Characters that should be in Dissidia

[Wolf Kanno]

Not likely, unless they put it on a console and somehow put every character in all the games in there down to obscure people like the dancers in FFIII, Impresario in VI, and the Truck that hits Palmer.

[IXVI]

impresario? REALLY???....;|.....

[Jiro]

Not likely, unless they put it on a console and somehow put every character in all the games in there down to obscure people like the dancers in FFIII, Impresario in VI, and the Truck that hits Palmer.

"This guy are sick" guy. I want to vomit on their shoes for maximum damage. And Nida, who could have a Garden battle with a G-Garden pilot. And Cinna who would be the best character even though he's useles during IX. And the kid who wants to be a blitzball. Oh and Daryl, or Gogo so we can see the alternate costume which reveals the true person (Daryl. Or Adlai Stevenson. I forget)

[Skyblade]

Not likely, unless they put it on a console and somehow put every character in all the games in there down to obscure people like the dancers in FFIII, Impresario in VI, and the Truck that hits Palmer.

Even if they aren't playable, there's still the help menu.

[black orb]

Not likely, unless they put it on a console and somehow put every character in all the games in there down to obscure people like the dancers in FFIII, Impresario in VI, and the Truck that hits Palmer.

>>> There is an easy solution to all that, just put there a complete character customization/creation section just like Soul Calibur 3 and 4..

[Raideen]

Funny how it should only be "main villains and heroes" while Golbez is not really the main villain of FFIV (Coughzeromuszzcough).

I guess Seifer would be the appropriate enemy for Squall. I don't see what Square-Enix was smoking when they put Ultimecia instead of Seifer because I don't see how Ultimecia is significantly important to Squall.

(I know I made a topic already, I'll let that topic lock/die out though)

On the other hand, Dissidia needs some fist fighters like Zell or Tifa, would be interesting o.o
Or gun experts like Irvine and Vincent, that'd be badass.

[Skyblade]

Funny how it should only be "main villains and heroes" while Golbez is not really the main villain of FFIV (Coughzeromuszzcough).

I guess Seifer would be the appropriate enemy for Squall. I don't see what Square-Enix was smoking when they put Ultimecia instead of Seifer because I don't see how Ultimecia is significantly important to Squall.

(I know I made a topic already, I'll let that topic lock/die out though)

On the other hand, Dissidia needs some fist fighters like Zell or Tifa, would be interesting o.o
Or gun experts like Irvine and Vincent, that'd be badass.

A goodly number of the villains aren't the end-all final villains of their games. The developers specifically chose villains who weren't end-game bosses to avoid the villains with little to no character development, like Zemus/Zeromus, Yu-Yevon, and the others in that same group. They also tried to go with characters who had attachments to the main characters, yet were still important to the plot.

Seifer doesn't really make a lot of sense. While he does have the rival relationship with Squall, he wasn't really a major player. He was just a henchman, a minor villain, about as important as the Turks in FFVIII.

[Wolf Kanno]

Seifer was actually in the running to be the villain for VIII but was not chosen cause the developers wanted all the characters to be distinct from each other. Having two gunblade users didn't set well with them so they chose Ultimecia instead.

Maybe Dissidia 2...

Also, despite Zemus being the mastermind of IV, its only revealed a few hours before the end. Golbez on the other hand has been the main antagonist for the entire game and considering how brainwashing works in that game, he wasn't terribly far from his true personality. So he works in my mind.

Funny enough, Kain Highwind was originally chosen to be the villain representing IV. He was turned down cause the developers felt he was too much a hero and felt the dynamics between Cecil and Golbez would work better.

[arcanedude34]

A goodly number of the villains aren't the end-all final villains of their games. The developers specifically chose villains who weren't end-game bosses to avoid the villains with little to no character development, like Zemus/Zeromus, Yu-Yevon, and the others in that same group. They also tried to go with characters who had attachments to the main characters, yet were still important to the plot.

They chose Cloud of Darkness over Xande

[Darkwolf090]

In CoD's defense.... the hero doesnt even have a name... really I would of liked him alot more if he really was just Lunith and not Onion Knight... but thats my hatred for the job class showing

[Wolf Kanno]

A goodly number of the villains aren't the end-all final villains of their games. The developers specifically chose villains who weren't end-game bosses to avoid the villains with little to no character development, like Zemus/Zeromus, Yu-Yevon, and the others in that same group. They also tried to go with characters who had attachments to the main characters, yet were still important to the plot.

They chose Cloud of Darkness over Xande

Xande is a bit of a non-entity, despite a more fleshed out back story he only sends lackeys to fight you and technically only encounters your party once. In regard's to CoD, she is the result of the balance of light and darkness being disturbed and as the Light Warriors are chosen by the crystals to restore this balance, I feel this ties them together much better than an "armchair villain" like Xande. Thematically, it works better. Course I'm hoping he'll appear in a sequel.

