Final Fantasy 10 Blitzball Was Inspired By Star Wars Podracing

Final Fantasy has a lot of minigames but few are as bizarre and as beloved as Blitzball , a version of underwater soccer invented for Final Fantasy X . That game’s director and producer, Square Enix veteran Yoshinori Kitase, recently revealed one of the inspirations for the fictional sport: Star Wars . Blitzball is played in a giant sphere of water that hovers in the air. It’s like a combination of soccer and rugby, with players ramming into each other and doing special kick moves to try to score points by knocking the ball into a high-tech backboard.