A new idea for Gold Saucer! (I think): Battle Square!

In Battle Square, you (and friends) can battle characters from past Final Fantasy games. Including, but not limited to:
Cloud, Sephiroth
Tidus, Cecil and more

winners would receive glamours, minions or furnishings (or mats for them)
such as:
Clouds buster sword

Midgar model
table scale model of the city of Midgar. Sister Ray attachement sold separately

magiked blitzball
just add water!

wind-up Safer(?) Sephiroth
sure he's megalomaniacal, geocidal, ex-SOLDIER with a god complex. but hey,
he's adorable

well, that's my thoughts. Thanks for reading :)

It's fun from a gameplay perspective, difficult to explain from a lore perspective why these heroes are here, but I think if we don't go too wild with fan service and make this a XIV style battle arena it could be good. Borrowing the original, a gauntlet of fun battles with a roulette of random ailments inflicted on the player to increase the challenge.

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Originally Posted by Rufalus

It's fun from a gameplay perspective, difficult to explain from a lore perspective why these heroes are here, but I think if we don't go too wild with fan service and make this a XIV style battle arena it could be good. Borrowing the original, a gauntlet of fun battles with a roulette of random ailments inflicted on the player to increase the challenge.

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Honestly, the lore aspect wouldn't be too hard. Tales of Symphonia did exactly the same thing by throwing in characters of previous Tales game as a secret opponent in their battle arena, and it didn't conflict with anyone's stories.

Honestly, a Battle Square would be interesting. They would have to balance it so every Job had a "decent" chance at winning though provided their luck was good and their skill was passable. For example, throwing a mob with A-rank level HP at a MCH is just mean, because unless the mob can be heavied repeatedly, the MCH is dead on arrival. But I could see this happening.