History DissidiaFinalFantasy / TropesNToZ

** While not really "palettes", in the same storyline enemy types will often share the same moveset, equipment list and accessories between them (ie, all the Ephemeral Phantoms are the same). In "Confessions of the Creator" in ''Dissidia 012'' there's only a dozen or so set-ups for equipment and accessories that all the enemies use.

** The World map in ''Dissidia 012'' isn't just based on the map of ''Final Fantasy'', but numerous gateways and teleport stones are actually named after towns and dungeons in the original game and lie in the same approximate locations.

** You also need to buy the ability to use different types of equipment. Sometimes that makes sense--you wouldn't expect little guys like Onion Knight or Zidane to know how to use a Greatsword innately. On the other hand, they also need to learn how to wear hairpins and carry a shield.

** Exdeath and Ultimecia both get their penultimate forms rather than their final, "true" OneWingedAngel ones (Exdeath in a more humanoid version of his "magical tree" form, and Ultimecia with Junction Griever), probably for similar reasons to Sephiroth. Exdeath also has a reskin based on the horned "figurehead" of his Neo-Exdeath form in the sequel.
** And technically the final boss '''is''' [[spoiler:Garland's One Winged Angel form]].
** And with the addition of [[spoiler:Feral Chaos, Chaos has his own One Winged Angel form. So does this mean that he now has every type of one winged angel covered yet?]]

** Good luck getting Feral Chaos as a playable character. The dungeons leading to his are decent enough, the enemies max out at your level normally. Feral Chaos's level? The STARTING enemies are level 120, with max equipment on them, not to mention how stupidly dodgy and accurate the enemies are. You've got five levels of this before meeting the level 130 Feral Chaos with [[DamageSpongeBoss almost 160,000 HP.]]

* AWorldwidePunomenon - [[strike:Most of]] The Accomplishment titles.

* RuleOfCool - A hero and a villain from almost every ''Final Fantasy'' get together and beat the crap out of each other. Come on. Also, a phrase commonly used to describe the gameplay is that it's like playing ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren Advent Children]]''.

* NeverLiveItDown - In-universe as {{Mythology Gag}}s--if a character had a particularly embarrassing moment in their original game, like [[FinalFantasyII Firion's]] near-seduction by the Lamia Queen or [[FinalFantasyVII Cloud's]] cross-dressing in Wall Market, ''Dissidia'' will reference it for a laugh. In ''Dissidia 012'', Vaan got this worst of all--his infamous "how old are you" line pops up ''four times''.

* NonLinearSequel - Driven home when [[spoiler:the ending effectively brings the entire series back to the beginning, with Warrior of Light [[FinalFantasyI walking towards Cornelia Castle with his Crystal in hand]].]]

* NotDrawnToScale and[=/=]or YourSizeMayVary - The ''FinalFantasy'' series already takes a "more like ''guidelines''" approach to official heights and weights. Thing get even worse/better in ''Dissidia'', as [[http://community.livejournal.com/ffchaoticcosmos/271197.html this rip of the renders shows.]] [[hottip:*:While we don't know if there are any "official DFF" canon heights, we do know that WOL is canonically 189cm, [[NoExportForYou thanks to Ultimania]], so the chart is fairly congruent.]] Most jarring, likely, of the changes are Cecil, who has become the tallest Cosmos-side character by shooting up over half a foot, to roughly ''194cm[=/=]6'4"'', and Kefka, who's had a growth spurt of roughly the same amount, winding up somewhere around 191cm[=/=]6'2". Some fans theorize the changes made to Cecil were intended to make his many scenes with the roughly 2.5m[=/=]8' giant Golbez somewhat less... awkward, since Golbez is Cecil's brother, but as there are no potential explanations for the other changes, no one really knows why.

* OutOfTheInferno - The villains walking out of lava. In ''yet another'' Mythology Gag, Sephiroth poses in front of the fire ''exactly'' the same way he did in ''FinalFantasyVII'' and more specifically, the flashback in ''Advent Children.''

