I was like 12, and I was able to discern that Tidus did the laugh intentionally to cheer up Yuna. The other guardians even acknowledged if they've gone crazy. Tidus and Yuna also laughed "normally" afterwards.

People aren't that actually dense in terms of context clues? It's not Inception levels of understanding, but people aren't actually that stupid, right?

For comparison, here's the ORIGINAL JAP:

https://youtu.be/ik4JI4D7rZQ?si=1BmW_IUB1zXusUFx

and ENG:

https://youtu.be/H47ow4_Cmk0?si=kzCn6Wyi75KQvSMG

Guys, I know we get these posts all the time, but I legitimately thought I would never be able to do this. I spent probably 5 hours last night working on it to no avail. Posting to share my experience as someone who is generally pretty bad at this sort of game (why I love the turn-based combat of FFX) but who managed to make this work within about a half hour after spending five minutes adjusting settings.

I'm playing HD remaster on PC connected to my TV primarily using an Xbox controller. Input lag was absolutely a problem for me.

I changed my TV to game mode and went into NVIDIA control panel to turn low latency mode to ON. Also went into my display settings to increase the refresh rate from 30 Hz to 60 Hz. This noticeably improved my ability to control the damn chocobo. (Others have previously posted about the supposedly errant movements and how this can improve its responsiveness to your commands.)

I also tried using my wireless keyboard instead of the Xbox controller. It only took me about 10 or so tries before I actually freaking got it. Fourteen balloons with one bird.

I could not have done this without everything people have posted here over the years. Seriously, the chocobo whisperer u/Quill386 and everyone who has commented their ideas and experiences - thank you guys. I literally studied this shit. I particularly found Quill's post about his 20 balloon zero bird run to be inspiring, especially his comment about the mental game:

>I pretended like I didn't even care how good I did, and psyched the game out

Here was how I mentally coped: I told myself, "It's time to play chocobo catcher. This is the game I play and it is the only game I own." I made every effort to forget about the outcome/goal of the Sun Sigil and just try to play the game, like I was back playing Pitfall or something on the Sega Genesis. "This is the game I play."

In case it helps anyone, this is sort of how I've tackled the lightning dodge as well. Counting to 200 just makes the pressure build. My solution? 1-2-3-4, two 2-3-4, three 2-3-4 and so on. It feels a lot less scary "counting to 50" than it does counting to 200. I also deliberately double count a few numbers here and there to build a little padding around so I don't know exactly how many I have, but I know I have a minimum of twenty 2-3-4 (meaning 80).

Guys, I really never thought I would ever be able to do this. If I can do it, anyone can.

I've played this game so many times I know where everything is. Played it in all platforms. Now, I'm clearing it using an android emulator. I did get Wakka's Celestial weapons in some of my completionist runs but not once in all those playthroughs did I ever enjoy Blitzball. I don't exactly hate it. I i just find it very Tidus... I mean tedious. 😏😏

Yunalesca is about to make me put my head through the wall 😂 I’ve been stuck on her fight for days and seeing if anyone else has better strats.

Anyone unfamiliar with the challenge it means no sphere grid, no overdrives, no customize, no summons, no blitzball, no escape, and no “no encounters”

So for phase one I can get Wakka, Khimari, and Tidus all buffed with protect, shell, haste, and double hp. I can push her phase two and get through that pretty consistently. Phase three I try to get Wakka, Tidus, and Khimari (who have zombie to dodge mega death) switched out. But whenever it gets phase 3 Khimari doesn’t get a turn before yunalesca and if he gets hit or goes down it ends the run. Super frustrating.

I wanted to see if anyone who has done this challenge or fight has any other strategies to try and make this fight a bit more manageable?

By that i mean poison him, have yuna with stone proof, one dead party member and one alive one (preferably tidus for the lols) and once he’s within the hp range to spam break use provoke to force him to swap to it then have yuna esuna the petrified target and have shattering claw fail over and over again

I know it is originally called Longinus. I am curious if the name is censored elsewhere besides the English-speaking world.

Im currently at Bikanel outside of Al Bhed Home, i’ve grabbed any loot from npcs and chests so far, im planning on doing monster arena at calm lands and cotsf (2nd one so i can farm a no encounters armor for later)

This is meant as a serious question, to see if the problem lies in a single area or if there's multiple issues playing into the whole thing. Please comment below if, for how long and with what you've struggled.

So does the stat matter or does the weapon ability matter?

Her sigil I think is the worst to obtain. Not just in difficulty, that probably belongs to Tidus', but in mind numbing boredom. Sit for what, hours hitting the shift key. I got to 80 before I slipped up. I have zero intention of wasting any more time to get to 200....and for what? To unlock her damage cap for magic users that pretty much get phased out in end game?