Wakka

Wakka is a minor character in the Kingdom Hearts series, originally from Final Fantasy X. Wakka is 15 years old at the beginning of Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories.

Kingdom Hearts
''A boy who lived on the Destiny Islands. He looks out for Tidus and Selphie like a big brother. Nobody knows what happened to him after his island disappeared.''

"Final Fantasy X"

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
A boy from Sora's islands.

Despite being the oldest, Wakka is modest and takes good care of his friends.

Kingdom Hearts
Wakka is a resident of the Destiny Islands and a friend of Sora, Kairi, and Riku. He spends a lot of time with Tidus and Selphie, and treats them just as a big brother would. He and Tidus expressed their curiosity over the Secret Place, and were thinking of exploring it.

Like Selphie and Tidus, Wakka appears in Sora's Dive to the Heart on the Destiny Islands area. His question, "What do you want outta life?" also helps determine the leveling pace throughout the rest of the game. Sora can answer with either A) to see rare sights, B) to broaden my horizons, or C) to be strong.

He can be fought while on Destiny Islands. He uses his Blitzball to attack as he did in Final Fantasy X (thus requiring the player to deflect Wakka's Blitzball back at him), but this one lacking the bumps and Spiran script for the word "blitzball" of the original Blitzball. Nevertheless, this makes him, out of all the Destiny Islands and Twilight Town Final Fantasy characters, the only one to use the exact same weapon as his original incarnation.

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories


A memory-based version of Wakka appears in Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories inside the Destiny Islands simulation in Castle Oblivion. In the ending credits of Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories, the real Wakka is shown playing with Selphie and Tidus on a beach while Kairi is facing the Small Island.

Kingdom Hearts II
Wakka makes no appearance in Kingdom Hearts II, just as Tidus doesn't. The two are only briefly mentioned by Selphie when she is talking to Kairi early on in the game, described as being "wrapped up in their ball game." (a reference to Blitzball from Final Fantasy X)

Kingdom Hearts coded
Wakka makes his third appearance in Kingdom Hearts coded, this time as a data version of himself, appearing on Destiny Islands, alongside Tidus and Selphie. He appears on Destiny Islands talking to Sora.

Battle Skills
Like in Final Fantasy X, Wakka fights by throwing blitzball.

On Destiny Islands, he practices fighting skills with Sora as a way for the player to improve his level. During this battle, if Sora can manage to block one of Wakka's attacks via hitting the ball back at him, it earns him one to two tech points. After defeating Tidus, Selphie and Wakka as individuals, Sora is able to fight against them all at the same time.

Trivia

 * Like in Final Fantasy X, Wakka has a very strong accent.
 * Originally, Wakka was not intended to be in Kingdom Hearts, his role was supposed to be filled by Irvine Kinneas of Final Fantasy VIII, who would strangely be more out of place in the Destiny Islands than Wakka, but probably because of his relationship with Selphie.
 * The X shaped straps on Wakka's pants may be a reference to the game he originated from, FFX.
 * A character strongly resembling Wakka (except with black hair and slightly different clothes) appears in Agrabah after Jafar is defeated.
 * Like Selphie and Tidus, Wakka's battle stance and basic attack are based off his Final Fantasy X appearance. Also, his attack where he yells "Take this!" is based off his Overdrive Status Reel.