Final Fantasy X/Luca

Luca's one of the biggest cities in Spira, so obviously there's a lot to do here.

Meeting Maester Mika
After watching the handful of scenes and seeing Tidus make a fool of himself, follow the red blinking arrow around to the next dock. Move towards the actual dock section and you'll be introduced to Maester Mika and Maester Seymour. Afterwards you'll be prompted to save your game again - do so, unless you feel like sitting through those chain of events again and again if you lose the Blitzball matches that are coming up.

You'll then be in the Besaid Aurochs' locker room. Wakka will enter a short time afterwards and tell you that's you're up against the Al Bhed Psyches first, and since you were seeded, you only have to win one more game after that to win the tournament! Now you'll get the game's Blitzball tutorial, but since this is quite long you can skip all of it if you're familiar. It'd be wise not to if this is your first time through, though. Yuna will enter after, and you'll leave to follow her. Head down the steps and save your game again if you want, then head right (ignore the blinking red arrow for now).

Finding Sir Auron
Go as far as you can along the Number 5 dock until you're facing a set of metal crates. If you look to the left and on your map there's a gap to your right - go through and you'll find yourself in a hidden area with two chests containing a Magic Sphere (creates a Magic +4 node on the Sphere Grid) and a HP Sphere (creates a HP +300 node on the Sphere Grid). Now go back and up (the opposite way from the red arrow). Go around the next dock in this manner, since there's nothing in it. When you get to the Yevon ship, begin to follow the red arrow again.

You'll arrive back at the dock with the S.S. Winno - along the dock a short way is a chest containing 2 Phoenix Downs. In the next dock around, you'll find O'aka again - lend him some more Gil (101 is enough, but feel free to lend him however much you want). He also actually has stuff to sell now - his equipment is half decent but the chances are it's going to be a little too expensive for you - you'll have about 5000 Gil and everything costs at least 1100. It's a good idea to refrain from buying the Stunning Steel for Tidus because 3000 Gil isn't worth it. Some items are a good idea to buy, though - especially Anyway, check along this dock to find two chests, one containing 600 Gil and the other containing a Tidal Spear for Kimahri.

Now simply follow the arrow. If you head back a short way after you catch up with Yuna you can head on up to Luca Theatre (there's an Al Bhed Primer in here too), otherwise just follow the arrow. You can pick up some more goodies if you go right instead of straight into the cafe, as well as meet Luzzu and Gatta again. Follow the arrow as you did before and you'll enter the cafe, and find that there is no Auron in sight. Who would have thought it? A bar brawl in a Final Fantasy game? Kimahri participating?

Anyway, you'll be in Luca Stadium afterwards, watching the Blitzball arena being set up, Mika's official starting speech, and the Aurochs swimming out into the sphere pool. Oh dear, Yuna's been kidnapped! Anyway, Lulu's told you everything you need to know, so follow the red arrow to the Al Bhed boat. You'll come up against a pair of Al Bhed Worker machina - they aren't too difficult. Physical attacks from Kimahri and Tidus and Lulu's Thunder will destroy them pretty quickly. Move through the next dock and you'll be confronted by another pair of Worker machina - the same tactics apply. In the next dock you'll have to fight three pairs of Al Bhed machina, so to speed things up have Tidus cast Haste on Lulu. After this battle, you'll see Wakka in the sphere pool again, and get an opportunity to save using the Save Sphere. Make sure you do, there's a boss coming up.

Approach the ship and you'll jump on it. What's that?! That's a little bigger than a Worker machina....

Boss Battle: Oblitzerator
Tidus will mention at the start of this battle that there's a crane you can use. His trigger command is "Use crane" so to start off the battle, do so. It won't work. Lulu will comment on it being out of power. Hint anyone? If you attempt to use it three times then Tidus will basically tell you what you have to do - use Thunder on it three times to power it back up. This is the easy way of fighting this battle - there's a harder one.

The Oblitzerator's main attack is Blitzball Rush, which is 8 or so random hits on your part for about 35 damage apiece. It's weak to thunder, but it'll counter magic with Mute Ball which inflicts 100 damage and Silence, and it'll counter physical attacks with Blind Ball which inflicts 100 damage and Darkness. Soon you'll realise that your entire party can't do anything. Before this happens, just use Thunder on the crane three times and then have Tidus use his trigger command again. The crane will hover over the Oblitzerator, then...wrench it in half. This will deal a little over 90% of its remaining health to it, and now it can't attack you or counter anything. Finish it off to save Yuna! After you properly regain control of Tidus just follow the red arrow back to the Aurochs locker room.