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Dissidia: Final Fantasy PSP bundle drops August 25

Square Enix's 3D fighter packed in with Mystic Silver PSP-3000, Advent Children, 2GB memory stick launching alongside stand-alone game this fall.

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Rumors are rife that Sony Computer Entertainment will use its Electronic Entertainment Expo press conference on June 3 to unveil the long-speculated PSP2. However, regardless of whether that reveal happens, the publisher isn't quite done with the current iteration of its handheld. This week, Sony announced that the limited-edition Dissidia: Final Fantasy PSP bundle will be available exclusively through GameStop on August 25, alongside the stand-alone game.

The Dissidia limited-edition bundle.
The Dissidia limited-edition bundle.

The bundle includes a number of goodies catered toward Final Fantasy fans. In addition to Square Enix's Dissidia: Final Fantasy, the bundle includes Sony Pictures' Final Fantasy VII Advent Children on UMD, a 2GB Memory Stick Pro Duo, and a Mystic Silver PSP-3000. The pack will retail for $199.99, $30 more than the standard stand-alone system price.

Dissidia features more than 20 characters from the first dozen Final Fantasy games, all of whom are called into battle by warring gods. In addition to series protagonists such as Squall, Cloud, and Tidus, the roster includes more villainous entrants such as Sephiroth. Dissidia is a 3D fighter, but the game retains Final Fantasy conventions, including summon attacks and role-playing-game-style character development.

For more on the game, check out GameSpot's previous coverage of Dissidia: Final Fantasy.

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lol nice job sony kids that are ff fans will beg their parents to buy this new edition even though they may already own one. while me myself will keep my old psp until its unplayable with new games.

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Hope it turns out great. 8)

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As a fighting game Dissidia only falls in the good category but as a Final Fantasy it is quite possibly the best. This game made Tidus tolerable for crying out loud, fantastic. Plus the whole calendar system where you can pick a lucky day to play, fast loading (I have the optional 527MB install enabled), deep customizing, lots of secrets, lots of challenge. It's one of Square's strongest modern efforts.

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agreed to knickknut17 what i must do to my old psp with that

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I can't imagine that Sony would change the hardware specs on a new PSP. They'd basically be abandoning 50 million users and splitting the user base in half if they brought out a whole new PSP. A hardware redesign makes sense, perhaps even a PSP Phone...as I boldly predict.

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Well well, I had been looking for a reason to get a new PSP....

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This would be a lot cooler if we got a custom-printed PSP with the bundle, a la the Japanese Crisis Core bundle. That aside, I may just get this instead of getting my current PSP repaired.

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The Game Only will come out the same day? *--*

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its about time

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Im glad Square is showing us some psp love. though i think this means no psp 2 announcement this year. -sigh-

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Am so getting this bundle!

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i saw and played a whole lot of this game, let me tell you its the best fighting game on psp in my opinion. It's totally worth the cash if you have it

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Very cool I hope they price it just right just the game it self since I already have a psp slim :)

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@aurora_born_93 i totally agree with u

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we will just have to wait till the e3.

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i dont know about this.... i find myself playing the DS a lot more than the PSP, and I bought them both at launch. Never upgraded my DS (still have the silver one from 2004) so I doubt I will upgrade a PSP.

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i have a psp already.. is it worth buying this bundle ?! man hopefully they also come out with a special edition of the game.

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I want Dissidia. It's good to have a release date.

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Now THAT'S a deal. Unlike all the other stupid budles. Like "YEAH BLUE PSP... WITH MADDEN." Dashing dreams

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Why all the hatred against the bundle? Bundles are not intended for current owners, it's for new players, so why do you care if it's released? Just so you know, these packages won't change the releasedate of the PSP2, so whether this package is on the market or not, it won't change anything at all.

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Awesome, the PSP is shining once again! Come here Dissidia, I want you.

