Final Fantasy Dissidia 012

[Zylos]

Super necrobump to put out the news that Dissidia is now getting a sequel called Dissidia 012. The entire cast from the original Dissidia will be returning, along with some newer recruits. The only confirmed ones so far are Lightning from FFXIII, Kain Highwind from FFIV, and Tifa Lockhart from FFVII. The character designer has also hinted that he may be including Gilgamesh from FFV and Sazh Katzroy from FFXIII. Can't find too much information yet, but it sounds like more fan service is in the works for sometime next Spring.

[Tezuka]

Sazh Katzroy from FFXIII.

YES

[Zylos]

Personally I wanna see Seymour and Seifer get in there. Then again, I've not played FFXIII yet to see what characters there are for it.

[Kokowam]

I'm looking forward to this 8D Hopefully they'll balance out the battle system a bit more so it's more than just "break them until you get 9999 and go for the HP attack" and add some more depth to the game. It'd be so much more fun that way D8

[IAMFORTE]

I hope they add Zack from crisis core 

[joy]

Basch...it needs Basch

[cozziekuns]

Terra needs to be better in this game. Way better.

[Zylos]

I hope they add Zack from crisis core 

No. Square-Enix is already tempted to throw in all of the FF7 characters as is. <.<

[Kokowam]

Terra needs to be better in this game. Way better.

Pfft might as well put Terranort in the game, too, and save the graphics artists some time - Just recolour him 8D

[Esmeralda]

I just wanna see Beatrix in. Not really hyped for the sequel since I hear they're complaining about space issues on the PSP again. Cut out those fucking useless cutscenes that nobody watches and add in another character or two. Also, in celebration of the coming release of The 3rd Birthday they gave Lightning an Aya Brea costume (In T3B they gave Aya a Lightning costume). Cross-promotion yay

[Zylos]

Two more confirmed characters: Vaan (FFXII), and Laguna (FFVIII).

Gotta say though, I'm not happy with how they're selecting characters to put in. In the original Dissidia, it was the main hero from each game and their main villain counterparts. It was pretty much unbiased, with the exception of adding Jecht in over Seymour. With 012 though, it feels like they're just putting in their favorite characters now. Perhaps its just me, but Seifer would have made a much better choice than Laguna, due to not only having a bigger role in the story, but having a more understandable battle set-up compared to Laguna's machine gun. They also openly stated that they wouldn't even make the game if they couldn't add in Tifa (and we all know why Square Enix loves her), and are adding in extra characters before even deciding on the villain counterparts for FFXI or FFXIII. They were considering dropping Vaan altogether originally, due to voice actor issues.

Willing to bet right now that Auron from FFX gets added in because of how popular he is for Square.

[heisenman]

It was pretty much unbiased, with the exception of adding Jecht in over Seymour

I think they ditched Seymour because he was more of Yuna rival, while Jecht is more connected to Tidus.
And as much as I prefer Laguna as character, Seifer, or even Rinoa would make more sense.
I'm pretty neutral about Tifa. I like her, but dunno, I always saw her as someone who's tagging along with Cloud.


I don't know if they're gonna add Auron or Yuna, they're both pretty popular.

[Zylos]

It was pretty much unbiased, with the exception of adding Jecht in over Seymour

I think they ditched Seymour because he was more of Yuna rival, while Jecht is more connected to Tidus.
And as much as I prefer Laguna as character, Seifer, or even Rinoa would make more sense.
I'm pretty neutral about Tifa. I like her, but dunno, I always saw her as someone who's tagging along with Cloud.


I don't know if they're gonna add Auron or Yuna, they're both pretty popular.

Oh, I understand why they added in Jecht. They needed someone connected to Tidus, and it made more sense to use his father over Seymour since the latter was more connected to Yuna than Tidus. Seymour just feels more prominent of a villain and comes first to mind when you think of antagonists in the game. Kinda like Golbez with FFIV, since he's technically not the main villain of the game but certainly takes the spotlight as the most prominent villain.

But seriously, now they're just going with their favorites and doing the "Oh, we gotta throw this guy in, everyone will looooooove him!" routine.

[Arrow]

Square is horrible for that. No really, it's disgusting. I hate that they ate up Enix, I LOVED Enix games before Square consumed them and I'm still terribly bitter about it.

WHERE ARE THE REMAKES OF THE SOULBLAZER TRILOGY, HUH? WHATEVER HAPPENED TO GAMES LIKE BRAINLORD?

Anyhow I'm done. But I'm just saying I'm not remotely surprised at this turn of events.

[Zylos]

More characters! Yuna from FFX, Prishe from FFXI (who?), and finally... GILGAMESH! ...from FFV. Finally a new villain!

The new gameplay seems pretty interesting though. Instead of a "game board" story mode, it's an actual world map and stuff. Not sure how it works yet, but it sounds more like an actual Final Fantasy feel this time. In addition to the summons from last time, there's also a new Assist system where whoever's with you at the time chips in briefly to help you in the fight. The demo shows aeris using a move that momentarily halts the opponent's movement.

They're throwing in a lot of new arena's and music tracks, too. Prima Vista from IX, Phantom Train from VI, the Crystal Tower from III... pretty cool stuff.

[tSwitch]

Prishe

[Grafikal]

Prima Vista from IX

yesssssss

[Zylos]

I don't know how they're gonna make everything fit on one UMD though. They had space issues last time, and now they're practically doubling the content.

[Holkeye]

Are you sure its a UMD release?

[Moss.]

I just now realized that this is MY thread, but someone changed the title. :p

[Kokowam]

It comes out this month

[IAMFORTE]

I tried out the japanese version's demo, it feels...really fast? Lightning happens to be a beast, shes kinda broken.

[Kokowam]

I'm going to wait for the US version. They made balance patches from the JP to US version in the original Dissidia, and I expect it to happen for 012 as well. And Lightning being a beast is probably just for now, if anything. If not, then she'll probably get patched lol

[Kokowam]

COMES OUT IN 11 MINUTES LOL. Well, just starting tomorrow.

[Zylos]

Want. ;-;