——I can’t help but be curious about the order in which characters will be added once the game is officially live.
Kujiraoka:
We’ve already got a list of 50 characters for development. We’ve got a range of characters that cover both long- and close-range fighters; we’re planning to add them so as not to upset game balance. We’re also taking into consideration the fact that if we just looked at which characters are most popular, things would end up one-sided.
——Seeing as Team Ninja is involved in development can we expect to see any Dead or Alive characters joining the fight?
Hayashi:
I don’t think that’s something Dissidia fans are really looking for. Our role in this is project is to bring our development know-how and technical understanding to the table.
And we’d imagine even after creating 50 characters they’ll still be characters we’ll want to add [from the Final Fantasy games]—it’s a series with a history [to drawn upon]. So we aren’t thinking about including DOA characters.
And keep in mind Kujiraoka is strict about which characters we can introduce—even with that 50 character quota there’s many [from the Final Fantasy games] that we want to include for which he won’t give the green light.
Kujiraoka:
Yeah. Even 50 characters feels too low a number.
Hayashi:
It might sound a bit strange to say this given we only have six characters at the moment but I want to create even more [than 50].
——I was worried that it would be hard to tell players apart if there all 6 of them were the same character.
Kujiraoka:
We’re discussing color variations in response to that scenario. I don’t think they’ll be a pink-haired Cloud, though. [Laughs] We could also put in some kind of effect to avoid confusion.
Cloud in Wall Street dress or bust.We’re discussing color variations in response to that scenario. I don’t think they’ll be a pink-haired Cloud, though. [Laughs] We could also put in some kind of effect to avoid confusion.
So Tifa in her Wall Market dress then?Cloud in Wall Street dress or bust.
Interesting how they just said "Color variants" and not alts...
I'd have hoped they would do away with these tbh, the most boring and basic of alts.
I am an adult. I pay bills and do adult like life things.Butz reveal @46:35
I am an adult. I pay bills and do adult like life things.
But I'll be damned if I don't laugh like an infantile idiot at the name Butz everytime.
Heh. Butt.
Wish they could add Auron, Rikku, Zack, Vincent, Yuffie, Paine, Genesis, Rinoa, Irvine and Zell, though.