Dissidia Final Fantasy NT[a] is a fighting game with action role-playing elements developed by Koei Tecmo's Team Ninja and published by Square Enix for PlayStation 4 and Windows.
The Windows version released worldwide on March 12, 2019 is called Dissidia Final Fantasy NT Free Edition.
Dissidia Final Fantasy NT's battle system was redesigned from the ground up, though some elements from the previous titles have been retained.
Characters are divided into four combat classes: power-based Vanguards, agility-based Assassins, range-based Marksmen, and unique trait-based Specialists.
The game features several types of single-player arcade ladders, in which a player's team must defeat a series of increasingly-difficult AI opponents.
Increasing the Player Level will grant additional rewards such as new EX Skills, Summons, and Memoria Tokens, the latter of which must be acquired to progress in the game's Story Mode.
Set long after the events of the previous two Dissidia titles, but before the arcade version, the dimension of World B is revitalized for a conflict between Materia,[c] the goddess of protection, and Spiritus,[d] the god of destruction, who respectively summon the warriors of Cosmos and Chaos as their champions.
[6][7] Suspicious of the gods' unfamiliarity with their world and each other, Materia's warriors immediately separate to investigate the reason behind the new conflict.
[10] When the world becomes overwhelmed by planesgorgers, the two sides form a truce to vanquish Shinryu himself, leading to a deliberate clash that lures him out.
Ten new characters were added to the arcade version first before releasing on PlayStation 4 as DLC after a short window of exclusivity.
[15] During development, Team Ninja considered using their 'soft engine' that allowed skin textures to appear softer, but decided not to due to not enough characters taking advantage of the benefits.
[20] A console version was discussed as being in development but required features such as a story mode and further gameplay refinement before release.
Dataminers previously revealed the aforementioned characters, excluding Feral Chaos, as well as Zack Fair and Vivi Ornitier may have been planned to be implemented at some point.