<s>
is	O
a	O
high-definition	O
remaster	O
of	O
the	O
role-playing	O
video	O
games	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
X	O
and	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
X-2	I-Application
,	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Square	O
(	O
now	O
Square	O
Enix	O
)	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
in	O
the	O
early	O
2000s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
features	O
story	O
content	O
previously	O
only	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
International	O
versions	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
audio	O
drama	O
set	O
a	O
year	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
X-2	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
December	O
2013	O
and	O
worldwide	O
in	O
March	O
2014	O
,	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
in	O
May	O
2015	O
,	O
for	O
Windows	O
in	O
May	O
2016	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
in	O
April	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
September	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
X	O
series	O
had	O
sold	O
over	O
20.8	O
million	O
units	O
worldwide	O
,	O
and	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
March	O
2022	O
had	O
surpassed	O
21.1	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HD	O
remaster	O
covers	O
both	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
X	O
and	O
its	O
sequel	O
X-2	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
reintroduces	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
classic	O
job	O
system	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
the	O
Garment	O
Grid	O
:	O
jobs	O
can	O
be	O
acquired	O
as	O
dresspheres	B-Application
,	O
costumes	O
that	O
give	O
the	O
player	O
characters	O
different	O
abilities	O
,	O
throughout	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
may	O
be	O
changed	O
in	O
battle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
X-2	B-Application
includes	O
multiple	O
minigames	O
such	O
as	O
Sphere	O
Break	O
and	O
blitzball	O
,	O
the	O
latter	O
of	O
which	O
also	O
featured	O
prominently	O
in	O
X	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
the	O
gameplay	O
for	O
X	O
and	O
X-2	B-Application
remains	O
unchanged	O
,	O
the	O
games	O
have	O
undergone	O
an	O
extensive	O
graphical	O
update	O
and	O
a	O
large	O
amount	O
of	O
the	O
music	O
for	O
X	O
has	O
been	O
rearranged	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
regional	O
releases	O
contain	O
content	O
from	O
the	O
International	O
versions	O
:	O
X	O
has	O
the	O
expert	O
Sphere	O
Grid	O
and	O
several	O
optional	O
bosses	O
,	O
while	O
X-2	B-Application
comes	O
with	O
extra	O
dresspheres	B-Application
and	O
new	O
minigames	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lastly	O
,	O
X-2	B-Application
includes	O
the	O
"	O
Last	O
Mission	O
"	O
extra	O
dungeon	O
that	O
plays	O
in	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
a	O
roguelike	O
3D	O
game	O
,	O
having	O
a	O
grid-based	O
layout	O
across	O
which	O
the	O
characters	O
move	O
and	O
take	O
on	O
enemies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
in	O
the	O
main	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
characters	O
can	O
equip	O
jobs	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
dresspheres	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Eternal	B-Application
Calm	I-Application
movie	O
that	O
bridges	O
the	O
gap	O
between	O
X	O
and	O
X-2	B-Application
is	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
collection	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
collection	O
allows	O
for	O
cross-platform	O
saving	O
between	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
(	O
PS3	B-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
versions	O
and	O
both	O
games	O
have	O
their	O
own	O
trophy	O
lists	O
which	O
are	O
shared	O
across	O
the	O
three	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
X	O
:	O
Will	O
is	O
an	O
original	O
audio	O
drama	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
release	O
,	O
playing	O
during	O
the	O
credits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
for	O
a	O
remaster	O
originated	O
from	O
a	O
reunion	O
of	O
the	O
games	O
 '	O
original	O
development	O
team	O
and	O
voice	O
cast	O
during	O
the	O
making	O
of	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Type-0	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Producer	O
Yoshinori	O
Kitase	O
's	O
personal	O
motivation	O
was	O
to	O
have	O
people	O
too	O
young	O
to	O
have	O
played	O
the	O
games	O
experience	O
them	O
,	O
as	O
his	O
son	O
was	O
only	O
old	O
enough	O
to	O
know	O
the	O
characters	O
of	O
Tidus	O
and	O
Yuna	O
from	O
Dissidia	B-Application
Final	I-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
and	O
its	O
prequel	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
reason	O
was	O
that	O
many	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
an	O
