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While you'd think the energy of these rapidly zooming counters would be inspired by Blitzball, an interview with Senior Game Designer, Daniel Holt reveals that it's actually derived from the aesthetic of the Sphere Grid levelling system

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But when starting the Final Fantasy X deck, the actual theming of counters came from the Sphere Grid experience system used in the game

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A former music journalist who interviewed everyone from Giorgio Moroder to Trent Reznor, Jody also co-hosted Australia's first radio show about videogames, Zed Games