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Thursday, February 1, 2018

Prediction Blog: My Guesses for the First Six Dissidia NT DLC characters

Okay, so I did this on my Twitter in a halfassed way, but I decided to do a bigger guessing game on my blog proper. Lots of other blogs did it, so why don't I? I'm bored enough.


So we have hints for the six DLC characters. Only the first one has more detailed hints.

A couple of specifics: Newcomer means 'Never been in a PSP Dissidia', and the 'halves' are separated by 1-7 and 8-15 they specified. So if it says 'First Half', the character will be from somewhere in the 1-7 range.

Also, at the moment the 'classes' are as follows: 7 Vanguard, 8 Assassin, 9 Marksmen, and 5 Unique-so right there I'm going to guess that at least half of these might fall in the 'unique' class. Okay, at least 2. Possibly 3. THAT said, I do think we'll still get one Marksman class in the bunch. (For a rundown, Vanguards are USUALLY 'heavy' types, Assassins are your fast moving high damage, Marksman are ranged and Unique often have some interesting/special traits. THAT said it's not cut and dry; Jecht for example is an Assassin class but has Vanguard-ish stuff about him, while Sephiroth is a Vanguard with Assassin-ish traits, and so on.) But generally that's the gist of it, you can look more into it on the official source material.

There are also a higher volume of heroes over villains; that said, I don't necessarily think most of these picks will be villains(in fact, I'm only banking on two of them, maybe 3.)

So the hints otherwise are as follows!


1. Newcomer Male from a Later Game, Villain Vanguard.

2. Newcomer Male from an Early Game.

3. Newcomer Female from Later Game.

4. Newcomer Male from Later Game.

5. Returning Female from Later Game.

6. Newcomer Male from Later Game.



So for starters, FFVIII. Seifer Almasy wouldn't be a weird pick, to be sure; he matches the 3-way between Squall and Ulty(being Ulty's 'Knight' in a sense), and he could fall into the Vanguard role(though he could also be an Assassin, I feel; he could go either way.) That being said, between Squall and Lightning we have two characters whipping around Gunblades; do they want to add a third so soon? Storywise yes, playstyle wise possibly, though I wonder if his weapon might not push him to a later season(when they won't give as much of a crap.) I'd give him a smaller chance(with a larger chance to appear in a later season.)

IX or X don't really have any villain dudes who would fit the Vanguard role. Seymour Guado would, IMO, be a Unique or Marksman. Steiner was...against Zidane sorta for a point of the game but he's simply *not* a villain.

XI has Shadow Lord or Eald'narche. I don't have too high of chances given I can't really see them tossing in an XI Villain as their VERY FIRST DLC. It would be a very, very weird pick given I feel there is right now more crossover from XIV players-Dissidia than XI players-Dissidia. Plus, we do already have Shantotto, and also see below, we'll be likely getting another XI in this or next season. I mean it's not an impossibility; but I'd by far put them as the smallest chance.

XII has, IMO, the guy who is tied for Most Likely To Get In This Spot would be Vayne Solidor, the main antagonist.


The first is official art, the second is him with his little brother, Larsa. Such a classy motherfucker. 

The only things would be 'against' Vayne for this spot would be that he could just as easily fit an Assassin role as well as a Unique role, and they might decide to put another XII character in instead, in which case they might save him, but I really feel he's got a huge chance. (Hell, I kinda think he has more than once chance. See my guesses below.)

He also had his Obligatory Boss Forms which looked pretty badass(ripped and shirtless, no complaints here), and would tie in pretty nicely and actually give Vaan someone to play off of, given the poor guy doesn't really have anyone yet. Plus, XII is sort of 'In the News' right now with its re-releases; getting Vayne in here might be a great chance.

In any case-if this first slot isn't Vayne, we'll get him later, or we'll get *some* XII character in. But right now, I'm calling Vayne as tied for the most likely for this spot. I think they could Vanguard him pretty easily, despite him being able to work into several roles. He fights as a monk if you're wondering what his weapon was. (Yes, part of this is very much wishful thinking because Vayne was one of my favorite FF Villains, and this guy would be an easy shoe-in for a new main character for me!)


Moving onto XIII here, I feel there are two potential picks(with the first being more likely), Cid Raines or Caius Ballad(the latter from XIII-2.)


Cid's the first guy, Caius is the second. 


While they both played antagonist roles, they ended up in 'FF Spots' of 'Not really Super Evil After All', but they played sorta baddies enough I feel they could fall here for sure.

Cid Raines also fought like a monk(which we lack right now in the game), and could slot into the Vanguard role(however he could possibly be a Unique or Assassin as well, much like Vayne.) With XIII not having a second character, I feel that he's got a pretty strong chance of slipping into the first DLC spot. He'd give XIII a needed 2nd character, too, in the process(but see below.)

Caius was a heavy sword dude, and could slot into a Vanguard role well(or even Assassin.) He sort of also could transform into a dragon though(make that Bahamut), so I'm not exactly sure how they'd figure THAT out. Now keep in mind an interesting bit here; Caius was more popular in the West, and Cid more popular in the East. If that might affect the pick, I'm not sure, but there you go. I sorta think Cid's got the better chance with him being in the base game, but it could go either way here I think.