[Zeromus]

About the Final Bosses thing, in spite that I would have loved to see Zeromus, Necron, and others like them as playable characters, I'm happy they didn't put them... 'Cause that way, characters like them can keep their GREAT power, and with that, their reputation. :B
I mean, if Zeromus was killed by 5 character in FFIV and he could have been difficult that way, would be kinda odd to watch him/it get killed by just one character, and maybe with just 1 low level character in Dissidia...
Isn't it weird that Sephiroth, for example, with all his overpowerful reputation, can get killed so easily in Dissidia??? (I'm talking about story mode or common battles, not about the Inward Chaos or Blackjack ones)... If he can be so easily killed in Dissidia (being the same person), why the hell he, as an ex 1st Class Soldier, was so feared in FF7???...

I get annoyed a little bit because of things like that in Dissidia, I mean, we need a little more of concordance in the games =/ ... A guy who can kick your ass even if the battle is unbalanced (4 or 5 against just one), and who had a whole game to get beaten, should not be so easily beaten in a one-against-one battle, and even worse, if you're beating him with one of those guys who got his ass kicked when being not alone in the earlier game... =/

I think Chaos forces are being looked down in Dissidia cause they were powerful guys in the earlier games... But of course, those are the rules in a Fighting game... So is understood... But I want to think that maybe that one is a reason for having not chosen some bosses... choosing other villains in their place...

Another reason could have been the technical difficulties to model them in 3D for a fighting game... being, like Zeromus, some of them, more a mass-like thing instead of an individual... I don't know if I can explain it well... D:

Of course, the other big reason is the way they can fit Dissidia story and the main villain role they had in their games... Like in Golbez case.

Specifically about CoD, Xande would have been great, but I think she got chosen instead of Xande just because of the lack of females in the playable characters list, cause they are mostly males. (4 females and 18 males, if I'm not forgetting or changing the sex of someone xD...)

Talking again about the question of this thread... I insist that Aki Ross would have been an awesome hidden playable character in Dissidia ?
What do you think?

[Sephiroth]

When I think about it:

FF III:

Luineth - EX Mode: Chosen by the Light; EX Burst: Sword of Light ---> Crystal Sword
Zande - EX Mode: Descendant of Noah; EX Burst: Power of the Mortal ---> Meteo

FF IV:

Kain - EX Mode: Dragoon Legend; EX Burst: I won't disappoint you, father! ---> Spear Rain
Zemus - EX Mode: All destroying Darkness; EX Burst: Lunarian Soul ---> Big Bang

FF VII:

Aerith - EX Mode: Descendant of the Ancients; EX Burst: The Cry of the Planet ---> Great Gospel | super version of X-Death; only HP damage attack would be White Materia (even though it is to protect the planet - but you need a chance to win with Aerith as well)
Zack - EX Mode: A Hero is born!; EX Burst: Embrace your dreams! ---> Omnislash Version Z.
JENOVA (shapeshifted ancient form with Sephiroth-like clothes) - EX Mode: Reunion!; EX Burst: True Form ---> Planet Crush
Genesis - EX Mode: Degradation; EX Burst: The Gift of the Goddess ---> Purgatory Wave

FF VIII:
Seifer - EX Mode: My romatic Dream!; EX Burst: Finishing Blade
Edea - EX Mode: Liberi Fatali; EX Burst: Dark Soul ---> Wrath of Ice

FF IX:

Vivi - EX Mode: Trance!; EX Burst: Dual Cast (Three different options - which one he uses belongs to your success while using it)
Black Waltz # III - EX Mode: Trance!; EX Burst: This is how you cast a... (Three different options - which one he uses belongs to your success while using it)
Beatrice - EX Mode: Trance!; EX Burst: Legendary Tech ---> Shock

FF X:

Yuna (like Cecil - Summoner and Archer possible) - EX Mode: High Summoner; EX Burst: Master Summon (Three different options - which one he uses belongs to your success while using it)
Seymour - EX Mode: The Unsent; Both hope and existence will end here! ---> Requiem

FF XII:

Ashe - EX Mode: Vengeance or Peace?; EX Burst: Rasler, give me your strength! ---> King's Sword Slash
Vayne - EX Mode: Manufacted Nethicite; EX Burst: History begins anew ---> Tera Flare

FF XIII:

Lightning - EX Mode: I'll fulfill the focus, Serah!; EX Burst: Zantetsuken
Galenth Dysley - EX Mode: I am the ultimate fal'Cie!; EX Burst: Ragnarok

[Forsaken Lover]

YouTube - Final Fantasy Top 10 - Top Ten Characters Not In Dissidia That Should Have Been

This is a good list.

Also this
YouTube - Top 10 Shoulda Been Dissidia Characters

Not as flashy as the first list but I like her candid manner.

[Darth Cid]

Dissidia 2 should involve full parties and sub-villains from all first ten FFs.