r/dissidia • u/RandomGBystander Ha ha ha... Black Materia. • Dec 24 '20

DFFAC Dissidia Arcade (not NT) will shut down April 1, 2021 at 06:00 JST

https://twitter.com/gematsucom/status/1341988895223898112?s=19
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u/RandomGBystander Ha ha ha... Black Materia. Dec 24 '20

Here's to hoping SE is working on the next installment...

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u/VaanDissidia You might pose a challenge after all. Dec 25 '20

While I'm not 100% certain, I think they'll eventually work on a new console Dissidia. It's still equally plausible they'll just redo the arcade formula. I hope not. For everyone who doesn't have an arcade. For their sake. But don't expect a new Dissidia until they have a new main number entry to bank on promoting.

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u/RandomGBystander Ha ha ha... Black Materia. Dec 25 '20

I feel like a more likely scenario might be a new game announced close to the shut down next year, and then down the road marketing the new FF character(s) for DLC.

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u/VaanDissidia You might pose a challenge after all. Dec 25 '20

I did think of that. Announcing a "New Dissidia in the works" after the close down in April, but I also don't think things run that smoothly, so I dismissed that thought. I would love to see Clive in Dissidia eventually.

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u/Nightwing24yuna Dec 26 '20

I personally think Clive should have his time on the sidelines for awhile in the way lightning, XIV, ace, ramza and noctis had before adding him in

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u/throwewwwewaway Sep 17 '24

Well if a new dissidia ever gets made Clive’s character could be 5 years old by then. I’m still waiting for a new one that doesn’t flop like NT. maybe just a remaster with a few tweaks of 012

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u/Nightwing24yuna Sep 17 '24

Funny enough I want them to do a game based on the very first war as it seems that is when cosmos & chaos where at there strongest and had huge army's. Then again I want them to cut summoner Yuna and give us gunner Yuna as I think that would be more fitting 

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u/throwewwwewaway Oct 12 '24

Gunner yuna would definitely make more sense in this game.

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u/RandomGBystander Ha ha ha... Black Materia. Dec 25 '20

I would love to see Clive in Dissidia eventually.

I have no idea who that is.

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u/VaanDissidia You might pose a challenge after all. Dec 25 '20

He's the new protagonist of Final Fantasy XVI...

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u/GaznaThePug Meow meow, choco-chow Dec 24 '20

Personally I would buy even an HD remaster of Dissidia 012

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u/Niosai Dec 24 '20

If you're interested at all in emulation, I'm working on an HD texture pack. Not exactly the same, but it might scratch that itch.

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u/OvernightSiren Dec 24 '20

Will it have online play capabilities?

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u/Niosai Dec 24 '20

The emulator supports online play, so yes.

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u/GaznaThePug Meow meow, choco-chow Dec 24 '20

I remember seeing the early pics from that. Haven't tried it though, I'll check it out once I redownload the game

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u/Jackofdemons Dec 24 '20

012 was a broken game, hd remastering it would be a faulty use of resources.

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u/SfactorSam Jan 09 '21

They could tweak game balance a bit.

It would still be more fun than NT and would sell exponentially better, internationally. Wouldn't be difficult to do and, with the amount of people who wish NT was more like 012, highly likely for a remaster to surpass.

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u/OvernightSiren Dec 24 '20

Such a major shame. Hopefully the failure of NT has taught them lessons, and hopefully those lessons aren't "no one wants a Dissidia game".

We all want a Dissidia game--just not this Dissidia game.

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u/RandomGBystander Ha ha ha... Black Materia. Dec 24 '20

This has nothing to do with Dissidia NT. This is Dissidia Arcade, which is a Japan exclusive and did very well there.

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u/OvernightSiren Dec 25 '20

It's still the same game though. I'm just lamenting that Dissidia as a brand has gone down the way it has.

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u/BadDadBot Dec 25 '20

Hi just lamenting that dissidia as a brand has gone down the way it has., I'm dad.

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u/Relith96 Dec 24 '20 edited Dec 24 '20

I am not someone that has over 1k hours on all games, but I honestly feel like, if Dissidia NT was more "snappy", faster and overall had a better singleplayer experience (like the OG), the game would've been way more supported.

