Okay, so did we completely miss something, or has Dissidia Final Fantasy - that's the new one that's currently only available in Japanese arcades - always been confirmed for release on consoles? Given that it's essentially a PlayStation 4 title to begin with, we always assumed that it'd be arriving on Sony's system eventually, but in a recent Famitsu interview, producer Ichirou Hazama talks casually about "the console version" like it's common knowledge.
"Many users are expecting a story for the console version, which we are of course preparing," Hazama told the aforementioned publication, as translated by Gematsu. He continues: "However, the focus of the game is battles and that has not changed. We will further enhance other elements as well, which will take a little bit more time." The game's getting a story mode similar to its predecessors, then, which is good to hear. Hazama goes on to say that the console version will be discussed in more detail at a later date.
The bottom line here, though, is that Dissidia is indeed hitting the PS4 at some point - even if, for whatever reason, Square Enix has never bothered to wheel out a big announcement. Hopefully there's a big chunky press release on the way, eh?
Are you happy to hear this? Call dibs on your favourite Final Fantasy characters in the comments section below.
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Yay...?
@Miles_Edgeworth Yay!
I mean...cool? Wonder what else it lands on. "Console" is a wide and very none committal term.
I thought this WAS common knowledge. o-O
Yeeeessssss. Loved the psp games
SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i'm now an extremely happy man
@ShogunRok tbf anything with final fantasy written on it will get my money
Get in! Great news. How far into release are they? Maybe this was part of the big news they are saving.
Awesome! Getting a Dissidia game on the PS4 is something that I've been waiting for ever since the first trailer of the arcade game was shown. Hopefully it'll be released in 2017.
Well it was built on PS4 but for some reason it's taken them forever to port it.
I'll pick indifference, thanks.
@BLP_Software Well the arcade machine is literally PS4 hardware from what I understand, so we at least know one of the machines it's coming to.
It doesn't surprise me. The question has always been when it'll come out. Anyone think it'll be this year or next?
It seemed the arcade game has less content then the PSP games (least as far as I seen)
I thought it'd be released this year for the Anniversary but maybe it'll take longer then.
Don't think they ever actually confirmed it was coming to PS4 but it's kinda been expected
Will be announced on e3 2017, ps4 exclusive
Cool, been waiting for this ever since the game was announced.
Over 250 hours on my Dissidia 012 save file (and I haven't even completed everything yet). Need I say more?
@DerMeister my money goes on this year as part of the 30th anniversary celebrations
As much as I enjoyed the dissidea games, I do think this has the potential to be so much better on console with the extra grunt of a console. Will certainly give us better arenas to fight in
Also I demand prompto as a playable character
It was announced ages ago. It might have even been 2015.
@johncalmc Mentioned maybe, but never announced in the real sense of the word from what I can see. Would explain why this seems to be news to most people, including me.
I can see this game getting some backlash in the West because all the characters look PRETTY. Squall is totally channeling Milla Jovovich, for instance.
@johncalmc Yeah, I seem to remember that too.
I think a lot of people just assumed it would be coming to PS4 since it's already running on PS4 and Sony usually get FFs unless they were specifically designed to throw a bone to another platform holder (e.g. Crystal Chronicles on GC).
It does seem like a console version was never formally announced. I guess Square Enix also assumed it was obvious and didn't specifically announce it.
I already thought this was happening
well ... finally? lol
Ive been waiting for that announcement since the first screenshot so - yea - finally !!!
Loved the first and second Dissidia, I hope they dont leave out any single character of the former roster and expand upon the first two games!
@Tsurii Looking at the videos, yes, they are building all characters from scratch and majorly changing some. Vaan, for example, has nothing to do with his 012 iteration.
The only thing that bothers me is how they butchered some of the music in the trailers. That reindition of Dancing Mad makes me cry...
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