More Dissidia News: Nomura Art.

[Garland]

This must be a day for dissidia: Confirmed Nomura Art, featuring Kefka and Terra:





Terra is confirmed to be depicted with BLONDE hair, not green, and that her exmode switches her into Esper form (duhhh) She also now lacks shoulder pads unlike her sprite form.

Kefka looks just plain creepy... Heath Ledger anyone?

Oh yes, and being the NEWS HOG that i am ^^
the FF VII Nomura pictures:





Cloud seems to keep his Square art trademark Bustersword instead of the one provided in the Amano illustrations.

[icygate777]

I wonder if Cloud's BS will split into 8/6 pieces (I don't remember the exact number) like it did in AC.

[Red Sage]

Garland and RedCloud never cease to amaze me. Today is a better day than yesterday, and I feel better for it.

Apparently it cannot because that was his first tsurugi thingummy, which was a new weapon created especially for Advent Children to make the fight scenes more interesting (thankfully, as otherwise I think AC wouldn't have sold very well given its lack of a plot).

And I wouldn't be surprised if the alt colors for Cecil, Bartz, and Terra have blue, white, and green hair, respectively. That would be a practical way of honoring the charaters' designs, not to mention would add a little more variety to the spectrum.

I was wondering if they would release the Nomura art for VI and VII at TGS or if they would just reveal the main heroes via trailer cutscenes. I am really excited. For one, this means that they've revealed all of their projected characters two months before the game comes out--something no contemporary fighting game has ever done before to my recollection.

Gameplay tutorials will obviously dominate the rest of the updates on the official website after they finish filling in the roster, but with two months to go and all of the characters being revealed, there is a slightly higher chance of secret characters. Not much, but enough to have a hope of a hope, as they might have some surprises to release just before the release date and increase hype.

I am now interested to find out what fighting styles these characters will have, as each one can be very unique and has multiple possibilities.

[Garland]

I'm afraid Garland has already taken that sword Icygate :P

Most likely his ExBurst has him use the original OmniSlash, and he gets the ultima buster or whatever it's called.

Hmm, a more intriguing question would be how Clouds movement would work. He's depicted as a fast fighter in VII AC, but since the release of other characters with huge swords, I.E. Garland and Jecht, their gameplay has been relatively slow and powerful. Perhaps Cloud's role in the game would be to fill the hero's slot for that kind of fighter.

P.S. Can't wait to play as terra <3

[Red Sage]

Hmmm...that could work. High speed and strength but low defense and arial? That sounds promising. The only problem is that Sephy is basically the same when you think about it: big, somewhat heavy sword but still manages to move quickly. Methinks that Sephy might be more suited as he seems one of the only candidate for exclusive melee villain, while cloud at least has materia potential that could differentiate him from the other swordsmen heroes. Bah, I love the concept of this game, but it still makes you realize how invariant the main characters tend to be. We need gunners and monks and dragoons! I hope Cosmos turns out to be Tifa or Yuna in disguise or Chaos is actually Kain or Vivi...*Cosmos removes her dress to reveal undergarments covered in pistols and blows Chaos to hell*

[danixhap]

searching through the web I found every portrait of the characters in dissidia and made this pic, simply placing them in an order. (kinda big picture)

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...xz/Dissida.jpg

Hope you enjoy it.
PS: changed to it's full size

[Red Sage]

I like it. Particularly the fact that the backgrounds are derived from their respective logos. These portraits were obviously created by SE themselves, but I wonder for what? I theorize that they are the face icons you click on in the character selection screen, as that seems to be a traditional format for fighting games. There is also the corollary that it seems redundant to differentiate which characters are from the same game as which other characters when a simple layout of hero next to villain would suffice and be just as effective in displaying arch-rivalry. With that, I further hypothesize that the different colors are not meant to match hero with villain, but rather to match EXTRA CHARACTERS with their appropriate series. Not that I think that they still have secret characters, but it is a wishful theory that keeps life happy.

[Garland]

I think that Tidus fullfills the role of the fast and powerful, low defence, high dodge rate character. Who can say really.

[Red Sage]

Meh, I can't see Tidus being stronger than Cloud, though definitely faster. I can see Tidus, Zidane, and OK relying more on speed and combos and Cloud, Squall, and Warrior of Light relying on strength. Regardless, this game is getting me really excited.

EDIT: Okay, so I finally looked at the website and I take back my prediction. The faces are from the potions, which could mean anything. I'd still like to think that it meant something more...

[icygate777]

TIme will tell...

[Garland]

Funny you should say that Red Sage, when the programmer of the game identified Squall as being a "combo master", like i stated before i think that Cloud will also be a low combo- high strength fighter. To be honest from what i've seen they're all pretty fast.

Terra's and Kefka's move sets should be interesting. Definetly more magic relying than the VII cast. If Terra's exmode changes her into esper form, i could see her exburst either being: the Ultima Spell, since that was her last inately learned magic technique at lvl 99 and because I used her as an awsome 5 Ultima a turn magic user :P
or, her using her Desperation attack, Riot blade. Even some hardcore fans of VI are oblivious to the fact that the cast in the game have 'Limit Breaks'. Riot blade had her shoot a bunch of blades made from air or something into the enemy. Very reminiscient to the popular Final Fantasy Tactics A ability; Air Render.
I think Kefka may be the best dodger, and they may focus his moves on teleporting and then using back attacks. Or even creating clones of himself. I don't know about you guys, but i can see Kefka performing a 16 hit combo, all the while saying " I Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate, etc..." xD

Frankly I can't wait to play them all.

