Wakka

Wakka is a playable character in the Square-Enix video game Final Fantasy X, characterized by a long red-orange quiff and a Besaid Island accent (the real-world equivalent would be a Caribbean accent) that makes him call Tidus "brudda" and finish his sentences with "ya?"

In addition to being one of the summoner Yuna's guardians, Wakka is also a professional blitzball player and coach of the perpetually losing Besaid Aurochs. He uses blitzballs as his weapons in battle, making him the only character who can reliably hit flying monsters with physical attacks. His abilities (which are comparable to the generic charater class of archer) give the party accuracy boosts and also inflict negative statii (blindness, silence and poison) on the enemy.

Wakka takes an immediate liking to Tidus, due both to Tidus' blitzball prowess and to Tidus' resemblance to Wakka's deceased brother, Chappu. Wakka is one of the first people to befriend Tidus upon his arrival in Spira. Chappu is a fairly prominent figure in Wakka's history; he was engaged to Wakka's good friend and fellow Guardian Lulu before he left to join the Crusaders (a corps of soldiers dedicated to defeating Sin); he was killed in battle. Chappu was using a machina weapon provided by the Al Bhed, and for this reason Wakka's religious distate of the Al Bhed hardened into a more personal vendetta.

"Wakka" is Ainu for "water". Considering Wakka's affinity for water and water sports, the name makes sense.

Wakka's hatred of the Al Bhed is, of course, eventually nullified, and he takes to their airship with few misgivings. He also fights unquestioningly in defense of the Al Bhed's only city deep in the Bikanel Desert, a place known only as Home.

Wakka and Tidus develop a sort of brother-like relationship over the course of the game, which at first angers Lulu; however, Lulu eventually sees Tidus in a new light too, and begins to relate to him as a brother as well. Wakka and Lulu, for their part, develop a relationship of their own, and in Final Fantasy X-2 Wakka stresses over the responsibilities of being the father of Lulu's fast-approaching baby. He eventually names his new son Vidina—which is, interestingly enough, the Al Bhed word for future.

Wakka also appeared as a non-playable character in the series Kingdom Hearts; he was made 10 years younger.