--->'''[[FinalFantasyVI Sabin]]:''' I don't get it since I spent so much time training, but I don't think you'll be able to rotate the characters in the [[MaleGaze direction you want]]. But my [[ChivalrousPervert brother]] mentioned something about battle replay in creation being useful... What could he have meant?

* RuleOfCool - A hero and a villain from almost every ''Final Fantasy'' get together and beat the crap out of each other. Come on. Also, a phrase commonly used to describe the gameplay is that it's like playing ''[[FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren Advent Children]]''.

*** Heck, it's possible not to take any damage from them at all. If the enemy has 0 Brave, then Meteor (you know, [[FinalFantasyVII the thing that was a threat to the entire planet]]?) will do nothing to you. At all.

** Auron's Jecht Ghost holds an [[FinalFantasyX Al Bhed Primer]], which, when translated, says, [[FinalFantasyX2 Give my regards to Y, R, and P]]. Even though they don't appear in the game at all.

* TheUnreveal - In the mognet sidegame, one of your moogle correspondents talks about [[ShowWithinAShow the opera]] in ''FinalFantasyVI''. The letter teases the reader about how we've never seen the end of the story:

* UnusableEnemyEquipment - Almost entirely averted, which is very impressive when you consider that this is a ''FinalFantasy'' game, moreover one with over ''1000'' pieces of equipment and accessories. Only a handful of these of these aren't available to the player: The three "broken" pieces of armor used by [[{{Mook}} Mooks]] in the story modes (and quickbattle, if the CPU strength is set low enough) that actually reduce stats, Chaos' equipment set, and a dozen or so (out of over 500) accessories exclusive to enemies, one half being [[MyRulesAreNotYourRules the same as those available to the player, but more so]], a quarter being gimmicky, stat-reducing equips, and the remainder being [[GameBreaker utterly godly]]--Initial Bravery +2000%, anyone? Or, if that isn't enticing enough, ''Dissidia 012'' comes with the GameBreaker variant in [[spoiler: a single accessory that adds FIFTY THOUSAND hit points to the new resident SNKBoss. Or his x90 booster accessory that kicks in after one minute.]]. Taking the absolute cake, though, is [[spoiler: the true Feral Chaos's accessory that gives him "+???" HP - really [[UpToEleven 115,000 HP]] - for a total of 125,698. Good luck, you'll need it.]]

* UrbanLegendOfZelda - In the grand ''Final Fantasy'' tradition, it's accumulated a few, including claims of Chaos being playable without hacking the game (and his summon Shinryu being usable by the player). It was also (briefly) the subject of a widely believed hoax by a French gaming magazine, which created fake screenshots of Lightning, from ''FinalFantasyXIII'', as a playable character in the [[UpdatedRerelease Universal Tuning]] version.

This page covers tropes found in ''[[VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy Dissidia:Final Fantasy]]'', tropes N to Z. You can find tropes A to M [[DissidiaFinalFantasy/TropesAToM here]].

** Also, Duel Colosseum's Blackjack Course. Prepare to get thrown around excessively [[ForMassiveDamage for massive damage]] by CPU's that range from level 100-[[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard 150 and can button read]]... not to mention [[SNKBoss Chaos]] can pop up anytime at [[OhCrap level 130]] to ruin your day... Have fun with that.

* PowerCreepPowerSeep - As seen in Adaptional Badass above, every villian has been placed on even terms with each other villian despite where they lie on the Sorting Algorithigm of Villian Threat and every hero has been upped to face any one of them.

* RainbowPimpGear - What everyone logically ''would'' look like if characters' appearance actually changed with their equipment, given some of the very weird stuff you can equip.

* RuleOfCool - A hero and a villain from almost every ''Final Fantasy'' get together and beat the crap out of each other. Come on. Also, a phrase commonly used to describe the gameplay is that it's like playing ''[[FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren Advent Children]]''.

