Final Fantasy Dissidia
Released during the time when Square Enix still had its head firmly planted up its own ass, this fighting game spinoff of the entire Final Fantasy universe was a perfect adaptation for the franchise into an action-fighting game. Instead of the PS3, it was developed for the new handheld.
Set in an alternate universe where Order and Chaos are continuously in opposition, the villains and heroes of every Final Fantasy game from I to XIII were drafted to the appropriate sides to bring an end to the conflict. With a fairly decent story for each character to boot, Dissidia’s hallmark was its superb combat system – and the ability to duke it out in grudge matches across games.
This game also might not belong on this list as its very likely it would have been even more successful had it been given a budget and a platform more appropriate to a game with the potential to take on Super Smash Bros in the arena fighting game market. Yet on the PSP it lived and died, and so Final Fantasy Dissidia will be remembered as the handheld’s little gem, an awesome fighting game and the only place where you could beat Tidus to a mushy pulp with almost every main character from every game.
