Posted Jun 19, 2007 at 10:44AM by Ryan C. Listed in: Videos, Games, Final Fantasy Dissidia Tags: Square Enix
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For those of us keeping tabs on the Square Enix beat-em-up that's headed to the PlayStation Portable, Final Fantasy: Dissidia, here's something to send chills down your spine and whet your appetites at the same time: its first ever trailer video. Prepare to be blown right out of your chairs.

The video begins with the first calming notes of the Materia theme - and then it's full throttle from then on. We see gloriously-detailed characters fighting it out in destructible arenas with their over-the-top attacks rivaling those of a certain fighting game with colorfully-dressed ninjas. One thing to note is that the characters have voice acting - something that the Final Fantasy franchise had never dabbled with, that is, until next-gen, and they actually FIT their corresponding character's personalities as we know them.

The last part of the trailer then confirms something we've been all wondering about - the presence of a certain one-winged angel with the seven-foot sword in the game. Enough spoilers from us. Do yourself a favor and watch the video - you have to see it to believe it.





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   by Stealth (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » 1st

1st


   Re: metalspector (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » well

it looks promising but who knows, it could suck like DBZfighting games, but just being too skeptic cause in real the whole DBZ franchise sucks (worst anime ever, besides pokemon, yugioh, naruto, full metal alchemist, ect.).

   Re: Flood - 2007-06-19
 » dbz

dbz games from the snes to the ps2 have been awesome, like dbz or not the games are good. Man I've been wanting a game like this ever since I played smash bros melee

   Re: You are entitled to your opinion metalspector (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » and we are entitled to ours

DBZ fighting games don't suck, neither does the franchise, or Naruto/FMA. Pokemon and Yugioh are not my cup of tea so I will leave it at that.

Keep your opinion to yourself. No one else cares.
   by Dodo - 2007-06-19
 » W00t

That's what I'm talking about! Can't wait to play this game! :D

   by Jx1 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » w000w

that so did give me the chills.
so freakin awesome!!! :D!!
can't wait!

   by Guy (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » What

Who is fighting Warrior? Garland or Golbez?

   by Azazil (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » .....

DAMN.
WANTS SO BADLYZ!!!11!!1111!!!

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   by Volvagia (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » Really cool!

Wow! Awsome! But... I wonder how it works in game?

   by Sean (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » ..

Am the only one that can't get this vid to play? I let it load for like 30 mins and nothin happens..

   by Christopher7xii (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » Uhh... Voice Acting?

"One thing to note is that the characters have voice acting - something that the Final Fantasy franchise had never dabbled with, that is, until next-gen, and they actually FIT their corresponding character's personalities as we know them."

Way to annoy the FF Fanboys. PS2's Final Fantasy X had voice acting back in 2001, and then again in FFX-2 in 2003, and Dirge of Cerebus in 2006, and Final Fantasy XII in 2006.

So never dabbled with? Seriously? Try entirely had every line spoke by the protagonist team voiced? Have you ever played a Final Fantasy game?


   Re: Fasoo (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » Uhh... Right.

So you're telling us that you've played FF9?

   Re: superman (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » ps2

"had never dabbled with, that is, until next-gen"

which meant until the ps2. they didn't "dabble" with voice acting in before ps2.

   Re: Christpher7xii (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » last gen you mean?

Umm, PS2 isn't considered "next-gen" by any definition. This gen is PS3/X360/Wii, which I can still get by with people calling it Next-gen... but PS2 hasn't been "next-gen" since 2002 at the latest. It's considered Last-gen if anything now, considering its rivals (Xbox and GC) no longer even develop games (aside from multi-system release movie tie-ins).

So I don't know exactly where you're getting the idea they meant PS2 by saying "next-gen". They were just wrong, plain and simple.
   by ! (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » !

I LOVE FF


   Re: ! (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » !

i love ff 9
   by cosito (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » WHAT!!!!!

This is kinda like a what I wish a psp would be and it is finally comming and also I have finally got everything I need on my psp. Holy crud!!*dies from a heart attack*
*last words "...psp o-owns."*

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   by Dea7hless - 2007-06-19
 » Sephiroth

Sephiroth looks awsome ;D
Sephiroth FTW

   by Somedude (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » Heart Attack

I knew they were trying to put as many characters in the game, and it looks AMAZING. I just OMG OMG when I saw Sephiroth. this game is gonna be the best thing ever. This and Crisis Core are gonna be the best selling game for the psp.

   by surion (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » High expectations..

Well.. We'll see if this is gonna be as good as the trailer wants to make us expect.. As there aren't many PSP beatemups, it's quite hard to lay down any expectations.. Thank god the GoW is coming.. And this.. Must.. Get..


   Re: Nick (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » Whoa whoa

whoa. This is going to be a BEAT-EM-UP game!? As in not fighting 1 player vs 2 player Street Fighter type game but an ACTUAL BEAT EM UP GAME?!

That alone makes me want it. Add that it looks something on the lines of KH, and we have probably best PSP game ever...

   Re: Who said anything (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » about this being a beat em up?

surion, please don't fool other people... Nick, please do a bit more research yourself before you believe what others say.

   Re: 1 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » 1

if this is going to be a melee Game, they should totally port a version to the PSstore (ps3) and create psp-ps3 vs option, thatd be great +D
   by Shadownet (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » ok...

Yay there's sephiroth!!!!! Because no one could have ever seen Square putting in the second most hyped up character ever. Now they just need to satisfy the Could-fanboys' wet dreams... I want confirmation of the not overrated characters,...