** The ''Dissidia 012'' version of Mognet has, among its letters, one from a Moogle named Sablè titled "This Is Big, Kupo". The very first line says: [[TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime "Hey, [player name]! Listen, kupo!"]].[[hottip:*: [[StopHelpingMe Whether players have fond memories of this is debatable.]]]]

* SingleStrokeBattle - Some enemies use an equipment setup that greatly boosts their stats, but sets their HP to one. Therefore, the best way to win is quickly rushing them and hitting with a HP attack.

* TinTyrant - Garland, Golbez, Exdeath, and Gabranth.

* WorldMap - [[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:Map_dissidia_012.jpg Yup.]]

* YouHaveResearchedBreathing - Your characters can't even block or dodge attacks without the ability to do so equipped, fortunately all characters begin with those abilities. No such luck with the various Dash abilities, you learn those as you level up. Yes, you need to learn the ability to dash in a particular direction at a particular speed.

* {{Nakama}} - The dialogue in the Japanese version beats you over the head with this term. And so does the English version, to a point. It's totally obvious where they got "comrade" from.

* SoundtrackDissonance - if you pick one of the three bonus eight-bit tracks. A PSP fighter with NES chiptune music. Though YourMileageMayVary--To the longtime fans this is RuleOfCool for the sake of pure and unadulterated fanservice.

** [[YourMileageMayVary Arguably]] ''Dissidia 012'' itself could be seen as one for the original ''Dissidia'', as besides its own story it includes basically every feature of the original game, adjusted slightly, including the original's story adapted to the new gameplay mechanics and a scenario called ''Confessions of the Creator'' that replaces ''Inward Chaos'' and ''Distant Glory''.

* YourMoneyIsNoGoodHere - ''Dissidia 012'' has a number of moogles floating around the map, each of which can sell you a variety of items. Instead of accepting gil, they use the KP (Kupo!) that you accumulate inside enemy gateways.

** In the first Squall/Ultimecia battle cutscene, and in Ultimecia's EX Burst: Ultimecia [[JojosBizarreAdventure stops time with a word, sends out blades that freeze just in front of her opponent, then restarts time to send them flying at him.]] [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Hmmm...]]

** Sephiroth's Oblivion attack is the opener he used during [[{{Kingdom hearts II}} his second fight with Sora.]]

*** And then, in ''Dissidia 012'', [[spoiler: Feral Chaos's]] EX Burst compounds the above. First, he charges ''through the screen'', shattering it to reveal the EX Burst screen[=/=]dimension[=/=]whatever, then flings his hapless victim straight up, where they ''hit the EX Burst screen'' and make it break away to reveal the little hell-dimension where [[spoiler: Feral Chaos]], erm... [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown does his thing]]. At the climax, the screen breaks yet ''again'' to show the silhouette of the victim being ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice, then it switches to a static-y JitterCam depicting [[spoiler:Chaos]] pulling back to finish off the victim, ''[[HighOctaneNightmareFuel from the victim's point of view]]'', before--the screen [[NothingIsScarier goes black, cutting out exactly like a deactivated (or destroyed) TV set]]. ''Brrrrr.''

** Special mention goes to the EX Burst of [[spoiler: Feral Chaos]], who impales the [[strike:opponent]] victim on his claw, adds eight enormous swords and then finishes them off with a punch that breaks the screen, [[NightmareFuel FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE!]]

** Good luck getting Feral Chaos as a playable character. The dungeons leading to his are decent enough, the enemies max out at your level normally. Feral Chaos's level? The STARTING enemies are level 120, with max equipment on them, not to mention how stupidly dodgy and accurate the enemies are. You've got five levels of this before meeting the level 130 Feral Chaos with [[SerialEscalation almost 160,000 HP.]]

* ShipTease - A couple of scenes in ''Dissidia 012'' hint at a pairing between Lightning and Firion. He actually [[SomethingAboutARose just wants his rose back]] and talks to her about it when he finally asks for it, but the subtext is very thin--Cecil even appoints himself Firion's wingman and quite obviously believes his interest in her is romantic. [[BodyguardCrush Terra and Onion Knight]] are also subject to this, with the knight being teased about his friendship with her by Cecil.

