Mythology Gag/Video Games/Dissidia Final Fantasy: Difference between revisions

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=== [[Final Fantasy I]] ===

* The game's ending FMV shows the Warrior of Light walking towards Cornelia Castle in a camera angle mirroring the opening of the original game.

* The Warrior of Light's [[Fire, Ice, Lightning]] "Fang" magic attacks are named after items that cast elemental magic. If you look closely when he attacks with them, you can see he's actually throwing an item into the air, not casting the spell himself.

 

=== [[Final Fantasy II]] ===

* Firion's fighting style reflects the entire battle system and the different weapon types - swords, bows, lances, daggers, axes, staffs, shields, and barehanded.

* His knives are charged with electricity. Leila, the character who fought with knives in the game, joined the party with the [[Shock and Awe|Thunder Spell]].

 

=== [[Final Fantasy III]] ===

* The Onion Knight's swords take their appearance from the concept art of the Unnamed Warrior. His pose when finishing his Ninja EX Burst is, you guessed it, also from concept art.

* Open up the other menus during his EX Burst--every other item, spell and weapon you see is something from the original game.

 

=== [[Final Fantasy IV]] ===

* Cecil's pose when using Soul Eater and his Darkness attack during his EX Burst are based on his sprite's pose when using the attack, that is holding the sword up over his left shoulder.

* Cecil calls out "light and darkness cast aloft" when ending his EX Burst, a quote from the Mysidian Legend.

 

=== [[Final Fantasy V]] ===

* Bartz's EX Burst opening is the exact same animation as the Spellblade ability--he raises his arms, his swords fly out in four directions, turn into orbs of energy, and flow back into him.

* Similarly, the animation for Goblin Punch is the same too, and features the same blue diamonds and star graphics.

 

=== [[Final Fantasy VI]] ===

* Terra's EX Mode bonus description reads that she "embraces the spirit of a magus"--in the original game the Dualcast ability was attached to the Soul of Thamasa accessory.

* The unique accessory Terra wears when Kefka controls her is the Puppeteer's Wheel, a mistranslation of the Slave Crown she wore in the original game.

 

=== [[Final Fantasy VII]] ===

* The camera angles in Cloud's confrontation with Sephiroth mirror many of their battles in other games--[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100924201130/finalfantasy/images/d/d9/CloudSephDissidiaComparisons.JPG see here] for a comparison.

* All of Cloud's limit breaks appear as attacks.

 

=== [[Final Fantasy VIII]] ===

* Squall's magic focuses on lightning and ice spells, referring to his two intial Guardian Forces, Shiva and Quezacotl.

* Squall's line "I refuse to become the past" refers to his reaction to how the party talks about Seifer when they hear he supposedly died, "I won't have anyone talk about me in the past tense".

 

=== [[Final Fantasy IX]] ===

* All of Zidane's Trance skills from the original game appear as attacks.

* His intro to Shantotto is "if I win, you owe me a date", a reference to his bet with Garnet that she owes him a date if he wins the Festival of the Hunt.

 

=== [[Final Fantasy X]] ===

* The rivalry of the characters with the Emperor is one giant reference to Seymour.

* Tidus's HP attacks are his Overdrives.

 

=== [[Final Fantasy XI]] ===

* All of Shantotto's HP attacks are "Ancient Magic", a special set of powerful spells that give the target an elemental weakness. The order Shantotto's spells chain--Fire -> Water -> Thunder -> Earth -> Wind -> Ice--is the order you'd cast them in in an ideal scenario, because the next spell in the chain is effective against against the last.

* When Shantotto loses she turns into a doll, referring to a event battle where the player can duel Shantotto, but it turns out to be a doll she brought to life to fight in her place.

 

=== [[Final Fantasy XII]] ===

* Vaan's HP attacks are all Concurrences.

* Each of Vaan's weapons appears identical to how it looked in the original game--his base weapons are the weakest equipment types of their classes, and his EX Mode weapons are the strongest.

 

=== [[Final Fantasy XIII]] ===

* All of Lightning's HP attacks are attacks either she or Odin use when she summons him. The button commands to input attacks in her EX Burst are the same commands used to attack in the original game.

* The ability of Lightning's EX Mode to instantly Break opponents low on Bravery is based on the Omega Weapon's Quick Stagger ability, which staggers opponents once their stagger gauge is 90% full.

* Lightning's exclusive weapons reflect the weapon upgrade system of the original game--the Blazefire Saber is traded to buy the Flamberge, which is traded for the Omega Weapon;, and td the Axis Blade trades for the Enkindler.