A put up on the official Japanese Twitter / X account for the upcoming recreation Dissidia Duellum Last Fantasy acquired a reply from none aside from veteran developer Akitoshi Kawazu, who stunned customers by revealing new details about the inspiration behind a Last Fantasy II character.
Dissidia Duellum Last Fantasy is Sq. Enix’s upcoming free-to-play cellular recreation, slated for a 2026 launch. That includes cel-shaded graphics, Dissidia Duellum takes beloved Last Fantasy characters from all through the RPG sequence’ historical past and transports them to fashionable Tokyo, the place they tackle monsters in 3vs3 battles. Two groups of Last Fantasy characters will race to combat their method by means of roaming monsters to beat the boss quicker than the opposing staff. The sport may also characteristic voiced story segments.
Dissidia Duellum is not going to solely allow you to put protagonists like Cloud, Squall, and Lightning in your social gathering, however an entire host of different characters are additionally making a return, some within the type of particular talents. The official X account just lately revealed that Minwu, a personality from 1988’s Last Fantasy II, can be lending energy to your social gathering along with his teleport capacity.
ミン=ウは漢字で表記すると、呉明、となります。モデルは戦国時代の呉起。孫呉の兵法という形で孫氏と並び立つ兵法家という評価です。
— 河津秋敏 (@SaGa30kawazu) October 19, 2025
Veteran dev Akitoshi Kawazu, battle designer for Last Fantasy I and II in addition to the important thing creator of the SaGa sequence, responded to this put up with some perception into Minwu’s unique inspiration. In his put up, Kawazu revealed that Minwu was modelled on Wu Qi, an actual life army basic and thinker from China’s Warring States interval. He defined that when Minwu’s identify is written in kanji characters, it accommodates the identical character for Wu as Wu Qi (rendered as 呉 in Japanese, and 吳 in conventional Chinese language). For the Japanese launch of Last Fantasy II, Minwu’s identify was written phonetically in katakana (a script used for international mortgage phrases) similar to the remainder of the sport’s forged of characters, so the reference to Wu Qi was not obvious to gamers.
In Last Fantasy II, Minwu is a white wizard from Mysidia who briefly joins your social gathering. He serves the Flynn royal household in exile as an advisor when the Palemecian Empire’s assault forces them to flee. He performs a key position in organizing insurgent forces and the search for the Ultima Tome.
Another excuse Minwu’s inspiration just isn’t readily obvious is his bodily look. Together with his turban and darkish pores and skin, he doesn’t visually resemble Wu Qi. Nonetheless, his strategic position as an advisor plus his loyalty to the Flynn royal household and Princess Hilda does bear some resemblance to Wu Qi’s appointment as the top of Chu State and his fealty to King Dao. Sadly, each meet tragic ends.
Kawazu’s remark attracted many appreciative responses from different customers. “It makes me extraordinarily completely satisfied to obtain new details about FFII at the present time. Thanks,” mentioned one commenter. Others have been longing for extra perception into the 37-year-old recreation: “I ponder if there are any behind-the-scenes revelations or inspirations for different Last Fantasy II characters?”
Dissidia Duellum is scheduled to launch on iOS and Android in 2026. These in Canada and the U.S. can join the closed beta in November to get a sneak peak on the recreation.
Verity Townsend is a Japan-based freelance author who beforehand served as editor, contributor and translator for the sport information website Automaton West. She has additionally written about Japanese tradition and films for varied publications.