** This makes Cecil the designated ShipperOnDeck.
** The relationship between the Warrior of Light and Cosmos creeps up on BodyguardCrush territory when ''Dissidia 012'' revealed [[spoiler:The Warrior is a Manikin infused with Cid's memories, while Cosmos is a Manikin infused with the memories of Cid's wife and apparently looks like her.]] Even without that hint, the two are very close.
** TheSmurfettePrinciple results in Terra getting ShipTease with Onion Knight, Cloud and Vaan. Onion Knight and Vaan protect her and encourage her to follow her heart, while she and Cloud reflect on their hopes for the future.

* SequelDifficultySpike - Though the story mode of ''012'' still isn't very difficult, enemies are at higher levels and have better equipment and accessories than in the first game. For a direct comparison, Destiny Odyssey I Part 5 in the first game had four enemies under level 10, one at 14, one at 15, and the boss was level 18. ''D012's'' equivalent level has four enemies at level 20, and the boss is level 26.

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* NotDrawnToScale and[=/=]or YourSizeMayVary - The ''FinalFantasy'' series already takes a "more like ''guidelines''" approach to official heights and weights. Thing get even worse/better in Dissidia, as [[http://community.livejournal.com/ffchaoticcosmos/271197.html this rip of the renders shows.]] [[hottip:*:While we don't know if there are any "official DFF" canon heights, we do know that WOL is canonically 189cm, [[NoExportForYou thanks to Ultimania]], so the chart is fairly congruent.]] Most jarring, likely, of the changes are Cecil, who has become the tallest Cosmos-side character by shooting up over half a foot, to roughly ''194cm[=/=]6'4"'', and Kefka, who's had a growth spurt of roughly the same amount, winding up somewhere around 191cm[=/=]6'2". Some fans theorize the changes made to Cecil were intended to make his many scenes with the roughly 2.5m[=/=]8' giant Golbez somewhat less... awkward, since Golbez is Cecil's brother, but as there are no potential explanations for the other changes, no one really knows why.

* NotSoHarmless - The manikins, in their entirety. In the original ''Dissidia'', manikins were your basic {{Mook}}s, existing to be mowed down near-thoughtlessly and with barely a comment from the heroes. Sure, a couple of the manikins were fierce on a gameplay level, but even so, it was clear that the manikins were strictly small-time. Then ''Duodecim'' came out, and the manikins were transformed from regular mooks to a ZergRush that terrifies the forces of Cosmos, not only because of their power and numbers but also [[UncannyValley their nature]], being soulless duplicates of living people. And then, we find out that while DeathIsCheap due to ''Dissidia'''s GroundhogDayLoop, they keep fighting even when you're already down and will push you past the point you can be revived, resulting in you getting KilledOffForReal if you get overwhelmed by them. Clearly these are no longer mooks to be trifled with.

* OldSaveBonus - Having a save file from the first ''Dissidia'' will allow you to transfer character levels and accessory slots to ''Duodecim''.

* TheOtherDarrin - In Duodecim, Vaan is voiced by Kensho Ono rather than Kohei Takeda. Square-Enix said they couldn't finalize a deal with Takeda but didn't want to cut Vaan, but some fans suspect that Takeda was dropped because he "spoiled" the surprise by reporting on his website that he was going to be in a new ''Final Fantasy'' game.

** Kuja is one constant panty shot -- especially when he loses -- and in Duodecim, Yuna's second alt outfit means a panty shot every single time she goes up a wall. Every. Single. Time.
* PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling - Certain gateways in Duodecim can be used to grind easily. One notable gateway has 5 battles straight away from a accessories protected spot allowing for doubling and quadrupling accessories to grind as much as needed.

* RememberTheNewGuy - ''Duodecim'' focuses heavily upon the new characters that were added, who of course were never mentioned in the original game. {{Justified}} with the explanation that the characters of the first game lost their memories of the twelfth cycle upon being revived for the thirteenth.