opportunity	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
games	O
since	O
they	O
were	O
not	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
models	O
and	O
neither	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
unlike	O
games	O
from	O
the	O
original	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
like	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
and	O
IX	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nomura	O
entered	O
negotiations	O
with	O
other	O
old	O
members	O
of	O
staff	O
and	O
got	O
a	O
remaster	O
of	O
X	O
and	O
X-2	B-Application
approved	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
actual	O
development	O
process	O
was	O
delayed	O
because	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
team	O
was	O
still	O
busy	O
with	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
XIII	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
bulk	O
of	O
the	O
remastering	O
work	O
was	O
outsourced	O
to	O
the	O
Shanghai-based	O
studio	O
Virtuos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
X-2	B-Application
art	O
director	O
Shintaro	O
Takai	O
remained	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
role	O
for	O
both	O
remastered	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
encountered	O
problems	O
in	O
porting	O
the	O
games	O
to	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
and	O
Vita	O
as	O
their	O
graphics	O
used	O
many	O
functionalities	O
unique	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
version	O
supports	O
display	O
resolutions	O
of	O
720p	O
and	O
1080p	O
–	O
the	O
former	O
with	O
and	O
the	O
latter	O
without	O
anti-aliasing	B-Algorithm
–	O
while	O
the	O
Vita	O
version	O
runs	O
at	O
720x408	O
pixels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
they	O
received	O
a	O
bump	O
in	O
resolution	O
to	O
appear	O
much	O
clearer	O
than	O
in	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sixty	O
tracks	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
X	O
soundtrack	O
by	O
Nobuo	O
Uematsu	O
,	O
Masashi	O
Hamauzu	O
and	O
Junya	O
Nakano	O
were	O
rearranged	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
soundtrack	O
for	O
X-2	B-Application
by	O
Noriko	O
Matsueda	O
and	O
Takahito	O
Eguchi	O
was	O
carried	O
over	O
from	O
the	O
original	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
2	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
credits	O
of	O
the	O
HD	O
remaster	O
,	O
scenario	O
writer	O
Kazushige	O
Nojima	O
wrote	O
the	O
audio	O
drama	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
X	O
:	O
Will	O
as	O
an	O
appendix	O
taking	O
place	O
two	O
years	O
after	O
X-2	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
wanted	O
the	O
audio	O
drama	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
"	O
direct	O
opposite	O
"	O
to	O
the	O
upbeat	O
feel	O
and	O
happy	O
ending	O
of	O
X-2	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
wish	O
for	O
a	O
more	O
melancholy	O
atmosphere	O
resulted	O
in	O
them	O
bringing	O
Sin	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
antagonist	O
of	O
X	O
,	O
back	O
into	O
the	O
story	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
team	O
wanted	O
to	O
keep	O
it	O
involved	O
in	O
a	O
similar	O
fashion	O
to	O
Sephiroth	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
antagonist	O
of	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
and	O
its	O
companion	B-Application
media	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
X/X	I-Application
-2	I-Application
HD	I-Application
Remaster	I-Application
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
collection	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
and	O
as	O
separate	O
releases	O
of	O
each	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alongside	O
the	O
standard	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
releases	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
a	O
Twin	O
Pack	O
that	O
bundled	O
both	O
games	O
and	O
a	O
Resolution	O
Box	O
collection	O
which	O
additionally	O
contained	O
the	O
handheld	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nojima	O
wrote	O
the	O
tie-in	O
novel	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
X-2.5	O
:	O
Eien	O
no	O
Daishō	O
that	O
bridges	O
the	O
gap	O
between	O
Last	O
Mission	O
and	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
X	O
:	O
Will	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Collector	O
's	O
Edition	O
of	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
exclusively	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
via	O
Square	O
Enix	O
's	O
online	O
store	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
port	O
of	O
the	O
remaster	O
,	O
which	O
supports	O
save	O
transfers	O
from	O
the	B-Operating_System
PS3	I-Operating_System
and	O
Vita	O
versions	O
and	O
remote	B-Device
play	I-Device
on	O
the	O
Vita	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
worldwide	O
on	O
PS4	B-Operating_System
in	O
