History Trivia / DissidiaFinalFantasy2015

* ExecutiveMeddling: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCNQpJasLQA According to Black Mage Benjamin's video here]], the more questionable design flaws (3v3 focus, bare minimum story mode, etc.) were due to the game development's lead pushing for it to be an esports game by copying other, successful ones in that genre. Needless to say, this didn't appeal to that audience and alienated both ''Final Fantasy'' fans and the UsefulNotes/FightingGameCommunity, preventing it from even having a role at big tournaments like EVO, CEO, and Combo Breaker.

* TheWikiRule: The [[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Wiki Final Fantasy Wiki]] and [[http://dissidia.wiki/Dissidia Dissidia Wiki]].

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Plenty.
** In case of Japanese...:
*** [[Creator/JunFukuyama Onion Knight]], [[Creator/TakahiroSakurai Cloud]] and [[Creator/HikaruMidorikawa Firion]] are [[Anime/CodeGeass Lelouch Lamperouge/Vi Britannia, Suzaku Kururugi and Li Xingke]].
*** [[Creator/HikaruMidorikawa Firion]] and [[Creator/ToshihikoSeki Warrior of Light]] are [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Heero Yuy and Duo Maxwell]].
*** [[Creator/KenyuHoriuchi The Emperor]] and [[Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa Sephiroth]] are [[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Jamil Neate and Shagia Frost]].
*** [[Creator/SoichiroHoshi Bartz]], [[Creator/AkiraIshida Kuja]] and [[Creator/ToshihikoSeki Warrior of Light]]are [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Kira Yamato, Athrun Zala and Rau Le Creuset]].
*** [[Creator/ShigeruChiba Kefka]] and [[Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa Sephiroth]] are [[Manga/YuYuHakusho Kuwabara and Shishiwakamaru]].
*** [[Creator/YukiOno Locke]] and [[Creator/KenshoOno Vaan]] happen to be [[Manga/KurokosBasketball Taiga Kagami and Tetsuya Kuroko]].
*** Likewise, [[Creator/YukiOno Locke]], [[Creator/TakahiroSakurai Cloud]], [[Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa Sephiroth]] and [[Creator/ShigeruChiba Kefka]] are also [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Josuke Higashikata, Rohan Kishibe, Yoshikage Kira and Yoshihiro Kira]]. From the same series, [[Creator/AtsukoTanaka Ultimecia]] is [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Lisa Lisa]].
*** [[Creator/ToshihikoSeki Warrior of Light]], [[Creator/MegumiHayashibara Shantotto]] and [[Creator/KenyuHoriuchi Emperor Palamecia]] are [[Manga/LegendOfHeavenlySphereShurato Shurato, Renge and Hyuuga]]
*** [[Creator/RomiPark Zidane]] and [[Creator/KanaHanazawa Rinoa]] are [[Manga/DeadmanWonderland Ganta and Shiro.]]
*** Both [[Creator/JunFukuyama Onion Knight]] and [[Creator/TakahiroSakurai Cloud]] voiced different versions of [[Manga/GetterRobo Go]]. Meanwhile, [[Creator/HideoIshikawa Squall]] is Ryoma.
*** [[Creator/KenyuHoriuchi Emperor Palamecia]], [[Creator/YukariFukui Terra]], [[Creator/ToshihikoSeki Warrior of Light]] and [[Creator/RomiPark Zidane]] are [[Anime/KillLaKill Barazo Mankashoku, his wife Sukuyo, Senketsu and Ragyo Kiryuin.]]
*** [[Creator/MegumiHayashibara Shantotto,]] [[Creator/HikaruMidorikawa Firion,]] and [[Creator/AkiraIshida Kuja]] are [[LightNovel/TheSlayers Lina, Zelgadis and Xellos.]]
*** [[Creator/MegumiHayashibara Shantotto,]] [[Creator/KoichiYamadera Kain,]] and [[Creator/ToshihikoSeki Warrior of Light]] are [[Anime/RanmaOneHalf Female Ranma, Ryoga and Mousse.]]
