Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy

Unreleased

Dissidia 012 [duodecim] Final Fantasy​ is the sequel to Dissidia Final Fantasy. It is currently in development for the PlayStation Portable and will be released in 2011.

Gameplay
Although the game will likely have new features and enhancements, the first screenshots released show that the interface is very similar to the one from the first installment.

Story
In the secret ending of Dissidia Final Fantasy, unlocked after obtaining all the Chaos Reports, Cosmos was revealed to be alive in her world despite what was thought to be her death in the prior events. She has a discussion with Cid of the Lufaine, who implied that the war with Chaos has not yet ended.

Characters
It is currently unknown if all the previous characters from the first installment will reappear (and if they do, on which side they will be aligned) -- only Warrior of Light, Cecil, Garland, and Kuja have been confirmed so far. In addition, two new characters have been announced: Kain and Lightning. The two had previously been considered for inclusion in Dissidia but had been excluded for various reasons.

Development
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy was announced in the Japanese magazine Shonen Jump in early September 2010. It had previously been hinted at by the Dissidia development team, who stated that they would love to make a sequel and that the decision would depend on the success of the first installment; and JD Cullum, Kuja's English voice actor, who offhandedly stated that he had recorded his lines for Dissidia 012 in the Summer 2010.

According to an interview between Takashi Arakawa and Yoshinori Kitase (director, writer, and producer of Dissidia) with a German gaming site, Kitase stated that a sequel would be "very interesting", and might even include Kingdom Hearts characters, although it would still have to be discussed with Disney. Nomura had later stated that a potential sequel would include Kain Highwind, Gilgamesh, and Sazh Katzroy representing Final Fantasy XIII, but would not include Kingdom Hearts characters.

Etymology
Duodecim is the Law of the Twelve Tables (Leges Duodecim Tabularum, more informally simply Duodecim Tabulae) was the ancient legislation that stood at the foundation of Roman law. The Law of the Twelve Tables formed the centerpiece of the constitution of the Roman Republic and the core of the mos maiorum (custom of the ancestors). The Twelve Tables must be distinguished from the unrelated, much older "twelve shields" of King Numa Pompilius.

Trivia

 * Prior to the official announcement, two separate hoaxes had "revealed" that Kain and Lightning would appear in Dissidia Final Fantasy: Universal Tuning. The hoaxes involved elaborate fake magazine pages created in Photoshop and complete with fake Kain artwork and fake Lightning 3D models.
 * Interestingly, Chaos and Cosmos have swapped sides in the logo since dissidia.