[Red Sage]

Yes Garland, you are right. I had forgotten about that post. But also, I think they also were referring to Tidus as "dodge/attack," I think meaning high agility and possibly the ability to dodge and counterattack, which has little to do with his strength. And they still hadn't listed a physical powerhouse yet, so Cloud or Sephy could easily fill that role if necessary. This also reminded me that Jecht uses his fists more than his sword, so maybe we do have a pseudo-monk after all. Still no gunner though. :'(

That brought up, I'm not sure if Kefka will be geared toward dodging, as Tidus already specializes in that. Although Ulti and Kuja basically have the same description so they could easily incorporate teleportation and pretend it's completely different from dodging. But I doubt he'll have that combo or Squall wouldn't be the "combo god" anymore. God Kefka is going to be amazing, possibly even better than Seraph Sephiroth, Griever Ulti, BFA, NeoExdeath, and Dark Emperor put together. My nightmares will be haunted by clowns for weeks on end!

I believe Terra's moveset will primarily be magic as well, as there are already too many swordsmen and OK is the only hero that casts magic. They could divvy up all the black magics between the two. As for her Ex burst, Garland, I think it will be Riot Blade, 1) because it is unique to that game, and 2) Ultima would seem too similar to OK Sage's Holy Ex Burst and wouldn't do justice to Terra's character IMO. Who knows, maybe they'll save Ultima and Meteor for Cosmos and Chaos' Ex Bursts? o.O That would be epic.

[yasir_roxas]

OMiGosh, theres news on ffextreme! :P jk
its been ages since this site had fast updates... ever since the forum was back up...

Anyway, cloud looks skinny in the art work, if you compare him to tidus I guess :P

[Red Sage]

That's because his hair is so big now. We're so used to seeing him with a more practical coif that we forgot the big hair spikes he started with. But yes, I think Cloud was always skinnier than Tidus; Tidus was sort of beefy for a FF main hero. On the bright side, he's not nearly as scrawny as OK, Zidane, or Bartz, which is as it should be (except for Bartz---why, Nomura, WHY?)

[WD Cecil]

Cloud? Clooouuud!? CLOOOUUUD!!!! HALELUALIA!!!HALELUALIA!!!HALELUALIA!!!HALELUALIA! !!HALELUALIA!!!

[RedCloud]

I think I just wet myself out of happiness to see Cloud and Terra confirmed with artwork. (it could have stayed in the other news topic I created, but, anyway)

This is just amazing. I think Cloud and Terra look great. Kefka looks JUST how I imagine him in the artwork, though his in-game model looks a little different.

I think the only characters I have a problem with are Bartz being too skinny and having that revealing top, and Squall just looks a little too dainty. Apart from that the line up is great, nothing more to complain about, in fact, nothing REALLY to complain about in the scheme of things except for a nitpick here and there about Bartz and Squall.

No point trying to figure out what kind of fighter these guys are, we'll have to wait and see. But I seriously cannot wait for the final trailer.

I thought they would release info on Cloud a month before the game, seems a little early. I think that they'll release the final trailer in about 2 weeks time, perhaps a month to get the final hype up for the game.

[WD Cecil]

It just looks like Square-Enix are serving us up another mind blowingly amazing top of the notch awesomesauce game!

[Garland]

News this good, does not deserve to be paperclipped onto other peoples threads ^^

Kefka needs that 16 hit "Hate" combo, OK has high combos and he's not described as a combo master more like a 'swords and magic' archtype. Tidus casts Hastega on himself i think, durring his Ex mode. Jecht was described as a front line power house something-or-other, and yeah, he seems to use alot of 'fist' attacks even though he has that big ass sword. But i'm sure he hasn't combo'd yet so it's hard to tell.

Well, atleast the Cloud fans are happy.

Hope Exdeath has some good moves.

[Red Sage]

As unlikely as it is, yes, I want a Kefka hate combo as well. And teleportation if they can manage it. Jecht also uses a lot of fire attacks, apparently. Cloud of Darkness uses primarily thunder attacks and orbs, and Squall indeed uses a lot of combos.

IGN: Final Fantasy: Dissidia Preview

tp://www.gamespot.com/psp/action/dissidiafinalfantasy/news.html?sid=6199097&mode=news

EDIT: New stuff people!

Okay, so some relatively minor new information, there are those at some websites (including the one below me) who state that Terra can summon Typhon and Ifrit as her Ex Bursts. They are purportedly only 2D images that create statistical advantages, like 1.5 brave points, etc., but it is still good that they honored that aspect of FF. Methinks that there will be more than two summons available, as I find Typhon hardly representative of FF, and maybe just FF6 alone. I'm hoping for at least some classic summons: Ifrit, Shiva, Ramuh, Leviathan, Titan, Alexander, Odin, Bahamut, Carbuncle, Atomos, Fenrir, Phoenix, Golem, Siren, etc., maybe even Maduin (FF6/9ish). Regardless, I think they will most likely limit the summons to only those that appeared in FF6 (which is still a substantial pool), therefore Diablos, Gilgamesh, Cerberus, Hades, Ark, Knights of the Round, Quetzacotl, etc. and other nonFF6 summons are sort of moot. I cannot think of a better game that deserved summon representation than FF6, though. Let's just hope that FF5 gets the same opportunities with job classes and and chocobo cameo.

Wait. I'll leave that theory just in case, but there is also the possibility that summoning is an ability all characters share, and Terra is the only one we managed to see do so. So in that case the fact that Typhon, an overall unrepresentative summon has been included, could mean hope for nearly any and possibly every summon to be included as well.

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[Garland]

Typhon!? You mean sneezing Ultros' partner in crime? howed that loser get in and not the great Uncle Ulty himself?? Bah, Diablos, Gigantuar, Gilgamesh, Leviathan, and Kaiser Dragon were all extra summons in VI.