Dissidia demo expected July 23

by Jem Alexander on Jul 17th 2009 11:38AM

Have you seen the latest episode of Pulse, the fortnightly PSN content highlight video? If so, you will have noticed that a demo for Square Enix's next PSP release, Dissidia: Final Fantasy, will be available to download on July 23. That's the expected release date, at least, but don't be surprised if it slips back down the slippery slope leading to the PSN servers. It wouldn't be the first time.

For many of us this will be the first time to see how the game actually works, as screenshots and videos have shown nothing more than a lot of mindless mid-air hacking and slashing. For a game which apparently lasts for over 40 hours, there's got to be a little more to it than that.

[Via VG247]

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Tags: demo, Dissidia, Dissidia-Final-Fantasy, Fighting, Final-Fantasy, psn, pulse, Square-Enix

Reader Comments (38)

As much as I dislike Squaresoft for this Smash rip-off, I'm rather excited to see Kefka. All I need to do is find a PSP seeing as mine has...absconded somewhat.

"Smash ripoff?" In what sense? A character mashup fighting game? Sorry, King of Fighters did it five years before Smash Bros. first came out. And it doesn't play anything like Smash, either. Closer to a less-elegant version of Destrega or something.

Looks like Smash, smells like Smash, tastes like Smash. It must be Smash, bruh.

Smells like flowers to me. ='|

"I guess cause you talk like you're ignorant, act like you're ignorant and post like you ignorant, you're ignorant."

I can never escape my mother's call.

I hope you realize that Square released a FF fighting game with like this before called Ehrgeiz, and it came out a year before SSB.

Eh, sort of. Ehrgeiz was strictly ground-based, though. Dissidia's got all the Advent Children physics going on. Flying about a 3D box and blasting up close and from a distance.

Dissidia is to Smash as Madden is to Harvest Moon.

The games are completely different, in style and execution.

wow you fail. this is a 3d fighting game with a little rpg elements.

Easy on the 1-up mushrooms, Bowser.

Dude, fuck you. Ninja Blade is a ripoff of Ninja Gaiden, and this is NOT the case you stupid ignorant dumbfucl!

Obligatory "KH characters or no buy" comment goes here.

Obligatory "KH != FF" comment goes here.

Oh, a demo? Score, lol. I hope it doesn't go the route of every Square announcement and get delayed. I really want to try it out, even if I am going to buy it anyway.

Place your bets on who the playable characters will be!

OK, that's not fair, of course it's going to be Cloud and Sephiroth because those are the only characters most North American gamers know.

We already know who all 22 playable characters are.

I should have added "in the demo" then. Cuz they're not going to give us the full roster for the DEMO.

Warrior of Light vs. Garland!

Oh. I expect it to be the same characters from other demos. Warrior of Light for sure, with some maybes on CLoud, Firion, Squall, and Zidane. And then their respective villains.

I'm betting that the following 22 characters will be playable ;)

Goodies:
Hero
Warrior of Light
Firion
Onion Knight
Bartz Klauser
Terra Branford
Cloud Strife
Squall Leonhart
Zidane Tribal
Tidus
Shantotto
Cosmos

Baddies:
Garland
The Emperor
Cloud of Darkness
Golbez
Exdeath
Kefka Palazzo
Sephiroth
Ultimecia
Kuja
Jecht
Gabranth
Chaos

(From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissidia:_Final_Fantasy#Characters)

Now, begin with the complaints of 'so-and-so' is missing.

Or maybe they'll totally blow our minds and put in Judge Gabranth and Shantoto.

Ah, but yeah, probably not in the demo.

Chaos and Cosmos are playable? lol thats a new one. OH wait, its Wiki...

Yeah, I don't think all 22 will be playable. It will be like MvC2.

all 22 are playable in the full game. the demo would probably have 2 though.

I've already been playing the game for 2 weeks or so. It's interesting, the battle system is kinda tough to understand but it gets easier. The leveling sstem is cool, but haven't gotten into specifics about doing a certain move. It's a pretty fun and challenging game overall though.

Same here. It gets really kinda hard in some fights. Onion Knight did so little damage he made me rage at the Emperor battle. Fought that mofo at least 30 times in a row.

I played the Japanese version, and from the 50+ hours I played, I can tell you it's different, and no, Cosmos and Chaos are NOT playable characters. You can fight Choas, but unless you use cheats/hacks your not gonna play them. Great soundtrack though, you can pick a track to have playing in the backgroud. I usually played One-Winged Angel(original) and Otherworld(FFX Jecht fight), but that's only two out of the 30+ tracks they put in there.

ohh, that's why i thought cosmos and chaos were playable. i saw that you could fight chaos...

Sounds good. Be sure to let us know exactly when it's released, Joystiq! :D

This game is indeed fantastic. I've logged around 50 hours on the Japanese version and am still not finished! I've preordered the English version and can't wait for release.

I've been playing for a while but as of yet haven't got Shantotto. i want her most of all! she rules. I agree the soundtrack is brilliant. Almost all of the best tunes from each game.

As someone who owns the game, I have to say that's this is what you would expect from a team who has never made a fighting game before. It's nothing really special. That being said, the Japanese voice work is pretty amazing, and it will hopefully be included on the American release as well for those interested.

Where is Vann from 12?

I pre-ordered already from Amazon. It was a few bucks off, plus you get a 12 track CD with the sound track. Can't wait. This is the first game in months, that I've been looking forward to.

Shantotto and the Judge are special chars you don't get until the end of the game. Dissidia is really just for the first ten Final Fantasies, the Hero from XI and the Villain from XII are unlockables.

lol you guys act like this game is brand new to anyone in US or europ. am sure most of you play or have the jp version and already gone threw a billion battles on ad-hoc with this if not dang sux being you then.

this game surely gonna suck with out the online play not sure how thay plan to put it online with out north america and europ with out the Ad-hoc like jp version dose to connect to dissidia to play,

and i doubt cosmo is a playble charecter in the north american version or europ but it wasen't in jp version only CHAOS!

lol Dude you can't play Chaos. Too bad you haven't actually played the JP version or you would know this.

dude talking to the wrong person about dissidia am done with this game and i have my own battle's and it's been so long that i stop playing this used to play it online all the time and yes u cant it was my mistake u can only choose him as a CPU fight. but anyways here my youtube link. in ur %))$ face.

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=gmoya909&view=videos my fights online from months

Good, I'll need a demo for this one. I can't say I'm champing at the bit like a lot of people seem to be.

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Dissidia demo expected July 23

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