May	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
on	O
Windows	O
via	O
Steam	B-Application
one	O
year	O
later	O
on	O
May	O
12	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
versions	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
were	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
16	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
the	O
Vita	O
version	O
holds	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
86/100	O
,	O
the	B-Operating_System
PS3	I-Operating_System
version	O
an	O
85/100	O
,	O
the	O
PS4	B-Operating_System
version	O
an	O
84/100	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
an	O
83/100	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
version	O
,	O
Destructoid	O
's	O
Dale	O
North	O
generally	O
praised	O
the	O
upgrade	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
fixed	O
camera	O
had	O
not	O
aged	O
well	O
and	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
smaller	O
,	O
more	O
detailed	O
aspects	O
of	O
environments	O
and	O
models	O
had	O
not	O
received	O
a	O
thorough	O
HD	O
treatment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
found	O
less	O
of	O
these	O
problems	O
in	O
X-2	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
character	O
models	O
in	O
X-2	B-Application
were	O
updated	O
better	O
than	O
those	O
in	O
X	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	B-Operating_System
PS3	I-Operating_System
version	O
,	O
com	O
's	O
Daniel	O
Cairns	O
was	O
highly	O
positive	O
,	O
despite	O
noting	O
some	O
lingering	O
awkward	O
moments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eternal	B-Application
Calm	I-Application
,	O
Last	O
Mission	O
and	O
Will	O
received	O
mixed	O
responses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sullivan	O
did	O
n't	O
enjoy	O
Eternal	B-Application
Calm	I-Application
or	O
Last	O
Mission	O
,	O
while	O
finding	O
Will	O
"	O
incredibly	O
weird	O
and	O
confusing	O
"	O
,	O
recommending	O
players	O
to	O
stay	O
clear	O
of	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wallace	O
called	O
Last	O
Mission	O
"	O
a	O
nice	O
diversion	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
incredibly	O
engaging	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
North	O
noted	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
may	O
not	O
have	O
as	O
much	O
appeal	O
to	O
fans	O
of	O
your	O
typical	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
game	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Opinions	O
for	O
the	O
original	O
gameplay	O
and	O
story	O
remained	O
generally	O
unchanged	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
games	O
:	O
the	O
stories	O
for	O
X	O
and	O
X-2	B-Application
received	O
positive	O
and	O
mixed	O
to	O
positive	O
reviews	O
respectively	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
gameplay	O
was	O
generally	O
praised	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
gameplay	O
features	O
for	O
X	O
and	O
X-2	B-Application
received	O
mixed	O
to	O
positive	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
its	O
first	O
week	O
on	O
sale	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
and	O
Vita	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
sold	O
185,918	O
and	O
149,132	O
copies	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
total	O
sales	O
for	O
PS3	B-Operating_System
and	O
Vita	O
versions	O
in	O
its	O
first	O
week	O
was	O
over	O
339,000	O
copies	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
individual	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
versions	O
of	O
X	O
and	O
X-2	B-Application
sold	O
31,775	O
and	O
16,355	O
copies	O
respectively	O
during	O
their	O
first	O
two	O
weeks	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
the	O
7th	O
best-selling	O
game	O
for	O
PS3	B-Operating_System
and	O
the	O
top-selling	O
title	O
for	O
Vita	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
for	O
the	O
month	O
of	O
February	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
April	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
has	O
sold	O
over	O
584,000	O
copies	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shinji	O
Hashimoto	O
revealed	O
in	O
October	O
2016	O
that	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
X-3	O
is	O
possible	O
but	O
Square	O
Enix	O
is	O
currently	O
busy	O
with	O
other	O
projects	O
and	O
he	O
also	O
confirmed	O
that	O
the	O
audio	O
drama	O
is	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2021	O
,	O
Tetsuya	O
Nomura	O
revealed	O
that	O
a	O
story	O
for	O
the	O
potential	O
sequel	O
has	O
been	O
written	O
by	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
X	O
writer	O
Kazushige	O
Nojima	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
X	O
director	O
Motomu	O
Toriyama	O
similarly	O
expressed	O
interest	O
in	O
returning	O
to	O
the	O
world	O
of	O
Spira	O
and	O
said	O
that	O
it	O
could	O
potentially	O
happen	O
after	O
finishing	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
Remake	I-Application
.	O
</s>