* SequelHook - A rather odd example of a Prequel Hook, ''Dissidia: Final Fantasy'' is set in the 13th cycle of the war, [[spoiler: that ends up breaking the cycle of conflict]], ''Dissidia 012 Duodecim'', its "[[{{prequel}} sequel]]", shows what happened in the ''12th'' cycle of the war, which had a few more characters [[spoiler: that didn't make it to the 13th cycle]].

** On the issue of that explodey magic, many spells that were shown to have world-devastating effects in their original games-- like Kefka's Light of Judgement, Sephiroth's Black Materia/Meteor, and Kuja's Ultima-- are just [[LimitBreak EX Bursts]] or powerful HP attacks in Dissidia. And depending on everyone's BRV levels and equipment, it can be quite possible for the target to survive them, shrug it off, and keep fighting.

** The ''Duodecim'' version of Mognet has, among its letters, one from a Moogle named Sablè titled "This Is Big, Kupo". The very first line says: [[TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime "Hey, [player name]! Listen, kupo!"]].[[hottip:*: [[StopHelpingMe Whether players have fond memories of this is debatable.]]]]
** In ''Duodecim'' one of the cutscenes is named "Those Who Converge Upon [[KingdomHearts Castle Oblivion]]"

** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Zidane in ''Duodecim'', who asks the player's character if he/she thinks that "there aren't enough females in this world".

* [[spoiler: ThroughTheEyesOfMadness]] Done to ''fantastic'' effect in Scenario 0000: Confessions of the Creator in ''Duodecim''.

* UnusableEnemyEquipment - Almost entirely averted, which is very impressive when you consider that this is a ''FinalFantasy'' game, moreover one with over ''1000'' pieces of equipment and accessories. Only a handful of these of these aren't available to the player: The three "broken" pieces of armor used by [[{{Mook}} Mooks]] in the story modes (and quickbattle, if the CPU strength is set low enough) that actually reduce stats, Chaos' equipment set, and a dozen or so (out of over 500) accessories exclusive to enemies, one half being [[MyRulesAreNotYourRules the same as those available to the player, but more so]], a quarter being gimmicky, stat-reducing equips, and the remainder being [[GameBreaker utterly godly]]--Initial Bravery +2000%, anyone? Or, if that isn't enticing enough, Duodecim comes with the GameBreaker variant in [[spoiler: a single accessory that adds FIFTY THOUSAND hit points to the new resident SNKBoss. Or his x90 booster accessory that kicks in after one minute.]]. Taking the absolute cake, though, is [[spoiler: the true Feral Chaos's accessory that gives him "+???" HP - really [[UpToEleven 115,000 HP]] - for a total of 125,698. Good luck, you'll need it.]]

** ''Duodecim'' plays this straight sometimes (the Assist characters will never take your place if you fall in battle), but in some storylines you form a party of five, and when the leader falls the next person in line takes their place, all the way down to the fifth person if the enemy is ''that'' tough. [[NintendoHard And they will be]].

* WordSaladTitle - The sequel, ''Dissidia 012 [duodecim]: Final Fantasy.''

* WorldMap - [[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:Map_dissidia_012.jpg Dissidia 012 has one.]]

** In Duodecim, this is taken to hilarious extremes when Gilgamesh and Bartz have their second duel, with Bartz even using a fake, overly dramatic voice to match Gilga's.

* YouKeepUsingThatWord - "Dissidia" does ''not'' mean "conflict" in Latin. "Dissidia" doesn't mean anything, it is a {{Neologism}}. Dissidia is likely derived from "dissido" and "dissideo", Latin words which refer to disagreeing with someone, or opposing something. These Latin words are the root of the English word "dissident", as well as similar sounding words with similar meanings in other languages.

This page covers tropes found in ''[[VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy Dissidia:Final Fantasy]]'', tropes N to Z. You can find tropes A to M [[VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy/TropesAToM here]].