History VideoGame / TheatrhythmFinalFantasy

* StoneWall: Cecil - while his other stats may lag compared to other characters, he has some of the best hit points in the game, plus he naturally gets curative and damage-reducing reaction abilities.

** WhiteMage: Minwu, Yuna and Aerith.

Okay, time for a brief lesson in recent-gaming history for everyone: ''DissidiaFinalFantasy'', when first released, [[AndTheFandomRejoiced caused many fans to wet their pants in excitement]] just for the fact that a fighting game featuring representative heroes and villains from the ''FinalFantasy'' series[[note]](from [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI the first installment]] right up until [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII the latest released at the time]])[[/note]] could only be justified with the words, '''RuleOfCool,''' on which the concept was basically ''built''.

* ApocalypticLog: Of sorts, in the Collectacard description for the [[{{Oculothorax}}Ahirman]] monster.
--> There is no escaping this evil eye. Once you have met its fearsome gaze, [[ParinoiaFuel you will never be alone again]]. Even now I feel the loathsome eye on me. ''Always'' it is on me. Where is it? Where is it!? Oh, sweet gods...!

* HairOfGold: Players might mistake Faris for [[FinalFantasyVI Edgar]] due to the attire she has, but since the Amano art picture her as having blond hair, she exhibits it here. No purple hair allowed.

** Also in the credits, a group of [[{{Mook}} Mooks]] play volleyball with [[FinalFantasyIX Ozma]].

* HundredPercentCompletion: This game has tropies, unlockables characters and songs, and [[GottaCatchEmAll 81 CollectaCards]] (in [[UpToEleven three grades of rarity]]), not to mention getting 100% scores on the songs themselves.

The game will also feature enemies and bosses from the games ranging from the main villains like [[FinalFantasy Garland]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]], mid-bosses like [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII Xande]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX Black Waltz #3]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV Gilgamesh]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Ultros]] and the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Elemental Archfiends]], mainstay monsters like [[Characters/FinalFantasyRecurringMonsters tonberry, bombs and behemoths]] and even common enemies unique to each game like [[FinalFantasyXIII PSICOM enforcers]] and [[FinalFantasyXII bangaa thieves]] all redesigned to fit the game's unique art style.

* KillerRabbit: Staple monsters like the Behemoth and Ahriman appear. They've never looked cuter, but considering they're among the series's famous DemonicSpiders, they're probably still going to be a pain to fight.
* NoExportForYou: highly feared at first, given the game's nature as one hell of a [[WidgetSeries Widget Title]]. But then it was announced for the other regions. ''[[AvertedTrope Averting]]'' such a trope is already a great feat for SquareEnix, let alone the aforementioned nature of the game.
* RPGElements: Your characters have levels and stats which are tied to their performance in the battle and field music stages, they gain experience to improve said stats and level up. Enemies drop items, which you can use. Your characters also have passive equipable abilities in two forms, the first type being those that are always on (such as Strength Up and HP Up, which are ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin) and those that activate after specific conditions have been fulfilled (Such as Focus and Fire, which will deal extra physical or magical damage to opponents if you do well enough with the notes).

* RuleOfCute: this game is to the RuleOfCute what ''Dissidia'' is to the RuleOfCool. Do the math.
* WidgetSeries: and then some!
* WordSaladTitle: if you thought ''[[CanisLatinicus Dissidia]]'' was bad... well, think again - as this {{portmanteau}} will prove you wrong. With a headache.

Although sparse in details, it has been revealed that the game operates in three different styles of stages. Battle stages will have the players chosen party occupying the right side of the screen like a [[{{Retraux}} classic]] Final Fantasy game and scores hits on the enemy by successfully hitting notes, by getting higher combos you can unleash stronger attacks like SummonMagic. Event stages which feature video montages from scenes of previous Final Fantasy games where the player having to tap the notes in rhythm with the music being featured in the scene. Field sequences are similar to event sequences but instead of video montages, they are represented by a chosen playable character strolling though a background scenery from the game they have chosen, by scoring higher combos you can call a [[HorseOfADifferentColor Chocobo]] to give you a ride.

Then, the sequel
(''Dissidia 012 [duodecim] - Final Fantasy'') was released, but this time around, sadly, the rejoicing (with [[FinalFantasyXIII Lightning]] joining the fight, among others) was foiled by the rather disappointing announcement that the game in question would be the last in the series, or at least, the last appearing in FightingGame form.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: SquareEnix [[WordOfGod themselves summed it up as a]] ''"Theater Rhythm Game"''.[[hottip:*: (And that's about as close to a TitleDrop as we might possibly get.)]] What that means, only time will tell.

The game follows the events of the gods Chaos and Cosmos, a similar plot to Dissidia Final Fantasy. The space between the two is called Rhythm, which gives birth to a crystal that controls music. Chaos causes the crystal to become disrupted, and the only way to return it to normal is to increase a music wave known as ''Rizpo''.

* RPGElements: Although the exact details have yet to be disclosed

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'': [[MysticalWaif Terra Branford]] and [[GentlemanThief Locke Cole]]

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'': [[AntiHero Squall Leonhart]] and [[RivalTurnedEvil Seifer Almasy]]
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'': [[ChivalrousPervert Zidane Tribal]] and [[BlackMage Vivi Orunitia]]
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'': [[{{Keet}} Tidus]] and [[SilkHidingSteel Yuna]]

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'': [[LovableRogue Vaan]] and [[BadassPrincess Ashe]]

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': [[{{Badass}} Cloud Strife]], [[InnocentFlowerGirl Aerith Gainsborough]], and [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy Sephiroth]]

An... [[WidgetSeries out-of-nowhere]] entry in the [[RunningGag running-gag-reflex-inducing]] ''FinalFantasy'' series, this game's premise is relatively simple: bringing the "conflict of the gods" plot of ''DissidiaFinalFantasy'' to the Nintendo3DS, but in the form of ''a RhythmGame''. In other words, it's ''EliteBeatAgents'' [[XMeetsY meets]] ''FinalFantasy''[[note]](This moniker is surprisingly accurate; gameplay footage has revealed that the basic mechanics are [[FollowTheLeader lifted straight from Elite Beat Agents]] with a few new types of button to worry about.)[[/note]]

An... [[WidgetSeries out-of-nowhere]] entry in the [[RunningGag running-gag-reflex-inducing]] ''FinalFantasy'' series, this game's premise is relatively simple: bringing the "conflict of the gods" plot of ''DissidiaFinalFantasy'' to the Nintendo3DS, but in the form of ''a RhythmGame''. In other words, it's ''EliteBeatAgents'' [[XMeetsY meets]] ''FinalFantasy'' [[hottip:*: This moniker is surprisingly accurate; gameplay footage has revealed that the basic mechanics are [[FollowTheLeader lifted straight from ''EBA'']] with a few new types of button to worry about]]

Okay, time for a brief lesson in recent-gaming history for everyone: ''DissidiaFinalFantasy'', when first released, [[AndTheFandomRejoiced caused many fans to wet their pants in excitement]] just for the fact that a fighting game featuring representative heroes and villains from the ''FinalFantasy'' series[[hottip:*:(from [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI the first installment]] right up until [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII the latest released at the time]])]] could only be justified with the words, '''RuleOfCool,''' on which the concept was basically ''built''.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': [[BadassAngster Cloud Strife]], [[InnocentFlowerGirl Aerith Gainsborough]], and [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy Sephiroth]]