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Blitzball is a fictional sport that combines Hockey 's 6 man teams and positions - and full contact -, with Soccer kicks and Water Polo water sports in one game. It is played by characters in two games of the '' Final Fantasy '' Video Game series, '' Final Fantasy X '' and '' Final Fantasy X-2 ''. The game is played Underwater in a large Sphere pool suspended in the air. Blitzball is portrayed as the favorite sport of residents of the fictional world of Spira where both Final Fantasy X and X-2 take place. AN ODE TO SPORTS The game plot provides a very favorable view of Blitzball and Sports in general, as it is a blitzball player that, while practicing blitz, sets in motion the events that will culminate with the final demise of the Spira's scourge Sin, a monster that has been killing and destroying for the past one thousand years. In addition, the sport is also shown to foster peace as it is the only place all races and genders are accepted as equals without squabbles. In Final Fantasy X blitzball is also Spira's only mainstream form of entertainment available, allowing citizens to take their minds off the ever present threat of Sin , however briefly. Two of the game's main characters, Tidus and Wakka , are skilled blitzball players. OVERVIEW Teams are made up of six players a side, of whom one is the goalkeeper. The players swim around, throwing a dimpled ball called the Blitzball to each other in order to throw it into the opponent's goal area, thus scoring a goal. The team with the most goals after two five-minute halves is declared the winner. Also, in X-2, if a team leads the game by seven goals at any point, they automatically win. As players advance through the ranks they learn many new tricks to improve both their offensive and defensive skills. How exactly the teams manage to hold their breath for such long periods of time is a source of either amusement or confusion among players. Though never stated in the game, it is probable that this ability is the result of serious training on the part of the players, much in the same way that . Blitzball teams
Gallery The screen captures below are copyright by the Final Fantasy X game developer (SE) and are being shown here for illustration and discussion purposes only. |
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