It seems like just about every gamer has a Final Fantasy story. They’ve got their first Final Fantasy, their favorite Final Fantasy characters, and their own opinion about which Final Fantasy is best. It only makes sense to have the heroes and villains from 30 years of the series clash with one another in the biggest Final Fantasy crossover since Kingdom Hearts. Dissidia Final Fantasy NT is the follow up to 2008’s Dissidia Final Fantasy and 2011’s Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy, both released on the PlayStation Portable. Despite being a mashup of characters from an iconic RPG series, Dissidia is actually a fighting game at its heart, though many of the RPG roots can be seen.
The Final Fantasy heart is worn on Dissidia’s sleeve. It doesn’t shy away from being a fan’s dream of all the “what if” scenarios and fan fiction between the main heroes and villains of the series. Would Squall or Cloud emerge victorious from a duel" Is Sephiroth or Kefka the stronger villain" Can Tidus finally lay a beat-down on his abusive father, Jecht" Every main numbered game in the series gets representation, along with Tactics and Type-0, for a total of 28 characters. That’s a lot of possible combinations of three character team-ups facing off against each other. The current roster consists of every main hero and villain in the series (for the most part). DLC will bring six additional unannounced side characters from across vario...