Luca (Final Fantasy X)

Luca is a port at the southern tip of Spira's main continent in Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2. Luca houses Spira's only blitzball stadium, and is the home of the Luca Goers, one of the best teams in the league.

It is the second largest city in Spira, after Bevelle. Due to its location, Luca is a thriving economic hub, trading with the islands of Besaid and Kilika, and even the Al Bhed. It brings in visitors from all over Spira for the blitzball tournaments, and enjoys cultural influence thanks to the sport. Luca is connected to Djose Temple via the Mi'ihen and Djose Highroads.

After leaving Luca, the Save Spheres provide access to the Luca blitzball stadium from almost any location in Spira.

Final Fantasy X
Yuna stops by Luca on her pilgrimage for three reasons: it is the closest mainland port from Kilika; Wakka and the Besaid Aurochs are going to participate in the blitzball tournament; and Tidus, a lost youth who ended up joining her party, may know someone in Luca, being a blitzball player.

After the S.S. Winno docks at the Luca port, the arriving blitzball teams are introduced to the crowds. The local team Luca Goers gets the loudest approval while the commentators berate the Besaid Aurochs as the worst team in the tournament. Tidus nabs himself a megaphone, climbs on a crate and announces the Aurochs will be taking the cup this year, causing an uproar. Tidus is introduced to Grand Maester Mika and the newly ordained Maester, Seymour Guado, who have arrived to watch the tournament. During his speech Seymour notices Yuna within the crowd.

After hearing Auron has been spotted at the city's café, Tidus and Yuna head into the main town in search of him. Kimahri is distracted from his duty as Guardian when he is confronted by two Ronso, Yenke and Biran. In his altercation with them, Yuna is kidnapped by the Al Bhed who demand the Besaid Aurochs forfeit their opening game against the Al Bhed Psyches in exchange for her safe return. Lulu, Tidus and Kimahri cross the docks to rescue Yuna, and are met with Al Bhed machina. After destroying waves of enemies, they reach Dock 4, board an Al Bhed ship, and fight Oblitzerator on the deck. Yuna is rescued and the Besaid Aurochs win the game in the last thirty seconds.

The Aurochs proceed onto the final against the Luca Goers, where Tidus replaces Wakka as he was injured in the last game. In the second half, Tidus leaves the sphere pool and lets Wakka play one last game of blitzball with his team. Fiends invade the stadium and chaos ensues. Wakka and Tidus fight the monsters in the water and Auron appears among the crowd, slaying fiend after fiend. Maester Seymour summons his aeon, Anima, to dispatch the remaining fiends awing the crowd with its power and impressing Yuna.

Tidus is surprised to be reunited with Auron, who asks to be Yuna's guardian, also asking on Tidus's behalf. Yuna is glad to have the two join her on her journey. When the two have a moment together Auron tells Tidus that Sin is Tidus's father, Jecht. Tidus refuses to believe such an apparent impossibility, and soon after Yuna spots him looking depressed. She tells him she also feels sad at times but during those times forces a smile on her face.

Final Fantasy X-2
There is a concert being held in Luca, seemingly by Yuna, who is revealed to be an impostor who has stolen the real Yuna's Garment Grid to take on her appearance and ruin her reputation. Rikku and Paine infiltrate the concert to retrieve Yuna's Garment Grid while Yuna hides away in disguise. Keeping a low profile, Yuna promotes 'her' concert and hands out balloons to people until she hears Rikku say the concert is starting via her communicator. After Rikku and Paine crash the concert, the fake Yuna tries to make a getaway.

In pursuit, the girls lose track of the impostor and are confronted by Logos and Ormi. Relieved to get out of her moogle costume, Yuna joins Rikku and Paine in battle against Logos and Ormi before confronting the fake Yuna, who returns Yuna's Garment Grid and reveals herself to be Leblanc, leader of a rival sphere hunting group, the Leblanc Syndicate. After battling Leblanc, she and her two goons make a hasty retreat while Yuna is overcome by a strange emotion from her Songstress dressphere.

