BODY: Twenty-five years after Tidus first washed up in Spira, Square Enix is throwing a museum-scale celebration for one of the PlayStation 2's defining RPGs — and the first thing fans are reaching for isn't a soundtrack or an art book. It's a cushion shaped like a Blitzball.
The "FINAL FANTASY X MUSEUM -Memories of Pyreflies-" is scheduled to open September 12, and organizers have now released both ticketing and goods information. The exhibition promises a retrospective journey through the 2001 classic, whose emotional story, voiced cutscenes, and the underwater sport of Blitzball made it a generational touchstone.
Merch is where the announcement gets fun. Alongside the standout Blitzball cushion — a soft, spherical nod to the game's signature sport — the lineup leans into the memorabilia that longtime fans crave: items themed around Spira, its summoners, and the pyreflies (幻光) that give the exhibition its poetic subtitle. Expect the usual museum-shop staples elevated with FFX iconography, timed to the anniversary.
Tickets are being sold for the limited run, following the increasingly common Japanese model of dated, reserved-entry exhibitions rather than open-ended museum access. Fans planning a visit will want to secure slots early, as these Square Enix anniversary events tend to sell through peak weekends fast.
The insider take
Anniversary "museums" like this have become a fixture of the Tokyo pop-culture calendar — pop-up exhibitions that blend nostalgia, photo spots, and a merch counter engineered to move product. What's telling here is the Blitzball cushion leading the reveal: it signals that Square Enix knows FFX's cultural weight rests as much on its quirky sports minigame and its cast as on its combat. For overseas fans, these events are frustratingly hard to reach, but the goods almost always resurface on secondary markets and, increasingly, in official online stores — so keep an eye out even if a Tokyo trip isn't in the cards.
Originally reported by GAME Watch (Japanese).