*** [[Creator/TakahiroSakurai Cloud]] and [[Creator/JunFukuyama Onion Knight]] are brothers [[Anime/OsomatsuSan Osomatsu and Ichimatsu.]]
** Moving on to English...
*** [[Creator/JohnnyYongBosch Firion]] and [[Creator/YuriLowenthal Cecil]] are [[Anime/CodeGeass Lelouch Lamperouge and Suzaku Kururugi]] resptively.
*** Persona-wise, the two are also [[VideoGame/Persona4 Yu Narukami and Yosuke Hanamura]]. Oh, and [[Creator/LauraBailey Cloud of Darkness]] is Rise Kujikawa, [[Creator/TroyBaker Snow]] is [[TheOtherDarrin the original Kanji Tatsumi]], and [[Creator/DaveWittenberg Kefka Palazzo]] is [[TheOtherDarrin the original Teddie]]. Additionally, [[Creator/LiamOBrien Kain]] is [[VideoGame/Persona3 Akihiko Sanada]].
*** Who knew that [[Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor Tidus]] and [[Creator/PhilLaMarr Ramza]] were once [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars part of the Jedi Order]]? And that's not to mention [[Creator/JasonSpisak Bartz]] being Ahsoka's love interest.
*** [[Creator/GrantGeorge Warrior of Light]], [[Creator/YuriLowenthal Cecil]], [[Creator/LiamOBrien Kain]], [[Creator/BrycePapenbrook Zidane]], [[Creator/RayChase Noctis]], [[Creator/ChristopherCoreySmith the Emperor]], and [[Creator/LauraBailey Cloud of Darkness]] are [[VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes Sigurd, Marth, Inigo, Henry, Roy, Seth, and Lucina]] respectively.
*** [[Creator/JohnnyYongBosch Firion]], [[Creator/LauraBailey Cloud of Darkness]], [[Creator/DougErholtz Squall]], Golbez, Exdeath and [[Creator/ChristopherCoreySmith the Emperor]] are [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Yang, Chun-Li, Vega, Zangeif, Bison, and Rufus]].
*** The Emperor, Kain, Squall, Rinoa and Noctis are [[{{Manga/Berserk}} the King of Midland, Ubik, Corkus, Sonia and Mozgus]] respectively.
*** Cloud of Darkness & Kain are [[WebVideo/CriticalRole Vex’ahlia & Vax’ildan. Or, Jester & Caleb, if you’re looking at the second campaign]].
*** Warrior of Light, Cecil, Squall, and Cloud of Darkness are [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Kagura Mutsuki, Amane Nishiki, Yuuki Terumi, and Platinum the Trinity]].
*** Warrior of Light, Firion, Cloud of Darkness, Cecil, and Noctis are [[VideoGame/SoulCalibur Kilik, Xiba, Pyrrha, Patroklos, and Mitsurugi]].
*** Cecil, Terra, and Snow are [[VideoGame/SaintsRow Matt Miller, Kinzie Kensington, and the Boss (minus the British accents and profanity)]].
*** Cloud of Darkness, Kain, Snow, and Ramza are [[VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfMordor Eltariel, Gollum, Talion, and Ratbag]].
*** Warrior of Light, Cloud of Darkness, Cecil, Kain, and Snow are [[VideoGame/DeadOrAlive Brad Wong, Christie, Hayate, Rig, and Ryu Hayabusa]].
*** Cecil, Bartz, Tidus, Snow, and Ramza are [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010 Tempest, Kid Flash, Flash, Geo-Force, and Aquaman]].
*** Somewhere in [[{{LightNovel/Durarara}} Ikebukuro]], [[Creator/JohnnyYongBosch Firion]], [[Creator/YuriLowenthal Cecil]] and [[Creator/BrycePapenbrook Zidane]] are respectively known there as Izaya Orihara, Shinra Kishitani and Masaomi Kida.
*** Did you know that Cloud of Darkness, Kam'lanaut and Snow are also part of [[VideoGame/MarvelsAvengers the Avengers]]? Ironic, ain't it.
*** Zidane Tribal, Firion, and the Warrior of Light are [[Franchise/{{Danganronpa}} Makoto Naegi/Nagito Komaeda, Hajime Hinata/Rantaro Amami, and Leon Kuwata/Shuichi Saihara]].