My personal top pick for XIV, tied for the 1st most likely pick along with Vayne, AND my other personal favorite pick would be Zenos yae Galvus. The posterboy of Stormblood(the CE came with a figure of him), a 100% Vanguard through-and through(he's an eight to nine foot tall wall of armor and muscle), a 'Samurai' class sort of(which the game sort of lacks right now as well as a monk from above), and to boot, one of Yoshi-P himself's top picks to get into Dissidia.



that is a human dude, btw, to his left. Even though he's not directly next to him, he comes to about his waist up close. I wasn't joking about his size. He's basically Beautiful Hulk. 

If he isn't the first DLC character, I feel he's got an incredibly bright future somewhere in Dissidia. He's mostly well-liked too(a little polarizing, but the Garleans in general tend to be, to be fair; plus polarizing didn't stop several characters from getting in. Hell, Tidus is arguably polarizing.) Generally though Zenos was a very well received character and yeah, he'd drop into the Vanguard role extremely snugly; in fact, out of all of these characters listed, he's the only one I feel that's basically 110% Bonafide Vanguard Bully. Arguably the best of all the 3 XIV picks(who could also play as Unique, when you line them up.) His mechanical golf bag of katanas mixed with his massively imposing appearance I think could make him a pretty downright popular pick. (Along with Vayne, this dude could easily become a main for me.)


Gaius van Baelsar is another possible slot-in here. Garleans make for good Vanguard types given their heavy armor, though Gaius uses a gunblade as well-see what I said about Seifer; I'm not sure they're going to want to throw in another gunblade user. (Plus, Lightning technically uses a gunblade, so...yeah, methinks the gunblade brigade-for a 1st DLC-might get a bit crowded here. Later, sure. His other weapon is an arm cannon, as well.) He's popular, though, so he has that going for him, but I'm not sure he'd get in over Zenos at this point(or see below.)


Nero tol Scaeva is, IMO; also a possibility-he's a fairly popular character in XIV, could be a Vanguard with his big ol' hammer(he's also an Engineer-actually its a fucking gunhammer, how cool is that)-but, oddly enough, he's...sorta-kinda no longer a total villain. As in, he's basically like an anti-hero member of Team Warrior of Light(as in, not FF1 WoL but the hero of XIV is called the WoL-don't think about it too hard.) That said, he WAS a villain, and it could be enough to get him in, because mind you, not all of the 'villains' are 100% total baddies in their respective games, too; they often simply played that role at a point(given Materia and Spiritus aren't totally like, 100% Goody-Good and Naughtybad.

All that said, I can see him making it eventually. I mean he looks like Vergil from DMC and uses a gunhammer.




To be honest, I think Nero has a bigger chance than Gaius.

Now-I know what some people might be asking. "What about Estinien Wyrmblood? He's like super-popular and awesome! He might not be a villain anymore but he could maybe count as an ex-villain?"

Well, my only issue with him getting in is two words: Kain Highwind. Estinien is a dragoon. Kain is a dragoon. Yes, they can make dragoons different but I don't think they're going to put in two dragoons so close together. Yes, I love Estinien and would love to eventually see him, but right now I feel the dragoon is much too 'unique' of a class to go throwing in another one of, and I don't think they're going to. I think we might have to wait on this guy.


Okay, and finally that brings us to FFXV, and that's Mr. Ardyn Izunia or perhaps Ravus Nox Fleuret.

Out of these two, Ravus would fit *this particular spot* better due to him being much more of a Vanguard type; Ardyn, I feel, is more Unique, and doesn't slot as comfortably into the Vanguard role. (That said, I mention Ardyn below as likely getting into this season, just not in this particular role.)

I feel Ravus is a possibility-but I feel he's even less of a villain as the others. He wasn't even a *villain*, really, simply playing a bit of an antagonist role at a couple of points in the game(and one of these wasn't even on purpose.) I can definitely see Ravus getting INTO the game, for sure, but I'm not sure he'd be in this spot. I mean, I'd love to see him. I'm just saying he's more unlikely in this first go-around unless they use the term 'villain' even lighter than they do than some of the other 'pretty much only villain by association' types. Still there's a not 0 chance I feel.



yes, I like Ravus a lot.


So essentially for the number 1 spot, in order, I feel it'll be Vayne=Zenos>Cid Raines>Nero=Caius>Seifer=Ravus>Ardyn(remember what I said about one of the other DLC picks though.)

WILD CARD PICK!: Snow technically was sort of an antagonist in XIII-3, you know.


For number 2, I feel this could be several names, but is very much likely one: Locke Cole from FFVI.

Given he was in a recent radio drama with great fanfare sort of keeping him hidden, I sorta-kinda think they may be trying to get him into Dissidia. A longtime fan favorite, he could easily play a role of Assassin or Unique(he was a very fighty rogue type-not a thief though, remember he'll rip your lungs out), and I can't think of too many people who would say no to Locke. Probably an Assassin, to be fair, which would tack another one onto the list-that's no biggie, though. I figured Assassins are a popular 'class.'

some classic Amano art!


