New Dissidia Scan...!

Finally, we get to see Cloud and Sephiroth's art for Final Fantasy Dissidia. No news though at all that I'm hip to. Also, there's a new video for the game, the five and a half minute video that Square Enix showed at the Tokyo Game Show. Enjoi!

Terra & Kefka in Final Fantasy Dissidia

They released some new scans this week of Final Fantasy Dissidia. The biggest revelation here is the shots of both Terra's and Kefka's EX Forms, which are absolutely unbelievable. There's also a new video showing and explaining the EX Forms of Squall and Zidane. Interesting stuff!

Terra Revealed in FF Dissidia

Check this out, folks. I've updated my previous post on Final Fantasy Dissidia to include this picture of Terra's Esper form. Anyway, this shows fuller art of both Terra and Kefka, along with the first shot of Terra's EX Form. Too bad we can't see Kefka's EX Form, though I think it might be too amazing to see. No new information from that scan yet though, we'll see if there's any new info if it ever gets translated.

Final Fantasy Dissidia (Updated 11.01.08)

This game seems absolutely amazing. I can't wait for it. For those of you who don't know, Final Fantasy Dissidia is a fighting game based off the first 10 games in the Final Fantasy series.

So here's the breakdown, Chaos (the main antagonist from Final Fantasy I, who is later expanded in Dawn of Souls to be the soul from which other Final Fantasy enemies were created like Cerberus from FF3, Scarmiglione from FF4, Gilgamesh from FF5 and Ultros from FF6, among many others), assembles a group of the greatest villains together for an ultimate showdown against his rival, Cosmos. In retaliation, Cosmos brings together the greatest heroes together to defend her and fight against Cosmos. That's all we really know right now. But who needs to know more?

The character roster for this game reads like the MVP of the greatest RPGS of the past twenty years. For each Final Fantasy, there is a protagonist and an antagonist. Each character has their own individual EX Form or Mode, where they can gain increased stats along with changes in form. Here is each of the characters by Final Fantasy title:

Cosmos (Pic) - Leader of the Heroes.
Chaos (Pic) - Leader of the Villains. Alluded to being the spawn of great evils in Dawn of Souls.

Final Fantasy I:
Hero - Warrior of Light (Pic) (Full) (Knight Form) Knows more about the crystals than the other heroes. Has a special antagonistic relationship with Squall. Is an all-around fighter who uses both magic and weapons.
Villain - Garland (Pic) (Full) (EX Mode) Weapon can change shapes, split into two swords. Has four magic attacks, based on Lich, Kary, Kraken and Tiamat. Armor turns white, is covered with runes and sword splits into four swords in EX Mode.

Final Fantasy II:
Hero - Firion (Pic) (Full) Uses seven different weapons, each being one used original by other characters in Final Fantasy 2.
Villain - The Emperor Mateus (Pic) (Full) Heavy magic user. EX Form based off of his demon form.

Final Fantasy III:
Hero - Onion Knight (Pic) (Full) (Sage Form) (Ninja Form) Can turn into both Ninja and Sage EX forms to increase speed/damage or magic.
Villain - Cloud of Darkness (Pic) (Full) (EX Mode) Uses tentacles to attack.

Final Fantasy IV:
Hero - Cecil (Pic) (Full Paladin Form) (Dark Knight Form) (EX Mode) Can switch forms at will from Paladin, which uses magic and aerial attacks, to Dark Knight, which has brute strength and uses ground attacks.
Villain - Golbez (Pic) (Full) (EX Mode) Summons Shadow Dragon in EX Form, powerful from long ranges.

Final Fantasy V:
Hero - Bartz (Pic) (Full) Can use any hero's weapons or spells, similar to the Mime job class.
Villain - Exdeath (Pic) (Full) (EX Mode) Can use the powers of the Void, becomes his Tree form in EX Form.

Final Fantasy VI:
Hero - Terra (Pic) Edit: (EX Mode) (Old info: Can become her Esper Form (Art) (2) in EX Mode.)
Villain - Kefka (Pic)

Final Fantasy VII:
Hero - Cloud (Pic) Uses his Buster Sword.
Villain - Sephiroth (Pic) May have special motives against the Warrior of Light and Squall.

Final Fantasy VIII:
Hero - Squall (Pic) (Full) (EX Mode) His EX Mode transforms his sword into the Lionheart.
Villain - Ultimecia (Pic) (Full) (EX Mode) (2) Is a "magic-shooter" character. Her EX Mode is a combination with Griever.

Final Fantasy IX:
Hero - Zidane (Pic) (Full) (EX Mode) Uses Mage Mashers. EX Mode is his Trance Form, Dyne (Pic).
Villain - Kuja (Pic) (Full) (EX Mode) EX Mode is his Trance Form, Trance Kuja (Pic).

Final Fantasy X:
Hero - Tidus (Pic) (Full) (EX Mode) Uses his Brotherhood sword and a Blitzball to attack. His Brotherhood sword turns into the Ultima Weapon in EX Mode.
Villain - Jecht (Pic) (Full) (EX Mode) Based off his Braska Final Aeon Form (Pic).