*** Cecil, Bartz, Tidus, Snow, and Ramza are [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice Tempest, Kid Flash, Flash, Geo-Force, and Aquaman]].

* ExecutiveMeddling: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCNQpJasLQA According Black Mage Benjamin's video here]], the more questionable design flaws (3v3 focus, bare minimum story mode, etc.) were due to the game development's lead pushing for it to be an esports game by copying other, successful ones in that genre. Needless to say, this didn't appeal to that audience and alienated both ''Final Fantasy'' fans and the UsefulNotes/FightingGameCommunity, preventing it from even having a role at big tournaments like EVO, CEO, and Combo Breaker.

* NamesTheSame:
** Materia shares her name with the Lifestream-made stones from ''VII''. It's a wonder Cloud doesn't even react.
** Alongside with them having shared roles together, the cast has Creator/KenshoOno, Creator/YukiOno, and Creator/DaisukeOno in their ranks. Lampshaded both by everyone who's aware and even the developers themselves on the Snow-reveal stream.

* PreOrderBonus: Pre-ordering ''NT'' got you one of three special steelbook cases. Depending on where you pre-ordered, you could also have gotten a special weapon for Garland or Cloud.

* ExecutiveMeddling: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCNQpJasLQA According to a video by Black Mage Maverick]], the more questionable design flaws (3v3, bare minimum story mode) were due to the head of the game pushing for it to be an esports game by copying current successful games. Needless to say, this didn't appeal to that audience and alienated both ''Final Fantasy'' fans and the UsefulNotes/FightingGameCommunity, preventing it from even having a role at big tournaments like EVO, CEO, and Combo Breaker.

* ExecutiveMeddling: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCNQpJasLQA According to a video by Black Mage Maverick]], the more questionable design flaws (3v3, bare minimum story mode) were due to the head of the game pushing for it to be an esports game by copying current successful games. Needless to say, this didn't appeal to that audience and alienated both ''Final Fantasy'' fans and the UsefulNotes/FightingGameCommunity, preventing it from even having a role at big tournaments like EVO, CEO, and Combo Breaker. As noted in FranchiseKiller, this was ''the'' defining factor that murdered the series, possibly for all eternity.

* FranchiseKiller: Confirmed in February 2020 to be cancelled for good, with just 38 characters released out of the 50 planned units and no plans for sequels or future entries due to low sales and an even lower adoption rate; therefore, this unfortunately makes ''NT'' [[AcclaimedFlop the grand loser]] of the fighting game scene of [[UsefulNotes/TheNewTens the late 2010s]], losing out to games like ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''.

*** A lot of characters didn't get third costumes when the game ended, but the datamine shows that most everyone had a third costume planned.

** With both the arcade and port being discontinued as of March 2020, the plans to add all the original ''012'' characters has become this. This means that Laguna, Prishe, and Gilgamesh will not make it into the final product.
** Datamined information suggested that [[VideoGame/CrisisCore Zack Fair]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX Vivi]] were originally going to be included in the game.
** As revealed through a release in the phone app game ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasyOperaOmnia'', [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2 Noel]] was intended to be a DLC character as well. This also reconfirmed Zack Fair (mentioned above) for the same reasons.

** The representative for ''XIV'' DLC wise was apparently heavily debated prior to the games release. The three characters originally discussed were Nael van Darnus, Zenos yae Gavlvus, and Alphinaud Leveilleur. Due to Stormblood being the current expansion, it was decided Zenos better fit into the game.
** With both the Arcade and Port being discontinued as of March 2020, the plans to add all the original ''012'' characters has become this. This means that Laguna, Prishe, and Gilgamesh will not make it into the final product.

* RoleReprise: In addition to every returning character from previous ''Dissidia'' games retaining their respective voice actors (except for Garland, whose Japanese VA [[AuthorExistenceFailure passed away]], and Exdeath, who was [[TheOtherDarrin Darrin'd]] in Japan), as well as newcomers retaining their [=VAs=] from their respective games, Creator/PhilLaMarr reprises his role as [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics Ramza Beoulve]] after ten years.