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Solidx83 no all the comments on here are basically "stop making making PSP bundles and give us a whole new system" which i completely agree with: stop these stupid bundles

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oh pls sony enough of this i want the psp 2 already with the ps3 graphics engine

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Bundle looks great. Too bad I already have a PSP, a 8gb stick and Advent Children in UMD :'(. Anyway I'm happy they are putting this one out in the US. Final Fantasy games are great. The Crisis Core one they put out in Japan was amazing. Got to love all the PSP2 comments here. Just because a bored person writes a comment about what he hopes the next PSP will be and some internet gaming site puts it in his page just to attract fans does NOT make it fact. Stop talking about PSP2. If Sony reveals anything at E3 about a PSP2 or anything relating to an upgraded PSP, THEN you can start talking about it like it was 100% creditable. As it is now all the gaming lineup for this year is based on the current PSP. And I for one am happy with the one I have. It is stupid for people to believe a UMD-less PSP will come out soon when every single game that is coming out will run on UMD. If Sony puts out a UMD less PSP its gonna loose a lot.... a lot of fans. The only way it can work is if the new PSP comes with a Sony made UMD Dumper so we can put our games in the internal memory, and that looks very very improbable.

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why won't they just give a bundle to every psp game. this is getting ridiculous. I don't know any other consoles that release so many different bundles. And they are all the same: its always a game, memory stick and a movie/minigame. At least give something that we've never seen before. some variety would be great.

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This game is superb man

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Enough with the bundles Sony!! You're just trying to squeeze a penny or two before the PSP finally croaks. Just give us the PSP2 already or at least a prototype b/c all these rumors are starting to kill me!

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looks cool but id really rather a psp2 version or something similar

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ill be playing the *** version of this until this game drops

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Ohh. This looks nice. But it only really matters if you don't own one of the other 3 trillion versions of PSP's that Sony has put out already.

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This game just shot up on my must have list.

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looks great

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@ sigerzx you can play psp games on your ps3 you just need a psn network connection and a usb cable. plug it in and register it so then you can play some select games togther.

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I MUST HAVE THIS AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

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Wow, that's an awesome bundle. Dissidia is going to be amazing. Also, I guess that's the official box art! It's great looking.

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They should allow you to play PSP games on your PS3, i have a PSP already but think it be kwl to play some PSP games on it too instead of just the PS1 orginals you can play on both. This can would be awesome with a friend on the PS3! :D

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It doesn't come out in the UK until September...SEPTEMBER!!

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looks like a good deal.. but m33 ftw foreva..

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just buy the game pointless to get the bundle if they are going to have a new system out later this year

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To bad I already bought the Japan bundle

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...Must... buy....Dissidia Bundle!

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finally! i've been waiting for the release date.... and they confirmed it and created a bundle for the game.... nice isn't it? now, mark your calendars...

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Cool they have a a bundle pack....and it only cost the same price as the Core Pack for the PSP

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Why can't they just make a decent Final Fantasy game???? Since Squaresoft Became SquarEnix I think that the Final Fantasy brand is going to die a slow painful death. Final Fantasy X was the last good Final Fantasy. I am really doubting that they will ever make a game that good again.

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damn....psp is looking good with its line-up. with this, agito, crisis core (u guys can debate all you want, i still liked the game enough when i played through it) chains of olympus....sony is trying to build its lineup

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@ Vang665 And all other companies are yet to make an RPG half good as SE ones. Hell, almost all classic RPGs are made by Square. Xenogears (my all-time favorite), FF series, Vagrant Story, Chrono Cross are just a portion of SE's sea of excellency and their recent games are all great as well. That's far from "basic" imo.

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This is an excellent bundle. However I already own a PSP-3000, but I will definitely be picking up Dissidia for it and Advent Children on Blu-ray for my PS3 when they hit the UK. So that makes up for it. Can't wait!

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I've already ditched my PSP. If I replace it, it'll be with the new 'UMD-less' model I've been hearing about. Nonetheless, this is a damn good bundle. Again, I'm tipping my hat to Square-Enix. I'm still gobbling up their DS offerings.

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It looks like a good deal but I like piano black better

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