Later Yuna participates in a TV interview with Shelinda, participates in a Sphere Break tournament, and joins a new blitzball team. She also follows a moogle that only she can see that leads her to remember the moments she had with Tidus in Luca two years ago.

Locations

 * Blitzball Stadium
 * Luca Cafe and Bar
 * Luca Streets
 * Luca Theater
 * Luca Harbor - Docks 1 - 5

Luca Stadium - Main Gate

 * Before airship
 * After airship

Luca Square Shop

 * Before airship
 * After airship

Behind the Scenes

 * Note: This is not a compulsory mission, thus is not required to complete the game.

''Retrace Yuna's steps during her impostor's concert in Luca. The truth is out there. Find it!''
 * Objective: Learn the whole story behind the concert.
 * Unlock: Becomes available when the party returns to the Celsius after "Outrun the Leblanc Syndicate!"
 * Reward: Healing Wind Garment Grid.

Follow that Moogle

 * Note: This is not a compulsory mission, thus is not required to complete the game.

''There's a floating, fluffy, flying moogle. What more do you need to know? Chase after it!''
 * Objective: Catch the moogle?
 * Unlock: Becomes available at the beginning of Chapter Five.
 * Reward: Episode Complete

Final Fantasy X

 * Al Bhed Primer vol. VI
 * Hi-Potion x2
 * 600 gil
 * Tidal Spear
 * Phoenix Down x2 (Dock 2, appears after scene of Maester Mika's arrival)
 * Magic Sphere
 * HP Sphere
 * Al Bhed Primer vol. VII
 * 1,000 gil
 * Strength Sphere (defeat Luca Goers in storyline match)
 * Jupiter Crest (inside locker in Aurochs' locker room, after entering Mi'ihen Highroad)
 * Jupiter Sigil (blitzball prize in League, must win all three of Wakka's Overdrives in previous competitions)
 * Jecht's Sphere (in hallway outside Aurochs' locker room, after defeating Spherimorph)
 * World Champion (from bartender in Bar, must come at least third in a blitzball tournament, or win 100 blitzball games, Celestial Mirror required)

Final Fantasy X-2

 * Chapter 1
 * Lunar Curtain x2
 * Thunder Spawn Garment Grid
 * Chapter 2
 * Light Curtain x2
 * Covetous Garment Grid (from Shelinda after interview)
 * Chapter 3
 * Lunar Curtain x3
 * Chapter 5
 * Light Curtain x3

Final Fantasy X

 * Worker x2 (Boss)
 * Worker x2 (Boss)
 * Worker x6 (Boss) (fought all in a row)
 * Oblitzerator, Crane (Boss)
 * Sahagin Chief x17 (Boss) (fought all in a row)
 * Vouivre (Boss)
 * Garuda (Boss)

Note: The random encounters are available after defeating the Workers (Boss) in Dock 4, and leave the screen. They will no longer be available after defeating Oblitzerator.


 * Dock 2, 3 and 4
 * Worker x2

Final Fantasy X-2
In Chapter 1:
 * ????, Goon x2 (Boss)
 * Goon x2
 * Goon x2, She-Goon x2
 * Logos, Ormi (Boss)
 * Leblanc (Boss)

Sphere Theater
At the Sphere Theater, various spheres are available that, when purchased, can be listened to or viewed at the theater's main hall. Music spheres provide most of the background music in their respective games, including selections not available on soundtrack releases.

Movie spheres allow for reviewing full-motion videos, pre-rendered scenes from their respective games, though subtitles are not available for the theater. Generally, the player must have encountered a given song or video before its sphere is available for purchase.

Final Fantasy X
Music and movie spheres can only be purchased in their listed order. Buying every sphere in the theater in the Final Fantasy X HD Remaster version earns the Theater Enthusiast trophy.

