Dissidia Duodecim Announced

[Cain Highwind]

No scans yet, Japanese Jump magazine where this info is from just came out. Hopefully, we can get some scans/info later tonight maybe tomorrow.

Lightning and my namesake confirmed playable.

EDIT: Found the scan:
http://www.imagebam.com/image/0f351396810137

[SuperSabin]

Is this the long awaited sequel? and that is very good to hear that Kain and Lightning are going to appear in the game.

Will there be any more characters from the FF games joining in? If so, I hope to see at least Cyan or Sabin in there.

[Cain Highwind]

^I would hope so. Still need to play the first one myself ^^;;;

Still I respect any game that gives classic FF characters their due.

First post updated with scan.

[SuperSabin]

*looks at scan* Lookin pretty good there! My concern for the rest of the game is how the story will turn out and what kind of stages will we be fighting on this time?

I'm sure we'll find out as more is revealed.

[Fate]

I will squeal and die happy for Hope... >||< Highly unprobably, though. ;; But God, at least let Jihl, the poor villain with so little attention, be the FFXIII villain and not Yaag(?)/Barthandelus.

[Dodie16]

Two things I really want to see in the sequel:

1.) I want to see Basch and Auron as playable characters, though we'll probably get Balthier and Yuna. However, Basch very well could make it in because of his ties with Gabranth. Here's hoping!

2.) TAG TEAM!

That would be a pretty sweet addition to gameplay.

[ZantetsukeN]

Here's hoping Balthier, Freya and Seifer are in it. I was quite surprised that Seifer was omitted from Dissidia (although Ultimecia makes sense), so I would love him to be in it.

I wouldn't be suprised if Zack was in it too.

I'm all excited now!

2.) TAG TEAM!

I would love this! Hopefully with a name like Duodecim, this will happen.

I also read somewhere one time that they were considering Kingdom Hearts characters. I will try to find a source, but it was probably nonsense. I'm not too fond of the idea, but would accept it if it happened.

EDIT*: ^Was nonsense

[SuperSabin]

i think its kinda obvious it will have tag team, why else would Duo be in the title? Weren't there plans for KH characters to appear in this title? ...I seem to remember reading that somewhere.

[Dodie16]

From all the sources I've looked up "duodecim" means 12 in Latin, so....that's a reason that "Duo" is in the title.

[ZantetsukeN]

i think its kinda obvious it will have tag team, why else would Duo be in the title? Weren't there plans for KH characters to appear in this title? ...I seem to remember reading that somewhere.

Yeah, I heard that. Tried to find the source earlier, but it turns out it was all rumours. They were shot down by Nomura himself.

[Xanatos]

Thats fake, that word could mean anything if you looked it up online. I believe there will be tag team, don't care if its a shot down rumor. Its all hush hush right now so thats why any rumor is being denied.

Fake? Sabin, duodecim actually means 12 on Latin, check it for yourself if you don't believe Dodie...

Which might mean that Square will include 12 games from the main series, I - XIII, without XI solely for being an online game. I only wish for bigger character roster which sequel will definitely have. I'm also not fond of though that there might be a Kingdom Hearts character, stick to Final Fantasy Square, will ya.

[Zargabaath]

I wouldn't want that big of a roster. To be honest, it would be nice if they just had new heroes and villians from FF-FFX, FFXII, & FFXIII. I would want new members to offer some diversity from the game. The problem with having such a large cast is making sure each character is unique which I found SE did a good job in Dissidia.

Just thinking about it, Barthandelus could be similiar to Ex-Death. In FFXIII, he teleports, creates shields, and is very adverse in magic - Ex-Death, but instead of being a tree, Barthandelus is a mechanical "demi-god" being.

Plus, wouldn't seeing Quina eat its opponents be the funniest thing?

It's some good news to hear as I'll be getting the game; I hope it has a good roster with mostly new faces. If they carried over most of the original cast from Dissidia would they not change their moves? Which is why I would prefer new characters; there may be similarities but there wouldn't be the problem of having some characters being too close to each other in fighting style.

[Heartless Angel]

I can die happy knowing a sequel is coming. Of course I'd rather wait until after release if I can manage to hang on that long... but I can die happy with just the knowledge it's coming.

I'd like to see maybe more than 2 fighters at once, that could add a whole new dimension to the game. More characters obviously.

I'd actually like to see all the old characters available, but in addition to a whole set of new faces. Cain being confirmed makes my day, since he was towards the top of my wishlist. I still need Auron confirmed to be truly happy though. Maybe Fang, Fang would kick ass.

[bahamuts heir]

i want to include at least one dragoon hopefully Fang
tag teams would be kickass and i do hope for it, but it might be a switch out system
kingdom hearts is a good game series but kh characters would die so fast against true final fantasy characters not the knock offs from kh
i did want a function to ne able to make your own character in the first one and that would be nice

[SuperSabin]

Why all the hate in the talk about including KH characters? they deserve a spot in a fighting game like dissidia just as much as the FF characters that didn't appear before. Sora, Riku, and the organization would make great combatants.

