I think your numbers are off for some of them. Vaan is from XII and Lightning is from XIII. Also VI and VIII's villains are in the game so I'm assuming you mean final bosses from XI and XIII.
The Dissidia team decided not to put Lightning in the game cause they didn't want to give away elements from XIII and didn't want to let fans know what she was like before the game she stars in comes out.
XI and XII were thrown in as secret characters cause they wanted to have representations for these games as well but time restrictions prevented going all out. Besides, XI's nature makes it difficult to discern a true villain and hero... XII was too recent. Personally, since Gabranth was chosen for lead villain in XII I feel Basch is more fitting for hero.
As for side characters, a few villains make appearances as summons as I know Golbez's Four Elemental Fiends are summons. They did have a few planned, Kain for instance was planned as a secret character until the very end when they finally dropped him to make deadline. Nomura mentioned in an article how much he wanted Kain in the game.
Dissidia has done fairly well in Japan and may do very well in the US and PAL regions. There is a good chance it will get a sequel and we may get to see more characters.![]()





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