Because we here at TheLifestream forums are geeks, we’ve had a thread running for a little while now on who the most powerful villains and heroes of the Final Fantasy franchise are. As well, I’ve had an interest lately in doing “top 10″ lists. See this thread for my “Top 10 Games of the Decade” list. [/shameless self-promotion]

Anyway, that being the case, it was inevitable that I decide to make an article like this for the front page. Seeing as how we’re now on the cusp of Final Fantasy XIII’s release in Japan, this seems like the right time for such a list, ere we have to include another hero and villain in our calculations.

So join me, won’t you, in celebration of the most powerful heroes and villains of the first 22 years (omg Sephiroth/Kabbalah reference!) of the Final Fantasy series.

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Cloud_S has again graced us with renders pulled from the UT website, this time of the characters’ alternate costumes such as Green-haired Terra and Squall’s SeeD uniform. These aren’t quite as high quality as the last set but appreciated nonetheless.

As a reminder to anyone interested Dissidia Universal Tuning is identical to the Western release of Dissidia save for the ability to switch between the Japanese and English battle dialogue.

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As if it weren’t apparent from our site’s coverage, Dissidia: Final Fantasy is a game that’s very close to my heart. And as it turns out, it’s a game that’s very close to Squall_of_SeeD’s heart too.

So it was only natural that the two of us would geek out and combine our resources and compile a FAQ of the most commonly asked questions regarding the game that celebrates Final Fantasy’s 20th Anniversary. Below you’ll find this site exclusive FAQ, the fruit of our research and understanding. Enjoy, and hopefully it’ll allow you to further enjoy the game and it’s storyline!
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The Dissidia Final Fantasy: Universal Tuning site has been updated once again, this time with the CG character artwork for the 10 warriors of Chaos. Once again, Cloud_S was kind enough able to extract these new artworks from the site. You can see them after the cut.

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The Dissidia Final Fantasy: Universal Tuning site has been updated with new CG character artwork for the 10 warriors of Cosmos. Cloud_S was able to extract these new artworks from the site, and we offer them to you below to use for your own nefarious creative purposes! With this current update, it’s almost certain the villains will be soon to follow. You can visit the official Janapese Dissidia site by clicking on this link. Oh, and take a look at the pretty cover while you’re at it.

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The official Dissidia Final Fantasy Universal Tuning site is now online, though its only feature at the moment is its release date, November 1st, 2009.

Click here to visit the site or here to find out more about Dissidia Final Fantasy Universal Tuning.

A new version of Dissidia, named “Dissidia Final Fantasy Universal Tuning”  will be released on November 1st, in Japan.

This new version is similar to the International ones of some of the Final Fantasy games, with features that were not present in the original release of the game.

This new version of Dissidia will feature the English dialogue and new attacks, presumably the ones that will be featured in the western version of the game.  It will also be compatible with japanese game saves. Whether or not “Universal Tuning” will feature any other additions remains to be seen.

Thanks go to our member Hitoshura for bringing this to our attention.

Gamestop has made a contest available on their website for Final Fantasy merchandise in celebration of Dissidia’s American release.

1st Prize: One person will win a full-size model of Judge Gabranth’s helmet from Final Fanatsy XII. The sweepstakes page makes a note to warn you its not to be worn.

2nd Prize: 10 people will win a Play Arts figure from the Summons/Monsters set featuring Gilgamesh, The Magus Sister, and both Shiva’s and Yojimbo’s normal and “heretic” forms.

3rd Prize: 10 more people will win a Play Arts figure from the Dissidia set popular in Japan consisting of Cloud, Squall, Zidane, and Tidus (The Warrior of Light is strangely absent).

No purchase is necessary and you only need to fill in your email address and phone number. (And live in the US)

So be sure to not enter so that I can win it!

For all those fans waiting for Dissidia Final Fantasy, the E3 demo of the game has been added to the Playstation Network today. As with all PSN demos, it’s free to download and play. So charge up your PSPs, and make sure you’re at least running Version 5.50.

For our friends in the Europe, it appears that the demo isn’t available for download due to region differences, however, we do have a link to the Demo file for those that would still like to get to try it out. You’ll have to drop the eboot.php file into the PSP/GAME directory to get it to work. Here’s a diagram of the directory to put it in.

EDIT: Thanks to user comments we’ve realized that the license is also necessary to play the demo as well. Sorry about the confusion. Below you’ll find the download link for the license to put in your PSP “LICENSE” folder. You can find the folder in the “PSP” folder.

License Download

Final Fantasy Dissidia Demo Download Link

The game features the following five playable characters.

So if you want a look at the game yourself, or want a heads up mastering the gameplay, definitely give this demo a try.

Square Enix really, really wants you to get on board and pre-order Dissidia, apparently. They want you to buy it so much, that they’ve even offered a coupon code to their mailing list that will allow you to get 5 dollars off the price through amazon.com. The promotional code becomes valid on Friday, July 24th at 12AM PST.

EDIT: Actually, the promotional code is now valid, a day early! Not only that, but the price for the game hasn’t increased at all. So with the discount and excluding shipping, you can get the game for $31.99.

And the coupon code is:

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the official European release date has been confirmed to be the 4th of September, which is only a week after the American release.

In addition to that, there will be a collector’s edition which will include the following items:

- A special slip case.

- A music compilation of excerpts from the original soundtrack.

- An artbook titled “The Art of DISSIDIA FINAL FANTASY”, contains 48 pages of assorted illustrations, including bonuses.

- A mini Brady Games guide, contains 32 pages of information on combat.

- Two exclusive lithographies of new never-seen-before images.

Source: FFchaoticcosmos

That’s right. You can now stalk..I mean…follow one of the creators of FFVII on 1UP.com.

Yoshinori Kitase has set up a blog in honor of Dissidia’s Western release where it will talk about the development and creation of the game.

Check out his blog right here and read up on it.