History VideoGame / FinalFantasyX2

* CastOfSnowflakes: In the PAL/HD version, not only does each girl get a new profile picture depending on their current Dressphere, but ''every'' mob and NPC in the Arena gets a unique one, too.

* CriticalStatusBuff: Certains Grids, Dresspheres, and equipment come with "SOS" buffs. There's also Cat Nip, which had to be fixed in the PAL/HD version because it was laughably broken. At critical HP, ''every'' attack, not matter how pitiful, reaps 9,999 HP. The Gunner's Trigger Happy can target an enemy multiple times in a row, but each shot deals small damage--unless Cat Nip is activated. Then it becomes a slaughter. The other application is with Lady Luck's Four Dice. It has the benefit of targeting the enemy party with an average of 14 hits, up to a maximum of 24 hits.

** The Dark Aeons, who were summoned by Yevon's assassins in the PAL/HD version of ''X''. They appear again as foot soldiers of [[spoiler:Shuyin]], but they are non-optional bosses and not as tough. The exception is the Bahamut fought in the Arena.

** The powerful defense accessory, Adamantite. In the PAL/HD versions, you can obtain ''two'' Adamantites very early on.

** There's no equipment customization, so selling items isn't as important as it once was. However, in the PAL/HD version, you can use reagents to teach your captured foes (via the Creature Creator) skills they don't normally learn.

** Lady Luck's passive skills: Double Items, Gillionaire, and Double EXP. You can get swole pretty quickly with these three, particularly the first two. Each stack to an 8x multiplier if all three of your girls learn them.

* EvolvingMusic: The airship music in ''X'' was suspenseful. The airship music in ''X-2'' has an electronic BigBand theme going on. And it changes as you progress through the Chapters. It starts with the funky "We're the Gullwings!" and gets replaced by "Friendly Neighborhood Gullwings", signaling their new mission as heroes-for-hire. The heroic-sounding (but still jazzy) "Gullwings March" takes over in Chapter 5.

** Lady Luck's auto-ability.
** One of the Guadosalam endings will net you the Key to Success, which also boosts Experience.

** Likewise, you need at least 21 Cat Nip rounds combined with Trigger Happy to take out Paragon, and Yuna can't manage that in a single turn (about 14 at most with TH Lvl 3 under the effects of Haste). Armor-piercing attacks aren't that effective, either. Attacks that ignore Defense will make him angry, ''and you don't want that''.

** While they possess high Health and Defense, all of the Special Dresspheres have limited and quite awkward to use healing spells.

** All of the Special Dresspheres have limited healing spells.

** Likewise, you need at least 21 Cat Nip rounds combined with Trigger Happy to take out Paragon, and Yuna can't manage that in a single turn. Armor-piercing attacks aren't that effective, either. Attacks that ignore Defense will make him angry, ''and you don't want that''.

** Getting Paine's Special Dressphere, Full Throttle, is as easy as clicking on Macalania Woods and talking to Tromell in Chapter 1. Crazy Wing is an easily-learned attack which inflicts Confusion and is unlikely to kill an enemy, so it's essential for learning the Gun Mage support spells.

* CameraScrew: Likely to happen at least once in the Dark Yojimbo fight. This is an issue because the opponent has very clear tells as to what attack they're going to do, and one of them is so dangerous that you need to ''immediately'' react to it.

* NotUsedToFreedom: Most of the conflict seems to stems from how characters are handling the uncertainty of a post-Sin world.

** Express casts Haste on your Psychic and raises both Evasion and Accuracy, making lots of attacks outright miss. However, she's low on Defense and not particularly quick or nimble without it.

** In addition to the usual collection of visible g-strings and {{chainmail bikini}}s (looking at you, Lucil), some of the Dresspheres are oddly enticing. The Psychic wears a schoolgirl outfit for some reason, and Lady Luck's dress has so many strategically-placed holes that it's a wonder it even stays on.

** Special Dresspheres won't activate until you've switched between every job on your equipped Garment Grid. The "Unerring Path" Grid is given to you when you get your first Special. It only has two slots for Dresspheres, allowing quick access to Special transformations.

** The Dark Knight's own ability, Darkness, is a HerdHittingAttack that considered a "Special" type, which means it ignores ''all'' defense and resistance. Against Paragon, however, it's a no-go. That's not so much due to the efficiency of the skill.

** Gunplay has the upside of being a list of ranged attacks that are instant use (like the regular Attack command) compared to many other abilities, but many of them are situational and the Gunner's dismal MP pool means you can't use them freely.

"...Gimme [[GrumpyBear a break]]."''

