Lemme say that 1) I love FFX and 2) it's silly to nitpick a game-- they're not going to get every detail right!
But FFX is an especially consistent game, IMO, with a lot of detail in backstory, NPCs, and even tiny things like costume, and anyway, fans are nitpicky.
So, a few items that nag at me when I play.
1) Wakka's and Lulu's ages. In the Ultimania guide and on Square's official website, they are 25 and 23 respectively.
Quibble: Wakka says he can't remember his parents, since they were killed by Sin when he was little, to which Lulu replies, "I was five then, so I remember mine, a little." Also Wakka says "Yes, ma'am" to her and acts rather deferential. The latter isn't conclusive, but the former sure sounds like she's a few years older than he is.
2) I think Lulu and Yuna -- whom I love dearly -- were being less than honest at Yuna's trial! Check this out:
The first bit is certainly true -- Seymour killed his pop.
The second is a bit dicey, though. Didn't Yuna and her guardians kill Seymour in Macalania Temple? If you've killed somebody, it's a little cheesy to argue "he was dead, so I had every right to send him."
Unless he was already dead before Yuna confronted him in Macalania, but there's nothing else to suggest that. I think a better argument would have been, "When I asked him to turn himself in to Yevon's justice for Jyscal's murder, he tried to kill me and my guardians!" and Lulu adding, "It's a guardian's sacred duty to protect a summoner." That would have been perfectly true and justified: self-defense!
3) Auron says he dragged himself back from Yunalesca's lair, all the way down Mt. Gagazet, and "his strength failed" outside of Bevelle, where he met Kimahri. Somewhere along the way Rin found and helped Auron, but still, that's a heck of a long way for someone to go in his condition, especially considering the fiends on Gagazet. It would've made more sense to say he'd met Kimahri at the foot of the mountain.
4) Why is Lady Ginnem able to summon Yojimbo when she's so far gone she's lost her mind? That's a minor thing, but more importantly, how the heck did Lulu survive losing her Summoner in the back of that cavern with only Fire, Water, Thunder and Blizzard? I mean, yeah, Lulu rocks, but she should've been toast the first time she hit a Black Element that cast reflect.
#4 triggered a rather creative fanfiction in which I explored what might've happened, but still. Wow.
But FFX is an especially consistent game, IMO, with a lot of detail in backstory, NPCs, and even tiny things like costume, and anyway, fans are nitpicky.
So, a few items that nag at me when I play.
1) Wakka's and Lulu's ages. In the Ultimania guide and on Square's official website, they are 25 and 23 respectively.
Quibble: Wakka says he can't remember his parents, since they were killed by Sin when he was little, to which Lulu replies, "I was five then, so I remember mine, a little." Also Wakka says "Yes, ma'am" to her and acts rather deferential. The latter isn't conclusive, but the former sure sounds like she's a few years older than he is.
2) I think Lulu and Yuna -- whom I love dearly -- were being less than honest at Yuna's trial! Check this out:
The first bit is certainly true -- Seymour killed his pop.
The second is a bit dicey, though. Didn't Yuna and her guardians kill Seymour in Macalania Temple? If you've killed somebody, it's a little cheesy to argue "he was dead, so I had every right to send him."
Unless he was already dead before Yuna confronted him in Macalania, but there's nothing else to suggest that. I think a better argument would have been, "When I asked him to turn himself in to Yevon's justice for Jyscal's murder, he tried to kill me and my guardians!" and Lulu adding, "It's a guardian's sacred duty to protect a summoner." That would have been perfectly true and justified: self-defense!
3) Auron says he dragged himself back from Yunalesca's lair, all the way down Mt. Gagazet, and "his strength failed" outside of Bevelle, where he met Kimahri. Somewhere along the way Rin found and helped Auron, but still, that's a heck of a long way for someone to go in his condition, especially considering the fiends on Gagazet. It would've made more sense to say he'd met Kimahri at the foot of the mountain.
4) Why is Lady Ginnem able to summon Yojimbo when she's so far gone she's lost her mind? That's a minor thing, but more importantly, how the heck did Lulu survive losing her Summoner in the back of that cavern with only Fire, Water, Thunder and Blizzard? I mean, yeah, Lulu rocks, but she should've been toast the first time she hit a Black Element that cast reflect.
#4 triggered a rather creative fanfiction in which I explored what might've happened, but still. Wow.
