Hey everyone.

I just beat Final Fantasy X for the first time and i enjoyed it immensely but i found the side quests to be way too hard and almost impossible to complete.

I gave up after hours on the butterfly, chocobo racing, and lightning dodging.
Not to mention trying to get 10 tonberrys.....

Anyways, how close is X-2 to X?
Are the side quests for the good items as tough and troublesome?
Is the sphere system the same?

I like the fact that theres only 3 characters instead of swapping useless characters, imo, like Kimhari and Rikku just so they can gain some AP...

Also, is there summoning in X-2 like in X?
The summons were by far my favorite part of part ten.
The fact that you could control them is beyond awesome.