Seriously if Squall isn't in this, im not getting it....
Download it....probably, but i wont pay money for an overrated-character brawlfest


   by z7 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » z7

Final battle...
cloud vs squall!

obviously squall wins
hehehe

I hope they are getting
that guy firion into the game (the ffII guy)
also cloud, squall...balthier! FFXII guys...
what about girls!
Rinoa, Garnet, TIFA... possibly yuna


   Re: sayde (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » character appearances

*supposedly* we can at least look forward to all the main heroes and villians from FF's 1-10 being in it. I think Tetsuya Nomura stated that there would be at least 20 characters in the game. So I wouldn't be surprised at all if Squall will be playable. He's actually got a solid chance of showing up.

   Re: Christopher7xii (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » well..

considering Squall is a major character in the Kingdom Hearts series, you know they have love for him.

I hope to ***** Steiner, Vivi, and Yuffie make appearances in this.
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   by Zentari (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » HOLY *****

SEPHIROTH!!!!!! *Fanboyish scream*.That video ruled so hard.

   by Xervan (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » Yay Yay Yay Yay

*Happy Dance*

FFD FTW

   by xGarthx (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » :(

I want it.


Now.


And Squall best be in it... Tired of FF8 being dumped on cuz noone liked the Junction system.

   by none (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » PSP's Potential

Yeah! PSP with this and ff:cc.,ds users can feel the dominance of the psp owners.bwahahha

   by Don't care (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » FF8

While FF8 might have been good, it wasn't as good as 7. In my opinion Squall is a homo in comparrison to Cloud. I understand the opposing viewpoint though. FF7 is getting a lot more exposure, but what all of the "I can't like something because it's popular" people forget is that it was an awesome game. It was an awesome game WITHOUT the graphics of 8. Feel free to disagree, that's my opinion though.


   Re: Flood (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » seconded

No you're right

   Re: Christopher7xii (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » uhmm...?

Dude, Squall is a severe bad ass compared to Cloud. Cloud, as his name implies, just sorta does EXACTLY what people expect / want from him. He makes zero decisions on his own. He's no more than an avatar. I love FF7 and all, but Squall is a much stronger protagonist. He pushes beyond conventional means, always gets his sh*t done, defies all odds... And ya know what? Unlike Cloud, he doesn't spend a chunk of the game in a wheelchair and falls into a pool of lifestream. Oh yeah, Squall also didn't just stand there, 3 feet away, while his chick got killed. Talk about worthless.

   Re: xGarthx (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » Hmmm

Im not saying I dislike Final Fantasy VII, or that I'm a "Cant take something cuz its popular" guy...

But FF8 Really doesnt get the treatment it deserves, FF7 gets way to much representation in everything, especially Sephiroth... They even found their way into FF:tactics.

Squall (correct me if Im wrong here) was the only FF8 character to make it into Kingdom Hearts, and even then they changed his name. -_-

The same could be said about many other FF games, but to a lesser extent.

   Re: Christopher7xii (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » yeah

Squall changed his name in Kingdom Hearts as part of the storyline. Essentially they were hunting down warriors that might cause a problem, so he changed his name from Squall to Leon (since his name is Leonheart). At one point someone even starts to call him Squall, but then stops.

But negatory on him being the only one. Selphie is in there on the starting stage, Destiny Islands as a kid with Tidus and Wakka.

   Re: xGarthx (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » :o

Ah yes... Its been a while since Ive played it :P

World of Warcraft n all that.
   by will (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » smash bros

this is equal to a sony version of super smash brothers this will pwn the ds


   Re: will (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » nevermind

sorry i ment a final fantasy version of super smash brothers
   by gregerson316 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » I WANT IT NOW

Does anyone know if there a release date for it yet.

   by sayde (Unregistered) - 2007-06-19
 » It's a work in progress

The end of the trailer specifically states that it's still a "work in progress". So Square-Enix doesn't have a release date for us just yet.


   Re: ikuzou (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » well, that may be true...

...but the fact that it says that its the 20th Anniversity game pretty much gives it the deadline of before the end of this year. Otherwise, it'll turn into the not-so-impressive 21st Anniversity game... Now, the question is if it'll get to the STATES before the end of the year.

   Re: xGarthx (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » Europe

What about us in Europe? We'll get it on its even less impressive 22nd Anniversary :(

Like nearly everything. Damn region encodeing/me not being able to speak Japanese. 0_o
   by Fasoo (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » Just one question.

Why is someone who cries for his dead mommy is loved this much? I mean Sephiroth if you didn't know what i meant.


   Re: Zentari (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » Huh?

Ok,I've wasted HOURS on playing seven and I havetn't seen ONE scene like that so excuse me if I call bull.

PS:Why are you *****ing about it?Is it because your favourite villain comes second? *ouch.....that was a burn*

   Re: Fasoo (Unregistered) - 2007-06-21
 » haha...

Right. so you havent seen him crying "Mother" there and another "mother" there, etc.

Its not like i care about FFs crappy villains (kefka is an exception). sephiroth is just too overrated, and in all of the RPGs i've played, there are even MUCH more badass characters.
   by df (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » hahaha

38th comment is mine! W0ot!

   by dc (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » video

the one that cant get the video to play

get DSL

   by bradius (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » camera

anyones else think the camera looks a little rough?

   by The Man (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » Huh.

Things sure have changed since Final Fantasy... Was that Garland I saw jumping around?

   by FF Fanatic (Unregistered) - 2007-06-20
 » omfg! yay

for starters, Squall should def make this game, and I agree with the previous comments regarding FF8, FF7 was hot ***** but I also loved FF8 cuz the story was cool it was just lacking a super villan like sephiroth to give it that edge :P

but yeah this game def looks like a fighting game to me and hopefully its gonna rock!

GO FF!!!! and PSP , cant wait for FF13 either (drool)