Template:Sideicon Template:Images Rinoa Heartilly is a playable character in Dissidia Final Fantasy NT and its arcade version. She represents Final Fantasy VIII.
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Appearance
- Default
- Forest Owl I - Default coloration. Rinoa's default attire and her original in Final Fantasy VIII. She wears a light blue, sleeveless duster sweater with white angel wings on the back, and matching arm warmers. She wears a black tank top under the duster, cycling shorts with white zippers, laced boots, and a ribbon on her left arm. She wears a denim blue buttoned miniskirt over her black shorts, and her signature necklace with two rings.
- Forest Owl II - 1st alternate coloration. Recolors her sweater and the zipper on her shorts black, her arm warmers gray, and her tank top white. Her miniskirt is a tartan-patterned with red and black. This may allude to the school theme of Final Fantasy VIII even though Rinoa is not a Garden student.
- Forest Owl III - 2nd alternate coloration. Retains the black zippers, and recolors her miniskirt into blue-gray, and her sweater, arm warmers, and boots are colored white.
- 1st Alternate Costume
- Party Dress I - Default coloration. Rinoa dons the dress she wears in her first in-game appearance and cutscenes during the SeeD inauguration ball in Final Fantasy VIII. She wears an off-white halter dress with her signature necklace, along with matching heeled dancing shoes, and a bracelet on her right wrist.
- Party Dress II - 1st alternate coloration. Both of her dress and heeled shoes are black.
- Party Dress III - 2nd alternate coloration. Her dress is a cream yellow and her heeled shoes are silver with added luster.
- Weapons
Rinoa equips long-ranged projectiles named Blaster Edges:
- Pinwheel - Default weapon. Her original weapon from Final Fantasy VIII that is mounted and shot from her left wrist, and one of her Limit Breaks involve her pet Angelo being used as a projectile. During her EX Skill, she gains an alternate moveset involving sorceress magic, and her Blaster Edge disappears until after she uses an HP Attack or when the EX Skill ends. The Pinwheel now has more defined depth and detailed luster added to its model.
- Valkyrie - 1st alternate weapon. As with the Pinwheel, the Valkyrie has a higher, more protruded depth to the large base, with its markings more clearly defined.
- Rising Sun - 2nd alternate weapon. In addition to added depth and details, the large ring of the base is more circular as opposed to octagonal.
- Cardinal - 3rd alternate weapon. As with her other blaster edges, the Cardinal gains added depth and additional detailing, more prominently on the main wing design, resembling the GF Diablos.
The Blaster Edges are featured in the Weapons Monthly magazines as customable models, and can be used by Rinoa in Final Fantasy VIII.
Rinoa's default player title is Nameless Maiden. Her manikin counterpart, the Otherworldly Maiden, is purple.
Personality
Rinoa retains most of her personality from her original game: upbeat but afraid of being alone. Rinoa worries for Yuna when the summoner tires from on their way to Materia's Tower. Knowing that Yuna wouldn't want to drag others nor voice her concerns, Rinoa asks Locke if they can take a break, something Yuna is grateful for.
Based on Yuna's experience as a former Champion of Cosmos, Rinoa hears stories about the previous cycles and looks forward in meeting the others. She fears being alone, thanking Locke and Yuna for finding her since she would have lost all hope if she's left by herself in a foreign world.
Story
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Gameplay
Rinoa can throw the blade from her blaster edge on her opponent once or thrice. She can duplicate her weapon to hit her opponent multiple times and use magic in a similar manner as Terra Branford as her HP attacks. She uses both of her Limit Breaks: Combine and Angel Wing. Some of her Combine moves serve as her Bravery Attacks to knock her opponent using Angelo. In her Angel Wing mode as her EX Skill, she hits her opponent with offensive magic before it wears off. Like Lightning, she is able to switch between both of her Limit Breaks in either physical or magical Bravery Attacks.
- Type: Marksman - Rinoa can use an array of flexible attacks or partner up with her dog to take down foes.
- EX Skill: Angel Wing/Combine - Turn bravery attacks into magic spells and dispel all buffs and debuffs on Rinoa. During Angel Wing, Rinoa's HP decreases, she is immune to buffs and debuffs, and she cannot use common EX skills.
In Combine mode, when Rinoa takes a certain amount of damage, Angelo will appear and cast Angelo Recover. Angelo will disappear immediately after she finishes an attack or Rinoa enters Angel Wing mode.
Abilities
| Move | Damage | Input | Type | Power | Frame Data | Image |
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| Harpy Shoot | Bravery |  
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Ground (Combine) | 
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| Launch successive projectiles with your blaster edge. (Can move while firing, combo extender*A 'combo extender' lets you keep performing a combo even when you miss with the move.) | ||||||
| Firaga | Bravery |
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Ground (Angel Wing) | 
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| Launch successive fireballs at high speed. (Can move while casting, combo extender*A 'combo extender' lets you keep performing a combo even when you miss with the move.) | ||||||
| Vega Blast | Bravery | 
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Grouind (Combine) | 
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| Ready your blaster edge, then shoot multiple projectiles that pursue the enemy. (Can move while casting) | ||||||
| Water | Bravery |
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Ground (Angel Wing) | 
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| Shoot water bubbles that pursue the enemy. (Can move while casting) | ||||||
| Call Angelo (Angelo Rush) |
Bravery | 
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Ground (Combine) |  
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| Call Angelo: Call Angelo onto the field. After a moment, she will charge at the foe you are targeting.