** As revealed through a release in the phone app game ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasyOperaOmnia'', [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2 Noel]] was intended to be a DLC character as well.

* RoleReprise: In addition to every returning character from previous ''Dissidia'' games retaining their respective voice actors (Eecept for Garland, whose Japanese VA [[AuthorExistenceFailure passed away]], and Exdeath, who was [[TheOtherDarrin Darrin'd]] in Japan), as well as newcomers retaining their [=VAs=] from their respective games, Creator/PhilLaMarr reprises his role as [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics Ramza Beoulve]] after ten years.

** As revealed through a release in the phone app game ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasyOperaOmnia'', [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2 Noel]] was also intended to be a DLC character as well.

** As revealed through a release in the phone app game ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasyOperaOmnia'', Noel from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2'' was also intended to be a DLC character as well.

* RoleReprise: In addition to every returning character from previous ''Dissidia'' games retaining their respective voice actors (Except for Garland, whose Japanese VA [[AuthorExistenceFailure passed away]], and Exdeath, who was [[TheOtherDarrin Darrin'd]] in Japan), as well as newcomers retaining their [=VAs=] from their respective games, Creator/PhilLaMarr reprises his role as [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics Ramza Beoulve]] after ten years.

** Datamined information suggested that [[VideoGame/CrisisCore Zack Fair]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX Vivi]] was originally going to be included in the game.

*** Zidane Tribal, Firion, and the Warrior of Light are [[Franchise/{{Danganronpa}} Makoto Naegi, Hajime Hinata/Rantaro Amami, and Leon Kuwata/Shuichi Saihara]].

*** Zidane Tribal, Firion, and the Warrior of Light are [[Franchise/{{Danganronpa}} Makoto Naegi, Hajime Hinata, and Shuichi Saihara]].

*** [[Creator/YukiOno Locke]] and [[Creator/KenshoOno Vaan]] happen to be [[Manga/KurokoNoBasuke Taiga Kagami and Tetsuya Kuroko]].

* ExecutiveMeddling: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCNQpJasLQA According to a video by Black Mage Maverick]], the more questionable design flaws (3v3, bare minimum story mode) were due to the head of the game pushing for it to be an esports game by copying current successful games. Needless to say, this didn't appeal to that audience and alienated both FF fans and the UsefulNotes/FightingGameCommunity, preventing it from even having a role at big tournaments like EVO, CEO, and Combo Breaker. As noted in FranchiseKiller, this was ''the'' defining factor that murdered the series, possibly for all eternity.

* ExecutiveMeddling: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCNQpJasLQA According to a video by Black Mage Maverick]], the more questionable design flaws (3v3, bare minimum story mode) were due to the head of the game pushing for it to be an esports game by copying current successful games. Needless to say, this didn't appeal to that audience and alienated both FF fans and the UsefulNotes/FightingGameCommunity, preventing it from even having a role at big tournaments like EVO, CEO, and Combo Breaker.

* FranchiseKiller: Confirmed in February 2020 to be cancelled for good, with just 38 characters released out of the 50 planned units and no plans for sequels or future entries due to low sales and an even lower adoption rate; therefore, this unfortunately makes ''NT'' [[AcclaimedFlop the grand loser]] of the fighting game scene of [[UsefulNotes/TheNewTens the late 2010s]], losing out to games like VideoGame/MortalKombat11 and VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate.

* FranchiseKiller: Confirmed in February 2020 to be cancelled for good, with just 38 characters released out of the 50 planned units due to low sales and an even lower adoption rate; therefore, this unfortunately makes ''NT'' [[AcclaimedFlop the grand loser]] of the fighting game scene of [[UsefulNotes/TheNewTens the late 2010s]], losing out to games like VideoGame/MortalKombat11 and VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The representative for ''XIV'' DLC wise was apparently heavily debated prior to the games release. The three characters originally discussed were Nael van Darnus, Zenos yae Gavlvus, and Alphinaud Leveilleur. Due to Stormblood being the current expansion, it was decided Zenos better fit into the game.