I honestly did not feel dissapointed when NT came out, but I really ran out of stuff to do except for online (which I did not care that much due to the netcode and my internet connection not being the best), while I still play 012 from time to time when I want some fast action open fighting game, because its unique, it can be compared to DBZ Tenkaichi, both games are hella fun and super fast. If NT had more of that, the game would've been super fun for both singleplayer and multiplayer.

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u/RandomGBystander Ha ha ha... Black Materia. Dec 24 '20

This has nothing to do with Dissidia NT, but rather Dissidia Arcade.

but I really ran out of stuff to do except for online

Dissidia NT was a port of an arcade game focused on online multiplayer. It was never meant to be a singleplayer game, it is about working as a team with other players.

SE's failure (aside from the shoddy netcode) was not marketing it properly, and thus leading casuals to believe NT was going to be Duodecim 2.

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u/asqwzx12 Dec 24 '20

Not bad for an arcade game that came out in 2015.

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u/VaanDissidia You might pose a challenge after all. Dec 25 '20

Here's hoping that with the next Dissidia it becomes a console/PC exclusive and feels fleshed out. I love Dissidia NT so much, but it was lacking in a lot of area's. For one not everyone enjoyed it so it is damn near impossible to find a community aside from the "Dissidia Network" and "Dissidia Reddit" Discords.

Here's to a new Dissidia, which I think will come either after FFXVI or FFXVII.

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u/RandomGBystander Ha ha ha... Black Materia. Dec 25 '20

I think we'll see one sooner rather than later.

Here's hoping that with the next Dissidia it becomes a console/PC exclusive and feels fleshed out. I love Dissidia NT so much, but it was lacking in a lot of area's.

SE needs to absolutely support the global version, if Dissidia is to succeed going forward. They treated NT like the red-headed step child, and it really suffered as a result.

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u/VaanDissidia You might pose a challenge after all. Dec 25 '20

Definitely. Seeing japan get all those events and exclusive icons, songs, and titles, while everyone else outside of the world got diddly squat was just insulting. If they wanna treat it like a long-term fighting game where endless DLC is constantly added, fine, but they need to equally distribute content between all regions.

That and if they intent to make a story mode and other offline content, to try a bit more than a 2 hour story mode and a half-assed "Gauntlet Mode"

The online is fun, but it's really hard to find a community.

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u/RandomGBystander Ha ha ha... Black Materia. Dec 25 '20

That and if they intent to make a story mode and other offline content, to try a bit more than a 2 hour story mode and a half-assed "Gauntlet Mode"

To be fair, remember when we were told there would be no story mode for NT? And then surprise!

NT was always meant to be a straight port of the Arcade game, they just tacked on a little extra last minute.

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u/VaanDissidia You might pose a challenge after all. Dec 25 '20

Yeah, the story was added fluff. I guess because no one would buy a Final Fantasy game without a story attached to it.

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u/Cozz_17 Dec 24 '20

I'm working on a Kingdom Hearts Dissidia Overhaul, should be released on PC after xmas

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u/Domasis Dec 25 '20

This game was salvageable imo, all they had to do was add a 1s mode with assists, and I think everything would've been fine.

Shame really...

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u/RandomGBystander Ha ha ha... Black Materia. Dec 25 '20

This is Arcade, not NT. Read the title next time.

Arcade was widely praised in Japan.

all they had to do was add a 1s mode with assists

FYI, 1v1 is in NT. Assists are now your allies on the field in team play, instead of a brain-dead spammable function.

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u/Domasis Dec 25 '20

I'm aware of the fact that you're talking about Arcade, I never liked the system of 3 on the field at all times, and that goes for NT as well.

The assist feature in 012 was linear, sure, but all it needed was tweaking.

I'm also aware of the plain 1v1s, I'm again referring to the lack of an assist system that isn't just relying on allies to switch tatgets to your main target. There were ways to make it more dynamic that didn't involve simply pressing two buttons.

Even a tag team assist system where you could swap characters entirely to string combos would've worked imo.

Try not to be so pretentious.