Square Enix Revives Dissidia Final Fantasy After 8 Years — But Mobile-Only Move Sparks Fan Backlash
Full details drop October 14, bringing answers, context, and the stakes into sharp focus.
Dissidia is back. Sort of. Square Enix just teased a new entry in the series, and if you were hoping for a return to the PSP-era arena fighter, temper expectations. We are, once again, headed to mobile.
What Square Enix actually announced
A new teaser site is up promising the 'next evolution' of Dissidia and explicitly saying it is coming to mobile. A reveal stream is set for October 14, where they claim they will finally show what this thing actually is.
'The next evolution of Dissidia' is coming to mobile soon.
Quick refresher on what Dissidia is (and was)
Dissidia started life as a pair of cult-favorite PSP fighting games where Final Fantasy characters from across the series punched each other in stylish slow-mo. Over time, Square Enix started slapping the Dissidia name on crossover projects in general, most notably the mobile RPG Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia back in 2017. Fast-forward eight years and, yep, we are back on phones again.
The tease: 10 silhouettes and some very familiar weapons
Right now the only concrete content is a lineup of ten shadowy character outlines. A few are basically unmistakable, and a few are educated guesses:
- Definitely: Lightning (FF13), Cloud (FF7), Prompto (FF15)
- Very likely: Auron (FF10), Zidane (FF9), Rinoa (FF8)
The remaining figures are harder to pin down from the silhouettes alone, but the message is clear: it is a multigame crossover roster again.
Why fans are side-eyeing this already
People who loved the original two PSP fighters have been asking for a proper revival or at least a remaster for years, and a new mobile title is not what they had in mind. On top of that, Square Enix does not have the best track record with live-service mobile support. Earlier this year, they shut down a Kingdom Hearts mobile spin-off, after already sunsetting NieR's most overlooked entry on mobile. That pattern has players worried about another short runway.
The vibe from early reactions: Opera Omnia earned goodwill, but a lot of folks do not trust the business model anymore. One comment that kept popping up in different forms:
'I know people hate mobile and gachas but Opera Omnia was so good... I have little faith this will be anywhere near as good but I can dream.'
Bottom line
Dissidia is returning, just not in the format most fans were hoping to see. We will find out what 'next evolution' actually means on October 14. Until then, consider me curious but cautious.