[Fate]

Why all the hate in the talk about including KH characters? they deserve a spot in a fighting game like dissidia just as much as the FF characters that didn't appear before. Sora, Riku, and the organization would make great combatants.

Aye, they would. However, in my vision, Final Fantasy is a part of Kingdom hearts, but Kingdom hearts is NOT a part of Final Fantasy.

[SuperSabin]

Even if it isn't, both franchises were made by the same people so i don't see any problem in adding them. Its silly to leave out characters that are JUST AS eligible for this game like the FF characters are.

[T.G. Oskar]

Even if it isn't, both franchises were made by the same people so i don't see any problem in adding them. Its silly to leave out characters that are JUST AS eligible for this game like the FF characters are.

Hmm...then how about Mana series characters? Or SaGa series characters? Keeping Dissidia only based on Final Fantasy series (mostly the originals, but that would also include FF Tactics given their link with the Ivalice Alliance and...FF Crystal Chronicles >.<) would reinforce the idea of a in-world crossover. Adding KH would sound moderately reasonable, except that you'd be locking out the rest of the RPGs developed by Square-Enix. There would be no reason why Dragon Quest characters cannot be there (at least even Erdrick/Loto), as a nod to their original competition, or add the main characters from Estpolis/Lufia given that they're now published by Square-Enix (though the game will be brought by Natsume in these parts, so not sure how it'll work out in the US).

That would be the core of the reason behind the "hate": either you make it limited to one series, or you make justice to all S-E series, since there's no particular reason why Kingdom Hearts should be a pick over other games with influences from Final Fantasy.

[Xanatos]

That would be the core of the reason behind the "hate": either you make it limited to one series, or you make justice to all S-E series, since there's no particular reason why Kingdom Hearts should be a pick over other games with influences from Final Fantasy.

Pretty much this.

Besides a bigger character roster I would like to see more of extra content, if that's even possible as first Dissida is well known for it's huge amount of unlockables. As for particular characters I would love to see, definitely Basch and Gabranth representing Final Fantasy XII, something in similar manner as Cecil and Golbez.

[Heartless Angel]

KH characters have no business being there. FAte pretty well summed up my opinion on that. The game is called Dissidia Final Fantasy, not Dissidia Squeenix. Though that would be a cool game too, that's not what it is. It's like expecting to see Sora in an FFT entry, it makes no sense to expect that, because Sora is not an FF character.

As for your dragoon request, Bahamuts heir, you're in luck. Cain is confirmed playable. He'll probably end up one of my mains if he plays anything like I expect him to.

[Alpha]

Any information as to the status of Ramza, Marche, et al.?

[Heartless Angel]

Not to my knowledge. Not sure how they'd implement Marche, since he has so many classes. I'd like to see a class system for Marche. Kinda like they did with OK's EX mode, or Cecil. Certain actions change classes in battle.

[norman]

hello

[Zargabaath]

Any information as to the status of Ramza, Marche, et al.?

Not to my knowledge. Not sure how they'd implement Marche, since he has so many classes. I'd like to see a class system for Marche. Kinda like they did with OK's EX mode, or Cecil. Certain actions change classes in battle.

Also the Final Fantasy Tactics games are spin-offs so it is doubtful their characters would be implemented. There isn't a standard of using just the characters from the main entries but that is what it seems, otherwise they could have used, Ramza and/or Delita for example, in Dissidia.

[Heartless Angel]

Unfortunately, I'd have to agree with that. Though, it was only the first of (hopefully) many, maybe they just didn't think to use tactics characters last time. Not that I expect them this time, but I wouldn't totally shoot down the idea.

[Robbo]

There will probably be more VII characters seeing as that title has the most spin offs and possibly the biggest fan base.

[Dodie16]

So far, I've seen that Cecil, Kuja, Warrior of Light, and Garland are set to reappear in the Dissidia sequel. I did get that info from a Wiki, so...make of that what you will.

*fingers still crossed hoping for Auron and Basch*

[ZantetsukeN]

Here's something interesting I found just now. This site, and many more, are spreading this image around with the rumoured line up. Like this site states though, it is something to take with a pinch of salt, but The line up looks great if it does turn out to be true.

Leaked image reveals Dissidia Duodecim characters?

(No Freya though )

[Zargabaath]

I don't know about that leaked image. It looks as if somebody - some fan - decided to make that list because some of the pictures are pretty sub-par representation of the character(s), such as Larsa. It seems like the whole cast of FFV is represented in that image with the exception of Lenna. I think I see Locke. I'm surprised that this person did not recognize more people.

I'm glad that there will be a playable demo for TGS, meaning the game should be close to finish. I'm thinking a Q1 or Q2 release in Japan.

[Heartless Angel]

Though that doesn't look official by any stretch of the imagination, I'd be happy knowing Auron was in it o.O