For those of you who are interested in such things, a trascription of Dissidia 012′s text — complete with the text of prologus, 012: Treachery of the Gods, 013: Light to All, 000: Confessions of the Creator, and the Character Files and Summon Compendium from the Museum — is now available for you to peruse online at GameFAQS. Click here to check it out.

A little self-promotional, I suppose, given that I put this thing together — but only a little.

With this now done, my personal efforts to provide coverage of the game to the fans are pretty much done. In addition to this script, I’ve also previously posted a review of Dissidia 012, a Plot Analysis FAQ, and a translation of an Ultimania page that explains the algorithm behind which voices you hear at the game’s title screen.

I’m not going to say that this is the last thing I’ll work on related to Dissidia or Dissidia 012 (there are some developer interviews in one of the Ultimanias that I’m interested in), but if I do anything else, it’s going to be a good while off.

For now, I just want to get caught back up on the 30 Days of Final Fantasy meme, as I’m behind on the past three day’s entries, and still need to do today’s. We have a thread running in the forum for people to post their entries, so come on in and post yours.

Meanwhile, I’m posting mine over on my personal blog, I disagree — The Id, by the way. Just in case you want to check it out. If not now, then another time perhaps?

Okay, I admit, that last bit was straight-up shamelessly self-promotional. Enjoy the script (and blog?), folks.

If you’ve been playing Dissidia 012 — or watching videos of it on YouTube — then you know by now that the voices of the game’s various characters can occasionally be heard saying “Square Enix” and “Dissidia Duodecim” at startup. You may have even noticed that the game of origin for some of the characters seems to correspond to certain days of the month on which you hear them (e.g. you heard Steve Burton/Cloud on the 7th of April).

You may be interested to know exactly what circumstances determine who you hear on a given day — and perhaps even a given time on a given day. Read on for more.
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Mentioned in our “Dissidia 012 Review and Story Analysis” article, this is TheLifestream.net’s exclusive — and extensive — plot analysis FAQ of the Dissidia Final Fantasy series. This is the most comprehensive such analysis of Dissidia’s story around — the closest thing to a Dissidia FF Ultimania Omega you’ll ever find, unless Square Enix decides to do one, of course.

We hope that this article enhances your enjoyment and appreciation of Dissidia, and perhaps your understanding of it as well.
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How did your predictions for Dissidia 012 turn out? Was it all you hoped for, or one of the greatest disappointments yet from the Final Fantasy series?
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Despite only being an assist character, that apparently doesn’t preclude Aerith from getting her own set of alternate outfits. Like Tifa, she can sport her Crisis Core or Amano dress.

The Japanese site has been updating with a couple of  combat videos from the game. They seem to do a pretty good job at showcasing the characters’ abilities with opponents actually offering some solid resistance. These are our first real good looks at Yuna, Gilgamesh, and Prishe as well as Aerith’s assistance capabilities. Enjoy!

We’ll start off with the shipper’s dream matchup: Tifa (assisted by Aerith) facing Sephiroth (assisted by Cloud):

Continue after the break for seven additional battles.

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You may have noticed at the bottom of the Gilgamesh scan an image of Squall’s Kingdom Hearts appearance. It has indeed been confirmed as another alt for him. Europe will be receiving a release of the game called the “Legacy Edition,” which will include download codes for both that and the red-garbed Amano Tifa.

Additionally, it’s been announced that pre-ordering Dissidia 012 from Amazon.com will net you the code for Amano Tifa, whereas pre-ordering the game from GameStop will come with a code for Cloud’s Kingdom Heart’s outfit. There hasn’t been word yet on how North America will be receiving Squall’s “Leon” getup.

Here are images of the alternates in question to help with your decision.

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And thanks to forum member Tea-chan.

Now we fight like men! And ladies! And ladies who dress like men!

Gilgamesh was already confirmed for Dissidia 012, but images and information about him are now starting to trickle in. Famitsu recently featured the famous swordsman. See after the break for the scan and the translation.

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As mentioned in the previous news post, Aerith has also heard Cosmos’ call, it would seem. But she can only be bothered to occasionally pop in and help her friends out when absolutely necessary. Taking a page out of Polyphony Digital’s Gran Turismo book, Dissidia 012 will have a demo available for purchase called Dissidia Duodecim Prologus Bigus Dickus Final Fantasy for about $3. Said demo supposedly is a bit more substantial than your average demo but the only reason anyone will buy it will undoubtedly be for the code that unlocks Aerith as an assist character in the proper game.

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The new trailer can be watched on the Japanese site by clicking on the button for it in the upper left portion of the menu.  It includes a lineup of all new characters announced to date as well as a fleeting glimpse of a certain summoner in a purple skirt.

http://www.square-enix.co.jp/dissidia_012/

Thanks to Zappy for the heads up.

Over the years, it’s become hard work for FFVII fans to keep up with what’s supposed to be canon and what isn’t. Amidst all the games, movies, novellas, guide books, and alternate universe titles, what’s a FFVII fan to do?

Read this article, that’s what!

I’m going to take all the work out of it on your end and lay everything out for you, the fans, to digest in a simple, easy-to-follow manner. So, the next time you’re in a debate about FFVII with HeartlessAngel527 or FlowerGoddess777 and they begin to reference Cloud’s wing, Aerith waiting around for a certain spikey-haired emo kid, or other stuff you know doesn’t belong, you can go all Phoenix Wright on them.

So, click “Read the rest of this entry” and let’s get started.

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That’s right, folks, we finally have confirmation on those pesky rumors that have been flying around.

It appears that Vaan will added to the roster of characters in Dissidia Duodecim 012.  Don’t act so surprised.

It is our first glimpse at a new costume for Terra, in the screen-shot on the very bottom of the scan.

A big thanks goes out to forum member DrakeClawfang as well as front page commenter Phi for finding this for us.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/ffchaoticcosmos/275530.html