* AnthropomorphicFood: All the flan fiends are this to an extend, but it's the clearest in Flan Amarillo's fiend tale. He wants to become the tastiest flan to have ever existed, and therefore consults a famous chef in Luca to prepare him. It's a minigame, and if you succeed, the Flan is indeed eaten by customers.

* BilingualBonus: The ''HD Remaster'' added extra voices in battle for the girls, in which their English voice actors ramble off in Japanese. They appear most often when in the Psychic and (very Japanese) Festivalist Dresspheres.

** Much like the ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII XIII]]'' sequels, ''X-2'' has a pretty radical change in tone from the original. The original was a fantasy epic about two teenagers marching to their deaths for the greater good. ''X-2'' is almost comedic in comparison in its overall plot. It’s a realistic shift since the world is at peace now, but it’s not something you’re used to seeing in [=JRPGs=].

* GroundPound: Ironside's aptly-named "Body Splash".
** Cindy's Camisade.

** If the Fiend Arena is giving you trouble, just catch an S-type machina -- specifically the ones from Mi'ihen. Each of them come with Impale, which ignores Defense while dealing absurd amounts of damage. We're talking in the tens of thousands if you get their stats high enough.

* SuperMode: The Special Dresspheres. ''X'' isn't the only game which lets you transform into a Boss-type character. Unlike the Aeons, though, you have to charge them up by switching to every Dressphere on your Grid in the same battle. When one character activates her respective Special Dressphere, she kicks the other two girls off the battlefield and transforms into something large and thematic with a matching pair of support bots. Since they take the place of your party, they likewise have to stand in for your entire party, and are therefore jacks-of-all-trades. YRP don't have Overdrives like in ''X'', but Special Dresspheres have at least one flashy, Overdrive-like move; loads of damage, big charge-up time.

** Darkness, a HerdHittingAttack which ignores ''all'' defense and resistance.
** If the Fiend Arena is giving you trouble, just catch an S-type machina: the Scouter ones from Mi'ihen, or one of Leblanc's Flak Pythons. Both of them have attacks that ignore Defense and deal absurd damage. We're talking in the tens of thousands if you get their stats high enough.

** The Dark Knight's namesake, Darkness, is a "Special" move, ergo it can bypass Shell and Protect. Against Paragon, however, it's a no-go. That's not so much due to the efficiency of the skill.

** Dark Knight combines Souleater (here known as Darkness), originating in ''III'' but made famous in ''IV'', and Charon, which is identical to Kimahri's [[SuicideAttack Self-Destruct]].

** Starting with Chapter 2, the Bevelle Underground is available on all subsequent chapters (except the fourth), allowing you to collect the rare items within (Ribbon, Bloodlust, Wring, the Dark Knight Dressphere) at any time.

###The best ending is frustrating to get, even with a guide. The game counts innocuous events towards your completion total, and there's very little leeway as to how much you can miss. The worst include a hidden cutscene in the Chapter 1 which can't be accessed later, losing points for skipping cutscenes or fast-forwarding through a particular cutscene, ''hidden button prompts'' in cutscenes, and the choice to side with either the Youth League or New Yevon. Did you side with New Yevon? Better reload your last save, because New Yevon won't net you 100%. If you manage to get 100% completion in a single playthrough, buy a plane ticket to Las Vegas immediately.

''Final Fantasy X-2'' (pronounced "ten-two") is a sequel to the tenth entry in the [[RunningGag fist-bumpingly]] popular ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series. It is the first direct sequel to a mainline ''Final Fantasy'' game, barring ''[[Anime/FinalFantasyLegendOfTheCrystals Legend of the Crystals]]'' (''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'''s SequelInAnotherMedium), which predated ''X-2'' by nine years. It's also the first ''Final Fantasy'' title released in in the U.S. after [[Creator/SquareEnix Squaresoft's merger with Enix]].

** There's no equipment customization, so VendorTrash isn't as important as it once was. However, in the PAL/HD version, you can use reagents to teach your captured foes (via the Creature Creator) skills they don't normally learn.

** Festivalist in the International and HD Remaster versions. There is no role she can do that another Dresspheres can't fulfill later on outside of very niche exceptions.

* MageKiller: Dark Knight, Samurai, and Psychic have the potential to neuter oncoming spells or debuffs. White Mage has killer Magic Defense, which will pose a real problem for Black Elemental and Chac.

** Dark Knight is a knight who specializes in magic, specifically the Arcana series, which inflicts non-elemental damage status ailments.

** The Dark Knight Dressphere has the single highest base Defense out of any of the other Dresspheres in the game, and even has the 4th highest Strength before Paine's Mascot, Machina Maw, and Full Throttle in that order. In return, however, the user gets irritatingly long ATB gauges.