Dissidia 2: Yuna, Trailer, Release dates

[-Seraph-]

Well another week has gone by, and with Jump Fest last weekend, a lot of new stuff was revealed for Dissidia 2. A new and shiny trailer of jaw dropping porportions, Japanese and European release dates, and the reveal of FFX's Yuna joining the fight.

First off, the games release date for japan is March 3rd, and Europe's release date is March 25th, so North America is sitting somewhere in between those two dates no doubt. It's good to see a a near simultaneous release instead of waiting several months for a localized version.

The second big thing was the very brief reveal of Yuna from FFX. Now they didn't show much, and aside from those who were at the event, no one had any confirmation it was real aside from the mention of someone bare foot on water, and the sight of a purple dress hem with floral patterns.

Spoiler: Gee, I wonder who it could be....

So we get a summoner added to the roster, be interesting how she will fight but no doubt it will be every bit as awesome as all the other characters. She marks the 6th new character to the roster putting it at 28 fighters in total, BUT she ain't the last!!

Nomura said in an interview that there are still characters yet to be revealed that will be from the SNES games and up, so there are still 2-4 new characters left. There was also a rumor about Cid Reines from FF13 being in the game as the voice actors twitter said something of such but was taken down. Be cool having him in to balance out FF13.

Another cool thing is that Duodecim will also contain the first Dissidias story mode which will be adapted to make use of the new world map single player gameplay and will contain extra story elements to boot. Together, the two stories will be roughly 40+ hours....thats a big fucking game. The chess boards from the first game return, but they are different this time around, and they will only be used from dungeons.

And of course, a jaw dropingly awesome new trailer was shown that revealed the summoner herself along with some epic game play of various fights, and the world map in action.

Complete with translations

So...thoughts? Who else might join the roster? excited?

Yuna isn't a character I'm too excited about, but I can see why they put her in. Be neat to see how she works.

 

[Kouen]

Im looking forward to the game more and more closer it gets

 

[Fawful]

I am looking forward to this as well, though I hope they add some Kingdom Hearts and TWEWY characters at some point, I don't see why they can't.

 

[-Seraph-]

I am looking forward to this as well, though I hope they add some Kingdom Hearts and TWEWY characters at some point, I don't see why they can't.

*sigh* I don't know why I always see this or what makes people even hope for this. They are not adding Kingdome Hearts characters or any of that other junk. It's Dissidia: FINAL FANTASY, not Dissidia: Square Enix Franchises. The whole Kingdom Hearts thing is not a two way conduit and adding non FF characters would ruin the entire premise and spirit of the game. It's also terribly unfair to the dozens of other FF characters that have more right top be in. Not to mention it would just be stupid in general.

The first game was a "Happy 20th Birthdays FF!!", while this game is more like a "Thank you" for the fans, if they wanna add KH characters and all that junk they can get their own fighting games.

Really, adding them in now would just be out of place and ruin the game in he same way stupid star wars characters in Soul Calibur did.


On another note, it's nice to finally see EX revenge at work and it looks pretty sweet. Although Vaan there did 3 attacks without any cool down....and I am certain that is not p[art of his switch bonus techs. Guess because it slows down time for your opponent it lets you string together more hits.

Even got to see EX break work, boy I hope Gabranth doesn't suffer too much because of that. He's all about staying in EX mode, and EX break will make him that much harder to play.

Assist chase is also gonna be a boat load of fun too, really good way to close in the distance gap on your opponent, especially them pesky mages.

 

[Manji187]

and still no Auron and/ or Ashley Riot...*sigh*

 

[-Seraph-]

...Why the hell would Ashley Riot be in this game? He's not a Final Fantasy character thus he is never considered. Auron would have been cool, but eh, the more I think about him the more unorigonal his pay style would seem. And he won't be in the game for sure now since no game will have more than 3 characters representing it.

Yuna is a summoner, something the game has yet to see be put into a fighting style. She has a much more interesting fighting potential with the ability to possibly use the attack of summons and stuff, although we will have to wait a week or two to see how it pans out.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Needs MOAR Vivi.

 

[-Seraph-]

Needs MOAR Vivi.

Sorry, but Vivi has a very low chance of getting in given the circumstances. There is that terrible feeling that Vivi would be too much like Shantoto seeing as she already fills the Black Mage role...and thank fucking god they improved her. That and there's already 6 "good guys" that have been announced, so they may fill in the rest with a few bad guys.

And one of the new stages is supposedly (ok more like pretty much confirmed) to be Prima Vista. Thus FF9 ain't getting a new character. All the FFs that have no received new characters (with the exception of 12 and 13) have gotten new stages representing them.

Kind of hoping the Cid Raines rumor is true, he could be a pretty bad ass Chaos character and round out FF13.

 

[OceanRunner]

WHERE! IS! AURON?!

 

[Littaly]

Yuna? Really? I could have sworn it would have been Auron from FFX, isn't he like, the most popular character from that game by like a mile? Same thing goes for Vivi.

 

[-Seraph-]

Yuna? Really? I could have sworn it would have been Auron from FFX, isn't he like, the most popular character from that game by like a mile? Same thing goes for Vivi.

You gotta remember, what's popular here is not the same as Japan. And what is popular in Japan is what matters most to them and Yuna kicks the ever loving shit out of Auron in that category. Besides, like a mentioned above, the more you think about Auron, the less original his fighting style seems. Now I am confident that they could still make him original, but it would probably more work than it's worth. Same case with Vivi possibly being too similar to Shantoto.

They also wanna add more females to the game which the first was rather lacking in. Now we have Yuna, Cloud of Darkness, Shantoto, Lightning, Ultimecia, Tifa and Terra.