So yeah, Locke is probably going to be it here. I mean, I HOPE so. He's one of my favorites from FF! He could utilize some of VI's famous weapons like the Ultima Weapon or the Ragnarock, one of his boomerangs(he could use them as well as melee), and he'd probably have a lot of acrobatic kicks and strikes thrown in as well. They could differentiate him from Zidane nicely I feel.

Backups that this could be are either Vincent Valentine(I'd love to see what they do with his shapeshifting for this, and he'd be a great Unique since he'd be meleeing a lot shifted I think), or Minwu from FF2(a personal favorite of Nomura, also a Unique-he's a white mage with a mace which makes him sort of a clerical type-a melee healer would actually be sort of interesting.)


For number 3, that basically leaves a girl from 8+. The developers have a few times already mentioned Rinoa Heartilly as someone who they would like to see, and I'm heavily leaning toward her as my top guess.

whose a good doggo?!


Mainly because she would add a good dynamic story wise(between Squall and Ulty), and she would be a great 'Unique' pick I think between her pet(I remember the developers mentioning they'd like to see her doggo), her ranged wrist-shooter and her magic. Out of all of the possibilities I do feel Rinoa could drop here.

The second most likely pick I feel could be Serah Farron from XIII/XIII-2. As Lightning's sister, they could have some story bits, and her role as an archer is something that the game doesn't really have yet, so she could definitely be something a bit different for people; a cool style of Marksman not yet portrayed in the game. She's not an unpopular character, either, and XIII only has one character so far.

I like the idea of working in an archer.

So yeah, that's my thoughts for who I *think* will be most likely in this slot.

Other possibilities here I feel could be Quistis Trepe(another fav from VIII), Lulu from FFX, Ashe or Penelo from FFXII(I don't think Fran would be in without Balthier). I think Beatrix from IX is a possibility, though see below on why I feel this is less likely(I feel its sort of dependent on another pick.)


We're going to jump ahead to number 5 for this since it's short, and do 4 and 6 together at the end.

Number 5 is one of two: Yuna or Prishe from FFX and FFXI respectively. It'll be either or, as they're the only gals who were in a later game who aren't in this one. Personally I'm giving this as a bigger chance for Yuna-as the game's only summoner so far, I feel she'd fill a slot well, and they could really make a unique character out of her. (Like, a literal Unique or a marksman.)

if it's so dangerous, Tidus, why are you shirtless again?


It would be really neat to see how her summons could be actually controlled. She could, in a way, be a 'puppet' character almost in this. I see her definitely getting in the game, I'm not sure if she'd be in DLC Season 1 or 2, but I'm going to say I feel she'll be in S1.


Okay, so finally, numbers 4 and 6 are both 'Males from later series.' So take all of the dude guesses for the first one...and put them all here, for starters. Basically any of the dudes that don't make the first spot could end up in one of these spots.

I feel one of them is going to be Ardyn. FFXV is very popular right now, they're coming out with the new edition of it, and Ardyn is a pretty damn popular villain already. I feel, though, as I said, because he's not really a total Vanguard type, he could fit one of these(who have no specification for their 'class.' He could probably fit best in the Unique class, given his grab bag of powers; they could really do a lot with this guy. So unless they were late in getting him started(in which case he'd be in season 2 almost unquestionably), I think one of these guys is going to be Trash Jesus himself.



Yes, Trash Jesus.


As for the other one? Phew. Okay, so again, take the dudes I mentioned in the first one, and it could be them. In addition, though, it could be some non-villains too! Big other potential picks besides that bunch I feel are:

-Zell Dincht, FFVIII. Pretty requested, popular monk of the series. Would be hella fun. Probably Assassin or Vanguard for him.

-Vivi Ornitier, FFIX. Vivi is a very long-requested and well loved character of the IX series. Marksman through and through.

-Balthier, FFXII. if Vayne or Ashe aren't in, I would expect a slot to go to Balthier. He is, after all, the leading man. I'd actually call him Unique before Marksman since he also could have Engineer/Machinist aspects.

-Snow or Sazh, FFXIII. Snow as a Vanguard, Sazh as something not a Vanguard(literally the other three, most likely Marksman or Unique.)


Out of all of these I feel the strongest chances go to Vivi(giving IX a 3rd character in the process, making other IX picks kind of unlikely), Snow(especially if we don't get another XIII pick), or Balthier(again, the leading man, and if Vayne doesn't make it in.)


Okay Azzy, you've gone on about possibilities, so narrow it down already in a nice, neat list!


Okay, fine, but I do think a couple spots are tied. Here goes:


1. Zenos yae Galvus or Vayne Solidor

2. Locke Cole

3. Rinoa Heartilly or Serah Farron

4. Ardyn Izunia

5. Yuna 

6. Vivi Ornitier or Snow Villiers


Those are my guesses! It'll be fun to see how on or off I was. (4 and 6 could be swapped FWIW.)

This was a fun little thing to put together. I always liked speculating on stuff.

Maybe I'l get some more techy stuff up soon. (I've been fighting some winter crud again, ick. Also: going to the US in March, woot!)

Til next time, readers!

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