***DISCLAIMER***
(This rant contains spoilers for FFX and FF9)




Dissidia was very nearly the gaming ambrosia of my Final-Fantasy-loving gamer existence. It has some of my favorite characters all mashed into one game with amazing graphics, as per usual with Square, and come on. Who hasn't, at some point in their lives, wanted to tear up a protagonist with their favorite villain.

...This is where Dissidia failed.

I loved Final Fantasy X. Didn't we all. But using Sin or Yu Yevon as a playable baddie in Dissidia sounded like a bad idea to Square. Hell, it sounds like a bad idea to me too. So they decided to use a more human villain, similar to how they chose Kuja to represent the villainy in FF9 even though he wasn't technically the main villain or the final boss. So Square, in their vast abundance of common sense, picks out Jecht to represent the villain side of FFX.

...Really, Square? Really?

He's Tidus' dad. Apparently Square picked him out because he has a closer link to Tidus, FFX's signature protagonist. And I mean sure, he and Tidus had their rough patches. But come on. Come on. You spend the entire game finding these spheres telling you what a great guy Jecht really is. He basically sacrifices himself to save Auron at the end. And when Tidus does fight him at the end, it's because he has to. Not because he wants to. I mean, sure he says he hates him, but he's crying at the end of it all. And he gives Jecht a ghostly high five when they reunite at the very end of the game.

REALLY SQUARE? That was the BEST you could come up with for Final Fantasy X? I mean, would Cloud have given Sephiroth a high five at the end of FF7? What about Terra and Kefka? I mean really. Really. Jecht's not a villain, he's a sentimental sandtrap. WTF?

I guess my main question is, WHY WOULDN'T YOU USE SEYMOUR?

If FFX had a human villain at all, ask anyone and they would tell you it was Seymour. And if they didn't, they were probably inebriated when they played that game. I don't think anyone besides the spawn of Sin itself gives you more trouble in that game. And he's a legitimate villain as well with legitimate villainous behavior and legitimate villainous goals. I mean, he kills off some minor characters, tries to obliterate your party and use Yuna for his goals, and ultimately plans to bring death to every being in Spira. And Jecht? His most prominent goal for the future was probably looking forward to that cold beer after a long day. Ooo. The villainy makes me shudder.

And don't give me that "Seymour isn't connected as strongly to Tidus" crap, Square. Tidus legitmately hated Seymour. And he definitely knew who he was. Seymour might not have given a flying flip about Tidus, but that's because...who really does? :/ But Seymour tried to steal Tidus' love interest. I think that counts as enough protagonist/villain interaction for Seymour to make it into Dissidia.

But no. No. We have to use Jecht, who proceeds to taint the entire villainous half of that cast with his goodiness.

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I WANT TO BLOW STUFF UP WITH SEYMOUR!!! I'VE WAITED MY WHOLE LIFE TO BE SEYMOUR IN A GAME AND TEAR PEOPLE APART WITH HIM!!! CURSE YOU SQUARE!!! I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS FIVE MONTHS AGO AND IT STILL TICKS ME OFF!! CURSE YOU!!!!