For the past couple of days, Square Enix seems to have been rolling out quite a lot of details for Dissidia: FInal Fantasy. Unfortunately for some people - myself included - these details aren't enough. This has led to a lot of online discussions, most of which seem to revolve around speculations (and of course, wish lists) of the final character roster - just like what happened to Brawl.
Well, both Brawl and Dissidia are cross-over games, anyways, and fan-wankery over who makes it into the game is a common trend. While Super Smash Bros. Brawl had characters from pretty much any Nintendo franchise (and a few other third-party characters), Dissidia: Final Fantasy will be celebrating 20 years' worth of Final Fantasy characters and putting them all into what's looking like one kickass game for the PSP.
Now, details about the game are quite few and far between, and it's only recently that we got our hands on quite a batch of them. So, before all hell breaks loose, and details start spamming us all over again (during E3, perhaps?), let's take pause for a moment and have a little recap.
What do we know so far? What don't we know so far? What are we sure of will happen in the game, and what are we sure of most definitely will not happen in the game? Confirmed details, rumors, mindless online blather? These are just some of the questions to be answered today.
I'll be taking you on a special trip down Final Fantasy alley and basically dump on you all the little cool stuff I've found out over the Internets - including some rare tidbits of info that never made it to the humble reaches of our very own QJ.NET blogs.
Officially official. So will we really get Cloud Strife in Dissidia? What about the characters from FF3 through 6? Well now, just to give you a recap of sorts, after all of the trailers, interviews, and scans, here are the characters officially confirmed to be in Dissidia:- FF: Warrior of Light - Garland
- FFII: Frioniel - Emperor Palamecia
- FFVII: Sephiroth (not in picture)
- FFVIII: Squall Leonheart - Ultimecia
- FFIX: Zidane Tribal - Kuja
- FFX: Tidus - Jecht
- The character roster wasn't decided upon based on pure whim. The developers have chosen a set of characters from the Final Fantasy series with a story in mind.
- The heroes and anti-heroes in the game should have a strong connection (this is why they chose a Tidus-Jecht tandem over a Tidus-Seymour), which, though only partly covered in their specific game, will be expounded on and given more depth in Dissidia.
- Tetsuya Nomura has also confirmed 20 characters. Unfortunately, this number doesn't distinguish whether or not it's the default total of playable characters or the final roster of playable characters after maybe unlocking some of them. Much to say, Nomura hasn't even clarfied if the 20 characters are playable to begin with.
What's the story, morning glory? Some of you may now start to ask... "Wait! What is the story in Dissidia anyway?" The entire plot, of course, hasn't been revealed yet - and dammit, I will not go so far as to spoil myself of an ending. But the main arc for the game has already been dropped by the recent Japanese trailer and the latest update of Dissidia's official website.
I've included an embed of the the Dissidia trailer below, just to refresh your memory. If you follow the video back to its YouTube page, you can actually watch it with English subs, care of Forever Fantasy: