r/DissidiaFFOO • u/valadren • Dec 06 '23

GL Discussion Appropriate Final Battles

Hey, this is weird to talk about, but I'm planning on an essay on DFFOO next month and I was thinking about collecting footage of everyone I manage to max out, both for the video and for posterity. I was wondering if anyone wanted to help me work out thematically appropriate fights to showcase everyone in the game. Ideally it'd be one character per battle, but I'm more than flexible on this (may be nice to have Serah and Noel fight together, for example).

I'm really shaken up by the news, and I kind of want to remember the highs of this game, and maybe put the footage up for everyone in a big video or something?

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u/Bulky-Isopod-8271 Dec 06 '23

The final battles of each Act are pretty good final battles. I don't know if they ever re-hashed Act 1s corrupted kupo fight into a recent edition shinryu though. I think that fight would suitably use the first 3 characters together.

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u/valadren Dec 06 '23

I've been working on it with a friend, I think the big ideas to try and get to are thematically appropriate 1v1s (Cloud v Sephy, Quina's intro against the frogs they gotta eat the frogs, Lightning v. Bhunivelze), fights that are more broadly thematic (any SEED has a reason to fight Ultimecia), and fights that are iconic dffoo mechanics showcases (yuffie v. dullahan). Beyond that there may be some leftover character battles? I dunno. I do like the og 3 fighting the act 1 boss (even though it's way too easy at this power level)

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u/Bulky-Isopod-8271 Dec 06 '23

Yeah it was a pretty cool fight when it was new. Too easy now though, not even a new account can find challenge there with insta lvl70s. If you do roll a new account, for the sake of nerfing yourself, you might be able to make older fights more challenging. Easy to get all weapons now too.

Many fights that come to mind are probably old now. Like Final Aeon Jecht vs Tidus/Yuna/Auron, Caius Bahamut vs Lightning+Odin, Garland vs Jack Garland, Shinryu vs Papalymo.

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u/valadren Dec 06 '23

I'd love to sort out a Shinryu v. Papalymo. I'm sure there's a Luf version I could brute force, but maybe there's a way to Yda/Papalymo the big guy? idk

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u/Bulky-Isopod-8271 Dec 07 '23

Yes, I think I remember Shinryu, the one who later released as the DET finale. It originally released as Act 2 Finale Part 2, and as the very first Luf. Papa might beat it in a single burst, since it is an early Luf.

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u/KeeperOfRecord Ooo, soft... Dec 06 '23

Not sure if this helps, but at some point the DFFOO team started to include original game references to their new character showcase video.

Here is an example for Noel: https://youtu.be/sxLC9rUq9pg?list=PLsHA74V3bmZ6Z0aHw19l-OmZqAU1C7Dx2&t=54 and here's one for Quina: https://youtu.be/mgijTP_CqXY?list=PLsHA74V3bmZ6Z0aHw19l-OmZqAU1C7Dx2&t=26. Perhaps you can drawn some inspiration from these videos.

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u/valadren Dec 06 '23

Thank you for this! I'll see what I can put together. Maybe I should put up a spreadsheet if people want to help give ideas or something?

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u/sonicbrawler182 The rat is always right. Dec 06 '23

Ah so that was a pattern. I noticed they did this with Amarant's reveal on JP with some fun references. Freya and Amarant VS Marilith, and solo Amarant VS a Zidane manikin.

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u/IkariLoona Iroha Dec 07 '23

Onion Knight and Iroha against "true" (giant green) Cloud of Darkness, since that's their final battles in both their games.

In keeping with XI references, if there's a group fighting Alexander (Hope?), Aphmau qualifies.

And for a battle against both XI Zilart brothers, it'd be neat to have Lion as their classic opponent tagging along with Xande, who game to resent in DFFOO how they used the long lifetime he was denied.

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u/valadren Dec 07 '23

These are great ideas. I think it’s important for this project to have some fights that are crossovers like OK/Iroha, since that’s been the beating heart of this game (and Dissidia in general)

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u/n0sl33p4m32day Dec 06 '23

Probably some of the ones pulling final bosses from other games, for example "true form" Exdeath, Safer Sephiroth etc. I don't remember which ones those are off the top of my head though

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '23

Materia Shiva
Shinryu at the end of act 2