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Ultimania RPG Side Directors Interview and Secrets Section Bonus!

Sorry to temporarily distract from the Weekend Mini-Exchange all (boy does my timing suck!) but I just managed to polish off another batch of Ultimania goodies for all of you.





Behold: THE DIRECTOR’S INTERVIEW!!!

(That’s right, Tetsuya Nomura and Mitsunori Takahashi talking about DDFF!)

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Page 5

As always feel free to swipe/use these scans anywhere you want. I am unable to provide translations myself due to kanji hating me but if you feel brave enough to take a stab at this then you have my deepest respect.

Oh and as an added bonus from the secrets section, it came to my attention that everyone was hearing random characters performing a title drop whenever they turned on 012. Turns out that this happens in the Japanese version too! On a specific day you’ll hear a certain character say “Square Enix” and “Dissidia Duodecim” when you load the game. Now it turns out that the Ultimania has a chart on this:


For a better look

All 30 playable characters as well as Cosmos, Chaos and Aerith are on this chart. However certain characters seem to come with very specific requirements in order to appear.

Edit: Thanks to Glenn Morrow we now have a translation of the chart! :D

Days each character performs their title call
*Regardless of month
Lightning: 13th
Vaan: 12th
Laguna: 18th
Yuna: 20th
Kain: 14th
Tifa: 17th
Warrior of Light: 1st
Firion: 2nd
Onion Knight: 3rd
Cecil: 4th
Bartz: 5th
Terra: 6th
Cloud: 7th
Squall: 8th
Zidane: 9th
Tidus: 10th
Garland: 21st and 31st
Emperor: 22nd
Cloud of Darkness: 23rd
Golbez: 24th
Exdeath: 15th and 25th
Kefka: 16th and 26th
Sephiroth: 27th
Ultimecia: 28th
Kuja: 19th and 29th
Jecht: 30th
Shantotto: 11th
Gabranth: 12th (midnight hour; noon hour; 12th minute of every hour)
Prishe(*1): 11th (11th hour; 23rd hour; 11th minute of every hour)
Gilgamesh (*1): 15th
Chaos(*2): Every minute (5% probability)
Cosmos: After loading save data on your Special Day
Great Will(*3): 1st (1st hour; 13th hour; 1st minute of every hour)*4
Aerith(*5): 7th, 17th, 27th (7th hour; 19th hour; 7th minute of every hour)

*1: These characters will sound off once they're available
*2: Will sound off once Feral Chaos is available
*3: After cycle 013 is cleared
*4: May also sound off at startup after cycle 013 is cleared the first time
*5: Must be selectable as an Assist Character

NOTE: I do not know if the dates provided match up with the NA/EU versions. If you’ve noticed a pattern with these voices, please feel free to share in the comments so we can work this out.

Oh yes, and if you want more stuff from the Ultimanias, please say so. I'm planning on using the scanner a lot over the next few days to upload my evil Clouja yaoi fanart so I can attempt to give it a go. ;)
Tags: fandom, translation

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[info]piper_locksley

April 16 2011, 01:25:57 UTC 1 year ago

I noticed that in the NA version days 2-11 have 013 heroes with the exception of WoL (1) and Squall(8). For them I get Cosmos saying 'Square Enix' but not 'Dissidia Duodecim'. And 12-14 are Vaan, Lightning, and Kain. I forget where in the month it starts again, but the villians will also do a chronological line up.

[info]ignis_exuro

April 16 2011, 01:36:52 UTC 1 year ago

Interesting. My first was Cloud, followed by Squall and...Zidane, if I remember correctly. I wonder what determines the order in which you hear them?

[info]piper_locksley

April 16 2011, 01:45:49 UTC 1 year ago

I pretty sure they lined them up so that whoever says the titles will correspond with their numbered game. So in your case you might have played three days in a row and the first day was the 7th of the month (Cloud), then the 8th (Squall), and finally the ninth (Zidane). But I completely forget when some of the newbies play and when the villains start their role call. And as [info]unknownchaser said Cosmos will always speak on the special day (which totally makes sense now that I think about it).

[info]ignis_exuro

April 16 2011, 01:50:35 UTC 1 year ago

Durrrheeeeeeerp that TOTALLY makes sense. HAHA why didn't I notice that before? Now that I think back on it, that totally adds up.

I thank you for hitting me with the "duh" stick. XD

[info]piper_locksley

April 16 2011, 01:56:34 UTC 1 year ago

LOL, truly I'm just passing the stick along after beating myself with it. I feel ~really stupid for not figuring out that Cosmos only comes on the special days. It completely explains why I've never heard Squall or WoL considering there's a nice and sparkly week long gap between them.

**Also needs things pointed out to her sometimes**

[info]toffeethesnob

April 16 2011, 01:40:24 UTC 1 year ago

Those dates you gave seem to match up with the Ultimania, I'll wait and see if anyone else has noticed a pattern. The voice I got yesterday (Exdeath) matched with Ultimania but I'm hearing nothing today. Thanks!

[info]piper_locksley

April 16 2011, 01:51:53 UTC 1 year ago

I noticed that sometimes nothing will play too! I was starting to think with Cosmos butting in at weird places and saying only half her piece, missing characters, and the weird nothing at all moments that SE had just gotten lazy for us. Cid will also play at a random time too.

And glad to help! :)

[info]unknownchaser

April 16 2011, 01:28:08 UTC 1 year ago

Cosmos will always say the title on your Special Day. I'm not sure about the rest, but I assume it follows numerical order.

