I risk crucifixion for saying this, but that's a problem because...?

...because Ehrgeiz ranged from flawed to terrible in every concievable way, shape, or form?

ROCKET SCIENCE

New trailer:
Gametrailers.com - Dissidia: Final Fantasy - Japanese Trailer 2

I have to say that it look far more interesting than I expected.

Loved Ultimecia <3

The gameplay seem pretty good. I just wonder how it will play and how we'll be able to do all those fancy moves.

I see how this is purely fan service, but it doesn't look really bad to me ;)

That trailer had the gimmick of having real-time gameplay, but I remember about ten seconds of it. I hope to God it's not Kingdom Hearts styled, which would be pretty inexcusable for a fighting game.

I also find it very strange that the game has a story of sorts. At least, from the looks of it. It has to be pretty lame, comparable to all of those crossover fanfics from '98. At least it seems that Square Enix has completely forgotten it made IV-VI. I'd rather not see Celes in this or anything.

You'll be disappointed to know that both Kefka and Cloud of Darkness show up in the villain art I guess then. It's pretty likely to have Terra VS Kefka for it's FF6 characters and I guess Luneth and Cloud of Darkness for FF3. The idea as far as I've read is 2 characters per game for 1~10 -- total of 20 characters.

And more Sephiroth flame entrance. They'll never stop using that I guess. The only part I did like was where Squall is fending off Sephiroth in the last few seconds of the trailer.

[21:27:28] <Q-chan> man, Dissidia is like a Kingdom Hearts raped Final Fantasy Smash Brothers, but I sadly must admit my not so inner nerd felt a tingle when you saw the 3D characters strike a pose and you notice they look IDENTICAL to the piece of Amano artwork they're mirroring

[21:27:32] <Q-chan> and that was awesome
[21:27:40] <Q-chan> so I may just have to play the game for more of those

[21:28:53] <a_worker> the only way Dissidia would be worth a purchase is if they also threw the recurring mid-bosses in.
[21:29:02] <a_worker> Because it would be bitchin' if you could play as Ultros.
[21:29:04] <a_worker> Don't know how you'd do it
[21:29:07] <a_worker> but it'd be bitchin'.

[21:29:17] <Q-chan> oh lawd
[21:29:55] <Q-chan> and if the FF6 characters did that surprised look pose
[21:30:08] <a_worker> <3 surprised look pose
[21:30:16] <Q-chan> =D


I'm probably not touching it before an undub surfaces, though.

Haha, for serious.

"NANI?!?"

"NGH"

Kudos Square for yet again raising the bar for stimulating video game dialog!

So its Dissidia: The Final Fantasy Neo EX Gamma Version "ATB Fusion Enhanced" Ensemble Fighter II: Championship Limited Ω Edition [Final Mix Portable +]?

Well, maybe it won't be half bad.
Ultimecia looked spiffy

They really tried to highlight Tidus in the trailer but all it really shows is how the clothing of each generation of FF heroes seem to decline.
I wonder how tired these animators are getting by recreating the fire entrance for sephiroth. They didn't even try in crisis core, all they did was recycle it from advent children.
I'm still awaiting for Capcom vs Square....ENIX! *Overly exaggerated arcade voice*

Talk about a fucking sausage fest.

New interview on Dengeki

Forever Fantasy - Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts 3 & 2 - Dissidia: Final Fantasy Interview

THIS quote got me:


The hell? They have a longer script on a Smash Bros knock off than a prequel from their top popular RPG? Am I missing something here?

And the trailer was nice overall. Alot of cliche sounding dialogue aside, Squall VS Sephiroth is cool, something that even KH2 didn't bring in.

Yeah. That they both sort of suck.

So they're trying to include 2 characters from each of the two games. You know, I get the feeling they might leave Cloud out and put Zack in as the other character for VII.

If the fans get pissed, oh well. Ehrgeiz can satisfy them for a while longer since it had six characters from VII to choose from. Of course, the developers just might include both guys seeing how it's "the greatest game evar!"

I'm willing to bet real money that Cloud and Zack are different costumes for the same character in an Eddy/Tiger fashion.

The majority of Final Fantasy characters in a fighting game could be mere palette swaps and nobody would suspect a thing.

Maybe they should have got Capcom to design it then. :tpg:

Tifa mysteriously loses a cup size and gains thunder thighs?

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Speaking of Final Fantasy Female Fighters: Aside from a villain, all the fighters so far have been male (Or as lurker said, its a sausage fest) for some unknown reason.

Perhaps its Twenty Males and Twenty Females? So 4 from each title? ... and they just decided to use the females for Fanservice marketing closer to the launch date as to garner additional interest?

Heh, 40 fighters would be overkill. Honestly, as far as the VIII characters go they should've put in Seifer instead of Ultimecia. Sure it would've been a complete sausage fest at that point, but I just think Squall vs. Seifer would've made more sense.

You want to know why they're not putting any female characters in this game? They're saving them up for Final Fantasy Xtreme Beach Volleyball. C'mon, you'd know that would sell.

spoiler: hidden Ultimecia bikini costume.

WIN AND GOLD.

News from Square's DK£3713 Party

Final Fantasy Dissidia

- Is set for a 2008 December release.
- Will have a bundled version, however unknown as to what will be in the bundle.
- Will have a POTION set for it.
- Kefka and Sephiroth make their first in-game appearance.

DK£3713 Coverage - KH-Vids.Net Forum

Edge Online has a preview of Dissidia up, which offers a slightly clearer explanation of the fighting system than I'd seen elsewhere:

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here's a gameplay video between Onion Knight and Cloud of Darkness from FFIII that show a little more what OmagnusPrime explained

Gametrailers.com - Dissidia: Final Fantasy - DKS3713: Battle Gameplay

I have to say that it look better than I expected ^^

There's so many new FFVII shit going on now since the release of AC
This just proves they're over doing it
But all in all, looks great, I'm not much of a PSP player, but I do love a good FF game, hopefully this one provides for a good christmas if it's going to be released around then

Wow, a clear gameplay video for once, nice.

So far I like the combat, it looks better than what I have expected as well, I particularly like the part where he gets into some uber overdrive attack and we can select a move FF menu style. Makes me wonder what the other characters will sport in their special attacks and how will each of them be executed.

It's also nice that they haven't done the typical thing of showing off Cloud VS Septhiroth again, and instead highlight the old classic characters first in their first gameplay video.