Dissidia: Final Fantasy

Dissidia: Final Fantasy is a beat ' em up by Square Enix, which was developed to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the role-playing game series. Square Enix itself describes the genre of the PSP title as Dramatic Progressive Action. In the game, the antagonist of the first ten games of the Final Fantasy series against the protagonists of the selfsame replace. There are also two bonus characters from Final Fantasy XI and Final Fantasy XII. For each playable character has its own story campaign. A playable demo version of Dissidia is free since mid-August on the PlayStation Store. In Japan, the game has been available since December 18, 2008 and sold until August 2009, a total of 910,000 times, which brings Dissidia Place 4 of the best selling PSP games in Japan

Game system

The ten protagonists and antagonists are divided into the Cosmos and Chaos side. Each character in Dissidia has three important messages: Hit Points ( HP ), Courage Points ( MP) and EX- points. The aim of the game is to bring the HP of the opposing character to zero. The MP are crucial for the damage a character inflicts on the enemy. The EX- points enable a particularly strong attack. In addition, the player is able to summon Esper, of which there are several in the game over 50. There is also during battles known from RPG experience points that improve the attributes of the characters.

Playable characters

Dissidia: Final Fantasy has a total of 22 playable characters.

Enemy players

Dissidia: Final Fantasy has a total of 23 enemy characters.

Version differences

There are some differences Final Fantasy and the Western version of the game: Between released in Japan version of Dissidia. Thus, the Western version contains among other things a new arcade mode. In addition, adjustments were made to the balance of the characters and there are some additional in-game events. This tutorial was significantly shortened and guest appearances known characters provide additional voltage.

But Japanese gamers will enjoy these additional features. As usual with Square Enix successful titles, there will be a so-called International version of the game for the Japanese market, which is nothing else than the Western version. Under the name of Dissidia: Final Fantasy Universal Tuning, this version appears on 1 November 2009 in Japan. It contains all the changes that have been made ​​for the Western market. The English-language synchronization. In Japan it will be available as UMD and download.

Continuation

In early September revealed the Japanese Shonen Jump, the sequel to Dissidia: Final Fantasy Dissidia Duodecim called Final Fantasy. Content is in the title but a prequel. Dissidia producer and character designer Tetsuya Nomura said: " In Dissidia Final Fantasy 13, the battle was fought and marked the end of the battle of the gods, but this time we treat the 12 battle, so we called the game with this meaning in mind.. " Duodecim is Latin for 12, was the first new playable character for Dissidia Duodecim Lightning was introduced in Final Fantasy XIII. Other new characters will be Kain Highwind from Final Fantasy IV, Gilgamesh from Final Fantasy V, Tifa Lockhart from Final Fantasy VII, Laguna Loire from Final Fantasy VIII, Yuna from Final Fantasy X, Prishe from Final Fantasy XI and Vaan from Final Fantasy XII.