Very excited.. Y'shtola in Dissidia!

[Kurenai_Night]

Sooooo excited! SE this better not be arcade only japan only! If it is, my anger for you will be renewed! Hope this comes to PS4 and PC. So ready for this to move from handheld to console! What are everyones thoughts on the new dissidia? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPrXNBevqFk

[Pterois]

wonder who the evil representation of FFXIV will be?

[Kurenai_Night]

I'm feeling like this guys right here >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy8WNQkCjFQ

[Lethallin]

I'd much rather have Yda... but oh well. I'm just happy about a new Dissidia. I thought it was going to die off as a series.

[Vejjiegirl]

I dunno, i'm not feeling it
You have main characters or important characters from every series I dont think Y'shtola really fits, regardless of her being stuck in Theatrhythm. Don't get me wrong Y'shtola is great and everything but I feel she doesn't represent FFXIV and its players very well. The only thing she has going for her is the fact that she is a Female Miqo'te which atm is the most used race/gender in the game. I feel they only stuck Y'shtola there as Miqo'te fanservice, like they do for a lot of FFXIV promotional artworks or concepts, there is almost always a miqo'te in the center of the picture, larger than anyone else and always the focus point.

In my opinion. I would much rather have Meteor "AKA Derplander" as the FFXIV representation.
It would have been the perfect chance for SE to show off dragoon derplander/Marauder and even young Archer in action. When I think FFXIV I always think this guy and I feel he represents all the players not just the game itself.

[Santherelle]

Well At least they didn't use Minfillia.

Somehow she would have had another character do all the fighting and manage to take all the credit for herself.

[Najara]

Well At least they didn't use Minfillia.

Somehow she would have had another character do all the fighting and manage to take all the credit for herself.

No you didn't!

[Tayolynn]

Well At least they didn't use Minfillia.

Somehow she would have had another character do all the fighting and manage to take all the credit for herself.

Lol and her attacks would be like Yuna's, where other Warriors of Light are attacking for her, and her final attack would be being kidnapped by an Asian and his super attack would mistakenly hit her opponent instead of her. At the end of her final attack, another Warrior of Light comes in to save her.

On the other hand, I secretly would like Minfillia to be in Dissidia, just for the sake of turning an inactive main character into someone so badass, it'll be like Monty Oum's Dead Fantasy, turning Kairi into a kickass machine. And I forgot to mention that this has got me so excited that if this is a hoax or doesn't follow through, my heart would give out. Been longing for another Dissidia for the longest time, and if this is definitely on PS4 console, I better see an amazing amount of playable characters in it. If PSP could fit 30 characters, PS4 better be able to fit double that amount.

Update: Looking a little more into this, I'm starting to get more skeptical about it, since they say it's for Japanese arcade. With that, now I'm back to the, I'll believe it when I see more, especially with awesome things that Japan makes, tend to stay in Japan.

[Welsper59]

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Which is probably exactly why they don't use him. You can't exactly give a solid persona to the character, and all things considered, most people wouldn't even really understand why he's there... heck, we don't even have a solid reason why he's being shown in FFXIV lol. Besides, Dissidia is all about the fan service of showcasing famous characters who have ties to the game and their stories. It's never been about representing the players of the game... I mean, Shantoto, Kefka, Cloud, Terra, Zidane, Tidus, Yuna, etc. are all established characters.

Why Y'shtola? No idea. Perhaps they just wanted a recognizable caster on the good side (of which there aren't many). Perhaps they ran a poll in Japan about popular characters and she topped out, at least maybe as far as caster types are concerned, which is not surprising given her only competition is Papalymo... and female characters are generally going to win out on popularity in video games.

wonder who the evil representation of FFXIV will be?

My guess is this guy...

[kyuven]

wonder who the evil representation of FFXIV will be?

Nael deus Darnus would be an interesting choice. There's a bit of a shortage of characters of "that" type.
Granted the first Dissidia had the amusing situation of having more default female villains than heroes, with Cloud of Darkness and Ultimecia on the evil side and only Terra on the good side. Shantotto was unlockable for the good side, ostensibly...but still she always felt kinda..antagonistic.