Dissidia: Final Fantasy
Dissidia: Final Fantasy (ディシディア ファイナルファンタジー Dishidia FainaruFantajī) is an action game currently in development by Square Enix for the PlayStation Portable as part of the campaign of the Final Fantasy series 20th anniversary. Information on the game was first released during the "Square Enix Party" event of May 2007. It is unknown if the game will be released outside of Japan, although the trademark Dissidia was registered by Square Enix in North America on April 6,
Gameplay
Dissidia: Final Fantasy's genre has been described as "dramatic progressive action" and its graphics will be in three dimensions. It will have wireless one-on-one game play and fights revolving around the use of individual special skill sets of characters to do damage to opponents. The player can also customize their characters with equipment.
Characters
The game will reunite characters from other installments of the Final Fantasy series, including a Warrior of Light and Garland from the first game, Firion from Final Fantasy II, Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII, Squall Leonhart from Final Fantasy VIII, and Zidane and Kuja from Final Fantasy IX. Chaos will make an appearance as the god of darkness, while a new character, Cosmos, will appear as the goddess of light. Recent scans released in Japanese magazines have stated that the game will have a storyline that requires playing through all of the characters to complete. There will be a minimum of ten main characters (Not including their villain counterparts) including the above mentioned. Hidden characters may be possible. Characters can gain customisable equipment. Tetsuya Nomura is responsible for the character designs.
Development
Dissidia was introduced in an American trademark on April 6, 2007, where relation to Final Fantasy was omitted. Some sites speculated this was an edition of Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII. The title was connected with Final Fantasy when Square Enix introduced Dissidia: Final Fantasy on May 9, 2007 with an official Japanese website. The game is being directed by Yousuke Shiokawa and will feature music by Takeharu Ishimoto.