Man, I can't wait to see some of these characters EX Forms in action. A few I can't wait for are Terra's Esper EX Form and Kefka's Fallen Angel form (Pic), along with Sephiroth's Fallen Angel form (Art), also! Hopefully, we'll see some other Final Fantasy characters sneak up in the game as secret characters. I'd love to see Astos from Final Fantasy I, Kain Highwind and Edge from Final Fantasy IV, Faris and Gilgamesh from Final Fantasy V, Locke, Shadow and/or Setzer from Final Fantasy VI, Vincent from Final Fantasy VII, and Auron from Final Fantasy X. It'd also be amazing to Chrono or Magus from Chrono Trigger and either Sora, Riku, or Roxas from Kingdom Hearts. This is all just dreams/speculation of course, but I imagine there will be some fun surprises in store for Dissidia.

I mean, could you imagine Edge and Shadow fighting each other? Or Kuja fighting Magus? Chrono and Cloud or Riku and Cecil? The possibilities would be endless if they were to expand the horizons. Supposedly, there are definitely going to be characters that are not on the sides of Cosmos or Chaos. So we'll have to wait and see...

Anyway, here are some of the subtitled trailers for Dissidia.







And the official site is here.

Chrono Trigger DS

Behold the greatest (debated) video game ever created, Chrono Trigger. Finally, it's being expanded with new content. Hopefully, this game will someday see a 3D remake. I think if we keep purchasing copies of the game, Square will finally get the picture and make a proper 3D remake like they did with Final Fantasy IV.

I can't wait for this new version to come to the Nintendo DS. I swear, the only video games I ever buy these days are on the Nintendo DS. Probably because I'm somewhat of a retro gamer, I love Nintendo and Super Nintendo games the best, espeically RPGS.

Our biggest dream come true would be to have the Chrono cast make an appearance in either Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep or Kingdom Hearts 3. Impossible, you say? I remember campaigning to have Setzer from Final Fantasy VI appear in Kingdom Hearts 2 for months and then it actually happened! Tetsuya Nomura also stated he wouldn't mind including characters from Square/Enix's flagship series in the Kingdom Hearts games to bring in some new blood. Let's hope he takes a look at Chrono Trigger or maybe even Chrono Cross.


You can see a high-res version of the Chrono Trigger DS trailer at the official website, "here".

Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days Special Trailer

Here's the new fan-friendly trailer that Square released for all of us people who weren't privileged enough to go to the super CLOSED MEGA THEATER (horns sounding) at Tokyo Game Show 2008. It's really too bad because this shows us some new stuff, but nothing really exciting like Xion's face. Anyway, you can find the high quality version here, "Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days Official Site". Also, here's a copy of the translation:

KINGDOM HEARTS: 358/2 DAYS TRAILER TRANSCRIPT
Axel and Roxas on top of the Clocktower in Twilight Town
Axel: Do you know why evening lights are red?
Axel: Light is made up of several different colors, and of those, red reaches the farthest.
Roxas: What are you, an expert?

Naminé and DiZ by Sora's sleeping pod
Naminé: No matter how many fragments of memory we tie together, if memories slip outside, not all the memories will return.
Naminé: If, as they slip away, they become tied to another memory, they won't be able to come back.

The Organisation "Pillar" room
Xemnas: We are receiving into our fold, a new member.
Xemnas: Number XIV

Continuation of Naminé and DiZ's conversation by Sora's pod
DiZ: I don't see a problem with a few memories going missing.
Naminé: But what if it happens to be a vital key to his reawakening?
DiZ: Do you see something in this Naminé?
Naminé: If the memory ties itself to another, she might not be able to tolerate it...
DiZ: "She"?

Riku and Xion outside what appears to be Beast's Castle
Riku: Who are you? How can you use the Keyblade?
Xion: What about you? Why do dress like the Organization?
Riku: To keep my best friend's sleep from being disturbed.
Riku: I may not know who you are, but, regardless, this Keyblade is no doubt also a lie.
Xion: What gives you the right to say that?
Xion: Aren't you a fake yourself?
Riku: You might be right. I might be the one who doesn't exist.

Axel and Xion (hard to see) outside the Twilight Town Mansion
Axel: STOP FOOLING AROUND!! What do you take me for? I've decided. No matter how often you guys run away, I'll bring you back every time!

Naminé and Xion in the White Room
Naminé: I've wanted to meet you...Xion.

I think that the Namine and DiZ parts are interesting, especially coupled with the Riku and Xion parts. It almost seems like Sora's memories are escaping and creating nobodies that take on a life of their own, but once they realize what they are, something bad happens. Maybe that bad something is Sora can't recover his memories and wake up. And to think, all of this because of Chain of Memories and Castle Oblivion. Ah well.

Tokyo Game Show 2008

Wow! Tokyo Game Show 2008 finally came and passed. There's a lot of great news about Kingdom Hearts this year! Here are some scans (new and old) of the new character for Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days, Xion. Somehow, we know she's linked to Kairi, she looks exactly like her! We also know that so is Namine. And Aqua, from Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep is also somehow connected to Xion. The plot thickens...

I can remember being this excited about Kingdom Hearts 2 and Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories! I don't know which one I'm more excited about, 358/2 Days or Birthy By Sleep! Also, here are the trailers for the two games, Birth By Sleep and 358/2 Days with English subtitles. More on this later...