Music spheres
Music Spheres are 2000 gil each. After purchasing #M01—M68, #M69—M71 are available exclusively as a 40,000 gil "Special Music Sphere Set".

Movie spheres
Movie spheres are 5000 gil each. While subtitles are not available, vibration is fully functional. All movies' music starts at their tops, so scenes that began in the middle of a song during gameplay will not begin in that same part of the track in the theater. Additionally, real-time elements will not be rendered in the theater (especially noticeable in "Otherworld").

Final Fantasy X-2
Music and movie spheres can be purchased out of order (though they are automatically ordered when selecting them for listening/viewing), though some are only available in a New Game Plus.

Music spheres
Music spheres are 1000 gil each.

Movie spheres
Movie spheres are 2000 gil each.


 * real Emotion
 * The Gullwings Swoop into Action!
 * Side Effects
 * Yuna's Dream
 * The Colossus
 * In the Farplane Glen
 * 1000 Words
 * Vegnagun
 * Reunion
 * "See you next time, kiddies!"
 * Nightmare in the Den

Musical themes
The predominant musical theme in Luca is called "Luca". "Grand Maester Mika" plays when Maester Mika appears in Luca. "Decision On The Dock" is played when the party is pursuing the Al Bhed. "The Splendid Performance" is played just before the blitzball final.

The theme from Final Fantasy IX known as "Queen Brahne Appears - The Play Begins" can be heard in the FMV when the player first arrives in Luca, as the camera pans down one of the streets. Just before this, "Rufus' Welcoming Ceremony" from Final Fantasy VII can be heard.

In Final Fantasy X-2, Luca has a different theme, though it is still called "Luca".

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call
The Luca concert stage appears in a Battle Music Sequence.

Final Fantasy Record Keeper
The Besaid Aurochs have arrived in Luca for a blitzball tournament. As they wait for their match to begin, Yuna is kidnapped by the Al Bhed.

Gallery

 * Final Fantasy X Artworks

Final Fantasy X

 * Numerous areas of Luca have of words in Spiran script written on the backgrounds. The blitzball stadium has logos that spell "NK Travels" and "BBC" (possible in-game blitzball sponsor and TV network), the Luca theater has signs that spell "Gilventure" (it may have been initially intended to be an auction house, as the flags on either side of the causeway leading towards the sphere theater say "auction hall"), and the bar where Auron is thought to be has a menu with a list of items in Spiran script, including whiskey, beer, wine, cocktail and nuts.
 * When in Luca the first time Yuna tells Tidus she heard Auron is in a cafe and they set out to look for him. There is a location in Luca Square labelled "Cafe" in Spiran script, however the player can only enter the establishment with the sign that reads "Bar". Tidus and Yuna didn't find Auron because they looked in the wrong place.
 * Approaching dock number 4, a dolphin can be seen swimming in the sea.
 * In the blitzball final against the Luca Goers, Tidus is usually switched out for Wakka at the 3 minute mark in the second half, however, if one allows the Luca Goers to score a goal and the player subsequently scores a further two goals (both in second half) before this point, Tidus will encourage the crowd to cheer and the commentator will be amazed at the Aurochs' comeback. Whatever time is left at this point is ignored and the scene where the crowd cheer for Wakka will play.
 * Seymour brings two Guado bodyguards and before the tournament they are with Mika’s entourage next to the ship from Bevelle. The bodyguards disappear from their post during the tournament, and don't return. Later it is shown Guado can summon fiends out of pyreflies. Luca Stadium is swarmed by fiends during the tournament, and it is implied it was orchestrated by Seymour to show his power as a summoner and garner goodwill by saving the people at the stadium. When Seymour is seen again at the north end of Mi'ihen Highroad, his bodyguards are with him.

Final Fantasy X-2

 * Though the dialogue prompt reads "sphere theater", the location name in the main menu is given as "Theatre".
 * Blitzball Stadium serves as the final scene location for both Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2.
 * Despite the fall of Yevon, the banners around the Luca dock still sport the symbol of Yu Yevon.

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