[info]piper_locksley

April 16 2011, 01:57:59 UTC 1 year ago

Thanks for pointing that out!

omg I feel dumb.

[info]Glenn Morrow

April 16 2011, 17:09:24 UTC 1 year ago

If I may ask, what page did the title call chart come from? I'd like to know for future reference. Thanks. =)

Also, I translated it, for those interested:

Days each character performs their title call
*Regardless of month
Lightning: 13th
Vaan: 12th
Laguna: 18th
Yuna: 20th
Kain: 14th
Tifa: 17th
Warrior of Light: 1st
Firion: 2nd
Onion Knight: 3rd
Cecil: 4th
Bartz: 5th
Terra: 6th
Cloud: 7th
Squall: 8th
Zidane: 9th
Tidus: 10th
Garland: 21st and 31st
Emperor: 22nd
Cloud of Darkness: 23rd
Golbez: 24th
Exdeath: 15th and 25th
Kefka: 16th and 26th
Sephiroth: 27th
Ultimecia: 28th
Kuja: 19th and 29th
Jecht: 30th
Shantotto: 11th
Gabranth: 12th (midnight hour; noon hour; 12th minute of every hour)
Prishe(*1): 11th (11th hour; 23rd hour; 11th minute of every hour)
Gilgamesh (*1): 15th
Chaos(*2): Every minute (5% probability)
Cosmos: After loading save data on your Special Day
Great Will(*3): 1st (1st hour; 13th hour; 1st minute of every hour)*4
Aerith(*5): 7th, 17th, 27th (7th hour; 19th hour; 7th minute of every hour)

*1: These characters will sound off once they're available
*2: Will sound off once Feral Chaos is available
*3: After cycle 013 is cleared
*4: May also sound off at startup after cycle 013 is cleared the first time
*5: Must be selectable as an Assist Character

[info]toffeethesnob

April 16 2011, 18:40:12 UTC 1 year ago

Thank you very much for the translations. Do you mind if I edit the post to include them?

The page is 570 0f the RPG side Ultimania, Chapter 9 (Secrets Section) It's one of the first things featured there, with the secrets section spanning to around 34 pages.

[info]Glenn Morrow

April 16 2011, 19:10:08 UTC 1 year ago

Sure, go right ahead. It was my pleasure. You're welcome.

Thanks for the page number, by the way. Anything else in the Secrets section look interesting?

[info]toffeethesnob

April 16 2011, 19:40:53 UTC 1 year ago

Well from what I can gather, the secrets section is composed of 5 seperate features:

25 secrets: 25 hidden gameplay quirks or bonuses such as Prologus transfer data, Moogles hidden in Event Theatre, info on the title call chart, story mode encounter quotes, answers to Mognet etc (sorry that I can't list all of them, my Japanese is still at a beginner's level...)
Reports: Transcripts of the 20 reports unlocked during the game. However this does not include the extra content such as cutscenes and dialogue exchanges but it does mention the highlighted text. It also mentions where and how you acquire them.
Art Gallery: Concept art of alts and/or DLC for several characters which I posted up on the site about a week ago.
Event Section Interview: Interview with the event designers/directors. This includes: Shota Shimoda (Planning director (RPG)), Akiko Ishibashi (Planning Director Event and Scenario Writer), Mai Okauchi (Graphics director (character texture)), Yasumasa Uchijima (Animation Director (event)) and Shushuke Ooki (Graphic director (menu))
Directors Interview: Interview with Nomura and Takahashi

There are also a few interviews and extra artworks scattered elsewhere in the Ultimania, usually at the end of chapters. (This is only true of the RPG side) If there's a demand for them I'll try and post more up.

Thanks for your help again! *heads off to edit post*

[info]Glenn Morrow

April 17 2011, 12:17:51 UTC 1 year ago

Once again, you're very welcome. =)

If I might make a personal request, I'd be interested in looking at Akiko Ishibashi's interview sometime. Most of my interest in the game lies with the story (you've probably already figured that out).

There's no rush, though, if it's a hassle. I'm still working on a transcript of the game's text, and definitely won't be tackling any major translations before that's finished.

Thanks for listing all this info, by the way.

[info]toffeethesnob

April 17 2011, 13:53:25 UTC 1 year ago

Akiko Ishibashi effectively has two interviews: a mini 'two cents' sort of interview (identical to those Nomura and Takahashi have in the above scans, among other things listing who their main and assist are. In Ishibashi's case this is Cloud of Darkness with a Prishe assist) and the big interview with the entire team. Since they come together I can try and scan both within the next few hours (I'll upload it in a new post so everyone has a chance to investigate the new content)

If you're working on a transcript of the game's text would you find scans of the storymode encounter quotes or character battle quotes (the latter of which comes with each character's profile in the Action Side Ultimania) useful at all? (The latter may take a while due to the large number of scans involved but I'm willing to give it a shot if it'll be of any help)

Ah, you're welcome. (I should probably include that list in the next post just so people have a better idea of what's available) I'm just sorry I'm a bit of a clumsy middleman when it comes to providing this stuff. ^^;;

[info]ultimafox

April 16 2011, 20:48:40 UTC 1 year ago

I'm pretty certain that the voices activate the same for us. I checked for today (16th) and it was Kefka. The voices started in order on April 1st for me (with Cosmos chiming in on special days).

[info]minako85

April 17 2011, 19:10:37 UTC 1 year ago

I think the chart is ok also for the EU version. Today I had Tifa, and some days ago I remember to have heard Kain's sexy voice.
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