Yuna is a summoner, that opens up the possibilities for a very unique fighting style. She'd probably add better drama to the story too, another one of the three criteria they are using in choosing characters.

Popularity (mainly in japan), Unique combat, and contribution to the story are the big three criteria in how they are going about this. Yea Yuna wouldn't have been my main pick either, but I understand why they chose her and she could still be a great addition.

She might just be a second Character. I don't remember the specifics But i remember reading something about having 2 characters to boost the others strengths and such.

Erm...what? Sorry what you're saying is kinda vague. Sorry but she isn't no "second" character, she's in it and that's final. I'm guessing you are talking about the assist system, but they don't have unique characters for assists. Assists are whatever character (from the roster) you choose to aid you in battle.

 

[2xDouble]

Cid Raines... hm. Cool, I guess.

What about Delmita (yes he was, technically), Adrammalech, or Serpentarius for villains?

Come to think of it, where the heck are Ramza, Mustadio, T.G Orlandu Cid, Beowulf... or pretty much anybody from Tactics? Every one of those would have a unique skill set (compared to the rest of the cast so far).

And if you want to get into extended FF family (which I do), what about someone from Ehrgeiz? or Vagrant Story? (I'd never heard of it before either, but it does take place in Ivalice, so why not?) or even Chocobo (yes, Chocobos had their own games), Sora and Riku from Kingdom Hearts (it's been said before), or one of the Chrystal Chronicles characters.

 

[Alaster Angelo]

I'm personally hoping for Vayne to be in. He'd have an interesting play style and an interesting contribution to the overall story.

 

[Tsaba]

they need:

EDIT: For the sake of the argument Seifer would be a cool villain:

 

[-Seraph-]

No....they are sticking to the core series guys and that's rather final. But who knows, on January 18th they are hosting a special conference debuting a bunch of stuff regarding various games. There is supposed to be a "shocking reveal" for Dissidia and it could very well be a spin off character but I won't hold my breath.

And what makes the Tactics characters have unique fighting styles huh? And given the setting they were from, they don't really fit in with the Advent Children style play. If anything, Vaan kinda fills that Tactics void (don't rage please).

It makes sense that they are sticking with the core games because it's a lot easier to follow. I don't want this turning into a cluster fuck of various franchises and junk, it would just ruin the game.

I'm personally hoping for Vayne to be in. He'd have an interesting play style and an interesting contribution to the overall story.

Not happening, Vaan already took the spot.

Sorry if I'm sounding like an ass and crushing peoples hopes, but I'd rather like to remain logical when it comes to all this. And simple pattern recognition makes it clear on certain things pertaining to all this. There is no logical reasoning that why would include spin off characters and other things. And any game that has gotten 3 characters aint getting any more, so no Seifer, no Auron, no Vincent, ect...

Maybe as DLC down the line or something but not now.

 

[Littaly]

You gotta remember, what's popular here is not the same as Japan. And what is popular in Japan is what matters most to them and Yuna kicks the ever loving shit out of Auron in that category. Besides, like a mentioned above, the more you think about Auron, the less original his fighting style seems. Now I am confident that they could still make him original, but it would probably more work than it's worth. Same case with Vivi possibly being too similar to Shantoto.

They also wanna add more females to the game which the first was rather lacking in. Now we have Yuna, Cloud of Darkness, Shantoto, Lightning, Ultimecia, Tifa and Terra.

That makes perfect sense. Never thought about the whole Japanese perspective thing. Still doesn't Square kind of try pander to western audiences nowadays?

 

[Alaster Angelo]

I'm personally hoping for Vayne to be in. He'd have an interesting play style and an interesting contribution to the overall story.

Not happening, Vaan already took the spot.

Well, Gabranth and Vaan makes two, and since game reps cap at three Vayne still has a chance. A very small chance, and one that's probably not going to be capitalized on but it's still a chance and one that I'll hang on to until all the characters are revealed.

 

[-Seraph-]

I'm personally hoping for Vayne to be in. He'd have an interesting play style and an interesting contribution to the overall story.

Not happening, Vaan already took the spot.

Well, Gabranth and Vaan makes two, and since game reps cap at three Vayne still has a chance. A very small chance, and one that's probably not going to be capitalized on but it's still a chance and one that I'll hang on to until all the characters are revealed.

Actually he has ZERO chance. FF12 has gotten a new stage (sky fortress bahamut) AND a new character (Vaan). FF12 and 13 were the exceptions to the rule but they have already filled their places. 13 and 11 still need a second character if they get any, and again I have to point to the popularity argument.

with the exception of FF12 and 13, any FF that gets a new stage will not get a new character. That's how the pattern has gone, although they may make the exception for 11 for the same reasons. They put in FF11s Empyrial Paradox stage, but they may very well add some FF11 villain.

Vaan was almost left out because his japanese voice actor couldn't reprise his role but due to extreme fan demand he was left in and got a different VA to fill the roll. At least Basch is somewhat in the game as Gabranths 3rd costume.

 

[Jamiemitsu]

they need:

YES. Acutally, they just need Ramza, Vivi, and Gilgamesh, and thats pretty much everyone satisfied.

 

[KieranCarden]

Yuna isn't a character I'm too excited about, but I can see why they put her in. Be neat to see how she works.

Her summoner form would be interesting to see, although I'm not terribly excited about playing as her unless they do an excellent job. If they can make Vaan into a character worthwhile to play then I don't see why they couldn't do the same with Yuna

What I would like to see with Yuna is her having a dress sphere-esque system, or at least being able to go from summoner to gunner form. This would also give us another gun user opposite of Laguna, though the play style would obviously be different.

The only character I was really hoping to see was Beatrix.