ) "I will eat bread" or "I eat bread" becomes Pan o tabenai ( パンを食べない。 ) "I will not eat bread" or "I do not eat bread". Plain negative forms are i -adjectives (see below) and inflect as such, e.g. Pan o tabenakatta ( パンを食べなかった。 ) "I did not eat bread". PlayOnline PlayOnline
13625-419: The two consonants are the moraic nasal followed by a homorganic consonant. Japanese also includes a pitch accent , which is not represented in moraic writing; for example [haꜜ.ɕi] ("chopsticks") and [ha.ɕiꜜ] ("bridge") are both spelled はし ( hashi ) , and are only differentiated by the tone contour. Japanese word order is classified as subject–object–verb . Unlike many Indo-European languages ,
13750-577: The two methods were both used in writing until the 1940s. Bungo still has some relevance for historians, literary scholars, and lawyers (many Japanese laws that survived World War II are still written in bungo , although there are ongoing efforts to modernize their language). Kōgo is the dominant method of both speaking and writing Japanese today, although bungo grammar and vocabulary are occasionally used in modern Japanese for effect. The 1982 state constitution of Angaur , Palau , names Japanese along with Palauan and English as an official language of
13875-472: The two terms (''hyōjungo'' and ''kyōtsūgo'') are almost the same. Hyōjungo or kyōtsūgo is a conception that forms the counterpart of dialect. This normative language was born after the Meiji Restoration ( 明治維新 , meiji ishin , 1868) from the language spoken in the higher-class areas of Tokyo (see Yamanote ). Hyōjungo is taught in schools and used on television and in official communications. It
14000-407: The verb (e.g. yonde for earlier yomite ), the -k- in the final mora of adjectives drops out ( shiroi for earlier shiroki ); and some forms exist where modern standard Japanese has retained the earlier form (e.g. hayaku > hayau > hayɔɔ , where modern Japanese just has hayaku , though the alternative form is preserved in the standard greeting o-hayō gozaimasu "good morning"; this ending
14125-446: The world of Spira. After his arrival on Spira, Tidus drifts to the island of Besaid and joins various guardians on a journey to help Yuna defeat Sin and in hopes of finding a way home. When he meets Auron, Tidus learns that ten years before, Jecht and Auron made the same pilgrimage to protect the summoner Braska, Yuna's father, and defeated Sin, who Jecht was reborn as. As the journey continues, Tidus loses hope of returning home, begins
14250-548: The world. Since Japanese first gained the consideration of linguists in the late 19th century, attempts have been made to show its genealogical relation to languages or language families such as Ainu , Korean , Chinese , Tibeto-Burman , Uralic , Altaic (or Ural-Altaic ), Austroasiatic , Austronesian and Dravidian . At the fringe, some linguists have even suggested a link to Indo-European languages , including Greek , or to Sumerian . Main modern theories try to link Japanese either to northern Asian languages, like Korean or
14375-579: Was also not available on the platform since the game played through PlayOnline. It was hoped that content would eventually be offered through the Xbox Live Marketplace . Final Fantasy XII started out as a game designed for the PlayOnline game platform. In February 2005, 800 players were banned from Final Fantasy XI and the card game Tetra Master for monopolizing areas where high level items and monsters would spawn, making it impossible for other players to become stronger. On April 9, 2005,
14500-535: Was based on 12- to 20-second-long recordings of 135 to 244 phonemes , which 42 students listened to and translated word-for-word. The listeners were all Keio University students who grew up in the Kanto region . There are some language islands in mountain villages or isolated islands such as Hachijō-jima island , whose dialects are descended from Eastern Old Japanese . Dialects of the Kansai region are spoken or known by many Japanese, and Osaka dialect in particular
14625-718: Was imported to Japan from Baekje around the start of the fifth century, alongside Buddhism. The earliest texts were written in Classical Chinese , although some of these were likely intended to be read as Japanese using the kanbun method, and show influences of Japanese grammar such as Japanese word order. The earliest text, the Kojiki , dates to the early eighth century, and was written entirely in Chinese characters, which are used to represent, at different times, Chinese, kanbun , and Old Japanese. As in other texts from this period,
14750-406: Was initially a rude plumber who was part of a delinquent gang; according to Kitase, Tidus would be a weak protagonist, and he was instead depicted as an athlete. After designing serious, moody main characters for Final Fantasy VII and VIII , Nomura wanted to give Tidus a cheerful persona and appearance. Because he wanted to continue the recent trend of sky-related names, Kazushige Nojima chose
14875-461: Was known to the media as Tida. In early 2001, PlayOnline changed the character's name to "Tidus". Because Tidus' name is never spoken in FFX , its intended pronunciation has been debated. Interviews with James Arnold Taylor and spoken dialogue in the English versions of Dissidia Final Fantasy , Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy , and Kingdom Hearts , in which Tidus makes cameo appearances, indicate his name
15000-465: Was lost immediately following its composition.) This set of morae shrank to 67 in Early Middle Japanese , though some were added through Chinese influence. Man'yōgana also has a symbol for /je/ , which merges with /e/ before the end of the period. Several fossilizations of Old Japanese grammatical elements remain in the modern language – the genitive particle tsu (superseded by modern no )
15125-447: Was re-released in 2013, Taylor said that he was proud to be Tidus' voice. For Dissidia NT , Taylor commented that, while Tidus' new role would seem new to players due to how he is again led into battle, people would still find him appealing. IGN said that the character "has a tendency to speak a little too high and fast when he gets excited". This led to several negative responses. In one scene, Yuna tells Tidus to laugh and Tidus forces
15250-466: Was reduced, and the subscription fees for Final Fantasy XI were waived for the month of April. In June 2009, Square Enix decided not to use PlayOnline for Final Fantasy XIV due to the marked decrease of content on the service. Instead, they migrated to a new service that still allowed cross-platform gameplay, including the use of a universal Square Enix ID that would allow players to play from wherever they left off. Two years later, Square Enix merged
15375-529: Was seen as part of Sony 's strategy to turn the PlayStation 2 into an Internet set-top box . Accordingly, Sony brought broadband equipment and a hard drive to the PlayStation 2. The quality of the browser was noted in its "clean" graphics, excellent page layouts, and "high quality sound". The browser was not a general purpose Internet tool, but only accessed Square content, such as news about Square products and
15500-435: Was similar to his own, and he did not need to study him. Morita was concerned that his career would be affected if fans did not enjoy Tidus. When announcing the Japanese actor, Square Enix said that Morita was chosen because he also did the motion capture for Zell, which would make fans remember previous games. In flashback scenes depicting a seven-year-old Tidus, he is voiced by Yūto Nakamura. Morita returned to voice Tidus for
15625-575: Was the first game to use the online service. The WonderSwan Color portable gaming system was also planned to be able to connect to PlayOnline through an adapter connected to one of the PlayStation 2 's USB ports. PlayOnline opened on June 6, 2000, to both Japanese and English speaking countries with news about upcoming software titles, interviews, and wallpapers. The site's merchandise included pieces from Parasite Eve , Vagrant Story , Chocobo Racing , Front Mission , Chrono Cross , and Final Fantasy . To encourage early adoption prior to
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