Angelo Rush: (Hold | ||||||
| Holy | Bravery |
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Ground (Angel Wing) | 
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| Summon columns of light from beneath the enemy. | ||||||
| Harpy Shoot | Bravery |
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Aerial (Combine) |
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| Launch successive projectiles with your blaster edge. (Can move while firing, combo extender*A 'combo extender' lets you keep performing a combo even when you miss with the move.) | ||||||
| Blizzaga | Bravery |
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Aerial (Angel Wing) | 
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| Rapidly throw spheres of ice in succession. (Can move while casting, combo extender*A 'combo extender' lets you keep performing a combo even when you miss with the move.) | ||||||
| Angelic Shot | Bravery |
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Aerial (Combine) | 
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| Ready your blaster edge, then shoot multiple projectiles at high speed. (Can move while casting) | ||||||
| Thundaga | Bravery |
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Aerial (Angel Wing) | 
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| Unleash a colossal lightning bolt that pierces the enemy. (Can move while casting) | ||||||
| Angelo Cannon (Angelo Rush) |
Bravery |
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Aerial (Combine) | 
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| Angelo Cannon: Aim and launch Angelo from your blaster edge. After a moment, she will charge at the foe you are targeting.
<Angelo Rush: (Hold | ||||||
| Flare | Bravery |
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Aerial (Angel Wing) | 
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| Release countless magic projectiles that chase the enemy. | ||||||
| Angelo Strike | Bravery |
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Dash (Combine) | 
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| Call Angelo onto the field and have her charge at the enemy. | ||||||
| Tornado | Bravery |
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Dash (Angel Wing) | 
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| Summon a high-speed vortex onto the field. | ||||||
| Meltdown | HP | 
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| Unleash a large wave of energy directly in front of you. (Can move while casting, hold to charge) | ||||||
| Apocalypse | HP |
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| Generate beams of light and rain them down on your foes. (Can move while casting) | ||||||
| Meteor | HP |
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| Summon meteors down to crush enemies. (Can move while casting) | ||||||
| Wishing Star | HP |
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| Repeatedly charge at nearby foes with Angelo. During Angel Wing, this switches to Combine. | ||||||
| Angel Wing | EX Skill | 
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When in Combine | 
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Rinoa's sorceress powers activate the following effects for a certain period of time:
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| Combine | EX Skill |
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When in Angel Wing | 
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| Leave Angel Wing status and fight alongside Angelo. | ||||||
| Angelo Recover | Automatic | When in Combine | 
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| When Rinoa is knocked down with an HP attack that deals 2,000+ HP damage, Angelo appears and revivifies her. | ||||||
Creation and development
Prior to her reveal, game director Takeo Kujiraoka expressed interest in seeing a character who would make use of a partner, citing Rinoa Heartilly and Angelo as an example.[1]
Rinoa was revealed as the third DLC character of the Season Pass on July 10, 2018. She was released on July 12, 2018 in the arcade version, and was released later on August 16, 2018 on consoles.
Voice
Rinoa is voiced by Kana Hanazawa in the Japanese version who also voices Deuce in Final Fantasy Type-0 and Enna Kros and Boko in World of Final Fantasy. She is voiced by Skyler Davenport in the English version. Rinoa speaks in a normal voice with a childish tone, but in her Angel Wing form she speaks in a serious but icy tone.
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Allusions
- When fighting Alexander, Rinoa says "I've drawn you out of hiding!" in reference to the respective summon from Final Fantasy VIII being obtained by using Draw.
- When battling Ifrit, Rinoa says, "If I win, maybe I can be a SeeD too!" in reference to Ifrit being the first boss of Final Fantasy VIII fought when Squall is preparing for a field exam as part of his SeeD training.
- This could also allude to when Rinoa accompanies Squall and his team to Galbadia Garden, where she tells him to pretend that she is also a SeeD.
- When fighting against Leviathan, Rinoa's dialogue, "You should choose your allies more carefully," may be a reference to the character NORG, from whom Leviathan can be drawn from, who attempted to side with Sorceress Edea by sacrificing the SeeD students.
Trivia
- Like with Locke's case, Rinoa was an important character in Dissidia Final Fantasy: Secretum since Squall mentioned her more than once during the stageplay.
- At the time of her release, Rinoa is the only character in the English dub of Dissidia NT to call the summons by their respective names.
- Rinoa is also the only character to date who has more than one line of dialogue for summoning, depending on whether her EX Skill has been activated or not.