Dissidia: Final Fantasy

Say what you want about Square Enix's output -- lord knows they try to be different. For Dissidia Final Fantasy, they could have just made a Final Fantasy-skinned fighting game. But usually, when a crossover game happens within a popular franchise, the results are far from ideal. Dissidia may look like a cash-in, where beloved characters are shoved into a fighting game template, but at the very least, it tries to keep from feeling like one. Instead, what you have is a different kind of fighting game, one mixed with the series' better qualities. Given that Final Fantasy is fantasy, it's just as much about magic as it is swords and shields; so Dissidia encourages lots of flying or otherwise bounding around arenas as you trade blows with your opponents. It's like a Dragon Ball Z game. Merely saying that no doubt turns off some gamers, but even DBZ games have their high points. And in the confines of this franchise, it does make some sense.

Excellent portable scrapper with a below par storyline

Final Fantasy meets Final Fight... Finally!

Crossover fighting games are nothing new, and they always tend to have one thing in common: From Super Smash Bros. to Marvel vs Capcom 2, they’re less about exploring what happens when disparate universes come together, and more about seeing how hard those universes can wordlessly kick each other in the teeth. ...

"Dissidia: Final Fantasy is a joyful experience that piles on the pleasures, within both its gameplay and its feature set. You earn real-time rewards represented by a Chocobo's journey; you can save battle replays, edit them, and export them as video files; and Moogles send you bizarre messages with points included to spend on more unlockables. "