Final Fantasy Dissidia NT event... Why not?

[Barachim]

I would love a Dissidia Event. I wish we could be the 2nd character pulled from the XIV universe. Have a short quest line, where we experience the events of Dissidia NT from our point of view. Have 1-2 fights against some villains, we meet up with Y'shtola, then participate in the final battle. After the event, we and Y'shtola return to Eorzea, having forgotten the events of Dissidia NT.

[Keyln]

I would like to add that it be awesome if there were a Dissidia event in Eorzea. I would love to meet (as my character) some of heroes of Final Fantasy, such as Terra, Squall and OG Warrior of Light. I would love to fight against the likes of Garland, Cloud of Darkness (again) and Kefka (again).

What would it take for this to happen?

First born child? My immortal soul?

[Theodric]

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That's precisely why a Dissidia event would be flawed, I feel. It's a game based around playing both Final Fantasy protagonists and antagonists. Many of us prefer playing as the antagonists in Dissidia either because we like the characters themselves or because we like their move set.

Yet if the crossover event simply turns it into only caring about the protagonists and having them beat the 'bad guys'...then that screws over a considerable number of Dissidia fans.

After all, the likes of Ultimecia, Garland and Sephiroth are essentially protagonists in Dissidia simply by virtue of being playable. Some of the playable antagonists are also far more sympathetic than others, too, such as Golbez and Gabranth when they get around to adding him.

[ManuelBravo]

Not really sure what sales numbers have to do with Pireco's statement about canon or the characters in NT being memories/manakins. Popularity of a game also doesn't denote the likelihood of a crossover or collab event as we've already seen with several other "surefire" crossovers that could've happened. I enjoy seeing how they can make allusions and mythology gags to other games instead of wholesale copying or inserting characters

True, however with enough demand it might be possible specially if it's their within their own company trademarks.

[jameseoakes]

That's precisely why a Dissidia event would be flawed, I feel. It's a game based around playing both Final Fantasy protagonists and antagonists. Many of us prefer playing as the antagonists in Dissidia either because we like the characters themselves or because we like their move set.

Yet if the crossover event simply turns it into only caring about the protagonists and having them beat the 'bad guys'...then that screws over a considerable number of Dissidia fans.

After all, the likes of Ultimecia, Garland and Sephiroth are essentially protagonists in Dissidia simply by virtue of being playable. Some of the playable antagonists are also far more sympathetic than others, too, such as Golbez and Gabranth when they get around to adding him.

I don't think an NT event would be viable lore wise but getting to spend some time with Golbez would be epic

[ManuelBravo]

I don't think an NT event would be viable lore wise but getting to spend some time with Golbez would be epic

Would be nice as a Dimensional limit break battle one on one lol or some special move as part of after math of Omega. Fight one character that represents that particular job.

[Dualblade]

Dissidia NT reboots the Dissidia storyline anyway, given that the original two Disisidia games on the PSP were actually a retroactive pseudo-prequel to FFI despite the appearance of other FF characters (FFI's big villain Chaos was Dissidia's major antagonist, Cid of the Lufaine who was the narrator of Dissidia was (according to the later rereleases of FFI) the original builder of FFI's airship, the world map of Dissidia's world was a ruined lifeless version of FFI's world, and, as WhiteArchmage mentioned above the ending to the original Dissidia dropped off the Warrior of Light directly in front of Corneria Castle, setting up the beginning to the very first FF game).

Just one thing here, the Dissidia story isn't rebooted. All the characters who appeared in the previous two games cleary know each other and the WoL and Lightning talk about Cosmos briefly.

As far as an event goes, it would probably have less to do with the FF heroes and villians and more to do with Materia and Spiritus suddenly appearing or something.

[ManuelBravo]

Just one thing here, the Dissidia story isn't rebooted. All the characters who appeared in the previous two games cleary know each other and the WoL and Lightning talk about Cosmos briefly.

As far as an event goes, it would probably have less to do with the FF heroes and villians and more to do with Materia and Spiritus suddenly appearing or something.

If you finished Dissidia 012: Duodecim Final Fantasy with all characters and clear the Dungeon it kind of leaves you on a cliff hanger type of ending. So no surprise there that characters remember fractions of past events. There was a CS also were the battle resets in an endless loop of light vs dark and gives a slight insite of what is happening now with Materia and Spiritus.